Libraries News Round-up: 8 March 2016

Public Libraries News : 8th March
Editorial | Desmond Clarke, revisions, and some delicious rivalry
http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2016/03/desmond-clarke-revisions-and-some-delicious-rivalry.html

Libraries Taskforce : 7th March
Meeting the teams in community run libraries
https://librariestaskforce.blog.gov.uk/2016/03/07/meeting-the-teams-in-community-run-libraries/

Lancashire CC : 8th March
Wheatley Lane Library to close end of March
The closure of Wheatley Lane Library is separate from Lancashire County Council’s decision to close 40 libraries as part of its own budget process.
http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/news/details.aspx?Id=PR16/0108

This Is The West Country : 8th March
Penryn councillors press on with library devolution following £40K maintenance bill report
http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/14328120.Penryn_councillors_press_on_with_library_devolution_following___40_000_maintenance_bill_report/

Chorley Guardian : 8th March
Lancashire | Strong support as battles continue to save libraries
http://www.chorley-guardian.co.uk/news/local/strong-support-as-battles-continue-to-save-libraries-1-7783325

Swindon Advertiser: 8th March
Fears libraries could be lost if people do not come forward
http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/14328589.Fears_libraries_could_be_lost_if_people_do_not_come_forward/

Telegraph & Argus : 8th March
Mobile libraries have now become a thing of the past as Kirklees Council axes its service
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/news_behind/14327741.Mobile_libraries_have_now_become_a_thing_of_the_past_as_Kirklees_Council_axes_its_service/

Socialist Worker : 8th March
March for Lambeth libraries as new strikes loom 
https://socialistworker.co.uk/art/42307/March+for+Lambeth+libraries+as+new+strikes+loom

St Albans Review : 8th March
Hertfordshire | Libraries could co-locate with Redbourn and Wheathampstead fire stations 
http://www.stalbansreview.co.uk/news/14328976.Libraries_could_co_locate_with_fire_stations/