Libraries News Round-up: 7th October 2013

Cambridge News : 7th October
Big Society-run libraries in Cambridgeshire never happened – but the big cuts have
http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridge/Big-Society-run-libraries-in-Cambridgeshire-never-happened-but-the-big-cuts-have-20131007031434.htm

OpenDemocracy.net : 7th October
Bradford | Radical Library Camp: in the fight over information, librarians start to get organised
We want to help provide a space for these discussions to take place and a network through which actions based on these discussions might occur. Our workplaces and our professional body, CILIP, aren’t capable of meeting these needs, so we’re taking direct action to meet these needs for ourselves.
http://www.opendemocracy.net/ourkingdom/bradford-radlibcamp-collective/radical-library-camp-in-fight-over-information-librarians-

The Star : 7th October
Letter | (Sheffield) Council out of touch with concerns of local people
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/letters-opinion/council-out-of-touch-with-concerns-of-local-people-1-6121513

The Star : 7th October
Letter | Library closures an attack on the poor
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/letters-opinion/library-closures-an-attack-on-the-poor-1-6121512

BBC News : 7th October
Northamptonshire parents ‘to use libraries for child advice’
including “concerns”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-northamptonshire-24430974

Northampton Chronicle : 7th October
Plans to offer services at libraries for problem families
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/health/health-news/plans-to-offer-services-at-libraries-for-problem-families-1-5561340

The Scotsman : 7th October
Protest march against Moray library cuts planned
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/protest-march-against-moray-library-cuts-planned-1-3129797

Scottish Greens : 5th October
Library Cuts Condemned at Scottish Greens Conference
http://www.scottishgreens.org.uk/uncategorized/library-cuts-condemned-at-scottish-greens-conference/