Libraries News Round-up: 3rd April 2014
BBC News : 3rd April Powys public libraries under threat in service review Powys council has launched a review of its library services in a bid to save £350,000 from…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th March 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 4th March How government can engage with citizens online – expert views http://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2014/mar/04/public-service-reform-technology?CMP=twt_gu&commentpage=1 Go On UK : 24th February Go ON UK CEO demands greater Basic Online…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th January 2014
Public Libraries News : 28th January Editorial | To claim that paid staff can in any way give a better service is ridiculous" http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2014/01/to-claim-that-paid-staff-can-in-any-way-give-a-better-service-is-ridiculous.html LocalGov : 29th January Councils paying over the…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th January 2014
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH : 12th January Volunteers needed to run museums and libraries http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/10565926/Volunteers-needed-to-run-museums-and-libraries.html SUNDAY TELEGRAPH : 12th January Volunteers must take a role in running parks and museums By Sir Merrick Cockell, Chairman of…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th January 2014
GUARDIAN / OBSERVER : 11th January Need some help at your local library? Look under A for amateur Ed Vaizey is crowing about his untrained volunteer army dispensing books to…
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: 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: 28th October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : 28th October Are community-led libraries the answer? http://alangibbons.net/2013/10/are-community-led-libraries-the-answer/ BBC News : 28th October Northern Ireland libraries membership drops after work Almost half of the library branches…
Libraries News Round-up: 25th September 2013
Public Libraries News : 24th September Editorial | Past President of CILIP helps lead plans for volunteer library http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/09/past-president-of-cilip-helps-lead-plans-for-volunteer-library.html BBC News : 25th September Sunderland City Council to close nine libraries http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-24274982…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th September 'No confidence' Vaizey vote this Saturday http://www.thebookseller.com/news/no-confidence-vaizey-vote-saturday.html Alan Gibbons Diary : 19th September No confidence motion in Ed Vaizey Alan's opinion piece http://alangibbons.net/2013/09/no-confidence-motion-in-ed-vaizey/ Ledbury Reporter :…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th August 2013
Public Libraries News : 8th August Editorial | "If the pie is too small, the answer is to make the pie bigger" http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/if-the-pie-is-too-small-the-answer-is-to-make-the-pie-bigger.html THE BOOKSELLER : 9th August Reading Agency to release…
Libraries News Round-up: 22nd April 2013
A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter. This Is Derbyshire : 22nd…
Libraries News Round-up: 20th April 2013
A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham, who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter. THE INDEPENDENT : 20th April…