Libraries News Round-up: 16 November 2016
This is Wiltshire : 15 November Swindon | Teachers and students praised by author as literature festival inspires more visits to school library Schools across the town came together for…
Libraries News Round-up: 15 November 2016
Nottingham Post: 15 November Council buys Sneinton Police Station for library plans Co-location plans for police base and library in former police station http://www.nottinghampost.com/work-underway-at-sneinton-dale-police-station/story-29900602-detail/story.html Crawley Observer : 15 November School's…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 November 2016
Leicester Mercury : 13 November 'Wow - just wow': People power saves Leicester library decision to keep the status quo http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/wow-just-wow-people-power-saves-leicester-library/story-29891419-detail/story.html Cornish Times : 13 November Library changes debated http://www.cornish-times.co.uk/article.cfm?id=107392&headline=Library%20changes%20debated§ionIs=news&searchyear=2016…
Libraries News Round-up: 11 November 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 11th November Letter (Lord Bird) Library closures, cuts and false economies https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/11/library-closures-cuts-and-false-economies THE BOOKSELLER : 11th November EU e-lending ruling sparks book trade concerns http://www.thebookseller.com/news/ruling-e-lending-raises-concerns-book-trade-429801 THE GUARDIAN…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 November 2016
Third Sector | 10th November Locality calls for £1bn to back protection of public assets http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/locality-calls-1bn-back-protection-public-assets/local-action/article/1415195 Surrey Comet : 10th November Kingston Council to spend £500,000 on upgrading borough's libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 November 2016
Swindon Advertiser : 8th November Give us our say, say Park Library campaigners http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14868940.Give_us_our_say__say_library_campaigners/ Swindon Advertiser : 7th November Swindon campaigners join thousands to save town's libraries http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14846601.Swindon_campaigners_join_thousands_to_save_town__39_s_libraries/ Bolton News…
Libraries News Round-up: 6 November 2016
ITV News : 5th November Swindon library campaigners join national demo excellent photographs http://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2016-11-05/swindon-library-campaigners-join-national-demo/ BBC News : 6th November Lancashire County Council considers bids to run under-threat services http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-37861765 Tinder…
Libraries News Round-up: 5 November 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 5th November Leading authors join protest march against cuts to cultural services https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/nov/05/leading-authors-join-protest-march-against-cuts-to-cultural-services BT.com : 5th November Authors join protest against library and museum cuts http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/campaigners-set-to-march-over-library-cuts-11364110683827 ITV…
Libraries News Round-up: 4 November 2016
BIG ISSUE : 4th NovemberJohn Bird to speak at a mass rally in support of Libraries this weekend http://www.bigissue.com/the-mix/news/7099/john-bird-to-speak-at-a-mass-rally-in-support-of-libraries-this-weekend Blog Preston : 4th November Lancashire | Sale of libraries in Preston and South…
Libraries News Round-up: 3 November 2016
Public Finance : 3rd November Time for some big thinking on community assets http://www.publicfinance.co.uk/opinion/2016/11/time-some-big-thinking-community-assets Research report: http://www.thepowertochange.org.uk/research/research-publications/ THE BOOKSELLER : 2nd November National Libraries Demo: authors & campaigners will 'fight tooth and…
Libraries News Round-up: 2 November 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 2nd November Vaizey criticises arts community for 'relentlessly left-wing groupthink' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/vaziey-hits-out-arts-community-relentlessly-left-wing-groupthink-425921 Newbury Today : 2nd November West Berkshire | Legality of library closures is 'irrelevant' http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/home/19709/legality-of-library-closures-is-irrelevant.html Sheffield…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 October
27th October: Thanks to Ian of PLN for advising on Twitter that: "Helen Milner of the Tinder Foundation will be interviewed by Sky News tomorrow on her view that some libraries are poor and…
Libraries News Round-up: 26 October
THE GUARDIAN : 26th October 'There’s nowhere else for children': Walsall locals react to library closure plans https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/26/theres-nowhere-else-for-children-walsall-locals-react-to-library-closure-plans Swindon Advertiser : 26th October Libraries campaigners to take their fight to…
Libraries News Round-up: 25 October
THE BOOKSELLER : 25th October CILIP urges Westminster to rethink library cuts http://www.thebookseller.com/news/westminster-council-urged-re-think-library-cuts-416951 Sutton Coldfield Local : 25th October Birmingham | Deputy Leader Ian Ward to attend library closure public meeting http://suttoncoldfieldlocal.co.uk/library-closure-public-meeting-220432/…
Libraries News Round-up: 24 October
THE GUARDIAN : 24th October Walsall council seeks to close all but one of its 16 libraries https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/oct/24/walsall-council-seeks-residents-views-library-closures-new-art-gallery THE BOOKSELLER : 24th October Authors condemn plans to shut Hay-on-Wye library…
Libraries News Round-up: 23 October
inews.co.uk : 23rd October British authors condemn ‘blasphemous’ library closure in Hay-on-Wye, ‘town of books’ https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/uk/exclusive-british-authors-condemn-blasphemous-library-closure-town-books/ Leon's Library Blog : 23rd October Parish Councils, Localism & Libraries https://leonslibraryblog.com/2016/10/23/parish-councils-localism-libraries/ Warrington Guardian :…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 October
DCMS : 21st October Culture, Media and Sport Committee one-off evidence session on departmental priorities in this Parliament http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/culture-media-and-sport-committee/inquiries/parliament-2015/work-of-dcms-inquiry-16-17 THE BOOKSELLER : 21st October Walsall plans to slash libraries from 16 to…
Libraries News Round-up: 20 October
BBC News : 20th October Plans to cut Walsall Council libraries from 16 to one revealed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-37718448 BBC News : 20th October Hay-on-Wye: Town of books could lose its library…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 October 2016
Warrington Guardian : 18th October Emotions run high as 'exceptionally damaging' library closure proposals come before full council http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/14808636.Emotions_run_high_as__exceptionally_damaging__library_closure_proposals_come_before_full_council/ Warrington Guardian : 19th October Stockton Heath parish councillors call for…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 October 2016
The Bookseller : 13 October Lords question government on library closures and Amazon taxation http://www.thebookseller.com/news/government-defends-record-library-closures-and-amazon-taxation-during-lords-debate-414116 Caerphilly Observer : 14 October Ystrad Mynach library reopens after refurbishment http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/961912/ystrad-mynach-library-reopens-after-refurbishment/ The Bookseller :…