Libraries News Round-up: 8 January

Don’t Privatise Libraries : 8th January
There’s a fightback taking place in Ireland against staffless libraries but why not in the UK? 
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/theres-fightback-taking-place-in.html

Leon’s Library Blog : 8th January
Libraries Deliver 
Edited version of an article by John Vincent, reproduced with permission from The Network Newsletter, number 189, December 2016
https://leonslibraryblog.com/2017/01/08/libraries-deliver/

Get Surrey : 8th January
Surrey County Council looking into possibility of having other services in libraries 
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-county-council-looking-possibility-12404301