Libraries News Round-up: 8 March
Huddersfield Examiner : 7 March As more libraries in Kirklees face the axe, what can communities do? Volunteer-run 'library', open just four hours a week in a church hall. Call for customers…
Libraries News Round-up: 7 March
The Guardian : 7 March Councils are facing bankruptcy – is this the end of public service? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/06/councils-local-authorities-bankruptcy-public-service Huddersfield Examiner : 7 March Kirklees: Developer offers new library for Mirfield - if he can turn…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 March
Blackpool Gazette : 6 March Lancashire | Hopes high as library rescue plans discussed at County Hall Bids received from groups to run two libraries http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/hopes-high-as-library-rescue-plans-discussed-at-county-hall-1-8423377 Jesmond Local : 6 March Tyne & Wear…
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: 3 March
Bucks Free Press: 2 March Tourist centres in High Wycombe, Marlow and Princes Risborough to merge with library service in bid to save £200,000 Wycombe District Council will pay Bucks…
Libraries News Round-up: 2 March
The Guardian : 2 March World Book Day: Without libraries we are less human and more profoundly alone https://www.theguardian.com/voluntary-sector-network/2017/mar/02/without-libraries-and-librarians-we-are-less-human-and-more-profoundly-alone Daily Echo : 2 March More than a dozen Hampshire libraries closed…
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: 28 February
Herald Scotland : 27 February Rosemary Goring: To axe librarians is to treat learning with utter contempt http://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15121547.Rosemary_Goring__To_axe_librarians_is_to_treat_learning_with_utter_contempt/ View News : 28 February Devon | Brand new Ottery St Mary…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 February
Basildon Echo : 27 February £1.5million regeneration will see library and community centre move http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15119451.__1_5million_regeneration_will_see_library_and_community_centre_move/ Evening Times : 27 February Glasgow librarians share gong for helping city fall in love…
Libraries News Round-up: 25 February
Huddersfield Examiner ; 25 February What libraries will be left when Kirklees has finished cuts? http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/what-libraries-left-kirklees-finished-12652770 Express and Star : 25 February Walsall Council cuts: Job and library losses edge closer…
Libraries News Round-up: 24 February
The Bookseller : 24 February UK libraries 'missing 25m books' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/25m-books-missing-libraries-493916 North Devon Journal : 24 February Devon library staff will see pay cut, some by more than 30 percent…
Libraries News Round-up: 23 February
The Guardian : 22 February Letter | Cuts that squeeze the life out of Liverpool https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/feb/22/cuts-that-squeeze-the-life-out-of-liverpool The Bookseller | 23 February Government extends PLR to e-books and e-audiobooks http://www.thebookseller.com/news/government-expands-plr-e-book-authors-493831 Plymouth…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 February
The Guardian : 22 February To survive the cuts, libraries must put themselves at the heart of communities Written by Cllr Ian Stephens who chairs the Local Government Association’s culture,…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 February
The Guardian : 21 February Cologne library opens its doors to refugees: 'You fill this room with life' "German libraries have better adapted [that those in the UK] into dynamic…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 February
Labour List : 19 February “UKIP’s politics of hate must be defeated, hatred will not save children’s centres” – Corbyn’s speech to Labour councillors "This Tory government has willingly plunged…
Libraries News Round-up: 18 February
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council : 17 February Exciting times for library mutual Dudley announce GLL as preferred bidder for outsourcing of libraries http://www.dudley.gov.uk/media/media-releases/february-2017/exciting-times-for-library-mutual/ Express & Star : 18 February Wolverhampton libraries:…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 February
The Bookseller : 14 February Graeme Macrae Burnet backs campaign against Scottish library cuts Macrae Burnet is backing the CILIPS Libraries Matter campaign http://www.thebookseller.com/news/graeme-macrae-burnet-backs-campaign-against-scottish-library-cuts-487071 Plymouth Herald : 14 February Closure of library would mean…
Libraries News Round-up: 13 February
North Yorkshire Advertiser : 12 February 2017 Library in need of more help A library facility plans to open on April 1, run by volunteers, pleads for more volunteer help http://www.northyorkshireadvertiser.co.uk/news/15087102.Library_in_need_of_more_help/…
Libraries News Round-up: 11 February
Grimsby Telegraph : 11 February More than 3,000 people sign petition to save Cleethorpes Library http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/over-3000-signatures-collected-to-save-cleethorpes-library/story-30128969-detail/story.html Bournemouth Echo : 11 February Dorset | Job Centre, library and day care centre…