Libraries News Round-up: 10th October 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 10th October Super-libraries herald a new age in the life of a humble institution The rise of super-libraries is an example of the growing inequality in the…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th October 2013
BBC News : 8th October England's young adults trail world in literacy and maths http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-24433320 BBC News : 8th October Carol Buck loses Doncaster library funding appeal http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-24447890 ITV News…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th October 2013
Thanks to Shirley Burnham for the links that we post daily on our website. Here is today's round up of news relating to libraries. The Library Campaign Briefing Paper for…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : 2nd October Ed Vaizey admits to being "completely useless" http://alangibbons.net/2013/10/ed-vaizey-admits/ THE BOOKSELLER : 3rd October Ten 'enterprising libraries' chosen for scheme http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ten-enterprising-libraries-chosen-scheme.html BBC London : 3rd…
Libraries News Round-up: 30th September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 30th September Anger as Sunderland library closures are rubberstamped http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/anger-as-sunderland-library-closures-are-rubberstamped-1-6100257 ITV News : 30th September Lincolnshire |Library campaigners vow to fight until decision News report Video http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2013-09-30/library-campaigners-vow-to-fight-until-decision/ BBC…
Libraries News Round-up: 28th September 2013
Gazette Series : 27th September Strike action to close South Gloucestershire libraries tomorrow http://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/10703187.Strike_action_to_close_South_Gloucestershire_libraries_tomorrow/ Market Rasen Mail : 28th September Letter | Libraries - Figures don’t stack up http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/letters-opinion/letter-libraries-figures-don-t-stack-up-1-5521916 This Is Grimsby :…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd September 2013
Northern Scot : 23rd September Equality Commission to consider Moray Council library decision http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Equality-Commission-to-consider-Moray-Council-library-decision-23092013.htm THE BOOKSELLER : 23rd September Blackman: 'ringfence library budgets' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/blackman-ringfence-library-budgets.html Good Library Blog : 23rd September…
Libraries News Round-up: 22nd September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 22nd September Government has failed on library closures, says children's laureate http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/22/government-failed-library-closures-malorie-blackman THE GUARDIAN : 22nd September What libraries do for us – and me | Malorie…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th September 'No confidence' Vaizey vote this Saturday http://www.thebookseller.com/news/no-confidence-vaizey-vote-saturday.html Alan Gibbons Diary : 19th September No confidence motion in Ed Vaizey Alan's opinion piece http://alangibbons.net/2013/09/no-confidence-motion-in-ed-vaizey/ Ledbury Reporter :…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th September 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 17th September Half of Sheffield's libraries under threat Threats to libraries in Moray, Sunderland, Neath and Flintshire also feature http://www.thebookseller.com/news/half-sheffields-libraries-under-threat.html ITV News : 17th September Sheffield libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 16th September 2013
Daily Post : 16th September Flintshire Council to review leisure services across the county LIBRARIES, leisure and community centres could be shut under a major county-wide review to save cash. …
Libraries News Round-up: 15th September 2013
New Save Our Libraries - Campaign to halt library closures in Moray and throughout Scotland Campaigners to lobby Council Convenor http://saveourlibraries.org.uk/?p=39 and on Twitter: @MorayLibraries Spalding Today : 15th September Dream to save…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th September 2013
Kent Online : 13th September Libraries and residential care homes could be frontline services to be privatised in shake-up The so-called market review of a dozen services represents the first…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th September 2013
Bury Times : 13th September Plan to turn most of Bury Library into sculpture centre branded 'ridiculous' http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/10674964.Plan_to_turn_most_of_Bury_Library_into_sculpture_centre_branded__ridiculous_/ Northern Scot : 13th September Legal challenge to library closures http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Legal-challenge-to-library-closures-13092013.htm The…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 12th September 'The price of libraries is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation' Lincolnshire's library cuts do not make economic sense because growth relies on…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th September 2013
BBC Radio 4 : 11th September Michael Rosen | Our Libraries - The Next Chapter: Episode 2 on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039q5dv IOE London : 11th September Reading for pleasure puts children…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th September 2013
No Confidence in Ed Vaizey : 10th September Bob Usherwood: our professional duty to support the motion http://noconfidenceinedvaizey.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/bob-usherwood-our-professional-duty-to-support-the-motion/ Inside Moray : 10th September Opposition gathers as Moray Council admit…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th September 2013
London Evening Standard : 9th September Lambeth | Council facing £150,000 bill after squatters trash ex-library http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/council-facing-150000-bill-after-squatters-trash-exlibrary-8804548.html OTS News : 8th September Sefton Council Discriminating Over Access To Library Anyone who believes…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th September 2013
Spalding Today : 8th September Letter - Market Deeping | Library: Disgusted and ashamed at county council http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/library-disgusted-and-ashamed-at-county-council-1-5461601 Friends of Barham Library : 8th September Letter to ACAVA re Barham…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th September 2013
DutchNews.nl : 7th September Not all libraries should be closed: cabinet http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/09/not_all_libraries_should_be_cl.php THE INDEPENDENT : 7th September Boyd Tonkin: Brum’s palace of the book is a triumph – but can…