Libraries News Round-up: 16 March 2018
ITV News: 16 March Plymouth | Are pop-up libraries the solution? Plymouth City council insists shutting five libraries and replacing them with a so called 'pop-up' version is working and was the…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 February 2018
BBC News: 10 February Trafford to be 'first' council scraps library late fees http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-43015919 ITV News: 10 February Fines on overdue library books to be dropped in Trafford http://www.itv.com/news/granada/update/2018-02-10/fines-on-overdue-library-books-to-be-dropped-in-trafford/ Denbighshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 February 2018
The Bookseller: 9 February Settle to step down as Libraries Taskforce chief next month http://www.thebookseller.com/news/settle-step-down-libraries-taskforce-chief-next-month-729266 Burnham-on-Sea.com: 9 February Somerset | Save Highbridge Library! Campaign launched to halt closure plan http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2018/save-highbridge-library-group-09-02-18.php This…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 December 2016
Lancashire Telegraph : 26th December JK Rowling, Danielle Steel and James Patterson books among 48,000 missing items from libraries Cllr Gordon Birtwistle, leader of the Liberal Democrats on Burnley Council,…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 January 2016
On the Wight : 19th January What do we do if the money runs out? IOW council chief asks Government The council chief's letter to the DCLG's Shafi Khan is embedded in the…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 January 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 8th January Report to recommend £20m digital investment in libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/report-recomment-20m-digital-investment-libraries-319894 The Knowledge Exchange : 8th January Digital leadership: how should digital be represented at board level? Reading…
Libraries News Round-up: 21st March 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 21st March Sieghart submissions highlight library 'lottery' CILIP quoted http://www.thebookseller.com/news/sieghart-submissions-highlight-library-lottery.html Huffington Post : 21st March The Death of Multiculturalism? Newham's libraries feature prominently http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/iram-sarwar/multiculturalism_b_5001582.html THE GUARDIAN :…
Libraries News Round-up: 2nd January 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 2nd January UK councils found to benefit from half a million hours of unpaid labour Bexley council said many of its unpaid placements were in library services,…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th August 2013
Louth Leader : 7th August Lincolnshire County Council accused of 'false economy' over proposed cuts to library services "I have a great deal of concern about the effects this will…