Libraries news round-up: 9 August 2018
The Star: 9 August REVEALED: Dramatic fall in book borrowing at Sheffield libraries taken over by volunteers Daily Record: 9 August West Dunbartonshire | Read all about it... new-look Balloch…
Libraries news round-up: 6 August 2018
Dunbarton Reporter: 6 August Balloch library gets new make-over Cision PR Newswire: 6 August D-Tech International Installs Self-issue Units at Blackpool Libraries The Big Issue: 6 August Paul McNamee: Libraries…
Libraries news round-up: 20 July 2018
Arts Professional: 20 July Cultural sector to ACE: we need support, not measurement Wales Online: 20 July Libraries, swimming pools and bus station all under threat as Bridgend council warns…
Libraries news round-up: 19 July 2018
Darlington & Stockton Times: 19 July Darlington's MP urges council to pause for thought over library plans Get Reading: 19 July Reading councillors keep Palmer Park library open on Saturdays…
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 July 2018
Bexley Times: 2 July Relocation of Sidcup library given the green light West Bridgford Wire: 2 July Ruddington among libraries refurbished and modernised in Notts Yorkshire Coast Radio: 2 July…
Libraries news round-up: 25 June 2018
The Guardian: 25 June Do libraries run by volunteers check out? More than 100 comments Northern Echo: 25 June Letters: Thanks to the Friends of Darlington Library Scottish…
Libraries news round-up: 21 June 2018
Bridgwater Mercury: 21 June Somerset | Group formed to ensure future of North Petherton Library Northamptonshire Telegraph: 21 June Small victory for Northants library campaigners Daily…
Libraries News Round-up: 15 February 2018
Bury Times: 15 February Opening date for new Tottington Centre and Community Library revealed http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/15996001.Opening_date_for_new_Tottington_Centre_and_Community_Library_revealed/ Cambridge Independent: 15 February Library Extra is a ‘double charge’ for residents http://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambridge/library-extra-is-a-double-charge-for-residents-1-5395068 News Guardian:…
Libraries News Round-up: 12 February 2018
Huddersfield Examiner: 11 February Kirklees | 'Closing Batley Library will strip town of its heartbeart' https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/closing-batley-library-strip-town-14273251 Get Reading: 12 February Reading libraries bear the brunt of funding cuts with hours to…
Libraries News Round-up: 8 February 2018
Somerset Country Gazette: 8 February LETTER: 'Don't let libraries be lost to the Somerset landscape'http://www.somersetcountygazette.co.uk/news/15964096.LETTER___Don_t_let_libraries_be_lost_to_the_landscape_/ Ledbury Reporter: 8 February Herefordshire | Investment of £60,000 approved for Ross-on-Wye library http://www.ledburyreporter.co.uk/news/15965579.Investment_of___60_000_approved_for_Ross_on_Wye_library/ Daily…
Libraries News Round-up: 7 February 2018
CILIP: 5 February 2018 Nicholas Serota Interview Arts Council England's chair talks to Information Professional about entrepreneurialism in public libraries https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/nicholasserota Somerset Mercury: 7 February People urged to join fight…
Libraries News Round-up: 1 February 2018
The Bookseller: 1 February Harrow and Ealing libraries back in-house after Carillion collapse https://www.thebookseller.com/news/harrow-and-ealing-bring-library-services-house-723481 Burnham-on-Sea.com: 1 February Somerset | Highbridge Library closure proposals: row erupts over usage figures http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2018/library-figures-disputed-01-02-18.php Bristol…
Libraries News Round-up: 30 January 2018
Harrow Times: 30 January Harrow libraries brought in-house following Carillion liquidation http://www.harrowtimes.co.uk/news/15906772.Libraries_brought_in_house_following_Carillion_collapse/ Scottish Daily Record: 30 January Final decision on potential library opening time cuts looms in West Dunbartonshire https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/final-decision-potential-library-opening-11938452…
Libraries News Round-up: 29 January 2018
Blackpool Gazette: 29 January Lancashire | Date is set for reopening of Thornton Library https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/whats-on/date-is-set-for-reopening-of-thornton-library-1-8986431 Clitheroe Advertiser: 29 January Lancashire | Joy as Whalley Library reopens https://www.clitheroeadvertiser.co.uk/news/joy-as-whalley-library-reopens-1-8987145 Dunbarton Reporter: 29…
Libraries News Round-up: 27 December 2017
Scottish Daily Record: 27 December Public consultation on plans to cut West Dunbartonshire library hours extended http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/public-consultation-plans-cut-west-11757770 Richard & Twickenham Times: 27 December Richmond | Whitton Library to close for nearly…
Libraries News Round-up: 19 December 2017
The Bookseller: 19 December Library book spend falls £45m in 10 years https://www.thebookseller.com/news/library-book-spend-plummets-695991 Cambrian News: 19 December Ceredigion | Volunteers to take over library after U-turn http://www.machynlleth-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=118175 Dunbarton Reporter: 19…
Libraries News Round-up: 17 December 2017
BBC News: 17 December Northumberland | Council deal secures future of Alnwick's Playhouse theatre Community hub to be created, including a library http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-42383921 Your Thurrock: 17 December Plans for a…
Libraries News Round-up: 5 December 2017
The Bookseller: 5 December Kenilworth Books takes fight for libraries to Theresa May https://www.thebookseller.com/news/kenilworth-books-takes-fight-libraries-theresa-may-684861 Stoke Sentinel: 5 December Staffordshire | Chance to have say on future of local libraries http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/chance-say-future-local-libraries-847726 TES: 5 December Pirls…
Libraries News Round-up: 22 November 2017
Scottish Daily Record: 22 November Plan to cut West Dunbartonshire library opening hours by a third to save cash http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/plan-cut-west-dunbartonshire-library-11564426 Croydon Guardian; 22 November South Norwood could be getting a…