Libraries News Round-up: 14 March 2018

Reading Chronicle: 14 March Liberal Democrat campaigners have urged Wokingham Borough Council to oppose the closure of Maiden Erlegh Library http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/16085732._Don_t_take_our_library_away_from_us____campaigners_plea_for_eleventh_hour_rescue/ Tamworth Informed: 14 March Staffordshire | Libraries to offer…

Libraries News Round-up: 23 June 2016

CILIP : 23rd June CILIP to work alongside Speak Up for Libraries group as independent supporter http://www.cilip.org.uk/news/cilip-work-alongside-speak-libraries-group-independent-supporter Speak Up for Libraries - Update : 23rd June http://speakupforlibraries.org/speakupforlibraries/speak-up-for-libraries-update/ Libraries Taskforce : 23rd…

Library News Round-up: 19 January 2015

Penarth Times : 19th JanuaryLawyer warns council of challenges aheadPublic Law conference, to be attended by library campaign groups, at  the Hilton Hotel, Cardiff on January 23 http://www.penarthtimes.co.uk/news/11734923.Lawyer_warns_council_of_challenges_ahead/Stoke Sentinel :…

Library News Round-up: 15 January 2015

Lincolnshire | Urgent News - The Friends of Deeping Libraryhttp://us3.forward-to-friend.com/forward/preview?u=a40ebd566abc6427e8927e380&id=7f012c75c0THE INDEPENDENT : 15th JanuaryIt's more than just sentiment that makes the loss of Britain's libraries so deeply troublinghttp://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/its-more-than-just-sentiment-that-makes-the-loss-of-britain-libraries-so-deeply-troubling-9979843.htmlTHE BOOKSELLER : 15th January'Eighteen…

Library News Round-up: 3 January 2015

Hull Daily Mail : 3rd JanuaryHull City Council to discuss new 800-job leisure companyhttp://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull-City-Council-discuss-new-800-job-leisure/story-25798921-detail/story.html Stoke Sentinel : 3rd JanuaryStaffordshire | 'Scrapping mobile libraries could save up to £500,000' http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Scrapping-mobile-libraries-save-pound-500-000/story-25799894-detail/story.html Shropshire Star : 3rd JanuaryPowys | Newtown Town…

Libraries News Round-up: 8th August 2014

THE BOOKSELLER : 8th AugustLiverpool, Glamorgan and Islington face library cutshttp://www.thebookseller.com/news/liverpool-glamorgan-and-islington-face-library-cuts.htmlITV News : 8th AugustLibraries at risk of closure in Liverpool funding reviewhttp://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2014-08-08/libraries-at-risk-of-closure-in-liverpool-funding-review/Liverpool Echo : 8th AugustJade Wright: We must…

Libraries News Round-up: 23rd July 2014

BBC News : 23rd JulyLibraries 'crucial' for local life, people tell Welsh Assembly inquiryhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28423522ITV News : 23rd JulyLibraries 'much more than books' for Welsh communitieshttp://www.itv.com/news/wales/update/2014-07-23/libraries-much-more-than-books-for-welsh-communities/ National Assembly for Wales : July…

Libraries News Round-up: 15th July 2014

Tom Roper's Weblog : 15th JulyFarewell to CILIP Councilhttp://www.roper.org.uk/tr/2014/07/farewell-to-cilip-council.html THE GUARDIAN : 15th July Scores of authors lobby government to act on school libraries http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/15/authors-lobby-government-school-libraries-malorie-blackman THE GUARDIAN : 15th July…

Libraries News Round-up: 9th October 2013

THE BOOKSELLER : 9th October Jarvis leaves library role, replaced by Goodman http://www.thebookseller.com/news/jarvis-leaves-library-role-replaced-goodman.html  Question Everything : 9th October Questions to Swindon Borough Council on Libraries http://questioneverythingtheytellyou.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/questions-to-swindon-borough-council-on.html This Is Hull &…