Libraries News Round-up: 26 March 2016
THE TIMES : 25th March Subscription Richard Morrison the arts column A rose-tinted white paper "Yet the paper is streaked with rose-tinted wishfulness, if not hypocrisy. What is the one cultural…
Libraries News Round-up: 18 March 2016
The Bookseller : 17th March McDermid and Cleeves join Orkney library fight http://www.thebookseller.com/news/mcdermind-and-cleeves-join-fight-save-orkney-mobile-library-324729 Bitternpark Info : 18th March Southampton | 'Bright and busy future' forecast for Cobbett Road Library http://www.bitternepark.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3090:bright-and-busy-future-forecast-for-cobbett-road-library&catid=1:local-news&Itemid=59…
Libraries News Round-up: 4 February 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 4th February 'A new low': librarians warn councils against closing services After Swindon announces plans to hand over running of 14 of its 15 library services to volunteers or…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 January 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 8th January Report to recommend £20m digital investment in libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/report-recomment-20m-digital-investment-libraries-319894 The Knowledge Exchange : 8th January Digital leadership: how should digital be represented at board level? Reading…
Libraries News Round-up: 16 December 2015
THE INDEPENDENT : 16th December Refugees won’t destroy public services, but austerity will The following constitutes the article's only reference to Libraries: 'No community should be faced with the decision…
Libraries News Round-up: 15 December 2015
BBC News : 15th December East Sussex libraries could cut hours to save running costs http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-35105570 Birmingham Post : 15th December Birmingham libraries should be 're-imagined' to survive http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/birmingham-libraries-should-re-imagined-10599778 Accrington…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 December 2015
Brixton Blog : 8th December Lambeth | Libraries ‘staff mutual’ not ruled out http://www.brixtonblog.com/libraries-staff-mutual-not-ruled/34622 Herald Scotland : 8th December New concern for Scotland's libraries as sixteen are axed by one local authority…
Libraries News Round-up: 25 September 2015
THE BOOKSELLER : 25th SeptemberCILIP votes overwhelmingly against ‘amateurisation' of library service http://www.thebookseller.com/news/cilip-votes-against-amateurisation-library-service-313284Leon's Library Blog : 25th SeptemberCilip AGM 2015 http://leonslibraryblog.com/2015/09/25/cilip-agm-2015/ SCL : 25th September Library leaders across England and Wales confirm the welcome…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th February 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 13th February Robert Muchamore goes after fellow children's writers with 'big samurai sword' "trivial concerns ..." Muchamore went on to say that he was not anti-library, rather…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd September 2013
BBC News : 3rd September Birmingham Library: Is the £189m price tag justified? Birmingham's new central library has opened at a cost of £189m. But in an era of spending…