A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

Public Libraries News : 5th May
One volunteer library, many questions: Walcot Library and matters arising
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/05/one-volunteer-library-many-questions-walcot-library-and-matters-arising.html

Irish Independent : 6th May
Libraries forced to close for days amid staff shortage crisis
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/libraries-forced-to-close-for-days-amid-staff-shortage-crisis-29244153.html

This Is Nottingham : 4th May
‘Fantastic’ librarian Laura in running for top award
She said: “Many of our students have poor literacy skills, which mean they have problems accessing some of the curriculum.”
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Fantastic-librarian-Laura-running-award/story-18889687-detail/story.html

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Libraries News Round-up: 14 April 2018

News & Star: 14 April Cumbria | Town centre library to close and move into nearby archive centre http://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/Town-centre-library-to-close-and-move-into-nearby-archive-centre-709f13b8-c0dc-408b-b196-197f83c364cd-ds Weston & Somerset Mercury: 14 April Somerset | Councillors vote to…

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