Libraries news round-up: 12 October 2018
Public Finance: 12 October Government passing on costs of services to public, says major study Government is increasingly shifting the costs of public services on to citizens as the effects…
Libraries news round-up: 5 September 2018
Newbury Today: 5 September West Berkshire | Councillor says that libraries can be maintained despite £1.4m cost Brixton Buzz: 5 September Lambeth’s Libraries – What Future? Public meeting in Brixton,…
Libraries news round-up: 3 September 2018
BBC News: 3 September Darlington Council considers U-turn over library closure Northern Echo: 3 September Darlington's Crown Street Library saved from closure Northern Echo: 3 September Comment: A welcome turnabout…
Libraries news round-up: 28 June 2018
The Times: 28 June Teenagers locked out of libraries as cash-strapped councils cut staff Border Telegraph: 28 June Scottish Borders | School library concerns raised in Holyrood …
Libraries news round-up: 17 June 2018
The Guardian: 17 June Opinion | The Guardian view on books for all: libraries give us power “Public libraries have been remorselessly attacked as public finances shrink. They have lost…
Libraries news round-up: 13 June 2018
BBC News: 13 June Scotland | Union concern over a plan to use pupils to run school libraries Peeblesshire News: 13 June Parents anger at their library used as misrepresented…
Libraries news round-up: 6 June 2018
Brighton & Hove News: 6 June Hove Library layout changes on the cards as Conservatives claim victory with key concessions The Argus: 6 June Decision Day for Hove Library nursery…
Libraries news round-up: 9 May 2018
The Telegraph: 9 May Rise of the unmanned library means elderly and children are shut out Shropshire Star: 9 May Police stations to relocate Inc. one relocating to a library Shropshire…
Libraries News Round-up: 24 April 2018
Brixton Buzz: 24 April Saving the Carnegie Library public meeting, 7pm, Weds 25th Apr http://www.brixtonbuzz.com/2018/04/saving-the-carnegie-library-public-meeting-7pm-weds-25th-apr/ Bristol Live: 24 April North Somerset | Long Ashton Library could close for good https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/local-news/long-ashton-library-could-close-1495023 Altrincham…
Libraries News Round-up: 14 November 2017
Kent Live: 14 November The Tunbridge Wells Museum, art gallery, library and Adult Education Centre buildings will be closed for two years http://www.kentlive.news/news/tunbridge-wells-museum-art-gallery-770675 Government Business: 14 November Hertfordshire signals next…
Libraries News Round-up: 7 November 2017
Get Reading: 7 November Plans for pool, library and 55 flats in Wokingham set to be approved http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/property/wokingham-carnival-pool-plans-flats-13863488 Bath Echo: 7 November Panel to review decision to move One Stop…
Libraries News Round-up: 10 August
Express & Star: 10 August Buying Saddlers Centre could have ‘saved Walsall libraries’ Libraries could have been saved if a £12.5 million shopping centre had been bought under the previous…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 August
Burnley Express: 9 August Lancashire | Veterans group to open new chapter at library The Veterans Association UK plans to take over the running of Pike Hill Library http://www.burnleyexpress.net/news/veterans-group-to-open-new-chapter-at-library-1-8693157 Bedford…
Libraries News Round-up: 29 July
This is Wiltshire: 28 July The newly refurbished Devizes Community Hub and Library on Sheep Street is now open to the public. Co-located services, rooms to rent, moveable bookcases to…
Libraries News Round-up: 9 January 2016
DAILY MIRROR : 9th January Tory cuts mean two libraries close for good every WEEK - with hundreds more under threat http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-cuts-mean-two-libraries-7148599 Don't Privatise Libraries : 9th January 'Open+' denying…