Libraries News Round-up: 4th October 2013
Thanks to Shirley Burnham for the links that we post daily on our website. Here is today's round up of news relating to libraries. The Library Campaign Briefing Paper for…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : 2nd October Ed Vaizey admits to being "completely useless" http://alangibbons.net/2013/10/ed-vaizey-admits/ THE BOOKSELLER : 3rd October Ten 'enterprising libraries' chosen for scheme http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ten-enterprising-libraries-chosen-scheme.html BBC London : 3rd…
Libraries News Round-up: 2nd October 2013
Huffington Post : 2nd October Ed Vaizey Says 'Completely Useless' Description Is 'So True' http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/02/ed-vaizey-useless_n_4028411.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 Chamberlain Files : 2nd October Cash cuts may force Birmingham community libraries to close, city…
Libraries News Round-up: 28th September 2013
Gazette Series : 27th September Strike action to close South Gloucestershire libraries tomorrow http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/10703187.Strike_action_to_close_South_Gloucestershire_libraries_tomorrow/ Market Rasen Mail : 28th September Letter | Libraries - Figures don’t stack up http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/letters-opinion/letter-libraries-figures-don-t-stack-up-1-5521916 This Is Grimsby :…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 27th September Library visits down once again as closures continue http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/27/library-visits-down-closures-continue?CMP=twt_gu BBC News : 27th September Library visits drop by a quarter in eight years http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24296825 Good…
Libraries News Round-up: 24th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 24th September Sue Charteris |Libraries are trusted spaces, but this doesn't mean they have to stay the same http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/24/library-service-council-space Public Libraries News : 23rd September Editorial | Three controversial ideas…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd September 2013
Northern Scot : 23rd September Equality Commission to consider Moray Council library decision http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Equality-Commission-to-consider-Moray-Council-library-decision-23092013.htm THE BOOKSELLER : 23rd September Blackman: 'ringfence library budgets' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackman-ringfence-library-budgets.html Good Library Blog : 23rd September…
Libraries News Round-up: 25th September 2013
Public Libraries News : 24th September Editorial | Past President of CILIP helps lead plans for volunteer library http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/09/past-president-of-cilip-helps-lead-plans-for-volunteer-library.html BBC News : 25th September Sunderland City Council to close nine libraries http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-24274982…
Libraries News Round-up: 21st September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 21st September CILIP rejects name change and has no confidence in Vaizey http://www.thebookseller.com/news/cilip-rejects-name-change-and-has-no-confidence-vaizey.html-0 Ludlow Advertiser : 21st September Author (Deborah Moggach) joins Herefordshire's libraries campaign http://www.ludlowadvertiser.co.uk/news/10667987.Author_joins_Herefordshire_s_libraries_campaign/ This…
Libraries News Round-up: 20th September 2013
Voices for the Library : 20th September No confidence in Ed Vaizey http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/?p=4118 CILIPS Council : 20th September Cuts to Moray Libraries - Open Letter from CILIPS Council CILIP in…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th September 'No confidence' Vaizey vote this Saturday http://www.thebookseller.com/news/no-confidence-vaizey-vote-saturday.html Alan Gibbons Diary : 19th September No confidence motion in Ed Vaizey Alan's opinion piece http://alangibbons.net/2013/09/no-confidence-motion-in-ed-vaizey/ Ledbury Reporter :…
Libraries News Round-up: 18th September 2013
PRIVATE EYE Issue 1349 (p.32) Library News | Sunderland THE BOOKSELLER : 18th September Speak Up For Libraries conference in November http://www.thebookseller.com/news/speak-libraries-conference-november.html Alan Gibbons Diary : 18th September Alan's thoughts on the…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 17th September Half of Sheffield's libraries under threat Threats to libraries in Moray, Sunderland, Neath and Flintshire also feature http://www.thebookseller.com/news/half-sheffields-libraries-under-threat.html ITV News : 17th September Sheffield libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 16th September 2013
Daily Post : 16th September Flintshire Council to review leisure services across the county LIBRARIES, leisure and community centres could be shut under a major county-wide review to save cash. …
Libraries News Round-up: 15th September 2013
New Save Our Libraries - Campaign to halt library closures in Moray and throughout Scotland Campaigners to lobby Council Convenor http://saveourlibraries.org.uk/?p=39 and on Twitter: @MorayLibraries Spalding Today : 15th September Dream to save…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th September 2013
Kent Online : 13th September Libraries and residential care homes could be frontline services to be privatised in shake-up The so-called market review of a dozen services represents the first…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th September 2013
Bury Times : 13th September Plan to turn most of Bury Library into sculpture centre branded 'ridiculous' http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/10674964.Plan_to_turn_most_of_Bury_Library_into_sculpture_centre_branded__ridiculous_/ Northern Scot : 13th September Legal challenge to library closures http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Legal-challenge-to-library-closures-13092013.htm The…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 12th September 'The price of libraries is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation' Lincolnshire's library cuts do not make economic sense because growth relies on…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th September 2013
BBC Radio 4 : 11th September Michael Rosen | Our Libraries - The Next Chapter: Episode 2 on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039q5dv IOE London : 11th September Reading for pleasure puts children…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th September 2013
No Confidence in Ed Vaizey : 10th September Bob Usherwood: our professional duty to support the motion http://noconfidenceinedvaizey.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/bob-usherwood-our-professional-duty-to-support-the-motion/ Inside Moray : 10th September Opposition gathers as Moray Council admit…