Libraries news round-up: 31 October 2018
Southend Echo: 31 October Library axed - and replaced with council vans in Southend Darlington Times: 31 October North Yorkshire | Library becomes hub for Great Ayton Hambleton Today: 31…
Libraries news round-up: 30 October 2018
The Bookseller: 30 October Library petition hits 20k signatures after Rowling support Redditch Advertiser: 30 October Worcestershire | Future of Woodrow and Alvechurch libraries uncertain after consultation into the future…
Libraries news round-up: 29 October 2018
Morning Star: 29 October Shadow chancellor says the government's claim to have ended austerity doesn't add up "... over 500 libraries and children’s centres are set to be closed." Local…
Libraries news round-up: 27 October 2018
North Wales Pioneer: 27 October Views sought on libraries in Conwy Survey in libraries in Conwy running for just six days
Libraries news round-up: 13 October 2018
BBC News: 13 October Belfast Central Library at 130: 'No longer are we just librarians' Stoke on Trent Live: 13 October Staffordshire | Deadline looms for bids to take over…
Libraries news round-up: 24 September 2018
Bath Echo: 24 September Bath & NE Somerset | Councillors launch consultation on new Peasedown Community Library Watford Observer: 24 September Letter: Where is library's reference section?
Libraries news round-up: 19 September 2018
Blackpool Gazette: 19 September Lancashire | Library’s new chapter won’t begin this year Somerset Live: 19 September Temporary home for Bath library during Podium works yet to be found Critics…
Libraries news round-up: 18 September 2018
Chronicle Live: 18 September Newcastle | Council promises to allay fears over plans to open addict recovery centre at Fenham Library Get Reading: 18 September Changes to libraries in Reading come…
Libraries news round-up: 12 September 2018
Northern Echo: 11 September Move to retain Darlington's Crown Street library endorsed by council leaders Northern Echo: 11 September Letters: Darlington library move debacle an inexcusable and expensive mess Chew…
Libraries news round-up: 3 September 2018
BBC News: 3 September Darlington Council considers U-turn over library closure Northern Echo: 3 September Darlington's Crown Street Library saved from closure Northern Echo: 3 September Comment: A welcome turnabout…
Libraries news round-up: 31 August 2018
South Wales Argus: 31 August Libraries in Blaenau Gwent could be run with new approach Birmingham Post: 31 August Mobile library service to be axed in Solihull
Libraries news round-up: 28 August 2018
The Star: 28 August “I dread to think what the future holds for Sheffield libraries” The Star: 28 August Sheffield | Your Say | Well done Lee Pearce (second letter…
Libraries news round-up: 22 August 2018
The Bookseller: 22 August Government slams CIPFA library data as 'flawed' and 'unusable' The Star: 22 August Sheffield | “The library has put the heart back into Greenhill” Bury Times:…
Libraries news round-up: 20 August 2018
Ipswich Star: 20 August Suffolk library chief reveals ideas to help boost visitor numbers Northamptonshire Telegraph: 20 August Don’t ‘read all about it’ at libraries facing yet more cuts
Libraries news round-up: 19 August 2018
Telegraph & Argus: 19 August Library service in Kirklees to undergo massive re-vamp
Libraries news round-up: 1 August 2018
BBC News: 1 August Northamptonshire County Council: Protesters 'mourn' cuts to services Sky News: 1 August Fears cash-strapped Northamptonshire County Council may no longer afford services The Guardian: 1 August…
Libraries news round-up: 25 July 2018
Barnet Times: 25 July Barnet children protest over libraries Northamptonshire Telegraph: 25 July Legal hearing over fate of 21 Northamptonshire libraries Harrow Times: 25 July North Harrow Library to reopen…
Libraries news round-up: 23 July 2018
Evening Standard: 23 July Those long summers of learning and visiting the library have been shelved The Courier: 23 July Costs of upgrading Montrose Library exceed £1 million
Libraries news round-up: 21 July 2018
Ham & High: 21 July Barnet | Children and adults to issue plea to new DCMS secretary over library restrictions Morpeth Herald: 21 July Northumberland | Library decision ‘can’t be…
Libraries news round-up: 5 July 2018
The Bookseller: 5 July Public's library support 'needs to shift to activism' St Helen Star: 5 July Visitor numbers for St Helens libraries falls by almost 30 per cent Clydebank…