Libraries News Round-up: 11 May 2016
PRIVATE EYE Issue No.1418 Library News (p.33) | Shepton Mallet Southern Daily Echo : 11th May Hampshire | Battle after Bursledon Parish Council barred from Lowford Community Centre The future of the…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 May 2016
Lancashire Evening Post : 9th May County Council staff wait for jobs news as cuts row grows http://www.lep.co.uk/news/county-council-staff-wait-for-jobs-news-as-cuts-row-grows-1-7901825 Lancashire Evening Post : 10th May Letter | 'Shameful legacy of closures' http://www.lep.co.uk/news/your-say/readers-letters-may-10-1-7903759 Chorley…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 May 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th May MP's campaign against Lancashire library closures http://www.thebookseller.com/news/mp-criticses-lancashire-library-closures-328510 You Tube | Lancashire Headline News : 9th May Campaigners disappointed at plans to close 29 Lancashire libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 May 2016
BBC News : 7th May Lancashire libraries closure plan criticised by MP Paul Maynard MP http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-36233716 Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen : 8th May Anger as county reveals libraries and childrens…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 May 2016
Herefordshire Live : 6th May Closed book: Hereford Library unlikely to open again until 2017 http://herefordshirelive.co.uk/culture/news/closed-book-hereford-library-unlikely-to-open-again-until-2017 Lancashire County Council : 6th May Cabinet report outlines plans to transform services with…
Libraries News Round-up: 5 May 2016
Sheffield Star : 5th May Letter | We need the librarians http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/your-say/we-need-the-librarians-1-7893154 Lytham St Annes Express : 5th May Lancashire | Library plans out this week http://www.lythamstannesexpress.co.uk/news/library-plans-out-this-week-1-7893459 THE BOOKSELLER : 4th May Stephen Fry:…
Libraries News Round-up: 3 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 3rd May Library use falling sharply, study shows http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/03/library-use-falling-sharply-study-shows London Evening Standard : 3rd May Stephen Fry defends ‘life-saving’ libraries as closures and mergers gather pace http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stephen-fry-defends-lifesaving-libraries-as-closures-and-mergers-gather-pace-a3238516.html Socialist Worker…
Libraries News Round-up: 28 April 2016
DCMS : April 2016 Taking Part focus on: libraries - Statistical Release https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/519675/Libraries_short_story_-_FINAL.pdf Bristol 24/7 Radio : 28th April Library assistants go on strike http://www.bristol247.com/channel/news-comment/daily/politics/library-assistants-go-on-strike Harrow Times : 28th April Outgoing…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 April 2016
PRIVATE EYE Issue No. 1417 Library News | DCMS + Lambeth and Lincolnshire Available now in newsagents Fleetwood Today : 27th April Lancashire | Political row over libraries protest in Wyre http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/news/local/political-row-over-libraries-protest-in-wyre-1-7879761 BBC News : 27th…
Libraries News Round-up: 26 April 2016
Juice Radio : 26th April Plans to merge Hove library with its museum have been put on hold https://www.juicebrighton.com/news/brighton-news/1964365/breaking-hove-library-decision-deferred/ Sheffield Telegraph : 26th April Volunteers put in £1m of time…
Libraries News Round-up: 25 April 2016
Brighton & Hove Independent : 25th April Hove Library is a treasured cultural asset for us all http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/phelim-mac-cafferty-hove-library-treasured-cultural-asset-us/ Leon's Library Blog : 24th April Libraries as Social Hubs https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/04/24/libraries-as-social-hubs/ Lancashire…
Libraries News Round-up: 23 April 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 23rd April Anyone with a problem they can’t solve heads for my library http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/apr/23/library-cuts-answers-problems-services-citizens-advice North London Today : 22nd April Enfield | End of an era for libraries in…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 April 2016
Bristol Post : 22nd April Five Bristol libraries face closure next Thursday due to strike action http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Bristol-libraries-face-closure-Thursday-strike/story-29153013-detail/story.html Hunts Post : 22nd April Cambs | Huntingdonshire libraries face cut in opening hours as…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 April 2016
Get West London : 21st April Council denies asset-stripping as community vows 'to fight for future of North Kensington Library' http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/news/west-london-news/council-denies-asset-stripping-community-11216646 Get Reading : 21st April Reading schoolboy wins a…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 April 2016
Portsmouth News : 19th April Pensioner hits out at decision to end mobile library services across Hampshire http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/our-region/portsmouth/pensioner-hits-out-at-decision-to-end-mobile-library-services-across-hampshire-1-7335490 Evesham Journal : 20th April Worcestershire | Opening hours face the chop at Wyre…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 April 2016
You Tube Caitlin Moran -Save our Libraries https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKTfCz4JtVE&feature=youtu.be Lancashire Evening Post : 19th April Wyre Tories seek inspiration from York in bid to save libraries http://www.lep.co.uk/news/tories-seek-inspiration-from-yorkshire-in-bid-to-save-libraries-1-7862485 Napa Valley Register :…
Libraries News Round-up: 18 April 2016
Public Libraries News : 17th April Editorial | Harry Potter and the DCMS library investigation http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/04/harry-potter-and-the-dcms-library-investigation.html Leicester Mercury : 18th April Google review attacks "elderly" library volunteers with "no clue what they…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 April 2016
Hinckley Times : 17th April Leicestershire faces MORE cuts to library and heritage services http://www.hinckleytimes.net/news/local-news/leicestershire-faces-more-cuts-library-11179220 Boston Standard : 17th April Lincolnshire | Application made to turn former library into shops http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/community/community-news/application-made-to-turn-former-library-into-shops-1-7332007 London…
Libraries News Round-up: 15 April 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 15th April Libraries Taskforce needs to act, campaigners say http://www.thebookseller.com/news/taskforce-needs-act-campaigners-say-327152 Save Lincolnshire Libraries Campaign : 15th April Secretary of State declines to launch an Inquiry into Lincolnshire’s…
Libraries News Round-up: 13 April 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 13th April Saving libraries from cuts is crucial, say UK readers in survey http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/apr/13/saving-libraries-from-cuts-is-crucial-say-uk-readers-in-survey BBC News : 13th April Dorset school library service scrapped http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-36036354 PRIVATE EYE…