Libraries news round-up: 9 September 2018
West Bridgford Wire: 9 September Notts library to close during school holidays The Shuttle: 9 September Worcestershire library book borrowing exceeds 1.5m this year
Libraries News Round-up: 17 November 2017
BBC News: 17th November Single card pilot for Scottish libraries launched http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-42026465 Bradford Telegraph & Argus: 17 November Kirklees | Yet more library cuts threaten our children's future http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/NEWS/15665537.Yet_more_library_cuts_threaten_our_children___s_future/ Dumbarton…
Libraries News Round-up: 16 August 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 16th August Library use in England fell dramatically over last decade, figures show https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/16/library-use-in-england-fell-dramatically-over-last-decade-figures-show Coventry Telegraph : 16th August Could Coventry's libraries go online to save cash?…
Public Libraries – Tell it like it is!
Fed up with the 'libraries are irrelevant' brigade? Tell them the facts - people visit libraries almost twice as often as the cinema and far, far more than theatre or even football.…
Library News Round-up: 5 August 2015
PRIVATE EYE Issue No. 1398 (p.30) in newsagentsLibrary News | Press Association story's "logic-defying figures"Wales Online : 5th AugustResidents win right to take legal challenge against closure of library to High Courthttp://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/residents-win-right-take-legal-9796708 Hartlepool Mail :…
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…