Don’t Privatise Libraries : 8th November
GLL, Bibliotheca and Lincolnshire Libraries
http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/gll-bibliotheca-and-lincolnshire.html 

Manchester Evening News : 8th November
Trafford Council set to make staff take unpaid holidays in new cuts 
Volunteers would also be needed to help run the borough’s 14 libraries.  Council bosses said they are confident enough people will come forward to keep all 14 libraries open, with 70 people already volunteering in libraries across the borough and another 130 applying.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/trafford-council-cuts-staff-could-6285314

Telegraph & Argus : 7th November
Bradford’s four community-run libraries bucking trend to double visitor numbers
But committee members were concerned about plans to axe the mobile library service, under the Council’s latest budget proposals.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/10795048.Bradford___s_four_community_run_libraries_bucking_trend_to_double_visitor_numbers/

Trafford Town Hall

Libraries News Round-up: 17 January 2018

The Guardian: 17 January London libraries assess impact of Carillion collapse https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/17/london-libraries-assess-impact-of-carillion-collapse Public Finance: 17 January Public sector looks for ways to plug gap left by Carillion http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/news/2018/01/public-sector-looks-ways-plug-gap-left-carillion The Bookseller:…