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: 23 September 2016

The Star : 22 September Sheffield | Letter | Community centres? http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/your-say/community-centres-1-8140402 The Bookseller : 23 September Pullman, Blackman and Rosen urge Bradley to act on libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-urge-call-library-action-398621 Plymouth Herald…