Libraries News Round-up: 22 September 2016
Times Educational Supplement : 21 September Read Michael Morpurgo's beautiful paean to reading, books and the power of education Speaking at the inaugural Book Trust Annual Lecture "Do not ever…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 September 2016
London SE1 : 20 September Lambeth | Waterloo Library: council leader opens temporary venue http://www.london-se1.co.uk/news/view/8902 The Mirror : 20 September Cheshire | Britain's oldest public lending library faces closure due to…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 September 2016
Wigan Today : 20th September Library shake-up is next savings plan Officers have been tasked with shaving £1.4m from the library budget (more than 50%) http://www.wigantoday.net/news/local/library-shake-up-is-next-savings-plan-1-8134448 Lancashire Evening Post : 20th…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 September 2016
YORKSHIRE POST : 17th September Exclusive : ‘Tragedy’ as Yorkshire councils slam the book shut on libraries http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/exclusive-tragedy-as-yorkshire-councils-slam-the-book-shut-on-libraries-1-8130602 YORKSHIRE POST : 17th September Shocking: A third of Leeds’s libraries have closed in…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 September 2016
Government Business : 12th September Feature | The time of the library is now Ian Anstice, professionally qualified librarian and editor of Public Libraries News, explains why keeping local libraries open is…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 August 2016
Our Hither Green : 20th August Lewisham | Torridon Community Library - The volunteer hunt begins http://ourhithergreen.com/2016/08/torridon-community-library-the-volunteer-hunt-begins/ York Press : 20th August How 2 North Yorkshire towns are helping to save their…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 August 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th August Corbyn backs national libraries demonstration http://www.thebookseller.com/news/corbyn-backs-national-libraries-protest-380976 AtuaLitté : 19th August Désertées, les bibliothèques britanniques finiront-elles par être obsolètes ? https://www.actualitte.com/article/monde-edition/desertees-les-bibliotheques-britanniques-finiront-elles-par-etre-obsoletes/66510 Coventry Telegraph : 19th August…
Libraries News Round-up: 18 August 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 18th August Protest planned over Lewisham library cuts ... this Saturday to protest the £1m cuts to Lewisham Council’s library budget, which will see staff removed from…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 August 2016
Book Brunch : 17th August Libraries: no plans and no leadership -- Desmond Clarke http://www.bookbrunch.co.uk/article_free.asp?pid=libraries_no_plans_and_no_leadership Leon's Library Blog : 17th August Reply from Owen Smith https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/08/17/reply-from-owen-smith/ Accrington Observer : 17th…
Libraries News Round-up: 16 August 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 16th August Library use in England fell dramatically over last decade, figures show https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/16/library-use-in-england-fell-dramatically-over-last-decade-figures-show Coventry Telegraph : 16th August Could Coventry's libraries go online to save cash?…
Libraries News Round-up: 15 August 2016
THE BOOKSELLER Adult library usage falls 'significantly' across all groups http://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-usage-continues-decline-378946 The Courier : 15th August Fife | Village libraries spared closure to start new chapter Villagers will 'run' them https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/fife/269848/village-libraries-spared-closure-to-start-new-chapter-in-book-lending/ Fife…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 August 2016
BBC News : 11th August Ex-Top Gear presenter Chris Goffey slams mobile library cuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-37037934 Society of Authors : 11th August Should Knowledge Be Taxed? http://www.societyofauthors.org/soa-news/should-knowledge-be-taxed DCMS Taking Part Survey…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 August 2016
Blog Preston : 10th August Lancashire | Last push to save Fulwood Library http://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2016/08/last-push-to-save-fulwood-library/ Blackpool Gazette : 10th August Backlash over child centres Lancashire CC should look at putting more services into closure-threatened libraries instead…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 August 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 8th August Northern Ireland library cuts scrapped http://www.thebookseller.com/news/proposals-slash-library-opening-hours-northern-ireland-scrapped-371651 Libraries Taskforce : 8th August 'Basic data set - first steps' -- Kathy Settle https://librariestaskforce.blog.gov.uk/2016/08/08/library-basic-data-set/ Newbury Today : 8th…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 August 2016
Newtownabbey Times : 6th August N.Ireland | Hands Off Our Libraries campaign ‘celebrating victory’ http://www.newtownabbeytoday.co.uk/news/newtownabbey-news/hands-off-our-libraries-campaign-celebrating-victory-1-7512136 Rossendale Free Press : 5th August Lancashire | Small cost of keeping libraries open should shock us all http://www.rossendalefreepress.co.uk/incoming/rossendale-scribbler-small-cost-keeping-11708356…
Libraries News Round-up: 4 August 2016
BBC News : 4th August N.Ireland | Libraries to avoid cuts to opening hours with extra £225k funding http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-36977291 Get Reading : 4th August Theale Library: parish councillors question West Berkshire's figures…
Libraries News Round-up: 1 August 2016
Derby Telegraph : 1st August Petition launched to keep Allestree Library open http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/petition-launched-to-stop-proposed-changes-to-derby-s-libraries/story-29572522-detail/story.html 2BR News : 1st August Calls to extend library and children centre consultation in Lancashire The elderly…
Libraries News Round-up: 31 July 2016
THE SUNDAY TIMES : 31st July Biteback -- Richard Brooks "And Vaizey's legacy? He became the longest-serving arts minister in British politics - a source of great pride to him.…
Libraries News Round-up: 29 July 2016
DAILY TELEGRAPH : 29th July Letter | Noisier libraries with even fewer books Scroll down for letter http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/2016/07/28/letters-rural-grants-paralysed-by-second-guessing-of-brexit-by-b/ Evesham Journal : 29th July Revised Ludlow Library story Reduction in opening hours will save…
Libraries News Round-up: 28 July 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 28th July Derby plans to hand 11 libraries over to volunteers http://www.thebookseller.com/news/derby-plans-hand-11-libraries-over-volunteers-369256 Accrington Observer : 28th July MP enlisted David Cameron in talks to save our libraries…