Libraries news round-up: 19 September 2018
Blackpool Gazette: 19 September Lancashire | Library’s new chapter won’t begin this year Somerset Live: 19 September Temporary home for Bath library during Podium works yet to be found Critics…
Libraries news round-up: 4 June 2018
Hastings Observer: 4 June East Sussex | Plans for a community library move forwards Somerset Live: 4 June Everything you need to know about the new libraries coming to North…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 October 2017
iNews: 20 October Northamptonshire | Alan Moore rails against plan to shut down libraries that ‘made’ him https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/alan-moore-rails-plan-shut-libraries-made/ Bournemouth Echo: 20 October Letter to the Editor: Keep our libraries, get…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 October 2017
Get Reading: 6 October West Berkshire | Theale Library is reopening after campaigners fought to save it http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/reading-berkshire-news/theale-library-reopening-after-campaigners-13716679 Bath Chronicle: 6 October LETTER: Bath Central Library move would ‘cheat future…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 August 2017
The Guardian: 26 August Blood, bookworms, bosoms and bottoms: the secret life of libraries https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/aug/27/blood-bookworms-bosoms-and-bottoms-the-secret-life-of-libraries Dorset Echo: 27 August Friends of Weymouth Library (FOWL) has launched a new website to…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 August 2017
Bath Chronicle: 19 August 'Disappointment' and anger at year-long closure of publicly-funded event room in Bath http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/news/bath-news/disappointment-anger-year-long-closure-348216 DnG24: 20 August Dumfries & Galloway | Dates set for launch of…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 July
Gazette & Herald: 21 July North Yorkshire | Celebrations mark the reopening of Norton library Now a volunteer-run library, with rooms to rent http://www.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/15409899.Celebrations_mark_the_reopening_of_library/ Blackpool Gazette: 21 July Grand opening…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 July
Ipswich Star: 11 July Suffolk | Ipswich’s Rosehill Library reopens after five-week closure for revamp South Wales Argus: 12 July Major works set for Maindee library in Newport Funding for the…
Libraries News Round-up: 11 July
Local Gov: 11 July Cutting services: a false economy? ‘…the Public Libraries and Museum Act 1964 requires library authorities to provide ‘a comprehensive and efficient library service’ for all persons…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 April
Belfast Telegraph: 22 April Union chief slams MLAs over fresh library cuts http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/union-chief-slams-mlas-over-fresh-library-cuts-35643122.html Bath Chronicle: 22 April Please re-open Bath Central Library exhibition room http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/please-re-open-library-exhibition-room/story-30280883-detail/story.html Rugby Advertiser: 22 April Frankton…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 March
Plymouth Herald : 8 March 'You can't replace our library with the internet' http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/you-can-t-replace-our-library-with-the-internet/story-30189381-detail/story.html Bury Times : 8 March Meeting in Whitefield to discuss latest on plans to close libraries and walk-in centres in…
Libraries News Round-up: 5 March
Plymouth Herald : 5 March 'Read-in' protest against plans to close Plymouth library http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/read-in-protest-against-plans-to-close-plymouth-library/story-30181294-detail/story.html York Press : 5 March £500,000 for Haxby Memorial Hall plans The city council is planning to…
Libraries News Round-up: 4 March
Plymouth Herald : 3 March People think Plymouth library closures plan is 'a done deal' Plymouth City Council bosses say they are disappointed with the take-up, which represents just 1.4 % of…
Libraries News Round-up: 1 March
The Bookseller : 28 February Libraries 'crucial' for the nation's engagement in literature, says RSL http://www.thebookseller.com/news/rsl-report-finds-libraries-crucial-nations-engagement-literature-499471 Fife Today : 1 March Farewell to Kinghorn's librarian Community-led library to open in its place…
Libraries News Round-up: 2 February
BBC News : 2nd February Clifton, 'library of things' plan proposed Campaigners plan to loan out power washers, garden tools and .... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-38834388 Leon's Library Blog : 2nd February Not…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 January
Bath Chronicle : 9th January More than a 1,500 people sign petition to save Bath Central Library http://www.bathchronicle.co.uk/more-than-a-thousand-sign-petition-to-save-bath-central-library/story-30041411-detail/story.html Business News Wales : 9th January Ground Breaking Flintshire Leisure & Library…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 December 2016
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 20th December Council unveils four charities which will run libraries following service cuts http://www.barnet-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=116316&headline=Council%20unveils%20four%20charities%20which%20will%20run%20libraries%20following%20service%20cuts§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016 News & Star : 20th December Cockermouth library campaigners refused consultation…