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: 21st December 2013
Worcester News : 20th December Just 40p a month will meet the shortfall, says Upton Town Council They will ask every household in Upton and six surrounding parishes to pay…
Libraries News Round-up: 20th December 2013
CILIP PMLG Newsletter - 'Access' Including, among others, articles from Annie Mauger, John Dolan and Ian Anstice http://info.cilip.org.uk/FS/2834/Documents/PMLG%20Access%20Issue%201.pdf Stoke Sentinel : 20th December Community volunteers could be drafted in to…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th December 2013
Get West London : 19th December Harrow | 'Positive future' no more as library management company in consultation with staff over redundancies http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/incoming/positive-future-no-more-library-6432962 The Star : 19th December Funding promise for Sheffield…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th December 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 13th December Cressida Cowell launches Christmas reading challenge Author Cressida Cowell today launched The Reading Agency’s new Christmas reading mini-challenge, designed to encourage children to use their…
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: 12th October 2013
Inside Moray : 12th October Cabinet Secretary to ask Moray Council to reconsider Libraries closures http://insidemoray.co.uk/?p=1108 First News : 12th October Nine libraries set to shut doors in Sunderland http://www.firstnews.co.uk/news/nine-libraries-set-to-shut-doors-in-sunderland-i9981…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th October 2013
Cambridge News : 7th October Big Society-run libraries in Cambridgeshire never happened - but the big cuts have http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Big-Society-run-libraries-in-Cambridgeshire-never-happened-but-the-big-cuts-have-20131007031434.htm OpenDemocracy.net : 7th October Bradford | Radical Library Camp: in the fight over…
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: 18th September 2013
PRIVATE EYE Issue 1349 (p.32) Library News | Sunderland THE BOOKSELLER : 18th September Speak Up For Libraries conference in November http://www.thebookseller.com/news/speak-libraries-conference-november.html Alan Gibbons Diary : 18th September Alan's thoughts on the…
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: 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: 6th September 2013
THE ECONOMIST : 6th September Library of Birmingham - It's not all about the books "We need to find ways to generate commercial income, whether that's from hiring facilities, making…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th August 2013
This Is Bristol : 14th August Come and meet us Simon Cook invitation extended, to discuss concerns about Bristol Central Library http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/Come-meet-Simon-Cook/story-19654159-detail/story.html Daily Echo : 14th August Southampton |Plea to…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th August 2013
THE BOOKSELLER : 12th August 'Spiral of decline' for Anglesey's libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/spiral-decline-angleseys-libraries.html Public Libraries News : 11th August Editorial | Go in poor, leave feeling rich http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/go-in-poor-leave-feeling-rich.html This Is Lincolnshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th August 2013
Public Libraries News : 4th August CILIP's suggested new name revealed, the e-lending pilot takes shape … and the rest of the news http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/08/cilips-suggested-new-name-revealed-the-e-lending-pilot-takes-shape-and-the-rest-of-the-news.html Cumbernauld News : 4th August North…
Libraries News Round-up: 1st August 2013
CILIP : 1st August New name for library and information professional body proposed http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/new-name-library-and-information-professional-body-proposed CILIP : 31st July New name for library and information professional body proposed http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/news/new-name-library-and-information-professional-body-proposed Library Journal…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd July 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 23rd July Alan Wylie | New blog - Localism and Libraries http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/localism-and-libraries.html Horncastle News : 23rd July Campaigners ready to fight to save Lincolnshire's libraries http://www.horncastlenews.co.uk/news/local/campaigners-ready-to-fight-to-save-lincolnshire-s-libraries-1-5312275…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th July 2013
THE INDEPENDENT : 17th July The austerity story: How Spain fell in love with books again as locals flood back to libraries http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/the-austerity-story-how-spain-fell-in-love-withbooks-again-as-locals-flood-back-to-libraries-8714705.html Spalding Today : 17th July Community shows…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th July 2013
Public Libraries News : 7th July Editorial |Mail somehow uses library rebrand to link librarians with mass murderer including details of newspaper reports, blogs and social media coverage - CILIP…