A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it.  For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.

Change.org
Petition | DfE: Ensure that all school students have access to a well-run school library
http://www.change.org/petitions/department-for-education-ensure-that-all-school-students-have-access-to-a-well-run-school-library

SUNDAY SUN : 6th January
Newcastle | Kids in street protest over council budget cuts
http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2013/01/06/kids-in-street-protest-over-council-budget-cuts-79310-32551968/