PRIVATE EYE –  Issue No: 1383
Library News (p.28) – OBE for Staffordshire’s Janine Cox
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Morning Star Online : 8th January
William Sieghart’s report on the sad state of England’s public libraries dismays TONY SIMPSON 
http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-b06b-A-tear-jerking-tract

Nottingham Post : 8th January
Libraries are a vital resource which should be run by the council 
http://www.nottinghampost.com/Rosie-Bartram-Libraries-vital-resource-run/story-25812857-detail/story.html 

Huddersfield Examiner : 8th January
Visitors flock to libraries threatened with closure in Kirklees — see which get the most visitors 
24 libraries potentially facing the axe had 749,680 visits between April and October 2014.
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/visitors-flock-libraries-threatened-closure-8399151

Kidderminster Shuttle : 8th January
Worcestershire | Council changes mobile library service
http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/local/11707115.Council_changes_mobile_library_service/

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Libraries News Round-up: 3 June 2016

Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen : 3rd June Cash-strapped Lancashire local authorities lose more than £1m http://www.thelancasterandmorecambecitizen.co.uk/news/14535030.Cash_strapped_Lancashire_local_authorities_lose_more_than___1m/ The Star : 3rd June Sheffield | Benefits of libraries the Council's view http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/your-say/benefits-of-libraries-1-7945363 THE BOOKSELLER :…