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: 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: 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: 21st November 2013
Keighley News : 21st November Bradford | Silsden woman's worries over ‘lifeline’ libraries service cuts Miss Wade has written to the council opposing the proposed scrapping of the provision, which is part…
Libraries News Round-up: 18th November 2013
ITV News : 18th November Half of Sheffield libraries could close http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2013-11-18/half-of-sheffield-libraries-could-close/ TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION : 18th November Academics challenge 'apocalyptic' predictions for future of libraries http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/news/academics-challenge-apocalyptic-predictions-for-future-of-libraries/2009100.article Bucks Free Press…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th November 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 7th November Could London council be answer to Lincs libraries? Privatisation mooted A private branch of Greenwhich Borough Council has offered to take over running the…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd November 2013
The Star : 3rd November 'Petty' Sheffield library closures anger http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/petty-sheffield-library-closures-anger-1-6210830 St Albans Review : 3rd November Herts | Meeting to discuss future of library services in St Albans A total of…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th October 2013
We are Barnsley : 29th October Big Changes Set For Town's Libraries http://www.wearebarnsley.com/mobile/news/article/3944/big-changes-set-for-towns-libraries This Is South Wales : 29th October Neath Port Talbot | Community's fight to save old library goes onlinehttp://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Community-s-fight-save-old-library-goes-online/story-20000794-detail/story.html#axzz2j5w26rxw…
NEIL GAIMAN: Reading and Obligation – A talk for The Reading Agency
A word from the chair of The Library Campaign, who attended The Reading Agency's second annual conference, Neil Gaiman, on tour from the US to launch his latest book Fortunately the…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th October 2013
THE INDEPENDENT : 14th October Neil Gaiman: Closing libraries 'is like stopping the vaccination programmes' http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/neil-gaiman-closing-libraries-is-like-stopping-the-vaccination-programmes-8879956.html Reading Agency : 14th October Neil Gaiman delivers our second annual lecture good detail…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th October 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 13th October Speak up for Libraries Conference 23/11/13; Resisting, Improving and Promoting! http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/speak-up-for-libraries-conference.html The Star : 13th October Letter | I prefer a library to a council office makeover…
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: 2nd October 2013
Huffington Post : 2nd October Ed Vaizey Says 'Completely Useless' Description Is 'So True' http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/02/ed-vaizey-useless_n_4028411.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 Chamberlain Files : 2nd October Cash cuts may force Birmingham community libraries to close, city…
Libraries News Round-up: 26th September 2013
Gov.uk : 26th September A Nation of Culture Vultures includes link to DCMS Taking Part Survey - Libraries (see Chapter 4) In the year ending June 2013, 36.2% of adults…
Libraries News Round-up: 24th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 24th September Sue Charteris |Libraries are trusted spaces, but this doesn't mean they have to stay the same http://www.theguardian.com/local-government-network/2013/sep/24/library-service-council-space Public Libraries News : 23rd September Editorial | Three controversial ideas…
Libraries News Round-up: 20th September 2013
Voices for the Library : 20th September No confidence in Ed Vaizey http://www.voicesforthelibrary.org.uk/?p=4118 CILIPS Council : 20th September Cuts to Moray Libraries - Open Letter from CILIPS Council CILIP in…
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…