THE BOOKSELLER : 8th January
Falkirk looks to scrap school library service
http://www.thebookseller.com/
THE GUARDIAN : 8th January
School libraries shelve tradition to create new learning spaces
http://www.theguardian.com/
Public Libraries News : 8th January
Editorial | Je Suis Charlie, Birmingham, Library song and the Magna Carta
http://www.publiclibrariesnews
Don’t Privatise Libraries : 8th January
Cuts to Haringey Libraries including Marcus Garvey Library (with petition)
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Coventry Telegraph : 9th January
‘Save our library’ campaign launched in Earlsdon as anger grows over plans which could close 17 Coventry libraries
http://www.coventrytelegraph.
Shields Gazette : 9th January
Critics pour scorn on £100million masterplan for South Shields
“There’s nowt wrong with the existing library …”
http://www.shieldsgazette.com/
Loughborough Echo : 9th January
Leicestershire | Deadline to register library interest on the horizon
36 libraries affected
http://www.loughboroughecho.
Burton Mail : 9th January
Mobile libraries could face cuts in North West Leicestershire
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/
Bitterne Park Info : 9th January
Southampton | 1.5K sign to save Cobbett Road Library
http://www.bitternepark.info/
ITV News : 9th January
Comedian Stewart Lee backs campaign to save Welsh writer Arthur Machen’s books and papers
A collection of his work and papers – the only one in the UK – is kept at the central library in Newport.
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/
Wales Online : 9th January
Three Cardiff libraries faced with closure had almost 250,000 visitors last year
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/
Express & Star : 9th January
Paying the cost of austerity in the Black Country and Staffordshire
Much focus on Libraries in this report
http://www.expressandstar.com/
Brighton & Hove Independent : 8th January
Museum to charge £5 to non-resident visitors
New limit on free computer use in libraries, and other charges
http://brightonandhoveindepend
