Libraries News Round-up: 9th August 2013

Public Libraries News : 8th August
Editorial | “If the pie is too small, the answer is to make the pie bigger”
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/if-the-pie-is-too-small-the-answer-is-to-make-the-pie-bigger.html

THE BOOKSELLER : 9th August
Reading Agency to release dyslexia help books
http://www.thebookseller.com/news/reading-agency-release-dyslexia-help-books.html

This Is Derbyshire : 9th August
No more cuts plea from library customers
http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/cuts-plea-library-customers/story-19638023-detail/story.html#axzz2bSXidWKx

Wimbledon Guardian : 8th August
Letter | Council want to invest in, not close, Wimbledon library
http://www.wimbledonguardian.co.uk/yoursay/letters/10598007.Council_want_to_invest_in__not_close__Wimbledon_library/

South Wales Argus : 9th August
Volunteers determined to re-open Stow Hill library in Newport
The group needs at least 25 volunteers and must present a draft business plan to Newport council by August 15, the meeting heard. Councillor David Fouweather, member for Allt-yr-Yn ward, compared the council closing the library to save £12,000 to “a paracetamol in the River Usk”.
http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/10601771.Volunteers_determined_to_re_open_Stow_Hill_library_in_Newport/