Libraries news round-up: 28 September 2018
Press & Journal: 28 September Over 100 jobs at risk as Moray Council look to implement severe budget cuts Cuts agreed include reduced opening hours for Buckie, Forres, Keith, Lossiemouth…
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: 15 September 2018
The Courier: 15 September Fife library closure fears allayed but opening hours could change My Welshpool: 15th September Powys | Library shocker for Welshpool
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: 30 August 2018
Chronicle Live: 30 August Newcastle | 'I won't take my kids there' - Residents fuming as library set to be drug and alcohol rehab centre Evening Telegraph: 30 August REVEALED:…
Libraries news round-up: 30 July 2018
Redditch Standard: 30 July Worcestershire | Have your say as County Hall looks to make cutbacks in library services The Irish News: 30 July Linen Hall Library to close on…
Libraries news round-up: 17 July 2018
The Bookseller: 17 July Libraries: talking stock Reading Chronicle: 17 July Reading Borough Council hopes to save more than £200k by cutting opening hours at six of the seven libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 10 July 2018
Hereford Times: 9 July Council leaders to explore outsourcing options for libraries, museums and archives East London & West Essex Guardian: 10 July Waltham Forest | Wood Street library to…
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…
Libraries News Round-up: 2 May 2018
Coventry Observer: 2 May Earlsdon Library under threat as board pulls out of formal takeover over council funding concerns https://coventryobserver.co.uk/news/earlsdon-library-under-threat-as-board-pulls-out-of-formal-takeover-over-council-funding-concerns/ . Somerset Live: 2 May Somerset libraries could be forced…
Libraries News Round-up: 30 April 2018
Northamptonshire Telegraph: 30 April Volunteer groups hopeful of taking over all 21 under-threat Northants libraries https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/news/volunteer-groups-hopeful-of-taking-over-all-21-under-threat-northants-libraries-1-8481329 Derby Telegraph: 30 April City centre library move will see dramatic drop in books on shelves…
Libraries News Round-up: 31 August 2017
Derby Telegraph: 30 August Hunt for volunteers to run Derby libraries begins on Monday http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/derby-news/hunt-volunteers-run-derby-libraries-402583 Leon's Library Blog: 30 August Design for the Future - by Dr Malcolm Rigler https://leonslibraryblog.com/2017/08/30/design-for-the-future/…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 August 2017
Helensburgh Advertiser: 21 August Green light awaits for new 'Live Argyll' leisure trust Operation of Helensburgh Library and other leisure and culture services in Argyll and Bute is set to…
Libraries News Round-up: 1 July
Evening Express: 1 July Tendering go-ahead approved for multi-million pound Aberdeen hub https://www.eveningexpress.co.uk/fp/news/local/tendering-go-ahead-approved-multi-million-pound-aberdeen-hub-project/ Express & Star: 1 July Outrage as nine Walsall libraries close their doors for good - VIDEO https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/walsall/2017/07/01/outrage-as-nine-walsall-libraries-close-their-doors-for-good/…
Libraries News Round-up: 26 June
Weston & Somerset Mercury: 24 June North Somerset | Libraries facing cuts to opening hours And plans for open+ at six sites http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/libraries-facing-cuts-to-opening-hours-1-5076279 Derby Telegraph: 25 June Derby City Council…
Libraries News Round-up: 21 March
Lancashire Telegraph : 20 MarchBlackburn Central Library hours reduced due to cutshttp://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/15164037.Library_hours_reduced_due_to_cuts/Clacton Gazette : 21 MarchEssex | Historic Southminster Library has to reopen, urge concerned residentshttp://www.clactonandfrintongazette.co.uk/news/north_essex_news/15169140.Historic_library_has_to_reopen__urge_concerned_residents/ITV News : 21 MarchIsle…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 December 2016
THE GUARDIAN : 8th December UK library budgets fall by £25m in a year https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/08/uk-library-budgets-fall-by-25m-in-a-year BBC News : 8th December Libraries 'bearing the brunt' of council budget cuts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38250480 THE…
Libraries News Round-up: 23 November 2016
Blackpool Gazette : 23rd NovemberLetter | Council has to give us our libraries http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/your-say/letters-november-23-2016-1-8254311Leigh Journal : 23rd NovemberWigan | £1.4m cuts need to be made to borough's library services http://www.leighjournal.co.uk/news/14914393.__1_4m_cuts_need_to_be_made_to_borough_s_library_services/ The Star : 23rd November …
Libraries News Round-up: 5 September 2016
Public Libraries News : 4th September Editorial | Staffordshire, Sunderland, Bedford and … Ping Pong http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/09/staffordshire-sunderland-bedford-and-ping-pong.html Libraries Taskforce: 5th September Stronger, more resilient communities: how libraries deliver -- Julia Chandler https://librariestaskforce.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/05/stronger-more-resilient-communities-how-libraries-deliver/ Ledbury…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 August 2016
THE BOOKSELLER : 19th August Corbyn backs national libraries demonstration http://www.thebookseller.com/news/corbyn-backs-national-libraries-protest-380976 AtuaLitté : 19th August Désertées, les bibliothèques britanniques finiront-elles par être obsolètes ? https://www.actualitte.com/article/monde-edition/desertees-les-bibliotheques-britanniques-finiront-elles-par-etre-obsoletes/66510 Coventry Telegraph : 19th August…