Libraries News Round-up: 1st May 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 1st May SoA urges improvement of prison libraries SoA chief executive Nicola Solomon (pictured) used the letter to outline the statutory duty of prisons to have a…
Libraries News Round-up: 29th April 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 29th April Short-term reprieve for Lincolnshire libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/short-term-reprieve-lincolnshire-libraries.html Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 29th April High Court action delays sell off or lease of Lincs Libraries + JR…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th April 2014
THE OBSERVER : 27th April Peter Bazalgette | We have to recognise the huge value of arts and culture to societyinc. role of Librarieshttp://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/27/value-of-arts-and-culture-to-society-peter-bazalgette THE INDEPENDENT : 27th April You can't put…
Libraries News Round-up: 24th April 2014
Public Libraries News : 23rd April Editorial | Regularly using a library is equivalent to a £1,359 pay rise http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2014/04/regularly-using-a-library-is-equivalent-to-a-1359-pay-rise.html Bustle.com : 24th April USA | Going to the Library Can Make You as…
Libraries News Round-up: 22nd April 2014
Leon's Library Blog : 22nd April Public & Mobile Libraries Group Survey I wonder how public campaigners will respond when they see the results of this survey. I suspect there…
Libraries News Round-up: 21st April 2014
Reading for London : 16th April Guest post: Library campaigner Alan Wylie http://readingforlondon.com/2014/04/16/guest-post-library-campaigner-alan-wylie/ News North Wales : 21st April Radnorshire | Go-ahead for new library http://www.newsnorthwales.co.uk/news/133016/go-ahead-for-new-library.aspx Peterborough Telegraph : 20th April Volunteers step…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th April 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 17th April The 'right' to read http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/right-read.html Bay TV Liverpool : 17th April Public meetings to be held on the future of Liverpool's libraries http://www.baytvliverpool.com/vod/index.php?vid=OBV534fff9b1f473 Teleread.com :…
Libraries News Round-up: 14th April 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 14th April 6 Letters | Culture, commitment, libraries and expertise http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/apr/14/culuture-commitment-libraries-expertise Lincolnshire Echo : 14th April Helen Goodman, Labour's Shadow Libraries Minister, visits Ermine Library tomorrow http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Save-Lincolnshire-Libraries-Helen-Goodman-Labour/story-20954990-detail/story.html Save Lincolnshire Libraries…
Libraries News Round-up: 10th April 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 10th April Rosen warns new culture secretary on library 'crisis' http://www.thebookseller.com/news/rosen-warns-new-culture-secretary-library-crisis.html THE BOOKSELLER : 10th April Sheffield libraries could become wine bars The city council has revealed…
Libraries News Round-up: 8th April 2014
BBC News : 8th April Calls for volunteers to run Leicestershire libraries Residents in Leicestershire are being asked if they would consider running 36 libraries in the county. ... The…
Libraries News Round-up: 7th April 2014
TOMORROW on Twitter >Lincs library campaigners will be live-blogging from Downing Street and Westminster under the hashtag #Lobby4Libraries BBC News : 7th April More than books: How libraries are branching out to…
Libraries News Round-up: 5th April 2014
Local Government Lawyer : 3rd April Ministers unveil £410m transformation fund plus challenge panel The independent panel will advise “on what needs to happen both locally and nationally to increase…
Libraries News Round-up: 3rd April 2014
BBC News : 3rd April Powys public libraries under threat in service review Powys council has launched a review of its library services in a bid to save £350,000 from…
Libraries News Round-up: 1st April 2014
Yorkshire Post : 1st April Could John Lewis be the key to the future of libraries? Two years ago, the library service took over a cafe in the city’s Rowntree…
Libraries News Round-up: 27th March 2014
Leicester Mercury : 27th March First Person: Volunteer-run libraries rarely sustainable http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/Volunteer-run-libraries-rarely-sustainable/story-20857387-detail/story.html Basingstoke Gazette : 26th March No chance of saving Kingsclere library But there was fury when they learned…
Libraries News Round-up: 25th March 2014
THE INDEPENDENT : 25th March Libraries and bookshops unite against twin threat of austerity and changing reading habits The Booksellers Association and The Society of Chief Librarians have held a…
Libraries News Round-up: 23rd March 2014
Financial Times : 23rd March Libraries lend themselves to new business creation http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/82c28574-b102-11e3-9f6f-00144feab7de.html#axzz2wn841vlD BBC News : 23rd March Full judicial review into Lincolnshire's libraries' plan http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-26705177 Mid-Sussex Times : 23rd…
Libraries News Round-up: 17th March 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 17th March Bad news for books? The survival of libraries lies in positive promotion http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2014/mar/17/bad-news-books-survival-libraries?commentpage=1 Public Libraries News : 16th March Editorial | The Library Cuts Symphony http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2014/03/the-library-cuts-symphony.html BBC…
Libraries News Round-up: 13th March 2014
Croydon Guardian : 13th March Private contractor Carillion makes 11 Croydon library employees redundant http://www.croydonguardian.co.uk/news/11076289.Contractor_hired_to_run_libraries_makes_11_employees_redundant/ THE BOOKSELLER : 13th March Direct-selling on agenda at APS conference Bookseller Association c.e.o Tim…
Libraries News Round-up: 12th March 2014
DAILY TELEGRAPH : 12th March Malorie Blackman: Why are libraries mandatory in prisons but not schools? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/10691061/Malorie-Blackman-Why-are-libraries-mandatory-in-prisons-but-not-schools.html Skegness Standard : 11th March Wainfleet Library and museum cut fears However, from May…