Libraries News Round-up: 23 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 23rd May The Safe House: a documentary on the decline of UK libraries – trailer video Poet and filmmaker Greta Bellamacina has teamed up with journalist Davina…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 22nd May Council closed libraries to cut costs, then spent more to guard them Lambeth http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/22/lambeth-council-closed-libraries-security-guards Leon's Library Blog : 22nd May Mythomania https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/05/22/mythomania/
Libraries News Round-up: 21 May 2016
BBC News : 21st May Hundreds protest against Lewisham library cuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-36350323 Sevenoaks Chronicle : 21st May Kent | Sevenoaks mobile library stop-offs halved - is your area affected? More than half…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 May 2016
Public Libraries News : 19th May Editorial | "Cameron can come to ours and assist those trying to get online" http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/05/cameron-can-come-to-ours-and-assist-those-trying-to-get-online.html Newbury News : 20th May West Berkshire | Council refuses to release library…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 May 2016
Brixton Buzz : 18th May Lambeth Full Council meeting ends in farce as residents are prevented from having say over library closures http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2016/05/lambeth-full-council-meeting-ends-in-farce-as-residents-are-prevented-from-having-say-over-library-closures/ Lichfield Mercury : 19th May Lichfield Library…
Libraries News Round-up: 18 May 2016
UTV : 18th May Anger over plans to cut NI library hours http://www.u.tv/News/2016/05/18/Anger-over-plans-to-cut-NI-library-hours-59182 Blackpool Gazette : 18th May Lancashire | Public inquiry threat over libraries axe http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/arts/public-inquiry-threat-over-libraries-axe-1-7917583 Blackpool Gazette : 18th May Lancashire | Politically Correct by…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 17th May How do I join the Summer Reading Challenge 2016? http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2016/may/17/how-do-i-join-the-summer-reading-challenge-2016 BBC News : 17th May Libraries NI: Opening hours could be cut at 14 premises…
Libraries News Round-up: 16 May 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 16th May Poet to petition Sadiq Khan over Library closures http://www.thebookseller.com/news/poet-petition-sadiq-khan-over-library-closures-329815 Leon's Library Blog : 16th May Libraries Deliver .... Social Justice? An extract from the response by…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 May 2016
Fleetwood Today : 14th May Lancashire | Video plea to save libraries Plea from ex-library worker turned councillor http://www.fleetwoodtoday.co.uk/news/video-plea-to-save-libraries-1-7910933 Gazette Live: 14th May Rallying call to save under threat Stockton library http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/rallying-call-save-under-threat-11331582…
Libraries News Round-up: 13 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 13th May Books are back. Only the technodazzled thought they would go away http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/13/books-ebook-publishers-paper?CMP=share_btn_tw Swindon Advertiser : 12th May Councillor urged to back up her pre-election library…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 May 2016
Make a difference https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/05/12/make-a-difference/ Northern Echo : 12th May Friends group launched to save Darlington's libraries http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/14489490.Friends_group_launched_to_save_Darlington_s_libraries/ Skegness Standard : 11th May Lincolnshire | New-look Alford Library offers homely atmopshere http://www.skegnessstandard.co.uk/news/community/community-news/new-look-alford-library-offers-homely-atmopshere-1-7379407 Lytham…
Libraries News Round-up: 11 May 2016
PRIVATE EYE Issue No.1418 Library News (p.33) | Shepton Mallet Southern Daily Echo : 11th May Hampshire | Battle after Bursledon Parish Council barred from Lowford Community Centre The future of the…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 May 2016
Lancashire Evening Post : 9th May County Council staff wait for jobs news as cuts row grows http://www.lep.co.uk/news/county-council-staff-wait-for-jobs-news-as-cuts-row-grows-1-7901825 Lancashire Evening Post : 10th May Letter | 'Shameful legacy of closures' http://www.lep.co.uk/news/your-say/readers-letters-may-10-1-7903759 Chorley…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 May 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th May MP's campaign against Lancashire library closures http://www.thebookseller.com/news/mp-criticses-lancashire-library-closures-328510 You Tube | Lancashire Headline News : 9th May Campaigners disappointed at plans to close 29 Lancashire libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 May 2016
BBC News : 7th May Lancashire libraries closure plan criticised by MP Paul Maynard MP http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-36233716 Lancaster & Morecambe Citizen : 8th May Anger as county reveals libraries and childrens…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 May 2016
Herefordshire Live : 6th May Closed book: Hereford Library unlikely to open again until 2017 http://herefordshirelive.co.uk/culture/news/closed-book-hereford-library-unlikely-to-open-again-until-2017 Lancashire County Council : 6th May Cabinet report outlines plans to transform services with…
Libraries News Round-up: 5 May 2016
Sheffield Star : 5th May Letter | We need the librarians http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/your-say/we-need-the-librarians-1-7893154 Lytham St Annes Express : 5th May Lancashire | Library plans out this week http://www.lythamstannesexpress.co.uk/news/library-plans-out-this-week-1-7893459 THE BOOKSELLER : 4th May Stephen Fry:…
Libraries News Round-up: 3 May 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 3rd May Library use falling sharply, study shows http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/03/library-use-falling-sharply-study-shows London Evening Standard : 3rd May Stephen Fry defends ‘life-saving’ libraries as closures and mergers gather pace http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/stephen-fry-defends-lifesaving-libraries-as-closures-and-mergers-gather-pace-a3238516.html Socialist Worker…
Libraries News Round-up: 1 May 2016
Cumnock Chronicle : 1st May Dumfries & Galloway | Three local services in Sanquhar will be combined http://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/14464226.Sanquhar_to_get_combined_council_services/ Torquay Herald Express : 30th April Devon | Ashburton's new Library at the Post Office has…
Libraries News Round-up: 29 April 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th April Library usage falls 14.3 percentage points since 2005 \ http://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-usage-has-fallen-143-2005-328058 Lancaster Guardian : 29th April ‘Ridiculous’ to axe library after £300,000 refurb Bolton-le-Sands http://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/local/ridiculous-to-axe-library-after-refurb-1-7881510 London Evening…