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.

Public Libraries News : 5th May
One volunteer library, many questions: Walcot Library and matters arising
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/05/one-volunteer-library-many-questions-walcot-library-and-matters-arising.html

Irish Independent : 6th May
Libraries forced to close for days amid staff shortage crisis
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/libraries-forced-to-close-for-days-amid-staff-shortage-crisis-29244153.html

This Is Nottingham : 4th May
‘Fantastic’ librarian Laura in running for top award
She said: “Many of our students have poor literacy skills, which mean they have problems accessing some of the curriculum.”
http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/Fantastic-librarian-Laura-running-award/story-18889687-detail/story.html

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Libraries News Round-up: 16th June 2014

Ciara Eastell Speech to SCL Seminar - June 5, 2014 http://www.goscl.com/wp-content/uploads/Ciaras-speech.pdf Don't Privatise Libraries : 16th June The SCL and volunteer-led libraries http://dontprivatiselibraries.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/the-scl-and-volunteer-led-libraries.html West Briton : 16th June Mobile library…

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