Libraries News Round-up: 11th September 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 10th SeptemberYoung Americans 'as keen on libraries as ever'Young people in the US are just as likely to use libraries as older adults, and are more sceptical…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th September 2014
Left Foot Forward : 10th September'If at first you don’t succeed, you don’t succeed' – How the government is failing adult learnershttp://leftfootforward.org/2014/09/how-the-government-is-failing-adult-learners/Liverpool Confidential : 10th SeptemberPleas to spare Liverpool libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th September 2014
DAILY TELEGRAPH : 9th SeptemberPrisoners get better libraries than public, says ToryPrisoners are “far better served” by library facilities than the general public, an MP has claimed. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11085562/Prisoners-get-better-libraries-than-public-says-Tory.htmlCo-op News : 9th…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th September 2014
BBC News : 4th SeptemberThousands sign 10-year-old's Falmouth Library petitionhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-29052002Pirate FM Radio : 4th SeptemberFalmouth schoolboy hands in a five and a half thousand signature petition over the future of…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th August 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 28th AugustWill digitisation destroy libraries or make us stronger?Simon Chaplin is head of the Wellcome Libraryhttp://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2014/aug/28/digital-digitisation-libraries-books-wellcomeThe Star : 29th August‘Set up to fail’ - Sheffield library lease…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th August 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 27th AugustLetters | The evolving role of libraries in the digital age in response to The Guardian View on the Loss of Public Libraries http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/27/evolving-role-libraries-digital-age Mirfield Reporter : 27th…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd August 2014
Express & Star : 23rd AugustFuture uncertain for five Sandwell libraries in bid to cut £700kThe five libraries being reviewed are Hill Top in West Bromwich, Oakham in Tividale and Langley,…
Libraries News Round-up: 19th August 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 19th AugustReaders absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study findshttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/19/readers-absorb-less-kindles-paper-study-plot-ereader-digitisationW F Howes : 19th AugustW.F. Howes launches eBook service for libraries UK’s leading publisher of unabridged audiobooks,…
Libraries News Round-up: 15th August 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 15th AugustLiverpool moves closer to library closureshttp://www.thebookseller.com/news/liverpool-moves-closer-library-closures.htmlA Sense of Place : 15th AugustLiverpool | Closing the librarieshttp://asenseofplaceblog.wordpress.com/2014/08/08/closing-the-libraries/Alan Gibbons Blog : 15th AugustLiverpool City Council to go ahead with eleven…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th August 2014
TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION : 14th August‘Dismal’ start for Access to Research initiativeDr Murray-Rust said that the total number of users reported in six months indicated that just half a person…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th August 2014
Wales Online : 12th AugustVale of Glamorgan | Job losses, volunteer-run libraries and £32m cuts warning as council faces 'permanent austerity'http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/job-losses-volunteer-run-libraries-32m-7602471Stoke Sentinel : 12th AugustStaffordshire | Library consultation events planned in Eccleshall, Loggerheads and…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th August 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 11th AugustCarnegie Trust launches £200,000 library innovation fundA three-year funding programme, Carnegie Library Lab, will create partnerships with up to 15 libraries looking to develop "innovative practice." …
Libraries News Round-up: 10th August 2014
rs21 : 9th AugustFight for your right to readAlan Gibbons, author, organiser of the Campaign for the Book and lifelong socialist discusses the attacks that the library service is facing in…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th August 2014
Our daily digest of news items is provided by Shirley Burnham. You can follow her on Twitter at @ShirleyBurnham. BBC Radio Merseyside : 8th AugustInterview with Alan Gibbons - opposing Library…
Libraries News Round-up: 1st August 2014
The Library Campaign : 31st JulyUnhappy birthday, 1964 Act!It won’t matter what any Act says if DCMS declines to do one darned thing to get it implemented. And that’s where…
Libraries News Round-up: 31st July 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 31st JulyGibbons urges Vaizey to act on Kirklees library cutsIn his letter to the minister, Gibbons reminds Vaizey of his stance as a shadow culture minister in…
Libraries News Round-up: 30th July 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 30th JulyKirklees set to close 24 of its 26 libraries PLN data cited. Ann Cleeves, Alan Gibbons and Ian Anstice are quoted. http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/30/kirklees-close-24-26-libraries-cutsBBC News : 30th JulyCornwall…
Libraries News Round-up: 28th July 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 28th July How to join a library - in pictures If you're desperate to take part in the Summer Reading Challenge but don't yet belong to a…
Libraries News Round-up: 15th July 2014
Tom Roper's Weblog : 15th JulyFarewell to CILIP Councilhttp://www.roper.org.uk/tr/2014/07/farewell-to-cilip-council.html THE GUARDIAN : 15th July Scores of authors lobby government to act on school libraries http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/jul/15/authors-lobby-government-school-libraries-malorie-blackman THE GUARDIAN : 15th July…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th July 2014
Bromsgrove Advertiser : 12th JulyCulture Secretary visits Worcester to salute £60m world class HiveHe also said the current review of libraries being commissioned by the Government is coming to an…