Libraries News Round-up: 26th December 2013
Northern Echo : 26th December Library branches out after obtaining Fair Trade status A library is branching out from its usual role - by going into the retail trade. Northallerton…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd December 2013
Cambrian News : 23rd December Library closure to save £9,000 labelled ludicrous http://www.cambrian-news.co.uk/news/i/36822/Tregaron Stoke Sentinel : 23rd December Stoke-on-Trent | Meir and Trentham libraries still face closure http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Meir-Trentham-libraries-face-closure/story-20356520-detail/story.html Yorkshire Post : 23rd…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th December 2013
Get West London : 19th December Harrow | 'Positive future' no more as library management company in consultation with staff over redundancies http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/incoming/positive-future-no-more-library-6432962 The Star : 19th December Funding promise for Sheffield…
Libraries News Round-up: 18th December 2013
MickFortune.com : 18th December Are Councils using framework agreements to destroy the UK Public Library Service - You decide. http://www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress/?p=1061 THE BOOKSELLER : 18th December Major job cuts at Southend's…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 17th December Campaigners attack SCL on CIPFA http://www.thebookseller.com/news/campaigners-attack-scl-cipfa.html Spalding Guardian : 17th December MP in fight to save library from the axe MP John Hayes is fighting…
Libraries News Round-up: 16th December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th December Campaigners protest over Herefordshire library cuts http://www.thebookseller.com/news/campaigners-protest-over-herefordshire-library-cuts.html The Library Campaign : 16th December With friends like these https://www.librarycampaign.com/with-friends-like-these/ The Guardian : 16th December Zero-hours contracts…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th December 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 12th December Should libraries rely on volunteers? includes a poll http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/poll/2013/dec/12/libraries-volunteers-council-cuts London Evening Standard : 12th December Derek Jacobi: Libraries have been a big part of my…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th December 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 11th December Susan Cooper: libraries are the frontline in the war for the imagination In a speech given to the Youth Libraries Group, The Dark Is Rising…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th December 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 9th December Big society policy not suited for deprived communities, says thinktank http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/dec/09/big-society-deprived-david-cameron-charitable-wealthy?CMP=EMCSOCEML657 The Lincolnite : 9th December Stephen Palmer | Lincolnshire libraries decision: Foul or fair? http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2013/12/lincolnshire-libraries-decision-foul-fair/ Grimsby…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th December 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 7th December Public could shape future of Swindon libraries in proposed consultation http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10862394.Public_could_shape_future_of_Swindon_libraries_in_proposed_consultation/ Buckinghamshire County Council : 6th December Community libraries a focus for Russian delegation http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/news/2013/december/community-libraries-a-focus-for-russian-delegation/#.UqNO6ydjL1V…
Libraries News Round-up: 6th December 2013
BBC News : 6th December Somerset | Library volunteers scheme criticised by community group http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25256102 THE GUARDIAN : 6th December Authors' Public Lending Right payments frozen http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/06/authors-public-lending-right-payments-frozen THE BOOKSELLER : 6th December…
Libraries News Round-up: 5th December 2013
Welsh Government : 3rd December Written Statement - Public Libraries in Wales http://wales.gov.uk/about/cabinet/cabinetstatements/2013/8265614/?lang=en# The Star : 5th December Sheffield pupils take library battle to Town Hall The youngsters also handed…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th December 2013
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 4th December Inside the 2nd Dec Scrutiny Meeting – Two Voices http://savelincslibraries.org.uk/2013/12/04/inside-the-2nd-dec-scrutiny-meeting-two-voices/ Lincolnshire Echo : 3rd December "Democracy is dead": Lincolnshire library funding cuts criticised Chris…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 3rd December ACE grant to library artists sparks controversy http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ace-grant-library-artists-sparks-controversy.html Mancunian Matters : 3rd December Is the end nigh for Greater Manchester's libraries? http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/031213674-end-nigh-greater-manchesters-libraries-savage-cuts-and-ailing-visitor-numbers-make ITV News :…
Libraries News Round-up: 2nd December 2013
Harrogate News : 2nd December Arts Council awards £100,000 to put artists into county libraries http://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2013/12/02/arts-council-awards-100000-put-artists-county-libraries/ Spalding Guardian : 2nd December Library closures expected to be rubber stamped http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/latest-news/library-closures-expected-to-be-rubber-stamped-1-5722539 THE…
Libraries News Round-up: 30th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 30th November Protesters took to city streets to say 'no' to library closures http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Save-Lincolnshire-Libraries-Central-Library/story-20244645-detail/story.html#axzz2m88QFJqt This Is Lincolnshire : 30th November Protests against library closures planned today…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th November 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th November Library cuts 'worse in deprived north' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-cuts-worse-deprived-north.html CILIP : 28th November Damaging library cuts are wrong and dangerous http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/damaging-library-cuts-are-wrong-and-dangerous Public Libraries News : 28th November…
Libraries News Round-up: 28th November 2013
Public Libraries News : 28th November Public Lending Right (PLR) and Volunteer Libraries http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/library-closing/legal/public-lending-right-plr-and-volunteer-libraries THE GUARDIAN : 28th November Cuts may force councils to stop funding arts and leisure services…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th November 2013
Spalding Guardian : 26th November Death knell sounds for our libraries Deeping St James county councillor Phil Dilks says no groups are volunteering to run Market Deeping Library because the…
Libraries News Round-up: 26th November 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 26th November Desmond Clarke: Library strategy http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/library-strategy.html CILIP : 26th November CILIP Council election result http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/four-new-members-cilip-council-elected … Nottingham Post : 26th November The smallest libraries in the county…