Libraries News Round-up: 12 April 2018
Northamptonshire Chronicle: 12 April Fight to save Northamptonshire libraries taken to High Court after young girl's plea 'The legal action is the third of its kind after Desborough Library and…
Libraries News Round-up: 11 April 2018
BBC News: 11 April Northamptonshire libraries in legal action against closure http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-43726556 Northamptonshire Telegraph: 11 April Schools and libraries to become advertising sites to pay for Northants County Council’s marketing…
Libraries News Round-up: 4 January 2018
The Bookseller: 4 January DCMS investigating threatened Darlington library https://www.thebookseller.com/news/dcms-investigating-threatened-darlington-library-702146 Pocklington Post: 4 January East Riding of Yorkshire | Village library to close for revamp https://www.pocklingtonpost.co.uk/news/village-library-to-close-for-revamp-1-8939078 Scotland Herald: 4 January…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 December 2017
Scottish Daily Record: 14 December Dunbartonshire | MSP slams council plans to cut library opening times http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/msp-slams-council-plans-cut-11688816 Northern Echo: 14 December Complaints about cost of Crown Street Library court case…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 June 2016
Local Government Lawyer : 23rd June Campaigners win permission for second judicial review over library plans A campaign group opposed to council plans to have volunteers run a south Wales…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 October 2015
BBC News : 22nd OctoberNorthern Ireland libraries: Fewer staff will affect service to public http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34602707 Belfast Telegraph : 22nd OctoberLibrary staff 'living in a constant state of uncertainty' http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/library-staff-living-in-a-constant-state-of-uncertainty-34131386.html Lincolnshire Echo : 22nd OctoberSave…
Library News Round-up: 6 August 2015
Liverpool Echo : 6th AugustCampaigners plan protest at Liverpool town hall over changes to libraries Alan Gibbons is debating with Mayor Anderson on the Town Hall steps tomorrow morning. Radio…
Lincolnshire – Day two at the High Court – It’s a nail-biter!
It's a nail-biter! The planned two-day judicial review hearing is now running into a third day (Thursday), with a decision not until Friday or (more likely) Monday, and the full…
Library News Round-up: 18 May 2015
THE BOOKSELLER : 18th MayBirmingham library users stage sit-inshttp://www.thebookseller.com/news/birmingham-library-users-stage-sit-insBarry & District News : 16th MayRhoose Library campaigners ready to throw book at CouncilLegal Aid for JR securedhttp://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/12954992.Library_campaigners_ready_to_throw_book_at_Council/ Brixton Buzz : 16th…
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: 17th July 2014
Today's news items, with thanks to Shirley Burnham. Bournemouth Echo : 17th JulyFears Poole council will axe valuable mobile library service used by vulnerable residentshttp://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/districts/poole/11345362.Axing_popular_mobile_library_would_cause____uproar___/Redditch Advertiser : 17th JulyWorcestershire | Wythall Library's…
LINCOLNSHIRE LIBRARY RESCUE COULD SAVE LIBRARIES NATIONWIDE
In two minutes flat this morning (17 July) a High Court judge brought a county's library destruction plans to a screeching halt. And, potentially, the court victory will stop many…
My first JR! Two illuminating days in the High Court in London.
by Laura Swaffield, Chair of The Library Campaign. We were following Simon Draper, from Save Lincs Libraries, in his judicial review against the county's utter determination to wreck its library…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th July 2014
BBC News - Education : 8th July School libraries 'should be counted', say MPs and peers http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-28209254 APPG Report - The Beating Heart of the School BBC News - Radio Lincolnshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 2 May 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 2nd May Philip Pullman leads authors condemning inadequate prison libraries Society of Authors' letter charges justice minister Chris Grayling with failure to fulfil statutory responsibilities http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/02/philip-pullman-condemning-inadequate-prison-libraries Alyson's…