A digest of today’s news items, reproduced here, with kind permission from Shirley Burnham who collated it. For up to date libraries news follow @ShirleyBurnham on Twitter.
THE GUARDIAN : 12th April
Julian Barnes criticises Britain’s ‘philistine’ approach to arts
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
DAILY TELEGRAPH : 12th April
England is a ‘comparatively philistine country’, author Julian Barnes claims
… the “mass closure” of public libraries is a “shocking act”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Alan Wylie | Gagged Library Workers
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Alan Wylie | Library Safari anyone?
A ‘Library Safari’ is something offered by Red Quadrant and their partners Konvergence to Library Authorities in order that they can:
- Evaluate the current customer experience
- Assess this against experiences in other environments, specifically retail
http://dontprivatiselibraries.
Keighley News : 12th April
Bradford | Saved Wilsden library is flourishing
“The library is only open one day a week, which is what we had when Bradford ran it. But although it’s run by volunteers, it’s still part of the Bradford Libraries system ….”
http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/
This Is Local London : 12th April
Harrow | Public Library User Survey shows 85 per cent of people are happy with service as
90 new machines installed in 11 libraries
http://www.thisislocallondon.
