Libraries news round-up: 22 August 2018
The Bookseller: 22 August Government slams CIPFA library data as 'flawed' and 'unusable' The Star: 22 August Sheffield | “The library has put the heart back into Greenhill” Bury Times:…
Libraries news round-up: 18 August 2018
Lancashire Telegraph: 18 August Another chapter for another Lancashire library Western Telegraph: 18 August Pembrokeshire | Library funded for a year
Libraries news round-up: 26 June 2018
Eastbourne Herald: 26 June East Sussex | New home found for Langney Library Northamptonshire Telegraph: 26 June No takers for four of 21 Northamptonshire libraries under threat of…
Libraries news round-up: 15 June 2018
Northern Echo: 15 June Save Darlington's Crown Street Library: Campaigners' case returns to the High Court Two-day hearing starts on Monday Northern Echo: 15 June Letters: Hopes judicial review will…
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: 3 June 2018
Derby Telegraph: 3 June Second city library to be turned over to Derby charity Spondon Library will become run by Direct Help and Advice (DHA) from Monday, June 25. Spondon…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 April 2018
Huffington Post: 20 April Northamptonshire | The Libraries Minister’s Local Libraries Could Close. Residents Are Furious - And They're Suing https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/libraries-minister-s-local-libraries-could-close_uk_5ad61fc4e4b077c89ced29a0 Bristol Live: 20 April Fears Government-funded report into library cuts…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 March 2018
The Bookseller: 20 March Government to intervene in Northamptonshire library closures https://www.thebookseller.com/news/government-intervene-northamptonshire-library-closures-752236 LGA: 20 March Northamptonshire | Council faces government probe into library cuts https://www.localgov.co.uk/Council-faces-government-probe-into-library-cuts/44966 Banbury Guardian: 20 March Culture…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 March 2018
North Devon Gazette:17 March Devon| Library opens new creative FabLab facility http://www.northdevongazette.co.uk/news/new-fablab-opens-at-barnstaple-library-1-5438016 Derby Telegraph: 17 March When Derby will be without a city centre library Derby Central Library to close…
Libraries News Round-up: 28 February 2018
Yorkshire Post: 28 February GP Taylor: How did ‘library’ become a dirty word in schools? https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/gp-taylor-how-did-library-become-a-dity-word-in-schools-1-9039004 BBC News: 28 February Northamptonshire County Council backs £40m budget cuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-43226339 Northampton Chronicle:…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 January 2018
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 12 January Residents to stage sit-in protest at Oundle’s library https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/residents-to-stage-sit-in-protest-at-oundle-s-library-1-8325937 ITV News: 12 January Northamptonshire | Protesters stage sit-in to save Brackley Library https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2018-01-12/protesters-stage-sit-in-to-save-brackley-library/ Northamptonshire Telegraph: 12…
Libraries News Round-up: 30 September 2017
Shropshire Star: 29 September Site of former school near Shrewsbury could be sold off Site could be redeveloped for housing and a community hub including a library offered to the community…
Libraries News Round-up: 25 August 2017
Chronicle Live: 25 August Anger as multi-million-pound plans for three Northumberland leisure centres are shelved http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/anger-multi-million-pound-plans-13527211 Bucks Free Press: 25 August 35 children's centres across Bucks face axe Plans include…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th June 2014
Express & Star : 14th June Editorial | Libraries are our cultural soul, now who will save them? I barely have the time to read novels as it is, let alone run a…
Libraries News Round-up: 22nd January 2014
PRIVATE EYE : 22nd January Library News | Doncaster (p.28) Issue No 1358 - available in all good newsagents THE BOOKSELLER : 22nd January Save the Children takes literacy campaign to House of Lords…