Libraries News Round-up: 9th August 2014

Our daily digest of news items is provided by Shirley Burnham.  You can follow her on Twitter at @ShirleyBurnham.

BBC Radio Merseyside : 8th August
Interview with Alan Gibbons – opposing Library closures
Mayor Anderson: 1 hr and 01:58 mins in, and Alan:  1 hr and 09:00 mins in
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p023n809 

The Guardian : 1st August
David Cameron backs prisoners’ reading restrictions

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/01/david-cameron-prisoners-reading-restrictions-prime-minister

Fast Company : 8th August
USA | The public library wants to be your office
Shoving books aside to create community-centered coworking spaces doesn’t sit well with some library loyalists
http://www.fastcompany.com/3034143/the-public-library-wants-to-be-your-office

And:

Don’t forget! 10 year old Leon Remphry is working hard to save libraries.  Please sign and share his petition. Find it here: https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/write-to-read-stop-library-closures-in-cornwall