Libraries News Round-up: 18th January 2014
BBC News : 18th January Wales | Library closure plans scrutinised as council cuts bite Questions are being raised as to whether councils which close libraries to save money can still meet…
Libraries News Round-up: 15th January 2014
CILIP : 15th January Revealed: Government advice promoting volunteer-run libraries had no Ministerial sign-off http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/revealed-government-advice-promoting-volunteer-run-libraries-had-no-ministerial-sign Phil Bradley's Weblog : 15th January Vaizey ignores CILIP http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2014/01/vaizey-ignores-cilip.html The Star : 15th January…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th January 2014
Yon Hap News : 14th January S. Korea to greatly increase public libraries by 2018 http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/culturesports/2014/01/14/98/0701000000AEN20140114004600315F.html Booktrade Info : 14th January Best-selling Author Lesley Pearse Becomes First National Libraries Day…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th January 2014
The Star : 13th January Clegg plea for Sheffield library U-turn "Libraries are more important than politics." http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/clegg-plea-for-sheffield-library-u-turn-1-6368194 Public Libraries News : 12th January Editorial | Too good a gift horse for…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th January 2014
The Westcountry : 10th January Cornwall | Jobs under threat as libraries and one stop shops to cut opening hours and merge http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/10928571.Jobs_under_threat_as_libraries_and_one_stop_shops_to_cut_opening_hours_and_merge/ ITV News : 10th January Nick Clegg backs campaign…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th January 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th January Ezra leaves DCMS advisory role Ezra's advisory role replaced the Advisory Council for Libraries, which is a statutory requirement. Laura Swaffield, chair of The Library…
Libraries News Round-up: 6th January 2014
Third Sector : 6th January Number of library volunteers surges in the year to March, figures show Rob Jackson, a volunteering consultant, said he would be interested in finding out…
Libraries News Round-up: 26th December 2013
Northern Echo : 26th December Library branches out after obtaining Fair Trade status A library is branching out from its usual role - by going into the retail trade. Northallerton…
Libraries News Round-up: 18th December 2013
MickFortune.com : 18th December Are Councils using framework agreements to destroy the UK Public Library Service - You decide. http://www.mickfortune.com/Wordpress/?p=1061 THE BOOKSELLER : 18th December Major job cuts at Southend's…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 17th December Campaigners attack SCL on CIPFA http://www.thebookseller.com/news/campaigners-attack-scl-cipfa.html Spalding Guardian : 17th December MP in fight to save library from the axe MP John Hayes is fighting…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th-15th December 2013
Public Libraries News : 14th December Top UK public library trends of 2013 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/12/top-uk-public-library-trends-of-2013.html Louth Leader : 15th December Protest toys put outside Louth Library http://www.louthleader.co.uk/news/local/protest-toys-put-outside-louth-library-1-5744544 This Is Lincolnshire :…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th December 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 12th December Should libraries rely on volunteers? includes a poll http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/poll/2013/dec/12/libraries-volunteers-council-cuts London Evening Standard : 12th December Derek Jacobi: Libraries have been a big part of my…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th December 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 11th December Susan Cooper: libraries are the frontline in the war for the imagination In a speech given to the Youth Libraries Group, The Dark Is Rising…
Libraries News Round-up: 6th December 2013
BBC News : 6th December Somerset | Library volunteers scheme criticised by community group http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-25256102 THE GUARDIAN : 6th December Authors' Public Lending Right payments frozen http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/06/authors-public-lending-right-payments-frozen THE BOOKSELLER : 6th December…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th December 2013
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 4th December Inside the 2nd Dec Scrutiny Meeting – Two Voices http://savelincslibraries.org.uk/2013/12/04/inside-the-2nd-dec-scrutiny-meeting-two-voices/ Lincolnshire Echo : 3rd December "Democracy is dead": Lincolnshire library funding cuts criticised Chris…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 3rd December ACE grant to library artists sparks controversy http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ace-grant-library-artists-sparks-controversy.html Mancunian Matters : 3rd December Is the end nigh for Greater Manchester's libraries? http://mancunianmatters.co.uk/content/031213674-end-nigh-greater-manchesters-libraries-savage-cuts-and-ailing-visitor-numbers-make ITV News :…
Libraries News Round-up: 30th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 30th November Protesters took to city streets to say 'no' to library closures http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/Save-Lincolnshire-Libraries-Central-Library/story-20244645-detail/story.html#axzz2m88QFJqt This Is Lincolnshire : 30th November Protests against library closures planned today…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th November 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th November Library cuts 'worse in deprived north' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-cuts-worse-deprived-north.html CILIP : 28th November Damaging library cuts are wrong and dangerous http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/damaging-library-cuts-are-wrong-and-dangerous Public Libraries News : 28th November…
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…