THE GUARDIAN : 9th December
Libraries suffer fall in users as Tories slash funding
http://www.theguardian.com/
Public Sector Executive : 9th December
Despite closures, libraries shifting from councils to volunteers
http://www.
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th December
Library visits fall 14% in five years
http://www.thebookseller.com/
LGA : 9th December
Future of council-run libraries under threat after £50m slashed from budgets
http://www.localgov.co.uk/
ITV News : 9th December
East Midlands sees biggest drop in libraries in the country
The ‘East Midlands’ includes: Nottingham, Leicester, Derby, Chesterfield, Kettering, Lincoln, Loughborough, Mansfield and Northampton
http://www.itv.com/news/
ITV News : 9th December
Region’s libraries fare better than most
the North East
http://www.itv.com/news/tyne-
ITV News : 9th December
Wales suffers biggest loss of visits to its libraries
http://www.itv.com/news/wales/
PRIVATE EYE : Issue No. 1407
Library News | Walsall (p.33) – Available now in newsagents
THE BOOKSELLER : 9th December
‘Assurances’ for booksellers in wake of PRH e-lending trial
Godfray said “publishers, bookshops and libraries need to work together to ensure neither [bookshops or libraries] are being disadvantaged by e-book developments”.
http://www.thebookseller.com/
Fife Today : 9th December
MPs take library closure fight to House of Commons
http://www.fifetoday.co.uk/
Linlithgow Gazette : 9th December
Falkirk | Officials concerned over proposed library cuts
http://www.linlithgowgazette.
The Cornishman : 9th December
New partnership formed to explore future of St Ives library
http://www.cornishman.co.uk/
