Libraries News Round-up: 16th September 2013
Daily Post : 16th September Flintshire Council to review leisure services across the county LIBRARIES, leisure and community centres could be shut under a major county-wide review to save cash. …
Libraries News Round-up: 15th September 2013
New Save Our Libraries - Campaign to halt library closures in Moray and throughout Scotland Campaigners to lobby Council Convenor http://saveourlibraries.org.uk/?p=39 and on Twitter: @MorayLibraries Spalding Today : 15th September Dream to save…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th September 2013
Kent Online : 13th September Libraries and residential care homes could be frontline services to be privatised in shake-up The so-called market review of a dozen services represents the first…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th September 2013
Bury Times : 13th September Plan to turn most of Bury Library into sculpture centre branded 'ridiculous' http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/10674964.Plan_to_turn_most_of_Bury_Library_into_sculpture_centre_branded__ridiculous_/ Northern Scot : 13th September Legal challenge to library closures http://www.northern-scot.co.uk/News/Legal-challenge-to-library-closures-13092013.htm The…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th September 2013
THE GUARDIAN : 12th September 'The price of libraries is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation' Lincolnshire's library cuts do not make economic sense because growth relies on…
Libraries News Round-up: 11th September 2013
BBC Radio 4 : 11th September Michael Rosen | Our Libraries - The Next Chapter: Episode 2 on iPlayer http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039q5dv IOE London : 11th September Reading for pleasure puts children…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th September 2013
No Confidence in Ed Vaizey : 10th September Bob Usherwood: our professional duty to support the motion http://noconfidenceinedvaizey.wordpress.com/2013/09/10/bob-usherwood-our-professional-duty-to-support-the-motion/ Inside Moray : 10th September Opposition gathers as Moray Council admit…
Libraries News Round-up: 9th September 2013
London Evening Standard : 9th September Lambeth | Council facing £150,000 bill after squatters trash ex-library http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/council-facing-150000-bill-after-squatters-trash-exlibrary-8804548.html OTS News : 8th September Sefton Council Discriminating Over Access To Library Anyone who believes…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th September 2013
Spalding Today : 8th September Letter - Market Deeping | Library: Disgusted and ashamed at county council http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news/opinion/letters/library-disgusted-and-ashamed-at-county-council-1-5461601 Friends of Barham Library : 8th September Letter to ACAVA re Barham…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th September 2013
DutchNews.nl : 7th September Not all libraries should be closed: cabinet http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2013/09/not_all_libraries_should_be_cl.php THE INDEPENDENT : 7th September Boyd Tonkin: Brum’s palace of the book is a triumph – but can…
Libraries News Round-up: 6th September 2013
THE ECONOMIST : 6th September Library of Birmingham - It's not all about the books "We need to find ways to generate commercial income, whether that's from hiring facilities, making…
Libraries News Round-up: 5th September 2013
Caerphilly Observer : 5th September More people using libraries in Caerphilly County Borough According to statistics from Caerphilly County Borough Council, 90,000 more people visited libraries in 2012/13 compared to…
Libraries News Round-up: 4th September 2013
BBC Radio 4 iPlayer : 4th September Michael Rosen | Our Libraries: The Next Chapter - Episode 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xx7b Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 3rd September Open Letter from a 90-year old Lincolnshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd September 2013
BBC News : 3rd September Birmingham Library: Is the £189m price tag justified? Birmingham's new central library has opened at a cost of £189m. But in an era of spending…
Libraries News Round-up: 2nd September 2013
THE BIG ISSUE : 2nd September Andrew Carnegie: the billionaire benefactor of Great Britain (Sydenham Library, Lewisham) A petition was launched to keep it open, but it took local business owner…
Libraries News Round-up: 1st September 2013
The Observer : 1st September Birmingham's last hurrah for local pride before civic Britain is culled http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/01/birmingham-library-last-hurrah-civic-britain Spalding Guardian : 1st September Anger over plans to close libraries " I…
Libraries News Round-up: 31st August 2013
Sunderland Echo : 30th August Rallying cry to save Sunderland libraries http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/local/all-news/rallying-cry-to-save-sunderland-libraries-1-5998401
Libraries News Round-up: 30th August 2013
FINANCIAL TIMES : 30th August A new chapter for libraries The rash of closures of local libraries by cash-stricken local authorities in England has prompted real (and justified) outrage of…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th August 2013
BBC Radio 4 Our Libraries: The Next Chapter to be broadcast: 11.00 a.m - Wednesday 4th September In the first of two programmes, Michael goes to Herefordshire where, earlier this…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 27th August Villagers hand in 7,800 name petition in library closure threat protest They made the 100-mile round trip from Deeping St James in the south…