THE BOOKSELLER : 8th September
Lead Story: New coalition to tackle UK ‘reading crisis’
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE GUARDIAN : 8th September
Poor reading ‘could cost UK £32bn in growth by 2025’
http://www.theguardian.com/
Save The Children : September 2014
New Report | Read On. Get On
Addressing child poverty through literacy
http://www.savethechildren.
CILIP : 8th September
International Literacy Day: The library’s role in promoting literacies
http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/
Leon’s Library Blog : 8th September
The Axeman Cometh!
includes Table – Professional library posts lost: 2009/10 to 2013/14
http://leonslibraryblog.com/
BBC News : 8th September
Council leaders in Wales demand urgent cuts debate
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
Get Hampshire : 7th September
Hampshire libraries moving with the times
A Hampshire County Council library service shake up will respond to readers’ modern needs and save money
http://www.gethampshire.co.uk/
Liverpool Echo : 8th September
Can Liverpool’s community groups really run our libraries?
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
Liverpool Echo : 8th September
Mum hits out at threat to libraries which are ‘lifeline’ for disabled daughter
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
Liverpool Echo : 8th September
Staff told of around 500 job losses and raft of proposed cutbacks at Wirral council
The cost-cutting measures include proposals to cut back opening hours at 15 of the borough’s smaller community libraries to just two days a week
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.
Huddersfield Examiner : 8th September
Clr Graham Turner urges public involvement in Kirklees Council changes and says ‘we’re not just looking after our own interests’
It means changes have to be made to non-statutory services. …. “You need to tell is what’s laid down in law and statutory, then tell us what’s needed on top of that, then look at the ‘nice to haves’ if you can afford it.”
http://www.examiner.co.uk/
Herald Scotland : 8th September
Glasgow | Decline in visitors to libraries as users go online
but physical footfall still exceeds 4.1m and actual user numbers are Up
http://www.heraldscotland.com/
Spalding Today : 8th September
Will company run libraries?
A private company could end up running all of Lincolnshire County Council’s libraries if the service is put out to competition.
http://www.spaldingtoday.co.
Northampton News : 8th September
New stops added to Northamptonshire County Council’s mobile library service
whilst others removed from timetable
http://www.northampton-news-
