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Stoke Sentinel : 'Public to be Consulted on Future of Staffordshire's Libraries' : 10th January 2014
Caerphilly Observer : 'New Caerphilly Town Library Opens Its Doors to Residents' : 10th January 2014
Burton Mail : 'A New Chapter for the Future of Our Libraries?' : 10th January 2014
Bristol Post : Letter - 'Not Just Internet Cafes But Nurseries As well' : 10th January 2014
The Bookseller : 'Ezra Leaves DCMS Advisory Role' : 9th January 2014
Leicester Mercury : Cost-cutting Plans for Volunteers to Run Libraries in Leicestershire are 'Unworkable' : 9th January 2014
The Bookseller : 'Major Library Cuts Approved by Welsh Authority' - 14 libraries to be axed : 9th January 2014
Bristol Post : 'Council Delivers Low Blow to the Elderly' - Home Delivery faces the axe: 9th January 2014
The Star : 'Last Bid to Save Sheffield Libraries' : 9th January 2014
Market Rasen Mail : 'Campaigners Consider Legal Action over Library Cuts' : 9th January 2014
Bakewell Today : 'Talks on Mobile Library Service' - to be reduced or "scrapped altogether" : 9th January 2014
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'No Word from Developer on Crosby Library's Future' : 9th January 2014
The Courier : Perth & Kinross - West Mill Street Library Closure Based on 'Lies', Opponents Claim : 9th January 2014
News North Wales : Wrexham - 'Rhos Library Wins Reprieve But Others Still Face Chop' : 9th January 2014
Wrexham.com : 'Brymbo And Gresford Library Face Closure Under Council Budget Cuts' :9th January 2014
EPD24 : Suffolk - 'Stradbroke Post Office Could Reopen in Village Library' - and be "run" by library staff : 9th January 2014
Brent Lib Dems : 'Brent Liberal Democrats Pledge to Re-open Libraries' : 9th January 2014
The Bookseller : 'Thirty Leicestershire Libraries Under Threat' : 8th January 2014
CLOA : Libraries Advisor Yinnon Ezra's final blog - He has left the DCMS
Express & Star : Wolverhampton Library-users' Dismay at Plans to Cut Opening Hours to Just 15 (multiple deprivation) : 8th January 2014
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Lib Dems Pledge to Reopen Closed Libraries If They Win Council Elections' : 9th January 2014
Chester Chronicle : 'Library Books Under Threat in Latest Cuts' - vol schemes & £50k cut to book fund : 8th January 2014
BBC News : 'Protest over Sheffield Library Closures Plan' : 8th January 2014
The Star : 'Sheffield Group Put Forward Plan to Run (Stannington) Library' : 8th January 2014
Hexham Courant : Northumberland - 'Libraries Continue to Thrive Under Community Control' : 8th January 2014
LocalGov : 'Councils Urged to Bid for Funding to Develop New Delivery Models' : 7th January 2014
Leicester Mercury : '700 Jobs to Go as Leicestershire CC makes £110million Savings' : 7th January 2014
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 'Campaigners Discuss Legal Challenge' : 7th January 2014
Burton Mail : East Staffordshire - 'Libraries Facing Uncertain Future as Council Chiefs Plan Best Way Forward' : 7th January 2014
The Star : 'More to Join Mass Protest at Sheffield Libraries Closure Plans' : 7th January 2014
ITV News : Devon - 'Mobile Library Service Cuts' : 7th January 2014
The Courier : Perth & Kinross - 'Fight Is On to Save West Mill Street Library' : 7th January 2014
Conservative Home : 'Big Society - The Number of Library Volunteers Grew by 44% Last Year' : 6th January 2014
Third Sector : 'Number of Library Volunteers Surges in the Year to March, Figures Show' - 'volunteering consultant' quoted : 6th January 2014
Stoke Sentinel : Letter - 'Library Figures Remain Healthy' (contrary to official figures) : 6th January 2014
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Final Chance for Sheffield Residents to Have a Say' : 6th January 2014
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Proposed Library Cuts - Open Letter to Wolverhampton Council Chief Executive' : 5th January 2014
Doncaster Free Press : 'Library jobs cutback fear' : 5th January 2014
Daily Telegraph : 'Is the Big Society finally here? Big Surge in Volunteers Helping Out at Libraries' - Ed Vaizey hails the "very impressive" increase : 4th January 2014
Alan Gibbons Diary : 'Libraries - The Shape of Things to Come?' : 4th January 2014
Milton Keynes Citizen : 'Digital Arts Programme to Kick Off with £82,000 Grant' : 4th January 2014
Tottenham & Wood Green Journal : 'Council Asks for Views on Future of Haringey's Library Services' : 3rd January 2014
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Four Weeks Left to Have Your Say on Library Services in North East Lincolnshire' : 3rd January 2014
The Guardian : 'UK Councils Found to Benefit from Half a Million Hours of Unpaid Labour' - Bexley Libraries cited : 2nd January 2014
The Bookseller : 'Opening Hours Cuts Hit Stoke Libraries' : 2nd January 2014
The Star : Sheffield Library Plans 'Flawed' - Claim : 2nd January 2014
Bristol Post : Letter - 'Central Library Changes Will Make It Difficult to Access Reference Books' : 2nd January 2014
Daily Telegraph : 'Reading Becoming a Minority Activity, Warns Ruth Rendell' : 1st January 2014
Stoke Sentinel : 'Decling Number of Stoke-on-Trent Library Visitors is Put Down to Decrease in Opening Hours' : 1st January 2014
Wales Online : 'Art Historian Criticises National Library over Access Policy' : 1st January 2014
Liverpool Echo : 'Novel Idea Will Fill Food Banks' : 31st December 2013
Bristol Post : 2 Letters - 'It's Wrong to Say Libraries are Just Internet Cafes' : 31st December 2013
The Star : 'Objectors Urged to Attend Council Meeting to Discuss Plans to Close Libraries in Sheffield' : 31st December 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Council Denied Campaign Library Meeting Space' : 31st December 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Libraries - Statement from Lambeth Unison' : 31st December 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Lambeth Libraries and RFID (Or Is it?)' : 31st December 2013
BBC News : 'Free School Plan for Bristol Central Library Challenged' : 30th December 2013
Western Daily Press : 'Libraries Are Clinging On Amid Cuts' - Swindon, Glos, Somerset, Cornwall : 30th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Petitions Against Sheffield Library Closures' : 30th December 2013
Yorkshire Post : Sheffield - '5,000 Oppose Library Closure Plans' : 30th December 2013
Henley Standard : Sonning Common - 'Library's Future Secured But Part-time Staff to Go' : 30th December 2013
Northern Echo : 'Reduced Opening Hours at Libraries in Borough of Stockton in New Year' : 29th December 2013
Haringey Independent : 'Haringey Borough Council to Modernise Library Service' : 28th December 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Changes in Branch Numbers 2007/8 t 2012/13' : 27th December 2013
Get West London : 'Harrow Braced for Cuts in Library Staff Under New Manager' : 27th December 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield's Head of Libraries Closes Book on Career' : 27th December 2013
The News : 'Portsmouth Library Cafe Tenders Go Out' : 27th December 2013
Northern Echo : 'Library Branches Out After Obtaining Fair Trade Status' : 26th December 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Petitions to Save Libraries' : 26th December 2013
Hemel Today : 'Don't Miss Out on Chance to Have Your Say on Libraries' : 26th December 2013
Cambrian News : 'Library Closure to Save £9,000 Labelled Ludicrous' : 23rd December 2013
Stoke Sentinel : 'Meir and Trentham Libraries Still Face Closure' : 23rd December 2013
Yorkshire Post : Sheffield - 'Volunteers Looking to Run Libraries' - fact-finding mission to Wakefield : 23rd December 2013
Craven Herald & Pioneer : North Yorks - 'Arts Council Grant Will Pay for Artist-in-residence at Ingleton Library' : 23rd December 2013
Horncastle News : Letter - 'How Can Lincolnshire County Council's U-Turn on Libraries be Thrilling?' : 21st December 2013
Bourne Local : Martin Hill, Lincs CC Leader - 'A Fresh Approach to Making Library Services Efficient' : 21st December 2013
Spalding Guardian : Letter - 'Libraries - Good Job Mr Worth But What's Next?'(UKIP agent) : 21st December 2013
BBC News : 'National Library of Wales Asks Supporters for Financial Help' : 20th December 2013
CILIP PMLG : Newsletter - 'Access' inc articles by Annie Mauger, John Dolan and Ian Anstice
Stoke Sentinel : 'Community Volunteers Could Be Drafted In to Run Libraries as Part of a Maor Shake-up in Staffordshire' : 20th December 2013
The Echo : 'New Era for Southend Libraries - But Can Volunteers Make a Success of Council's Big Idea?' : 20th December 2013
Wiltshire Times : 'Army of Wiltshire Library Volunteers is Best in the West' : 20th December 2013
Worcester News : 'Just 40p a Month Will Meet the Shortfall, Says Upton Town Council' : 20th December 2013
Get West London : Harrow - 'Positive Future' No More as Library Management Company in Consultation with Staff over Redundancies : 19th December 2013
The Star : 'Funding Promise for Sheffield Library Facing Closure' : 19th December 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Carnegie Library's Future in Doubt as Council Stall on Bid Reviews Rejection Decision' : 19th December 2013
Herts & Essex Observer : 'Final Chance to Have Your Say on the Future of Hertfordshire's Libraries' : 19th December 2013
Nuneaton News : Warwickshire - 'Library in Plea for Volunteers' : 19th December 2013
MickFortune.com : 'Are Councils Using Framework Agreements to Destroy the UK Public Library Service - You Decide' : 18th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Major Job Cuts at Southend's Libraries' : 18th December 2013
The Echo : Southend - '45% of Library Jobs Axed' : 18th December 2013
North Devon Journal : 'Library Spending Down £3million in the Last Year' : 18th December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : North East Lincs - Michelle Hurst: 'Libraries A Thing of the Past?' : 18th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Attack SCL on CIPFA' : 17th December 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'MP in Fight to Save Library From the Axe' : 17th December 2013
Redditch Advertiser : 'Volunteer Sought for Alcester Library' - The request is part of a call for a variety of volunteer roles across the entire county’s library service: 17th December 2013
Nottingham Post : 'Libraries and Arts Organisations to Suffer as Nottingham City Council Cut £25m from Budget' : 17th December 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Yorkshire Music Library Move Hits the Right Note' - to be managed by Fresh Horizons Ltd : 17th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Protest over Herefordshire Library Cuts' : 16th December 2013
The Library Campaign : 'With Friends Like These' : 16th December 2013
The Guardian : 'Zero-hours Contracts Are Not Poisonous and Councils Should Proudly Use Them' - Libraries are being kept open thanks to staff on zero-hours contracts : 16th December 2013
Stoke Sentinel : Letter - Library a Lifeline for All Residents' - "The Meir is one of our most disadvantaged communities" : 16th December 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Here's a Real Turn Up for the Books - Huddersfield Library Is One of the Busiest in the Country!' : 16th December 2013
Exeter Express & Echo : 'Libraries Help the Devon Economy' : 16th December 2013
Wembley Matters : Barham Library Campaign to Oppose Trustees' Appeal : 15th December 2013
Louth Leader : 'Protest Toys Put Outside Louth Library' : 15th December 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Top UK Public Library Trends of 2013' : 14th December 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Gagged' Staff Speak Out as D-day for Lincolnshire Libraries Looms' : 14th December 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Green Light for Plan to Take on Town's Library' : 14th December 2013
Craven Herald & Pioneer : Bradford - 'New Library Opens in Silsden Town Hall' : 14th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Cressida Cowell Launches Christmas Reading Challenge' : 13th December 2013
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council : 'The Future Direction for Libraries in Southend Has Now Been Officially Agreed' : 13th December 2013
Luton Today : 'Closing time for Lunton's Libraries' - Sundon Park Library, Wigmore Library and the Mobile Library are all closing on January 31 next year : 13th December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Children Should Not Be Excluded from Learning' : 13th December 2013
Rutland & Stamford Mercury : 'Rescue Bid for Doomed Deepings Library' : 13th December 2013
London Evening Standard : 'Derek Jacobi - Libraries Have Been a Big Part of My Life and We Must Fight to Save Them' : 12th December 2013
Swindon Advertiser : Letter (multiple signatories) - 'Cuts Risk to History' : 12th December 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Update on Carillion' : 12th December 2013
The Guardian : Poll - 'Should Libraries Rely on Volunteers?' : 12th December 2013
The Guardian : Brent Cllr Tulip Siddiq - 'How a Team of Volunteers Saved Camden's At Risk Libraries' (and comments) : 12th December 2013
This Is Cornwall : 'Truro Library is Most-visited in the South West' (Swindon also features) : 12th December 2013
Save Old Town Library : Swindon - Shirley's Question to Cabinet and Written Answer : 11th December 2013
The Guardian : Susan Cooper - 'Libraries Are the Frontline in the War for the Imagination' : 11th December 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'The Law of the Building Site; Carillion and Public Libraries' : 11th December 2013
Pew Internet : 'How Americans Value Public Libraries in Their Communities' (good data) : 11th December 2013
The Guardian : 'Norfolk & Norwich Millennium Tops List of Most Popular UK Libraries' (incomplete picture) : 11th December 2013
Bucks Free Press : 'Russian Visitors for Great Missenden Library' : 11th December 2013
Cambrian News : Wales - 'Hundreds Sign Petition to Save (New Quay) Library' : 11th December 2013
LocalGov : 'Library Staff Numbers Continue Downward Spiral' : 11th December 2013
Wembley Matters : Brent - 'Library Planning Fraud Investigation Still Awaited' : 11th December2013
Public Libraries News : 'Official Figures Show Fewer Closures; Big Rise in Volunteers; Decline in Usage and Funding' : 10th December 2013
Public Finance : 'Rate of Library Closures Slowing, CIPFA Survey Finds' : 10th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'CIPFA Records Continuing Library Closures' (detailed report) : 10th December 2013
Public Finance : 'Rate of Library Closures Slowing, CIPFA Survey Finds' : 10th December 2013
Herald Scotland : 'Library Volunteers Up by Half in a Year' : 10th December 2013
The Star : 'Fight Is On for Sheffield City Library' : 10th December 2013
Bristol 24-7 : Council 'Wilfully Ignored' Bristol Libraries' 400th Anniversary : 10th December 2013
Telegraph & argus : Editorial - 'New Library (Bradford) Is a Facility Worth Saving' : 10th December 2013
Telegraph & Argus : Bradford - 'New City Library Opens with a Flourish!' : 10th December 2013
BBC News : 'North East Lincolnshire Libraries Face £500,000 Cut' : 10th December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Local Libraries - North East Licolnshire Council Embarks on eight-week Public Consultation' : 10th December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Councillors Pledge to Fight for Libraries in North East Lincolnshire amid £500k Cuts' : 10th December 2013
The Guardian : 'Big Society Policy Not Suited for Deprived Communities, Says Thinktank' : 9th December 2013
The Lincolnite : Stephen Palmer - 'Lincolnshire Libraries Decision Foul or Fair?' : 9th December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Local Libraries - Your Chance to Help Shape Their Future in North East Lincolnshire' : 9th December 2013
Inside Moray : 'Libraries Campaigners Look To a Secure Future' : 9th December 2014
Swindon Advertiser : 'Public Could Shape Future of Swindon Libraries in Proposed Consultation' : 7th December 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Community Group Bids to Take Over Closed Sunderland Library' (community centre "with library provision") : 7th November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Deepings Library Cuts Approved by Executive' : 7th December 2013
Library 2.0 : Video - Pew Research Center's Lee Rainie: 'Libraries and Communities' : 7th December 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Public Could Shape Future of Swindon Libraries in Proposed Consultation' : 7th December 2013
BBC News : Somerset - 'Library Volunteers Scheme Criticised by Community Group' : 6th December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Pembrokeshire Reviews Mobile Libraries' : 6th December 2013
Redditch Standard : Worcestershire - 'Cuts Could Hit Library Opening Times' : 6th December 2013
Spalding Today : Councillor Blasts 'Great Deeping Library Betrayal' : 6th December 2013
The Guardian : 'Authors' Public Lending Right Payments Frozen' : 6th December 2013
Buckinghamshire CC : 'Community Libraries a Focus for Russian Delegation' : 6th December 2013
BBC News : 'Bristol Central Library Basement to Become School' : 5th December 2013
Bristol Post : 'Bristol Central Library Decision - School Gets Nod to Create Classrooms' : 5th December 2013
Crosby Herald : 'Carnegie Library Future On the Line After Council Reject Rescue Package' : 5th December 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Pupils Take Library Battle to Town Hall' - "almost two-thirds of children would stop using libraries altogether if their local Totley Library was to close" : 5th December 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Pupils Urge Council Rethink over Libraries' : 5th December 2013
Milford & West Wales Mercury : Pembrokeshire - 'Council to Review Mobile Libraries' : 5th December 2013
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 'Library Staff Speak' : 5th December 2013
Swindon.gov : 'Library Strategy Consultation to be Discussed by Cabinet' : 4th December 2013
Toronto Public Library : Press Release - '$5.63 of Value for Every Dollar Invested in Toronto Public Library' : 4th December 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Maria Miller Would Be Proud: Lincolnshire and that Arts Council England Grant' : 4th December 2013
Scunthorpe Telegraph : 'Decision Made on Proposed Changes to Library Services in Lincolnshire' : 4th December 2013
Welsh Government : 'Written Statement - Public Libraries in Wales' : 3rd December 2013
Save Linconshire Libraries : 'Inside the 2nd Dec Scrutiny Meeting - Two Voices' : 4th December 2013
Lincolnshire Echo : "Democracy is Dead" - Lincolnshire Library Funding Cuts Criticised ( UKIP ) : 3rd December 2013
The Bookseller : 'ACE Grant to Library Artists Sparks Controversy' : 3rd December 2013
Mancunion Matters : 'Is the End Nigh for Greater Manchester's Libraries?' : 3rd December 2013
ITV News : Video - report: 'Lincolnshire Council Closing Libraries to Save £2million a Year' : 3rd December 2013
The Bookseller : 'Lincolnshire Library Cuts Passed by Council' : 3rd December 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Lincolnshire Libraries Cuts Plan Approved' : 3rd December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Changes to Library Services in Lincolnshire are Approved' : 3rd December 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Lincolnshire County Council Approves Controversial Library Cuts' : 3rd December 2013
Rutland & Stamford Mercury : 'County Council Votes to Close Deepings Library' : 3rd December 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Lincolnshire Libraries Will Be Run by Volunteers' : 3rd December 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'More Than 30 Libraries Are Shelved' : 3rd December 2013
Boston Standard : 'Council Votes to Go Ahead with Library Cuts' : 3rd December 2013
Horncastle News : 'County Council Confirms Plans for Library Service' : 3rd December 2013
Grantham Journal : 'Future of Grantham Library Decided' : 3rd December 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'New Plans for Future of Lincolnshire's Libraries Disappoint' : 3rd December 2013
Nottingham Post : Matt Goold - 'Libraries Are More than Just Lots of Books' : 3rd December 2013
Nottingham Post : Vicky Godfrey - 'Why Libraries are So Important to Me' : 3rd December 2013
Harrogate News : 'Arts Council Awards £100,000 to Put Artists Into County Libraries' : 2nd December 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Library Closures Expect to be Rubber Stamped' : 2nd December 2013
The Guardian : The Library: A World History – Review : "It's a strange world history of libraries, though, that doesn't glance at the dismal goings-on elsewhere in Britain" : 1st December 2013
Buxton Advertiser : 'High Peak Mobile Libraries Could Face the Axe' : 1st December 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Protesters Took to City Streets to Say 'No' to Library Closures : 30th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Protests Against Library Closures Planned Today' : 30th November 2013
The Bookseller : Library Cuts 'Worse in Deprived North' : 29th November 2013
Northern Scot : 'Bid to Save Four Moray Libraries Fails' : 29th November 2013
The Star : Sheffield Letter - 'Libraries are More Important than Offices' : 29th November 2013
Ashbourne News : Derbyshire - 'Public Consultation Plan for Mobile Library Service' (details) : 29th November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Council Uses Data for the Wrong Thurlby during Library Consultation' : 29th November 2013
CILIP : 'Damaging Library Cuts Are Wrong and Dangerous' : 28th November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'The Future of Libraries - What The Guardian Online Debate Found : 28th November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Public Lending Right (PLR) and Volunteer Libraries' : 28th November 2013
The Guardian : Study - 'Cuts May Force Councils to Stop Funding Arts and Leisure Services by 2015' : 28th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Campaigners Abandon Moray Library Closure Fight' : 28th November 2013
The Bookseller : 'Newcastle to Feature in Library e-Lending Pilot' : 28th November 2013
Derby Telegraph : Outrage as Derbyshire CC Seeks 'Fat Cat' While Planning Mobile Libraries Axe : 28th November 2013
Burton Mail : Derbyshire - Mobile Libraries Being Scrapped is 'Diabolical' : 28th November 2013
Plymouth Herald : 'Plymouth City Libraries Set to Open an Extra 11 Hours a Week' : 28th November 2013
News North Wales : Denbighshire - 'Prestatyn's New Look Library Opens Its Doors' : 28th November 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'New Library Plan to Save Caistor and Wragby Facilities' : 27th November 2013
Press & Journal : Moray - 'Leading Author Hits Out at Library Closures' : 27th November 2013
Bakewell Today : Derbyshire - 'Council Considers Slashing Library Services' : 27th November 2013
Derby Telegraph : 'Derbyshire's Mobile Library Service Facing the Axe' : 27th November 2013
Hemel Today : Hertfordshire - 'Tell Us What You Want for the Future of Libraries' : 27th November 2013
The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke - 'Library Strategy' : 26th November 2013
CILIP : 'CILIP Council Election Result' : 26th November 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Death Knell Sounds for Our Libraries' - council offering £5,000 a year while running costs are £25,000 : 26th November 2013
Nottingham Post : 'The Smallest Libraries in the County are Facing Changes' : 26th November 2013
Nottingham Post : 'Volunteers - The Next Chapter in a Tale of Hard-up Libraries in Nottinghamshire' : 26th November 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Michael Morpurgo - Bring Back Story Time in Every School' : 25th November 2013
The Bookseller : 'Call for Unity at Speak Up For Libraries' : 25th November 2013
Question Everything : 'Speak Up for Libraries 2013'
Good eReader : 'Outlook Grim for Public Libraries' : 25th November 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : Library Policy Branded 'Poor' : 25th November 2013
Bristol 124-7 : 'Surely We Can Work Out a Way to Save Our Libraries?' : 25th November 2013
Louth Eye : 'New Library Proposals' - "will gut the library service" : 24th November 2013
The Guardian : 'The Arts Are More Than a Way to Make Money, Maria Miller' : 25th November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Lessons Learnt from Speak Up For Libraries Event' : 24th November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Speak Up For Libraries Panel - 23rd November 2013'
Horncastle News : 'Council Set to Reverse Decision on Library Cuts' : 23rd November 2013
Romford Recorder : Havering - 'Collier Row Library Users Enjoy Revamp' : 23rd November 2013
BBC News : Cornwall Library Closures 'Cannot Be Ruled Out' : 22nd November 2013
East London Lines : 'Croydon Libraries Staff Members' Jobs at Risk Following Surprise Management Takeover by Carillion' : 22nd November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Last Ditch Bid from Labour Councillors to Save Lincolnshire Libraries Defeated' : 22nd November 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Community Hub Focus in Revised Lincolnshire Libraries Cuts Plan' : 22nd November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'More Than 100 Jobs Lost Under Revised Library Plans' : 22nd November 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Libraries - The Big Debate in Lincoln' : 22nd November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Deepings Library Given No Reprieve from County Council Cuts' : 22nd November 2013
Horncastle News : 'County Council U-turn Boost for Local Libraries' : 22nd November 2013
Sleaford Today : 'Revised Proposals for Future of Lincolnshire Libraries' : 22nd November 2013
Bath Chronicle : 'Free Tea and Biscuits for Councillors but Volunteers Have to Pay' : 22nd November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Campaigner Meeting with Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group - 20th November 2013' : 21st November 2013
Mumsnet : Self-service Library Counters - I Hate 'em (50 posts)
Birmingham Post : 'Capita Pockets £1.2m to Create Library of Birmingham Website' : 21st November 2013
Keighley News : Bradford - Silsden Woman's Worries over 'Lifeline' Libraries Service Cuts : 21st November 2013
Free Press : Monmouthshire - Usk Library 'Not Closing' Deputy Leader : "taking it out of the clutches of the council so it can be a community asset.": 21st November 2013
Wales Online : 'Fears Grow For the Future of Penarth Library' : 20th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Threatened Libraries Likely to be Staffed by Volunteers in Lincolnshire' : 21st November 2013
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : Statement - 'Lincolnshire Libraries Consultation: Epic Fail' : 20th November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Deepings Library Campaigners to Hold Protest Vigil' : 20th November 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Lincoln Schools Hand In Last Anti-Libraries Closures Petition' : 20th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Independents' Alternative Plan' : 21st November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Council Libraries Vote - Four to Close' : 20th November 2013
BBC News : 'Moray Libraries - Three Reprieved But Four to Close' : 20th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Campaigners Vow to Save Remaining Libraries' : 21st November 2013
Moray SNP : 'Libraries Vote leaves Independents and Tories Floundering' : 21st November 2013
Moray SNP : 'Libraries U-turn is Bitter-sweet Say SNP Councillors' : 21st November 2013
Inside Moray : 'Labour Lament Failed Libraries Bid as Campaigners Fight On' : 21st November 2013
Press & Journal : 'We'll Fight On Until Every Library Saved' : 21st November 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'Croydon Library Staff Handed Redundancy Warnings by Carillion' : 20th November 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Carillion Threaten Library Staff with Redundancies' : 20th November 2013
Pontefract & Castleford Express : 'Grand Opening for New £1.4m Library' : 20th November 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Library Funds Row Rages On' : 20th November 2013
Libraries of Luton Arise : New website
About My Area : Warwickshire - 'Mobile Library Service reconfiguration Agreed by Cabinet' (fleet reduced from five to 3 vehicles) : 20th November 2013
The Bookseller : 'Partial U-turn for Moray on Library Closures' : 19th November 2013
STV : 'Three Closure-threatened Libraries to Stay Open Says Moray Council' : 19th November 2013
The Journal : 'North Tyneside Won't Close Libraries or Children's Centres as Budget Cuts bite' : 19th November 2013
Heart 96.6 Radio : Hertfordshire - 'Borehamwood: New 21st Century Library Opens' : 19th November 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Schoolchildren Pound Pavements in Library Protest' : 18th November 2013
ITV News : 'Half of Sheffield Libraries Could Close' : 18th November 2013
Times Higher Ed : Academics Challenge 'Apocalyptic' Predictions for Future of Libraries : 18th November 2013
Daily Echo : Southampton - 'Campaigners Ready to Fight for Libraries' : 18th November 2013
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : Editorial -'Fresh Look at Libraries is Needed'(casualty - Home delivery service) : 18th November 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Revised Lincolnshire Libraries Closures Proposals to be Revealed' : 18th November 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Saving Lincolnshire Libraries with Technology' - Bibliotheca : 18th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Libraries - Plan to Reduce Closures Revealed; : 18th November 2013
Inside Moray : 'U-Turn from Moray Council As They Keep Libraries Open' : 18th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Libraries - Emergency Council Motion Tabled' : 18th November 2013
Press & Journal : Moray - 'Library Backers Hope for Closures U-turn' : 18th November 2013
Ellon Times : Aberdeenshire - 'Don't Take the Easy Option on Libraries' : 18th November 2013
Save Our Libraries : Moray - Campaigners Welcome 'Productive' Meeting with Labour MSP : 18th November 2013
Northern Scot : Cullen - 'Plea for Murray Libraries' : 18th November 2013
About My Area : Portsmouth - 'More than £100,000 Allocated for Mobile Library' : 18th November 2013
Bucks Free Press : 'Council Boss - Bourne end Library Cuts to be Spent on Road Improvements' : 17th November 2013
You Tube : Save Barnsley Library Video - 'Hands Around the Library' : 16th November 2013
ITV News : Barnsley Council - 'Library Service Needs to be Modernised' : 16th November 2013
BBC News : Leeds - 'New Rawdon Community Library Set to Open' : 16th November 2013
Spalding Today : Letter - 'More Signed than Voted for Executive' (9,000 of them in The Deepings) : 16th November 2013
The Bookseller : 'Record Numbers for Summer Reading Scheme' : 15th November 2013
CILIP Cymru Wales : 'Concerns over Threats to Library Services in Wales Raised in Open Letter to Minister for Culture & Sport' : 15th November 2013
Yellow Advertiser : Southend - 'Leigh and Kent Elms Libraries to Stay Open after Overwhelming Public Opposition to Closure' : 15th November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Lincolnshire Libraries - Extraordinary Meeting Set for November 22' : 15th November 2013
Horncastle News : 'County Council set to Reveal New Library Plans' : 15th November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'New Plans for Under-threat Libraries Set to Be Revealed' : 15th November 2013
Sleaford Standard : 'Revised Plans for Lincolnshire Libraries' Future Due to Be Revealed' : 15th November 2013
Voices for the Library : 'Why Terry Deary Has Got It Wrong on Public Libraries and e-Readers' : 15th November 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Terry Deary: Give Poor People Free e-Readers' : 15th November 2013
Inside Moray : 'Moray Council Seek More Time over Suspending Library Closures' : 15th November 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'A Public Service Award for Ignoring the Public and Privatising (and cutting) Public Services' : 15th November 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Birmingham Library Campaign & the Friends of the Libraries of Birmingham Respond to the Green Paper on Library Cuts' : 15th November 2013
East London Lines : 'Local Campaigners Criticise Croydon Council Decision to Turn Over the Borough's 13 Libraries to Blacklisters Carillion' : 15th November 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Community Fights On in Bid to Keep (Broomhill) Library' - "neither the skills nor the time to run a library" : 15th November 2013
Bristol Post : 2 Letters - School Plan for Library : 15th November 2013
News Wales : 'Bridgend's Self-service Library Opens' : 15th November 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'UNISON's stance is an Open Book - We Fight On to Save Threatened Libraries' : 14th November 2013
Wrexham .com : 'Committee Votes Against Closure of Three Wrexham Libraries' : 14th November 2013
BBC News : 'Libraries at Brymbo, Gresford and Rhosllannerchrugog Given Hope' : 14th November 2013
News North Wales : 'Wrexham Councillors Run Gauntlet of Protesters Fighting for Library' : 14th November 2013
Wales Online : 'Fines Total £57,000 for Books Returned Late to Cardiff's Libraries over the Past Year' : 14th November 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Story Time Fun for Children' - Swindon Library Service 70th Birthday : 14th November 2013
Save Lincs Libs Campaign : Phil Bradley - 'A Volunteer-run Library Is No Library At All' : 14th November 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Library Campaigners Thrilled by Response' : 14th November 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Friends of Carnegie Library Appeal for Volunteers' : 14th November 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Churchtown Library Closed after Brave Campaign to Save the Service' : 14th November 2013
Friends of Barham Library : 'Friends of Barham Library say THANK YOU to Brent's Planning Committee' : 14th November 2013
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Tees Valley Libraries Start New Chapter as Business Centres' : 14th November 2013
PRWire : Australia - '2013 School Library Survey Finds Library Resourcing Linked to Literacy' : 14th November 2013
The Star : Sheffield Library Sites 'Set Up to Fail' : 13th November 2013
Horncastle News : 'Lincolnshire CC Responds to Campaign Group Questions on Libraries' Consultation' : 13th November 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Address Registered to Owner of Two axed Libraries Is Used to Support Development Proposals' : 13th November 2013
Daily Post : 'Wrexham Council Cuts - Protesters Claim Victory over Library Closure Plan' : 13th November 2013
BBC News : Wrexham - 'Libraries at Brymbo, Gresford and Rhosllannerchrugog Under Threat' : 13th November 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Library Service in Swindon Celebrates Milestones' - 70th Birthday : 13th November 2013
EADT24 : Suffolk - 'Eye: Town's Library Project to Move Premises is finding Progress "Slow" : 13th November 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Barham Library Campaigners Protest Against Plans to Covert Axed Branch into Art Studios' : 12th November 2013
News North Wales : Closing Libraries Across Wrexham 'Would Hit Service Standards' : 12th November 2013
Penarth Times : 'Petition Launched to Save Penarth Library' : 12th November 2013
Banbury Guardian : 'Big Society in Action at Village Libraries' - but are "fundraising to try to maintain existing levels of paid staff" : 12th November 2013
The Star : 'call to Save Sheffield Libraries' - Totley leaflets to households : 12th November 2013
Chad. co.uk : Nottinghamshire - Councillor: 'Libraries Will Close, Mark My Words' : 11th November 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'Library Protestor Pursues Legal Challenge' : 11th November 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'Reverse Decision or Legal Action Will Follow Say Campaigners' : 11th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Save Our Libraries Moray Nominate Campaign Leader' : 11th November 2013
BBC News : 'Moray Library Closures - Campaigner in Legal Aid Bid' : 11th November 2013
The Star : Sheffield - 'Libraries Funding Lifeline' : 11th November 2013
The Echo : Southend - Town Council Chief Hits Back in Libraries Row and Says "We're Not Liars" : 11th November 2013
Local Guardian : Surrey - 'Frustration Mounts over Wait for Volunteers to Take Over Library' : 11th November 2013
The Argus : 'Pledge to Keep Brighton and Hove Libraries Open Despite £125m Cuts' : 11th November 2013
Bristol Post : Letter - 'The Closure of Our Libraries is Imminent' : 11th November 2013
Inside Moray : 'Author Appeals to Moray Council for a Change of Mind over Libraries' : 11th November 2013
Malvern Gazette : Worcestershire - 'JobCentre Set for Move into Town's Library' : 11th November 2013
News North Wales : 'Anger over Plans to Close Wrexham's Libraries to Save £92,000' : 11th November 2013
The Bookseller : 'Progress for Community-owned Bookshop' - Diana Edmonds, GLL Head of Libraries quoted : 11th November 2013
South Wales Evening Post : 'Plans in Place in Resolven, Briton Ferry and Blaengwynfi to Save Libraries from Closure : 10th November 2013
Chard & Ilminister News : Somerset - 'Chard Library to Receive a (Self-service) Makeover' : 10th November 2013
East London Lines : 'Controversial Company Carillion Take Over Croydon's Libraries Despite Facing Accusations for Blacklisting' : 9th November 2013
Spalding Guardian : '23,000 Sign Petitions to Save Libraries' : 9th November 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Survey Reveals Scale of Opposition to Lincolnshire Library Cuts' : 9th November 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Public Meeting to Discuss the Future of Usk Library' : 9th November 2013
Keighley News : Bradford - 'Keighley Library is Second Most Used and Expensive' : 9th November 2013
Wembley Matters : 'Brent's Approach to Consultation - Has Anything Changed?' : 9th November 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'GLL, Bibliotheca and Lincolnshire Libraries' : 8th November 2013
Manchester Evening News : Trafford - 'Council Set to Make Staff Take Unpaid Holidays in New Cuts' and call for volunteers : 8th November 2013
Telegraph & Argus : 'Bradford's Four Community-run Libraries Bucking Trend to Double Visitor Numbers' : 7th November 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Could London Council be Answer to Lincs Libraries?' (GLL & Bibliotheca) : 7th November 2013
Ilkley Gazette : 'Debate on Bradford District Libraries' - "community involvement model" : 7th November 2013
Daily Record : Moray - Regional Development Fund: 'Scots Council Warned They'll Have To Repay £72,000 EU Cash If They Shut Seven Libraries' : 7th November 2013
The Courier : 'Shelved - Are More of scotland's Libraries to be Written Off?' : 7th November 2013
Louth Leader : 'Library Consultation Results Reveal People Want Their Libraries' : 7th November 2013
Chad. co.uk : 'No Plans to Close Libraries' - Notts County Council - "community partnership approach" : 7th November 2013
Gainsborough Standard : Nottinghamshire - 'Libraries Escape Axe in Council Budget Plans' : 7th November 2013
Daily Post : 'Wrexham Council Cuts - Playgrounds, Bus Services, Libraries and Leisure Centres Face the Axe' : 7th November 2013
Newbury Today : 'Libraries, Theatres, Public Transport ...... (more) to Bear the Brunt of Proposed Council Cuts' : 7th November 2013
The Guardian : 'Austerity Measures Make Libraries Vital as More Needy People Use Them' : 6th November 2013
Get Hampshire : 'Council to Lease Library Space to Groups in Bid to Cut Costs' : 6th November 2013
This Is South Wales : 'Threat to Mobile Libraries' : 6th November 2013
Daily Record : 'Moray Bookworms Set to Take Their Local Council to Court over Plan to Axe Almost Half of Their Libraries and Mobile Library Vans' : 6th November 2013
Portadown Times : 'Richhill Library is Saved from Closure' - library staff "instrumental' : 6th November 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Group's Last Attempt to Save Northended Library Before It Closes - This Friday' : 5th November 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Call In Police over Kensal Rise Library Fraud Claims' : 5th November 2013
The Star : Sheffield - 'Library Protesters Fear for Children's Education' : 5th November 2013
BBC News : 'West Berkshire Council Announces Cuts ...' : 5th November 2013
West Berkshire Council : detail of West Berks cuts (see above)
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Seek Judicial Review on Moray Library Closures' : 5th November 2013
Herald Scotland : 'Libraries Campaigners Take Action' - "No authority can afford a Rolls Royce library service anymore": Moray Council Leader : 5th November 2013
Press & Journal : Moray - 'Libraries fight May Cost Half a Million' : 5th November 2013
Moray SNP : SNP Councillors Table Motion Aimed at Stopping Library Closures
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 'Consultation or Con?' : 5th November 2013
The Scotsman : 'Legal Bid to Keep Moray Libraries Open' : 4th November 2013
BBC News : Moray - 'Library Closures Campaign Group in Legal Challenge' : 4th November 2013
The Echo : Southend - 'Homes Planned for Library Sites' - "previously unseen report" : 4th November 2013
Save Lincs Libraries : 'Response to Lincolnshire Library Consultation from Independent Councillor' : 4th November 2013
Plymouth Herald : 'Library Staff Provide Excellent Service' : 4th November 2013
Manchester Gazette : 'Northenden Needs You to Help New Library Thrive' : 4th November 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Honesty Is the Best Library Policy' : 3rd November 2013
The Star : 'Petty' Sheffield Library Closures Anger : 3rd November 2013
: Hertfordshire - 'Meeting to Discuss Future of Library Services in St Albans' : 3rd November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Why We Need the Back Office - A Library Assistant Speaks' : 2nd November 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Co-located Library Downside - A Trip to a Birmingham Combined Clinic/Library' : 2nd November 2013
Nottingham Post : 'Are Libraries Still Considered Places for Books?' : 2nd November 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'My Comments to Dan Jarvis on the Labour Policy Review on Libraries' : 2nd November 2013
ITV News : Sheffield City Council Say Libraries May Have to Be "Run Differently" : 2nd November 2013
ITV News : 'Campaigners Protest at sheffield Library Closure Plans' : 2nd November 2013
ITV News : Sheffield - 'The Big Sssh to Support Libraries' : 2nd November 2013
Yorkshire Post : 'End of the Road Could Be Near for Mobile Library Service Amid Cuts' : 2nd November 2013
Hertfordshire Mercury : 'Broxbourne Councillor Calls for Support for Library Service in Hertfordshire' : 2nd November 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Lincolnshire Libraries Consultation Is Slammed as 'Waste of Time' : 2nd November 2013
Spalding Guardian : Library Closures - 'It Was UKIP Who Wrote the Letter' : 2nd November 2013
Barnsley .gov : 'Views Sought on Central Library Relocation' : 1st November 2013
Plymouth Herald : 'Plan for YOU to run Plymouth's Libraries' (see comments) : 1st November 2013
Telegraph & Argus : 'Future of District's Libraries to be Debated by Bradford Council' : 1st November 2013
Local Guardian : 'Croydon Council Criticised after Libraries Operator is Bought Out Within Weeks' : 1st November 2013
This Is South Wales : '100 People Attend Meeting about Resolven Library Closure' : 1st November 2013
Larne Times : NI - 'Reprieve for Carnlough Library' : 1st November 2013
Hansard : House of Lords Debate (led by Lord Stevenson of Balmacara) - 'Volunteers in Public Libraries'
Local Government Lawyer : 'Councils Told to Raise Game on Business Rates Collection as arrears Top £1.2bn' : 31st October 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP Calls for Report into Library Closures' : 31st October 2013
Web Wire : 'Arts Council England Launches Updated Strategy' : 31st October 2013
Southend Standard : 'Community Libraries Move a Step Closer' : 31st October 2013
ITV News : 'Photo Sees Sheffield Library Chief Reported to Standards Board' : 31st October 2013
The Star : Libraries 'Market Rents' Plan Could Kill Off Community Bids to Retain Branches' : 31st October 2013
Bucks Free Press : 'Pubs and Shops Could Act as Libraries' : 31st October 2013
The Star : Opinion - 'Save City's Libraries' : 31st October 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : Speech - 'The Libraries We Need and The Leaders We Don't' : 30th October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Arts and Lincs' : 20th October 2013
CILIP : 'Call for Government to Honour Promise to Publish Annual review of Public Libraries' : 30th October 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Lincolnshire People Strongly Opposed to Library Cuts, Survey Finds' : 30th October 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Lincolnshire Library Consultation Results Revealed' : 30th October 2013
Spalding Today : 'Library Cuts Plans Slammed' : 30th October 2013
Bourne Local : 'Libraries Consultation Results to be Revealed' : 30th October 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Consult Public over Cuts, Council is Told' : 30th October 2013
View from Online : Sidmouth - 'Council Propose to Axe Mobile Library' : 30th October 2013
This Is South Wales : Cuts to Mobile Libraries 'Will Penalise Users' : 30th October 2013
Prescot Online : Knowsley, Merseyside - 'Volunteers Step Up to Save Whiston Library' : 30th October 2013
Gazette & Herald : North Yorkshire - 'Future of Malton and Norton's Libraries Still Undecided' : 30th October 2013
Shrewsbury Chronicle : Letter - 'Don't Let Town Lose Library Grants' : 30th October 2013
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Our Libraries are the Hearts of Our Communities' : 30th October 2013
The Real Blog : 'When Books Disappear from Libraries' : 30th October 2013
Local Government Lawyer NCVO Report Attacks "Crude" Implementation of Payment by Results Contracts (contracts entered into by charities to run public services) : 30th October 2013
Cumbernauld News : North Lanarkshire - 'Trust Appoints New Reader to Libraries' : 30th October 2013
We are Barnsley : 'Big Changes Set for Town's Libraries' : 29th October 2013
This Is South Wales : Neath Port talbot - 'Community's fight to Save Old Library Goes Online' : 29th October 2013
Place North West : 'Sefton Debuts Community Listing with Carnegie Library' (to be volunteer-run) : 29th October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : 'Are Community-led Libraries the Answer?' : 28th October 2013
BBC News : 'Northern Ireland Libraries Membership Drops After (Rebuild or Refurb) Work' : 28th October 2013
This is South Wales : 'Have Your Say - We Can't Lose Vital Service' : 28th October 2013
Designing Libraries : 'Libraries as Community Hubs' : 28th October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "No Consistency of Service": Volunteer Libraries ... and Luton : 27th October 2013
Public Libraries News : "The Reality Is Very Different" - A Volunteer Library Manager Speaks : 27th October 2013
ACE : Community Led Libraries Conference is on 18th November
Alan Gibbons Diary : Swindon - 'Open Letter to Councillor Keith Williams, Cabinet Member Libraries, Swindon BC : 26th October 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Volunteers Could Open New Chapter for (Swindon) Libraries' : 26th October 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Pressure Grows for Rethink over City Library Closures' : 26th October 2013
This Is South Wales : 'Rallying Cry to Residents to Help Save Resolven Library' : 26th October 2013
Bristol247.com : 'Bristol Libraries Future Darkens After Mayor Question Time' : 25th October 2013
ITV News : Video - 'Campaigning to Save Swindon's Libraries' : 25th October 2013
BBC News : 'Luton Library Closures Announced Due to £1.5m Funding Cut' : 25th October 2013
Luton Today : 'Three Luton Libraries Will Close in the Next Few Months' : 25th October 2013
This Is Devon : 'Councillor's Anger over South Devon Mobile Library Cuts' : 25th October 2013
HIMSPS.org : 'Rhoda Grant MSP Hopes to Secure Debate in Scottish Parliament on Moray Library Closures' : 25th October 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Council Launch Consultation to Slash £300,000 from Town's Library Budget' : 24th October 2013
Inside Moray : Councillor Asked to Explain Why He 'Misled' Community over Libraries : 24th October 2013
Bucks Herald : Library Shake-up - 'Can I Have Two Pints of Lager and Fifty Shades of Grey Please?' : 24th October 2013
Ealing Today : 'New Management for Ealing's Libraries' : 23rd October 2013
Local Guardian : 'John Laing Integrated Services Bought Out Just Weeks After Taking Control of Croydon Libraries' : 23rd October
Bury Times : Knitters' Fury at (sculpture) Plan for Library : 23rd October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Co-locations: Crewe Library May be Demolished, Bury Revolt Against Sculpture' : 23rd October 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Fight to Save Threatened Sheffield Libraries a Family Affair' : 23rd October 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Residents Bid to Run Their Village Library to Save It from Closure' : 23rd October 2013
Crewe Chronicle : 'Library Could be Bulldozed for Lifestyle Centre' : 23rd October 2013
Croydon Advertiser : 'Croydon Libraries Under New Management ... Yet Again' : 22nd October 2013
ChiswickW4 : 'Carillion Buy John Laing Integrated Services' : 22nd October 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Laing Exit Library Business After Taking Over in Croydon' : 22nd October 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'JLIS Bought Out by Carillion' : 22nd October 2013
Southend Standard : Video - 'Residents Urged to Stump Up Cash to Save Leigh Library' : 22nd October 213
Belfast Telegraph : Stormont - 'Minister Welcomes Rural Libraries Reprieve' : 22nd October 2013
Wales Online : 'Proposed Cuts in Rhondda Cynon Taf Move a Step Forward' : 22nd October 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Council Should Do Some Creative Thinking' : 22nd October 2013
Plymouth Herald : Devon - 'Almost 70 Mobile Library Stops could be Scrapped in Bid to Cut Budget' : 22nd October 2013
This Is Devon : 'Mobile Libraries in Devon Face Cuts in Money Saving Bid' (four of 8 vehicles face axe) : 21st October 2013
Caerphilly Observer : 'Caerphilly's Libraries Continue to Improve' : 21st October 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Hope for Libraries' (groups coming forward to "run" them) : 20th October 2013
Exmouth Journal : Devon - 'New Library Plans to be Unveiled' : 20th October 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Crowland Library - Letter was Offensive and an Insult' : 20th October 2013
Good Library Guide : 'The English Public Library Service is Beyond Repair' : 20th October 2013
The Star : 'Campaign to Save Sheffield Library Branches Hotting Up' : 19th October 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Kirklees Libraries Service wins BASE Award' : 19th October 2013
TES : 'Leadership - Libraries Are Necessities, Not Luxuries' : 18th October 2013
The Independent : Chris Bryant MP - 'These Local Cuts Are Dismantling the Last Vestiges of Civil Society' ("In my little patch of the Valleys 5 libraries will close") : 18th October 2013
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Devastating News' : 18th October 2013
South Wales Argus : Monmouthshire - 'Usk Library Campaigners Set to Meet' : 18th October 2013
Swindon Advertiser : Wiltshire - 'How Good is Your Library?' : 18th October 2013
CILIP : CILIP Call for Ministerial Clarification over Community-managed Library 'Advice' on Gov.uk : 17th October 2013
The Bookseller : Government Library Guidance 'Hits New Low' : 17th October 2013
Chester First : 'Anger over Uncertainty about Cheshire's Libraries' (staff shortages) : 17th October 2013
The Star : 'South Yorkshire Councils Manage to Save Libraries' (Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham compared) : 17th October 2013
Wales Online : 'Rhondda Cynon Taf: Savage Cuts to Jobs and Services in Council Plan' (proposals to shut more than half the county's libraries) : 17th October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : 'Of Websites and Weasel Words' : 16th October 2013
North London Today : '£4.45m for Palmers Green Library Revamp' (in spite of IT complaints reported last week) : 17th October 2013
GOV.UK : 'Create A Community Library' (Government promotes DIY libraries on new webpage)
HelenMilner.com : Speech - 'Re-imagining Carnegie: Libraries for the 21st Century' (I’m pretty certain he wouldn’t want to ‘save the libraries’) : 16th October 2013
The Bookseller : 'Society of Chief Librarians Strikes Reference Deal' : 16th October 2013
Sunderland Echo : Letter - Meg Crosby: "All of the libraries near me have closed ..." : 16th October 2013
Bristol1247 : Council Accused on 'Bargain Basement' Rent of Central Library : 16th October 2013
Cambridge News : 'Fear over Loss of Job Search Training in Cambridgeshire Libraries' : 16th October 2013
LGA : 'Free Libraries Seminar Presentations 12 Sept 2013' (links to .pdf presentations - Lewisham, Merton, and Sue Charteris) : 15th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Neil Gaiman - Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and Daydreaming' : 15th October 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Readers Will Be Better Off After Library Closures,' Claims Sunderland Council : 15th October 2013
BBC News : 'Moray Library Closures - Culture Secretary Urges Council to Reconsider' : 15th October 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Library Closures - Fiona Hyslop Set to Intervene' : 15th October 2013
STV News : 'Government Urges Rethink over Council Decision to Close Libraries' : 15th October 2013
Northern Scot : 'Equality Commission Cannot Rule on Libraries Closure' (details of EHRC ruling) : 15th October 2013
Herald Scotland : D-Day for Bid to Save Libraries from Closure' : 15th October 2013
This Is Surrey Today : 'Village Welcomes Library to be Run by Volunteers' : 15th October 2013
BBC News : 'Rhondda Cynon Taf's Cuts Plan to Save £56m after Budget (Fourteen of 26 libraries face axe) : 14th October 2013
The Independent : Neil Gaimen - Closing Libraries 'Is Like Stopping the Vaccination Programmes' : 14th October 2013
Reading Agency : 'Neil Gaiman Delivers Our Second Annual Lecture' : 14th October 2013
The Bookseller : Gaiman - Closing Libraries 'Like Stopping Vaccinations' : 14th October 2013
Birmingham Against the Cuts : '£4m Repair Bill for Birmingham's Community Libraries' : 14th October 2013
The Bookseller : 'Peter James Launches Author Fund for Libraries' : 14th October 2013
The Times : Preview - 'Minister Demands Rethink on Decision to Close Libraries' : 14th October 2013
BBC News : 'Moray Council Library Closure Decision Reviewed' : 14th October 2013
Northern Scot : 'Commission to Consider Libraries Decision' : 14th October 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Library Campaigners Mark Second Anniversary of Branch Closures with Torch Relay Event' : 14th October 2013
Bristol Post : 'School Plan Will Damage City's Library' : 14th October 2013
Express & Star : Sandwell - 'Roof Repair will Close Cradley Library for Five Weeks' : 14th October 2013
News North Wales : Denbighshire - 'Prestatyn Library to Close Next Month Ahead of New Site Opening' : 14th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Neil Gaiman - Let Children Read the Books They Love' : 14th October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - Neil Gaiman "We have an obligation..." : 14th October 2013
WEA Director for Education : 'Literacy and Numeracy - What MPs Said' : 13th October 2013
Tech Crunch : 'The End of the Library' : 13th October 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Clegg's Anger over Library Closure Threat' : 13th October 2013
Inside Moray : 'Cabinet Secretary to Ask Moray Council to reconsider Libraries Closures' : 12th October 2013
Northern Scot : 'Protesters Deliver Message to Moray Council' : 12th October 2013
First News : 'Nine Libraries Set to Shut Doors in Sunderland' : 12th October 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Sunderland Library Occupation Ends Peacefully' - At one point, 60-year-old Helmut Izaks handcuffed himself to a library security scanner : 11th October 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Nine Condemned Sunderland Libraries Close Their Doors Today' : 11th October 2013
Craven Herald & Pioneer : 'Anger over New Uniforms for Cash-strapped Skipton Library' : 11th October 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Volunteers Save Burnage Library after Council Cuts Threatened Its Future' : 11th October 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Michael Palin - People Only Realise the Value of a Library After It's Axed' : 11th October 2013
London Evening Standard : "That money would be better spent on the libraries and schools that help immigrants to learn English" : 11th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Super-libraries Herald a New Age in the Life of a Humble Institution' : 10th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Wales's Cultural Landscape is Being Bulldozed by Cuts' : 10th October 2013
Gazette Series : 'South Gloucestershire Unison in Possible Strike Action at Libraries Tomorrow' : 10th October 2013
SWLondoner : 'Campaigners Fear for Future of Croydon Libraries, Uncertain after Facilities Outsourced' : 10th October 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Iam Just as Concerned as Anyone over Threat of Library Closures' : 10th October 2013
LocalGov.co.uk : 'Doncaster Ruling Means Councils Can't Force Mayors to Revise Budgets, Top Judge Finds' : 10th October 2013
Galloway News : 'Council Shop Doctor Criticises Plan to Move Dalbeattie Library' : 10th October 2013
Save Moray Libraries : 'Libraries Campaign is Set for Debate at Holyrood' : 9th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Diary: Ed Vaizey - He's a Minister In Tune with the Public' : 9th October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Reasons to Be Cheerful ... The BBC Public Opinion Survey' : 9th October 2013
The Bookseller : 'Jarvis Leaves Library Role, Replaced by Goodman' : 9th October 2013
Question Everything : 'Questions to Swindon Borough Council on Libraries' : 9th October 2013
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Thousands Face Sack in Hull City Council Contracts Row' : 9th October 2013
Inside Moray : Library Campaigners Highlight Moray Councillors' 'Broken Promises' : 9th October 2013
North London Today : Enfield - Libraries' Updated Computer Systems 'Riddled with Faults' : 9th October 2013
Daily Post : 'Libraries, Sports Facilities and Street Light All Under Threat as Wrexham Council Face £54m Cuts' : 9th October 2013
Brent Council Lib Dems : 'New Venue for Councillor's Surgery as Lib Dem Leader Forced to Leave Old Barham Park Library Building' : 9th October 2013
BBC News : 'Carol Buck Loses Doncaster Library Funding Appeal' : 8th October 2013
Yorkshire Post : 'Ex-Doncaster Mayor Wins Legal Fight on Libraries' : 8th October 2013
BBC News : 'England's Young Adults Trail World in Literacy and Maths' : 8th October 2013
Inside Moray : Call for Communities to Rally Against 'Reprehensible' Cuts : 8th October 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Fresh Protest Against Sunderland Library Closures' : 8th October 2013
Horncastle News : 'December D-day for Library Plans' (Sheffield Uni to analyse consultation responses) : 8th October 2013
Cambridge News : 'Big Society-run Libraries in Cambridgeshire Never Happened - But the Big Cuts Have' : 7th October 2013
OpenDemocracy.net : Bradford - 'Radical Library Camp: In the Fight over Information, Librarians start to get Organised' : 7th October 2013
The Star : Letter - Sheffield Council Out of Touch with Concerns of Local People' : 7th October 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Sheffield Library Closures an Attack on The Poor' : 7th October 2013
BBC News : Northamptonshire Parents 'to Use Libraries for Child Advice' : 7th October 2013
Northampton Chronicle : 'Plans to Offer Services at Libraries for Problem Families' : 7th October 2013
The Scotsman : 'Protest March Against Moray Library Cuts Planned' : 7th October 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Thousands Become Library Users Amid Protests over Cuts' - 5,294 new members joined during July and August : 6th October 2013
Horncastle News : Letter - 'Lincolnshire County Council Will Aim to Keep All Libraries Open' (Coun Nick Worth) : 6th October 2013
Addicted to Property : 'New £12m Library Proposed for Westminster' : 6th October 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield MP (Nick Clegg) Backs Residents' Fight to Save Their Library' : 6th October 2013
Scottish Greens : 'Library Cuts Condemned at Scottish Greens Conference' : 5th October 2013
Horncastle News : Letter - 'Lincolnshire CC's Library Article Just Political Spin' : 5th October 2013
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Yarn Bombing' of Cheltenham Library : 5th October 2013
Get Hampshire : 'Libary Space could be Leased Out after Readers Turn to Technology' : 4th October 2013
Melville House Publishing : 'Even the Good News About Britain's Local Libraries is Bad' : 4th October 2013
The Guardian : 'Libraries Are Key to Helping People Access Other Public Services' : 4th October 2013
Yellow Advertiser : Havering Award - 'Libraries Lend Themselves to Excellence' : 4th October 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "Libraries are the Ideal Place for People to Go and Get Support for Their Great Ideas" (Eric Pickles) : 3rd October 2013
BBC News : 'Islington's The Kindness Project Library Opens' : 3rd October 2013
The Bookseller Ten 'Enterprising Libraries' Chosen for Scheme : 3rd October 2013
on iPlayer - BBC London : Lauren Smith - 22 mins and 20 seconds "in" : 3rd October 2013
CILIP : 'High Profile Speakers Complete Speak Up for Libraries Conference Line-up' : 3rd October 2013
The Star : 'Groups Seek to Take On Sheffield Libraries' : 3rd October 2013
Peterborough Telegraph : 'Deepings - Lincolnshire Library Consultation Has Ended' (a "tier three" library) : 3rd October 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : Ed Vaizey Admits to Being "Completely Useless" : 2nd October 2013
Wrexham.com : 'Grim' Council Cuts (50% of libraries face the axe) : 2nd October 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Libraries are Social Hubs and Vital Communication Links' : 2nd October 2013
Huffington Post : Ed Vaizey Says 'Completely Useless' Description Is 'So True' : 2nd October 2013
Chamberlain Files : 'Cash Cuts May Force Birmingham Community Libraries to Close, City Council Admits' : 2nd October 2013
Manchester Evening News : Stockport - 'Library Hours are Slashed in New Cuts to Save £160k' : 2nd October 2013
ITV.com : 'Debate on Future of Sheffield Libraries' : 2nd October 2013
LocalGov.co.uk : 'Norfolk to Consider Merging Adult Education and Library Services' : 2nd October 2013
Denby Dale Community Project : 'Biddy Fisher - Trustee Tells Us the Background to the Issues with the Library Provision and her Involvement to Secure Its Future' : 2nd October 2013
This Is Grimsby : 'District Council Outlines Concerns over Libraries Closure Plan' : 2nd October 2013
The Socialist : 'Lincoln - 400 March Against Library Cuts' : 2nd October 2013
Bristol Post : 'Poll Backing Over Library' : 2nd October 2013
Banffshire Journal : Moray - 'Library Campaigners Line Up Court Battle Against Council' : 1st October 2013
Rutland Times : Lincolnshire - 'County Council Libraries Consultation Ends' : 1st October 2013
Louth Leader : Lincolnshire - 'ELDC Does Not Support Library Proposals' : 1st October 2013
BBC Radio Lincolnshire : Alan Gibbons debates library closures with council leader Martin Hill - Listen at 2 hrs 21 mins "in" : 30th September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Anger as Sunderland Library Closures are Rubberstamped' : 30th September 2013
ITV News : Lincolnshire - Video: 'Library Campaigners Vow to Fight Until Decision' : 30th September 2013
BBC News : 'Lincolnshire County Council Libraries Consultation Ends' : 30th September 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Final Push for Anti-libraries Closure Campaign' : 30th September 2013
The Linc : 'Lincoln Public Show Support for Save Lincolnshire Libraries' : 30th September 2013
Ledbury Reporter : Herefordshire - 'Ledbury's Library Hours will be Halved to Save Money' : 30th September 2013
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 'UK Library Commentator on Lincolnshire Libraries' : 30th September 2013
This is Lincolnshire : article and Video - 'Library Campaigners Hand Petition to County Council' : 30th September 2013
Herald Scotland : Moray - 'Council Under Fire over Move to Close Libraries' : 30th September 2013
Brent Council LibDems : 'Audit Report Shows True Cost of Brent Council Pay-offs' : 30th September 2013
BBC News : 'Southend's £27m The Forum Library Poised to Open' : 29th September 2013
Suffolk Free Press : 'Museum Could Be Switched to Library' : 29th September 2013
Daventry Express : Northants - 'Business Sponsorship for Town's Library?' : 29th September 2013
Spalding Guardian : Letter - 'Libraries: Have Wishes of Residents Not Been Considered?' : 29th September 2013
Thame Today : Bucks CC's cabinet member for community engagement : 'Tough Story With a Happy Ending for Community Libraries' : 29th September 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Letter - 'Libraries: Figures Don't Stack Up' :28th September 2013
This Is Grimsby : 'Brand New Chapter for Library as it Closes for Big Revamp' : 28th September 2013
Spalding Today : 'Academy in Talks to Run (Holbeach) Town Library' : 28th September 2013
The Guardian : 'Library Visits Down Once Again as Closures Continue' : 27th September 2013
BBC News : 'Library Visits Drop by a Quarter in Eight Years' : 27th September 2013
Good Library Blog : 'DCMS Figures Show Dramatic Decline in Reading in English Libraries' : 27th September 2013
STV : News Video - Moray: 'Campaigners to Face Council in Court Battle to Save Seven Libraries' : 27th September 2013
Buckingham Today : 'More Changes Afoot for Library Services' - "popping to the library in your local pub, shop or post office" : 27th September 2013
Gazette Series : 'Strike Action to Close South Gloucestershire Libraries Tomorrow' : 27th September 2013
Blackheath Bugle : 'Lewisham Council is Hiding Library Numbers' : 27th September 2013
This Is South Wales : Neath Port Talbot - 'Unions Call for Library Stance by Communities' : 27th September 2013
Northampton Chronicle : 'Library Visitors Across Northamptonshire Drop by 62,000 in Two Years' : 27th September 2013
Jesmond Local : Newcastle - 'Jesmond Library Reopens After Financial Cuts in June' : 27th September 2013
Gov.uk : Link to 'Taking Part Survey' - 'A Nation of Culture Vultures' : 26th September 2013
Hampshire Chronicle : 'Hampshire Civic Chiefs to Lease Space in Libraries' : 26th September 2013
Daily Express : 'Death of the Library? Shock Fall in Users as Government Cuts Bite' : 26th September 2013
The Guardian : 'Children's Reading Shrinking Due to Apps, Games and YouTube' : 26th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Gadgets Trump Reading, Bookseller Conference Hears' : 26th September 2013
Sky TV : Video - 'Hands Off Our Libraries - Sunderland Campaigners March to Prevent Closures' : 26th September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Angry Protest as Sunderland Library Cuts Rammed Through' : 26th September 2013
ITV News : 'Campaign Against Library Closures in Sunderland' : 26th September 2013
You Tube : Video - 'How Much Does Surrey County Council's Library Policy Cost?' : 26th September 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Library Protestors Begin Legal Challenge' : 26th September 2013
The Star : Sheffield - 'Councillors Failed to Stand Up for Locals' : 26th September 2013
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 'How Big Is the Iceberg, If the "Tip" is 100 Pages of A4' : 26th September 2013
Bourne Local : 'Deadline Nears on Council Library Consultation' : 26th September 2013
Horncastle News : 'Voices Unite to Fight Lincolnshire's Library Closures' : 26th September 2013
The Echo : 'Library Protest at Forum Southend Opening'(£27m) : 26th September 2013
This Is South Wales : 'Library Service to Change in Neath Port Talbot' : 26th September 2013
Brent Council Lib Dems : 'Library Supporters Demand Answers to Barham Park Buildings Mystery' : 26th September 2013
BBC News : 'Sunderland City Council to Close Nine Libraries' : 25th September 2013
Sunderland Echo : Protestors Slam 'Undemocratic' Council after Authority Says Sunderland Library Closures Are a Done Deal : 25th September 2013
Derby Telegraph : 'Libraries, Care Homes and 1,600 Council Jobs Facing the Axe' : 25th September 2013
Giles McNeill's Blogspot : Nettleham Parish Council Responds to Lincs CC's Library Proposals Describing Them as 'Irrational' : 25th September 2013
Motherwell Times : North Lanarkshire - 'Refurbishment to Create New Village Facility' (funded by Change Fund programme) : 25th September 2013
In Cumbria : 'New Library Opens Today on Carlisle Estate' : 25th September 2013
Save Lincs Libraries Campaign : 'Big Library March - 17 Links to TV, Radio, Press and Blog Coverage'
Grantham Journal : 'Grantham Councillor Joins Hundreds in Protest Against Proposed Library Cuts' : 25th September 2013
The Guardian : Sue Charteris - 'Libraries are Trusted Spaces, But This Doesn't Mean They Have to Stay the Same' : 24th September 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Past President of CILIP Helps Lead Plans for Volunteer Library' : 24th September 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Volunteers on the Road to Taking Over Denby Dale Library and Building New £250,000 Centre' (Biddy Fisher quoted) : 24th September 2013
The Star : 'Some Sheffield Libraries Could Go Private' : 24th September 2013
Evening Telegraph : Angus - 'Library Cutbacks 'A Crying Shame' : 24th September 2013
Inside Moray : 'Equalities Commissioner to Consider Moray Libraries Closures in October' : 24th September 2013
Northern Scot : 'Equality Commission to Consider Moray Council Library Decision' : 23rd September 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Three Controversial Ideas: Council Overheads, 3D Printing and LibraryPlus' : 23rd September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Blackman - Ringfence Library Budgets' : 23rd September 2013
Good Library Blog : 'Lincolnshire Public Library Service' : 23rd September 2013
Liverpool Echo : 'Earl of Wessex Opens Liverpool's Central Library' : 23rd September 2013
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Campaign Launched at Lancashire Libraries for Improved Reading' (buses, posters, etc) : 23rd September 2013
Local Government Chronicle : 'So What Are Libraries For Then?' : 23rd September 2013
Bourne Local : Letter - Cuts Are Based On Incorrect Figures' : 23rd September 2013
This Is South Wales : Port Talbot - 'Councillors Hope to Save Briton Ferry Library from Closure' : 23rd September 2013
The Guardian : 'Government Has Failed on Library Closures, Says Children's Laureate' : 22nd September 2013
The Guardian : Malorie Blackman - 'What Libraries Do For Us, and Me' : 22nd September 2013
Horncastle News : Letter - 'Let Me Know Your Views on Lincolnshire Libraries' : 22nd September 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP Rejects Name Change and has No Confidence in Vaizey' : 21st September 2013
Ludlow Advertiser : 'Author Deborah Moggach Joins Herefordshire's Libraries Campaign' : 21st September 2013
You Tube : Video - Save Lincs Libraries Protest March Lincoln 2013' : 21st September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : gallery of photographs - 'Save Lincs Libraries Protest March, Lincoln' : 21st September 2013
Lincolnshire Echo : 'Librarian Makes 200-mile Round Trip to Support Lincoln Protest' : 21st September 2013
ITV News : 'Library Campaigners March Through Lincoln' : 21st September 2013
BBC News : 'Lincolnshire County Council's Library Cut Plans - Protest March' : 21st September 2013
Motherwell Times : Scotland - 'Booking In to Launch Reading Campaign' : 21st September 2013
Voices for the Library : 'No Confidence in Ed Vaizey' : 20th September 2013
London Evening Standard : 'Faked' eMails Support Flats Plan for Library' : 20th September 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries' : A 'Clearly Expressed Vision' for London Libraries? : 20th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Sheffield Libraries Could Become Wine Bars' : 20th September 2013
The Star : Sheffield - Letter : 'Demand the First-class Library Service We Deserve' : 20th September 2013
Free Press Series : Wales - 'Training Opportunities at Cwmbran Library' (CLOCH Project) : 20th September 2013
Boston Standard : 'Library Campaigners to March Through Lincoln to Oppose Cuts' - 32,500 children in Lincs will have no statutory library nearby : 20th September 2013
Lincolnshire Echo : 'Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg Voices Support for Lincolnshire Libraries' : 20th September 2013
This Is Scunthorpe : 'Council Refuses to Scrap Library Closure Plans' : 20th September 2013
CILIPS Council : 'Cuts to Moray Libraries - Open Letter from CILIPS Council' : 20th September 2013
Daily Record : 'Libraries, Games Halls and Community Centres Could All Be Closed in East Ayrshire' : 20th September 2013
The Scotsman : 'Campaign Group Formed to Save Moray's Libraries' : 20th September 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'Leader Stands by Library Decision' : 20th September 2013
Harrow Observer : Barham Park - 'Library Campaigners Secure Second Booshop Space' : 20th September 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Spilsby Community Rejects alternative Library Proposals' : 19th September 2013
You Tube : Herefordshire - 'Save Our Libraries & Museums Campaign, D Day' : 19th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'No Confidence' Vaizey Vote This Saturday : 19th September 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : Alan's opinion - 'No Confidence Motion in Ed Vaizey' : 19th September 2013
You Tube : Herefordshire - 'Save Our Libraries & Museums Day, D-Day : 19th September 2013
Hereford Times : Herefordshire Libraries on 'Borrowed Time' : 19th September 2013
Ledbury Reporter : Live Blog - Updates from Today's Herefordshire Council Cabinet Meeting' : 19th September 2013
Ledbury Reporter : Herefordshire - 'Alternative to Planned Cuts to Cultural Services Made Hours Before Crucial Meeting' : 19th September 2013
Norwich Evening News : 'Revealed: Social Care, Mobile Libraries ... At Risk as Norfolk CC Looks to Make £140m of Cuts' : 19th September 2013
Evesham Observer : Worcestershire - 'Community Group to Manage Broadway Library' : 19th September 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Community Lifeline Hope for Libraries' : 19th September 2013
The Star : Author Calls Sheffield Library Cuts a 'Tragedy' : 19th September 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "Volunteer Grooming": From Opposition to Proposition : 18th September 2013
LocalGov.co.uk : Sheffield Residents 'Must Turn Opposition Into Proposition' to Support Local Libraries, Chief Claims : 18th September 2013
BBC News : 'Free Wi-fi Set Up at Northamptonshire Libraries' : 18th September 2013
Louth Leader : 'Plans to Derail Cuts to Libraries Have Failed' : 18th September 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : Brent Council Received 'High Proportion' of Fake eMails Supporting Kensal Rise Library Development Plans' : 18th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Speak Up For Libraries Conference in November' : 18th September 2013
The Star : 'Battle to Save Sheffield Libraries' : 18th September 2013
Yorkshire Post : 'Library Closures Proposals Political Spite Says Clegg' : 18th September 2013
Look Local : Sheffield - 'Cutbacks Threaten Ecclesfield Library' : 18th September 2013
Exeter Express & Echo : 'Council Outlines Changes Planned for Exeter Libraries' - "We are investing a huge amount of money in transforming Exeter Central Library" : 18th September 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Most Older People in Lincolnshire Are Not Online' : 17th September 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Library Cuts Council Stashes Millions Away' : 17th September 2013
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : Transcript of Speech given at Lincolnshire CC Full Council Meeting by Cllr Steve Palmer : 17th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Half of Sheffield's Libraries Under Threat' : 17th September 2013
ITV News : Video - 'Sheffield Libraries Could Face Closure' : 17th September
BBC News : 'Half of Sheffield's Libraries Facing Axe' : 17th September 2013
The Star : 'Up to 15 Libraries in Sheffield Face the Axe' : 17th September 2013
Crosspool News : Sheffield - 'Broomhill Library and Crosspool Mobile Library Service to be Axed' : 17th September 2013
The Star : 'Can We Save Sheffield Libraries?' : 17th September 2013
The Star : Opinion - 'How to Save a Library' : 17th September 2013
Banffshire Journal : 'Fullen Library Closure Battle Heads for Holyrood' : 17th September 2013
BBC News : 'Dawley Library Reopens as Part of Telford's Phoenix Academy' : 17th September 2013
Shropshire Live : 'New Dawley Library Opens Its Doors' : 17th September 2013
The Courier : 'Arbroath Library Campaigners Win their Common Good Fight' : 16th September 2013
Daily Mail : 'How Stopping Bedtime Stories Too Early Can Damage Children's Literacy' - Oxford University Press Surey : 17th September 2013
Northern Scot : Moray 'Library Closure Protest' : 16th September 2013
Inside Moray : 'Leading Scottish Author Lends Her Support to Library Campaigners' : 16th September 2013
This Is Kent : 'Kent Libraries to Appear on South Korean TV Show' : 16th September 2013
Daily Post : 'Flintshire Council to Review Leisure Services Across the County' - "The current level of assets cannot be sustained" : 16th September 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'People Power Writes a New Chapter for Denton Library' : 16th September 2013
This Is Derbyshire : 'Health Project Cash (£1.5m) Will Boost Opening Hours of City Libraries' : 16th September 2013
Spalding Today : Lincolnshire - 'Town Library Will Stay Open' : 16th September 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'We Are United' Say Library Campaigners : 16th September 2013
Save Our Libraries : 'Campaigners to Lobby Council Convenor' - Campaign to Halt Library Closures in Moray and Throughout Scotland : 15th September 2013
Spalding Today : 'Dream to Save Library for a Village Hub' (Survey circulated re. volunteers to "manage" it) : 15th September 2013
Grantham Journal : Lincolnshire - 'TV Comedy Writer Eric Chappell Gives Backing to Library Protest in Grantham' : 15th September 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Arts Centre Wins Applause from All' : 15th September 2013
This Is South Wales : 8 Potential Library Closures in Neath Port Talbot' : 14th September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Lincolnshire Libraries - Committee Formed to Tackle Closure Plans' : 14th September 2013
Kent Online : 'Libraries and Residential care Homes could be Frontline Services to be Privatised' : 13th September 2013
Bury Times : Plan to Turn Most of Bury Library into Sculpture Centre Branded 'Ridiculous' : 13th September 2013
Northern Scot : 'Legal Challenge to Library Closures' : 13th September 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Protest as Councillors Debate Lincolnshire Libraries Closures' : 13th September 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Letter - 'Libraries: Council Ignore the Hard Facts' : 13th September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Protestors Campaign Against Cuts at County Offices' : 13th September 2013
ITV News : 'Library Closures Demonstration' : 13th September 2013
The Guardian : 'The Price of Libraries is Cheap Compared to That of an Ignorant Nation' - Lincolnshire author: 12th September 2013
Luton Today : Video - 'Library Campaigners Protest Outside Town Hall' : 12th September 2013
Luton Today : 'Church Steps In To Save A Library' - "God was saying to us ..." : 12th September 2013
Herald Scotland : Letter - 'Libraries vote is a disgrace' : 12th September 2013
Boston Standard : 'Scrap Borough and District Councils and Save the Libraries' (says Lincs UKIP councillor) : 12th September 2013
GPonline.com : 'GP's Plan to Hand NHS Role to Libraries Backed in Wales' : 12th September 2013
Bay TV Liverpool : 'Royal Opening for Jewel in Liverpool's Crown' : 12th September 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Volunteer Libraries Not the Way Forward' : 11th September 2013
BBC Radio 4 on iPlayer : Michael Rosen - Our Libraries The Next Chapter (Episode 2) : 11th September 2013
IOE London : 'Reading for Pleasure Puts Children Ahead in the Classroom, Study Finds' : 11th September 2013
Gazette & Herald : 'Wiltshire's Libraries Land £100,000 Arts Council Funding' : 11th September 2013
The Scotsman : 'Moray Libraries - Councillors Write to Watchdog' : 11th September 2013
Northern Scot : 'SNP Question Legality of Library Decision' : 11th September 2013
Herald Scotland : Vote to See Half of All Libraries Shut is Branded 'Staggering' : 11th September 2013
Press & Journal : Moray - 'Fury as Cost-cuts Vote Shuts Seven Libraries' : 11th September 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Axe District Councils to Save Lincolnshire's Libraries, Suggests Councillor' : 11th September 2013
Grantham Journal : 'Protest Group to Hold Public Meeting in Grantham Against Library Cuts' : 11th September 2013
Horncastle News : 'Campaigners Step Up Battle to Halt Cuts to Horncastle Library' : 11th September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Letter - 'Library Closures A Ridiculous Decision' : 11th September 2013
Rutland Times : 'Deepings Library Campaigners Grill Councillor at Public Meeting' : 11th September 2013
The Guardian : 'Children's Bedtime Stories on the Wande, According to (Littlewoods) Survey' : 11th September 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - Protesters Against Library Closures "Can Sue the Council and See How Far They Get" : 10th September 2013
No Confidence in Ed Vaizey : 'Bob Usherwood - Our Professional Duty to Support the Motion' : 10th September 2013
Inside Moray : 'Opposition Gathers as Moray Council Admit Legal Challenge Likely' : 10th September 2013
The Scotsman : 'Half of Moray's Libraries to Close Under Cuts Plan' : 10th September 2013
BBC News : 'Seven Moray Libraries to be Closed Down' : 10th September 2013
Northern Scot : 'Council to Vote to Close Seven Libraries' : 10th September 2013
STV News : 'Council to Press Ahead with Controversial Library Closures Across Area' : 10th September 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'Library Closure U-turn by Council' : 10th September 2013
This Is Croydon : Vote 2014 - Where Does Labour Stand in Croydon? (inc Libraries) : 10th September 2013
The Echo : '6,000 Call for Leigh Library to be Saved' : 9th September 2013
The Echo : Southend - '6,000 Call for Leigh Library to be Saved' : 9th September 2013
London Evening Standard : Lambeth - 'Council Facing £150,000 Bill After Squatters Trash Ex-library' : 9th September 2013
Champion News : Sefton - Library Closures 'Discrimination' : 9th September 2013
OTS News : 'Sefton Council Discriminating over Access to Library' - "Can sue the council and see how far they get" : 8th September 2013
Good Library Guide : 'The Key Financial Information in a Library Service' : 8th September 2013
Spalding Today : Letter - Market Deeping: 'Disgusted and Ashamed at County Council' : 8th September 2013
Friends of Barham Library : 'Letter to ACAVA re Barham Library' : 8th September 2013
DutchNews : 'Not All Libraries Should be Closed - Cabinet' : 7th September 2013
The Independent : 'Brum's Palace Of the Book Is a Triumph, But Can It Spread Its Golden Glow?' : 7th September 2013
PC Pro : 'The Final Chapter for (UK) Libraries?' : 7th September 2013
The Economist : 'Library of Birmingham - It's Not All About the Books' ("We need to find ways to generate commercial income") : 6th September 2013
A Report Into the Proposed Amendments to the Public Library Service in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Considering Newcastle City Council's Compliance with the 1964 Act and Other Relevant Legislation
Brownsville Herald : San Juan to Take Back Control of Its Library Service from LSSI
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Why I Can't Get Excited About the New Library of Birmingham' : 6th September 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Weakening TUPE Legislation Will Drive Down Workers' Terms and Conditions, Warns TUC' : 6th September 2013
Horncastle News : Lincolnshire - 'Calls for a U-turn on Horncastle Library' : 6th September 2013
This Is Somerset : Two Letters - 'Bristol Central Library: School Plan' : 6th September 2013
This Is Bristol : 'Threats to Central Library Are Shameful' : 5th September 2013
Caerphilly Observer : 'More People Using Libraries in Caerphilly County Borough' : 5th September 2013
The Bookseller : Bradley - 'Libraries Seen As 'Glorified Book Swaps' : 5th September 2013
The Bookseller : 'Sunderland Agrees Library Closures' : 6th September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Council Bosses Approve Sunderland Library Closures' : 5th September 2013
BBC News : Lincolnshire - 'Calls for All County Councillors to Vote on Libraries Shake-up' : 5th September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Have Your Say on Libraries, Urges Councillor' : 5th September 2013
Brentford TW8 : Hounslow - 'New Library Board Needs Volunteers' : 5th September 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Newcastle Councillor David Stockdale to be Investigated over Freemason Link' : 5th September 2013
Public Libraries News : Transcript of Michael Rosen's "Our Libraries: The Next Chapter" on Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 on iPlayer - Michael Rosen: Our Libraries The Next Chapter, Episode 1 : 4th September 2013
Culture24 'The History of the Library of Birmingham ("that blessed word, library") : 4th September2013
Luton Today : 'Ideas Plea to Save Luton's Libraries' : 4th September 2013
Birmingham Press : 'Six Years Late and Way Over Budget' : 3rd September 2013
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 'Open Letter from 90-year Old Lincolnshire Resident to His Councillor' : 3rd September 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Friends of Barham Library to Open a Second Volunteer Branch at Sudbury Town Station' : 3rd September 2013
The Big Issue : 'Andrew Carnegie - The Billionaire Benefactor of Great Britain' : 2nd September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Hands Off Our Libraries' - Campaigners March Through Sunderland : 2nd September 2013
Sunderland Echo : Letter - 'Poor Will Lose Out in Library Closures' : 2nd September 2013
Spalding Today : Letter - 'Holbeach Library: Please Answer These Questions Mr Worth' : 2nd September 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Alford Library Closure 'Would Take Heart Out of Community' : 2nd September 2013
This Is Somerset : Letter - Bristol: 'Library Change Is Not in Their Gift' : 2nd September 2013
Guardian Series : 'Sutton's Library Opening Hours Cut in Council Cash-saving Bid' : 2nd September 2013
Guardian Series : 'Merton Council Puts Forward Plans to Extend Library Opening Hours' : 2nd September 2013
Public Libraries News : 'A Postcard From the Past About What the Future Might Have Been - Birmingham Opens At Last' : 1st September 2013
The Observer : 'Birmingham's Last Hurrah for Local Pride Before Civic Britain Is Culled' : 1st September 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Anger Over Plans to Close Libraries' : 1st September 2013
Boston Standard : Opinion - 'Book Your Ideas Up over Libraries' : 1st September 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Rallying Cry to Save Sunderland Libraries' : 30th August 2013
Financial Times : 'A New Chapter for Libraries' : 20th August 2013
The Guardian : 'Why Public Libraries Are Glamming Up' : 30th August 2013
Lancaster Guardian : 'Bringing L for Loud Back into Libraries' : 30th August 2013
The Guardian : 'As £188m Library of Birmingham Opens, Others Continue to Struggle' : 29th August 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Campaigners Urge Brent Council to refuse Permission to Covert Kensal Rise Library into Flats' : 29th August 2013
BBC News : 'Increased Demand for Isle of Man Library Service' : 29th August 2013
Southport visitor : Sefton = 'Southport's Libraries to Close Following Failed Attempt by Liberal Democrats to Call-in the Review' : 29th August 2013
This Is Bristol : 'We Suspect that This Is a Plot to Cut Demand' : 29th August 2013
Boston Standard : Villagers' Fight to Save Libraries Goes On : 29th August 2013
Boston Standard : 'Council Gets 2,500 Questionnaires Back for Library Consultation' : 29th August 2013
The Independent : 'Is This the Last Hurrah for Modern Bookish Bigness?' : 29th August 2013
The Independent : 'A Temple of Learning - New £188m Library is Sparkling Cornerstone of Birmingham's Rebirth' : 29th August 2013
The Guardian : 'Birmingham's New Library is a Modern Behemoth that Encases the Past' : 29th August 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'The Library of Birmingham, First Look' : 29th August 2013
The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke - 'Grasping the Nettle' : 28th August 2013
Haringey Today : 'MP (Stephen Twigg) Highlights Importance of Reading During School Holidays' : 28th August 2013
Sheffield Star : Letter : 'With reduced Funding Come Reduced Services' : 28th August 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Save Alford Library' Campaigners Stage Protest : 28th August
This Is Lincolnshire : Alford - 'Closure Would Take Heart Out of Community' : 28th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Villagers' Library Closure Threat Petition Sparks Response from County Council' : 28th August 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Over 20 Communities Bid to Save Lincolnshire Libraries' : 28th August 2013
Horncastle News : Wragby - 'Co-op Ready to Invest in New Store and Library' : 28th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Villagers Hand in 7,800 Name Petition in (Deepings) Library Closure Threat Protest' : 27th August 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Deepings Library Campaigners to Hand In Petition to County Council' : 27th August 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Council Faces Challenge on Library Secret' : 26th August 2013
This Is Grimsby : 'I Question That Closing Libraries Is Way Forward' : 26th August 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Are Libraries a Useful Smokescreen for the Bigger Threats to Come?' : 26th August 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Chief Leisure Officer and the Chief Librarian' : 26th August 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'The Gospel According to Mark Sesnan (GLL)' : 26th August 2013
Communities Against the Cuts : Birmingham - 'Library Users Will Sit on New Strategic Library Board' : 26th August 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Letter: Councillor anne Reynolds - 'ePetition to Save Libraries' : 25th August 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'A Pint And A Book Please' : 25th August 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Letter - 'E-petition to Save Libraries' : 25th August 2013
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'PayDay Loans and Libraries' : 24th August 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'No Interest' from Community in Running Sunderland Libraries or Other Services : 23rd August 2013
Spalding Guardian 'Union's Library Demos Plea' : 23rd August 2013
Society of Authors : 'Save Lincolnshire Libraries Campaign' : 23rd August 2013
Loughborough Echo : Councillor's Letter - 'Good Work Overshadowed by Library Cuts Concerns' : 23rd August 2013
Pontefract & Castleford Express : Wakefield - 'New revamped Home for Town's Library' : 23rd August 2013
This Is Somerset : Letter- Bristol: 'Can't This be Sited Elsewhere?' : 22nd August 2013
The Bookseller : MP - Library Plans "Unacceptable" : 22nd August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : MP Urges County Council to Reconsider Move 'Immediately' : 22nd August 2013
The Next Web (TNW) : 'The Future of Libraries' : 22nd August 2013
Gainsborough Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Gainsborough MP Condemns Council's Plan for Libraries' : 21st August 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Campaigners Reject Co-op Compromise' : 21st August 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Spilsby Councillors' Tentative Support to Co-op Library Offer' : 21st August 2013
The Independent : 'Brent Council Hire a Hologram as Their New Receptionist' : 20th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'Legal Action from CLA Prompts Councils to Licencse' : 21st August 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Silence On Future of Sheffield Libraries' : 20th August 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Library Has Become Hub for Pinehurst Community' : 20th August 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'Donington People in Bid to Save Library' : 20th August 2013
Co-operative News : 'Lincolnshire Co-operative Proposes Adoption of Local Libraries' : 20th August 2013
This Is Bristol : Letter- 'It Would Increase Use of the Library' : 19th August 2013
The Lincolnite : '17 Jobs Would Go in Lincolnshire Co-op Library Takeover, Say UNISON' : 19th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'McKearney to Step Down at The Reading Agency' : 19th August 2013
Spalding Today : 'Groups Offering to Run Libraries' : 18th August 2013
Spalding Today : Letter - 'Libraries: Represent the People Who Put You There' : 17th August 2013
Spalding Guardian : Letter - 'I Can't Pay My Tax as I'm Going on a Med Cruise!' : 17th August 2013
CLOA : 'Yinnon Ezra, DCMS Specialist Advisor - Making Savings in Public Libraries' : 16th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'Protest Mounts over Lincolnshire Library Closures' : 16th August 2013
Louth Leader : 'Add Your Voice to Libraries Petition in Lincolnshire' : 16th August 2013
Rutland Times : Deepings Library Petition is Ready to Trigger Council Debate' : 16th August 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Ebooks in Libraries Are Half the Price of Ebooks on Kindle' : 16th August 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Church figures, Musicians and authors Unite Against Sunderland Library Closures' : 16th August 2013
Ipswich Star : Felixtowe - 'Uncertainty Voiced over How Cash will be Raised for Library' : 16th August 2013
This Is Grimsby : Public Consultation on Future of Grimsby Libraries' : 15th August 2013
The Enquirer : 'Outraged Residents Campaign Against Library Cuts' : 15th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : '20,000 Join Fight Against Lincolnshire Library Cuts' : 15th August 2013
Lincolnshire Echo : 'Questions from Lincolnshire Library Campaigners are Answered' : 15th August 2013
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Alford Councillors Protest Library Closure' : 15th August 2013
Age UK : 'The Importance of Libraries in Rural Areas' : 14th August 2013
Civil Society : 'Big Lottery Fund Should Fund Council Services, Say Welsh Local Authorities' : 14th August 2013
Shropshire Live : Telford & Wrekin - 'Dawley Library Closes Its Door to Make Way for Brand New Library' : 14th August
BBC News : Denbighshire - 'Flood-hit St Asaph Library and One-stop Shop Reopens' : 14th August 2013
This Is Bristol : 'Come and Meet Us Simon Cook' : 14th August 2013
Daily Echo : Southampton - 'Plea to Fund £1m New City Library' : 14th August 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Looking the Gift Horses in the Mouth: Co-location and Outsourcing' : 13th August 2013
Harrow UNISON : Press Release - 'Library Job Losses' : 13th August 2013
Conservative Home : 'Privatising Libraries is Better than Closing Libraries' : 13th August 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Rethink Demanded on Council's Decision to Close Area's Libraries' : 13th August 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Libraries Are a Cost-effective Front Door to Council Services' : 13th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Campaigners Wary of Lincolnshire Co-operative's Olive Branch for Libraries' : 13th August 2013
Hackney Citizen : Novelist Kerry Hudson Warns Children Are 'Still Slipping Through Net' : 13th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'Spiral of Decline' for Anglesey's Libraries : 12th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Lincoln 'Save Our Libraries' Protest March Date Confirmed : 12th August 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Lincolnshire Co-op Offers to Save Six County Libraries' : 12th August 2013
This Is Scunthorpe : Lincolnshire - 'People May Not Use Libraries At All in 15 Years' : 12th August 2013
On The Wight : 'New Mobile Libraries Take to the Roads' : 12th August 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Go In Poor, Leave Feeling Rich' : 11th August 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Stand Up for Southend Libraries' (summary & photographs) : 10th August 2013
This Is Wiltshire : Swindon - 'Shop Is a Lifeline for the Community' : 10th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Protest Heads to the Council over Libraries' : 10th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'Reading Agency to Release Dyslexia Help Books' : 9th August 2013
This Is Derbyshire : 'No More Cuts Plea from Library Customers' : 9th August 2013
South Wales Argus 'Volunteers Determined to Re-open Stow Hill Library in Newport' : 9th August 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "If the Pie Is Too Small, the Answer Is to Make the Pie Bigger" : 8th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Does the Council Only Want the Answers It Desires over Libraries?' : 8th August 2013
Wimbledon Guardian : Letter - 'Council Want to Invest In, Not Close, Wimbledon Library' : 8th August 2013
BBC Radio Lincolnshire on iPlayer : 'Martin Hill Defends Signing Library Petition' : 8th August 2013
Spalding Today : (Update) 'Council Chief Signs Libraries Petition' : 8th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Local Authority Slams Lincolnshire County Council Library Proposals' : 8th August 2013
Harrow Observer : Ten Library Jobs 'At Risk' Amid Technological Revamp in Harrow : 8th August 2013
This Is Derbyshire : 'More Job Losses Are Now Feared at Derby City Council' : 8th August 2013
Louth Leader : Lincolnshire County Council accused of 'False Economy' over Proposed Cuts to Library Services (literacy) : 7th August 2013
Horncastle News : Lincolnshire - 'Talks Hold Key to Future of Horncastle Area Libraries' : 7th August 2013
Sleaford Standard : Lincolnshire - 'NKDC's Library Concerns' (removal of libraries from the north of the district) : 7th August 2013
Good Library Guide : 'A Message to CILIP Management - from A Librarian - Give Me My Money Back' : 7th August 2013
The Independent : 'Unpaid Library Fines Could Cost You Your Degree' : 6th August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Council Leader Martin Hill Signs Petition to Save Library' : 6th August
Stamford Mercury : 'Council Leader's U-turn on Deepings Library Petition' : 6th August 2013
The Guardian : 'Libraries Don't Have to be A Thing of the Past - Just Look At Melbourne's' : 6th August 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Campaigners to Celebrate First Birthday of Community Library on Saturday' : 6th August 2013
Brighton & Hove News : 'Brighton Library Demolished as Builders Prepare Ground for Replacement' : 6th August 2013
BBC News : 'Lincolnshire Libraries Face Axe in £2m Budget Cut' : 5th August 2013
The Bookseller : 'Date Set for National Libraries Day 2014' : 5th August 2013
CILIP : 'National Libraries Day to Take Place on Saturday 8 February 2014' : 5th August 2013
The Echo : Southend : 'Library Protest' (former Mayor and former councillor, Mr Copley "leading the fight") : 5th August 2013
Public Libraries News : CILIP's Suggested New Name Revealed, the e-Lending Pilot Takes Shape (etc) : 4th August 2013
Western Telegraph : Pembrokeshire - 'Next Chapter In County Library Story Undecided' : 4th August 2013
Cumbernauld News : North Lanarkshire : 'Town Centre Library Brought to Book' : 4th August 2013
Daily Mail : Librarian, 57, Who Stood Up to a Farmily of Yobs Arrested' : 3rd August 2013
Good Library Guide : 'There Are Still Taxpayers Paying for the Library Profession - That Needs to be Stopped' : 3rd August 2013
Spalding Today : Letter - 'Library Closures: Ten Things We Think are Really Unfair' : 3rd August 2013
The Bookseller : Library e-Lending Pilots Take Shape' : 2nd August 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Privatisation of Croydon Libraries Rubber-stamped' : 2nd August 2013
This Is Local London : 'Harow Library Changes to be Rolled Out Over the Coming Months' : 2nd August 2013
BBC News> : Suffolk Libraries Divestment 'A Success' Says Former Protester : 2nd August 2013
Hereford Times : 'Final Chance for Your Library View' : 2nd August 2013
S W Londoner : 'Campaigners Triumph as Merton Council Safeguard Wimbledon Library from Future Redevelopment' : 2nd August 2013
This Is Local London : 'Merton Council U-turn over Controversial Wimbledon Library Development Plan' : 2nd August 2013
Library Journal : Ian Clark - 'UK Report Recommends Author Payments for Library Ebook Lending' : 1st August 2013
Crosby Herald : 'Sefton Council is Set to Pay Consultants Up to £500 Per Day Despite Making Redundancies' (7 library closures) : 1st August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Author Slams Councillor's Three-car Comment on Library Closures' : 1st August 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Actress Minnie Driver Latest to Sign Lincolnshire Libraries Petition' : 1st August 2013
Camden New Journal : 'New Chapters for Community Libraries' - "We are saving something from the wreckage" : 1st August 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Council Defends Decision to Stock Extremist Books at Woolwich Library' : 31st July 2013
Booktrade Info : 'Irate UK Librarians Call for No Confidence Vote on Minister Vaizey' : 31st July 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Copyright - Libraries - and The Changing World of Access' : 31st July 2013
Swindon Advertiser : Call for 'Friends' to Support Liden Library : 31st July 2013
Rosehill Readers : Suffolk - 'SCC: Round in Circles' : 31st July 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Save Lincolnshire Libraries Campaign Gathers Over 1k Signatures' : 30th July 2013
Sleaford Standard : Lincolnshire - Library Cuts an 'Act of Cultural Vandalism' : 30th July 2013
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire Libraries Consultation Event in Skegness Branded 'Shallow and Hollow' : 30th July 2013
Map - Libraries Under Threat in Lincolnshire : courtesy of the Lincolnshire Echo
The Guardian : 'Lambeth's Library App Challenges Residents to Make Tough Choices' : 30th July 2013
This Is Local London : 'All Surrey Libraries to Lose Music CDs by Next Year' : 30th July 2013
Local Government Chronicle : 'Grants to be Cut by Extra £95m to Plug Gap in Safety Net' : 29th July 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Judicial review Process to be Made Tougher' : 29th July 2013
Local Gov : 'Croydon Outsources Library Services' : 29th July 2013
Boston Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Council Bosses Defend Boston Venue Choice for Library Consultation' : 29th July 2013
Spalding Guardian : Letter - 'Meeting Was to Find Ways to Shift the Cost' : 28th July 2013
MK Web : Milton Keynes Libraries Performing Above the National Average' : 28th July 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Lincolnshire Council's Consultation Gets Into Further Hot Water ... and Has National Implications' : 27th July 2013
Spalding Guardian : Lincolnshire - 'Proestors Wanted Public Hanging Claim' (2001 Census) : 27th July 2013
Barnsley Chronicle : Council 'Will Not Close Any Libraries' : 27th July 2013
Carnegie Trust : 'The Future of Public Libraries'
This Is Bristol : 'Will We Ruin Library for Sake of 30 Private School Places?' : 26th July 2013
ITV News : Lincolnshire - Video: 'Row Over Library Closures' : 26th July 2013
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Consultation Into Library Closures to be Held in Skegness' (a "skewed, disingenuous process") : 26th July 2013
Express & Star : 'Work to Start Soon on New Wolverhampton Library Hubs' : 26th July 2013
Shelf Free : 'Frictionless' eBook Lending from Public Libraries : 26th July 2013
Telegraph & Argus : Bradford - 'MP Philip Davies Visits Reprieved Wilsden Library' : 26th July 2013
Question Everything : 'Is That Gross Breadsticks or Net Breadsticks?' ("Vaizey isn't doing the job he is paid to do") : 25th July 2013
The Bookseller : CILIP to Debate 'No Confidence' Motion in Vaizey : 25th July 2013
Communities Against The Cuts : 'Library Campaigners Slam Business Influence on Arrangements to Run Library of Birmingham' : 25th July 2013
The Bookseller : 'Luton Set for Library Closures' : 25th July 2013
Luton Today : 'Libraries Face Axe in Council's Saving Schemes' : 25th July 2013
Stamford Mercury : 'Library Campaigners Secure Meeting in The Deepings' : 25th July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : Residents "Not Given Enough Time" to Ask Questions at Library Consultation : 25th July 2013
Louth Leader : 'Fury Over Library Consultation Not Taking Place in Mablethorpe or Sutton On Sea but Instead in Louth where Services are Not at Risk' : 25th July 2013
Independent Catholic News : 'Christian Bookshops Get Major Boost from Charity Book Scheme' : 25th July 2013
Manchester Evening News : Rochdale - 'Libraries are Spared Axe, But They Must Offer More' : 25th July 2013
Daily Telegraph : Children 'Too Distracted by Technology to Listen to Stories' : 24th July 2013
iMap Libraries Blog : 'Who Loses When Libraries Close?' : 24th July 2013
Kidderminster Shuttle : Worcestershire - 'Bewdley Library Could be Moved to Health Centre' : 24th July 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Edinburgh Visitors Up 15% - The England/Scotland Divide' : 23rd July 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Fact or Friction' - "The Sieghart programme is a nonsense on several levels" : 23rd July 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Lincolnshire - 'Caistor Library Set Up An Example to County' : 23rd July 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'Localism and Libraries' : 23rd July 2013
Horncastle News : 'Campaigners Ready to Fight to Save Lincolnshire's Libraries' : 23rd July 2013
Southport Visitor : 'Fate of Some of Southport’s Libraries Remains Unknown as Cabinet Members Reject Two Community Proposals' : 23rd July 2013
Ledbury Reporter : 'Herefordshire Libraries - Don't Write Final Chapter on Vital Resource' : 23rd July 2013
This Is South Wales : 'Library Is Result of Residents' Labours' : 23rd July 2013
Buxton Advertiser : 'Plans Scrapped for New Glossop Library' : 23rd July 2013
S W Londoner : 'Protests Outside Wimbledon Library as Rumours Circulate It Could Be Closed' : 23rd July 2013
This Is Local London : Residents Launch 'Save Wimbledon Library' Campaign over Redevelopment Fears' : 23rd July 2013
Spalding Guardian : Video - 'Protestors Make Voices Heard at Libraries Consultation' : 22nd July 2013
Fortune Magazine : 'Amazon Versus Your Public Library' : 22nd July 2013
Rutland Times : 'Lincolnshire Villages Could Lose Mobile Libraries' : 21st July 2013
Spalding Guardian : 'You Have the Power to Save Your Library' (+ threat) : 21st July 2013
The Guardian : 'A Library Is Not Just About Books - It's Also a Place for the Vulnerable' : 20th July 2013
Guardian Series : Essex - 'Buckhurst Hill Library to Open Two Extra Days Each Week' : 20th July 2013
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Cockerton Library at Risk of Closure Again, Council Leader Admits' : 19th July 2013
They Work For You : Written Answer - Public Libraries Q: 'The Minimum Statutory Requirement' : 18th July 2013
The Guardian : 'Arts Council England's Annual Review 2012/13' : 18th July 2013
BBC News : 'Almost 40% of Army Recruits Have Reading Age of 11, MPs Warn' : 18th July 2013
York Press : Social Enterprise Will Run York's Libraries Despite Union's Warnings of 'Risk' : 18th July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'War Horse Author Blasts Library Closure Plans after Lincoln Visit' : 18th July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Cabinet Member Reveals Strong Community Response to Library Cuts in Lincolnshire' (+ threat) : 18th July 2013
This Is Lancashire : 'Bury's Libraries to Become More Self-service' : 18th July 2013
Gazette Series : 'Anger as South Glos Council Announces Funds from Waitrose Development in Chipping Sodbury Will be Spent on Services in Yate' : 18th July 2013
Solihull Observer : 'Protestors Fail in Bid to Halt Library Move' : 18th July 2013
Forbes.com : 'Does the Library of the Future Have Books?' : 18th July 2013
Bucks Free Press : 'Sir Terry Pratchett Returns to Beaconsfield Library' : 17th July 2013
The Independent : 'The Austerity Story - How Span Fell in Love with Books Again as Locals Flood Back to Libraries' : 17th July 2013
Spalding Today : 'Community Shows United Front in Fight for (Deepings) Library' : 17th July 2013
Socialist Party : Lincolnshire - 'Save Our Libraries' : 17th July 2013
Bellingham Herald : 'Report - 30 percent of Americans Without Internet Access' : 17th July 2013
Question Everything : 'The First Rule of Politics - Never Believe Anything' (Vaizey must be held to account) : 16th July 2013
Horncastle News : Lincolnshire - 'Council Concern over Library Proposals' : 16th July 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Lincoln Library Consultation Meeting Announced' : 16th July 2013
News North Wales : Flintshire - 'Council to Discuss Future of Libraries' : 16th July 2013
Good Library Guide : 'No Confidence in CILIP' : 16th July 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Motion of No Confidence in the Libraries Minister Ed Vaizey' : 15th July 2013
They Work For You : Written Answer - 'Electronic Publishing' : 15th July 2013
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Confirms PLR Extension' : 15th July 2013
Henley Standard : 'Residents Back Plan to Keep (Benson) Library Open' (will "buy" 5 additional staff hours each week) : 15th July 2013
Boston Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Campaign Group Vows to Fight Library Closures and Searches for Help in Boston' : 14th July 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - '1 2 3 Creepy House!' : 13th July 2013
Spalding Today : Lincolnshire - 'Amost 180 Jobs Face Axe if Libraries Go' : 13th July 2013
Stamford Mercury : Lincolnshire - 'Concerns over Threat to Mobile Libraries' : 13th July 2013
Grimsby Telegraph : 'Plan for Major Overhaul of Library' : 13th July 2013
Thame Gazette : Buckinghamshire - 'E-book Lending Set to Go Through the Roof - But It Doesn't Spell End of Libraries' (they will survive as "community hubs") : 13th July 2013
The Independent : 'Campaigners Warn of Libraries in Crisis Across England' : 12th July 2013
The Guardian : 'Library Campaigners Predict 1,000 Closures by 2016' : 12th July 2013
Public Libraries News : 'DCMS to Consult on Abolishing an Already Abolished Libraries Body - With Resultant Changes to the 1964 Act that Make Libraries Statutory' : 11th July 2013
The Bookseller : US 'Ahead of UK on Library Advocacy' : 12th July 2013
SchoolsImprovement.net : Clever but Poor Boys 'Are 30 months Behind Richer Peers in Reading' : 12th July 2013
The Guardian : Clever but Poor Boys 'Are 30 months Behind Richer Peers in Reading' : 12th July 2013
BBC News : 'Class Divide in Boys' Reading Skills Seen in Pisa Scores' (Scotland's gap highest in developed world, while England is second highest) : 12th July 2013
CivilSociety.co.uk : '£1m Paul Hamlyn Grant will Support Reading Flashmobs, Apps and Games' : 12th July 2013
Guardian Series : 'Busy Harrow Green Community Library Staff Double Opening Days, Appoint Honorary President (councillor) and Launch Website' : 12th July 2013
Rutland Times : Lincolnshire - Video: 'Deepings MP John Hayes Backs Library Campaign' : 12th July 2013
Good Library Blog : 'Battersea Power Station to be the New National Public Library' : 12th July 2013
This Is Bristol : Letter - 'This Will Harm Our Wilting Cultural Reputation' : 11th July 2013
The Bookseller : Library Campaign Warns of Library 'Slaughter' : 11th July 2013
goscl.com : 'SCL Publishes Workforce Development Survey' (8,550 UK staff responded)
The Echo : 'Protest March to Save Southend Libraries' : 11th July 2013
Louth Leader : Mablethorpe Town Council 'Wholeheartedly' Rejects Cuts to Lincolnshire's Library Services : 11th July 2013
Public Libraries News : 'US and UK Libraries Advocacy Compared' : 10th July 2013
Weston Mercury : North Somerset - '(Winscombe) Library Reopens After Makeover' : 10th July 2013
York Press : 'D-day on Community Libraries Shake-up' : 10th July 2013
BBC News : 'Library of Birmingham - Public Invited to Noisy Opening' : 10th July 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Sudbury Coffee Bar Lends Its Support to Barham Library Campaigners' : 10th July 2013
Daily Mail : 'What (US) Students Really Do in Libraries - Just 18% of Time is Spent actually Reading' : 10th July 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'CILIP Gamble on Rebranding Passes One Barrier, At Some Cost' (... and more) : 9th July 2013
Localgov.co.uk : 'York Considers New Delivery Model for Libraries and Archive Services' : 9th July 2013
Sleaford Standard : Public to Comment on Library Proposals' (open to "costly court procedures") : 9th July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Council Bans Libraries Closure Petions' (from library buildings) : 9th July 2013
Dorset Echo : 'New Dorchester Library to Open Next Week' : 9th July 2013
Manchester Evening News : Tameside - 'New Chapter Opens for the Library Axed in Council Cuts' : 9th July 2013
Chronicle Live : Gateshead - 'Volunteers Booking In to Run Libraries' : 9th July 2013
Halifax Courier : Letter - Headteacher, Ravenscliffe High School & Sports College : 8th July 2013
Infoism : 'What I Would Like to See from a Professional Body for Librarians and Information Professionals' : 8th July 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Library Legal Challenge Fears' : 8th July 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Third of Library Staff to Go ..' : 8th July 2013
Sky News : Video - 'Big Society? Volunteers Take Over Running of Five Gateshead Libraries' : 8th July 2013
The Bookseller : 'Move to Halt CILIP Rebrand Defeated' : 8th July 2013
Lincolnshire Echo : 'Campaigners to Meet in Bid to Save (Nettleham) Library' : 8th July 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Mail Somehow Uses Library Rebrand to Link Librarians with Mass Murderer' : 7th July 2013
The Times Letter from Shirley Burnham : 7th July 2013
Louth Leader : 'These Changes will Betray the People of Lincolnshire' : 7th July 2013
Bourne Local : Lincolnshire - 'Fight to Stop Deepings Library Closure Steps Up' : 7th July 2013
Daily Mail : 'The Knowledge People? Attempted rebrand Gets Librarians Raising Their Voices in Outrage' : 6th July 2013
Spalding Today : 'A Public Consultation on Controversial Plans to Reduce Library Services Is to Go Ahead' : 6th July 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'The Final Chapter for Sunderland's Carnegie Libraries?' : 5th July 2013
Question Everything : 'Press Statements Are Not Delivered Under Oath' (re CILIP rebrand) : 5th July 2013
BBC News : Powys Mobile Library Service 'Under review' : 5th July 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'The Final Chapter for Sunderland's Carnegie Libraries?' : 5th July 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Lincolnshire' : 5th July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Should Public Funding for Libraries Be Cut?' : 5th July 2013
Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 'Article - Should We Be Cutting Public Funding from Local Libraries?': 5th July 2013
They Work For You : Dan Jarvis PQ - Libraries : 4th July 2013
: 'Sunderland Library Campaigner Calls for Closure Rethink' : 4th July 2013
This Is Local London : 'Consumer Finance Assoc attacks Haringey BC for Blocking pay Day Lenders On Its Computers' : 4th July 2013
Grantham Journal : 'Labour's Charmaine Morgan Talks Midwifery Unit Closure and the Battle to Keep Libraries' : 4th July 2013
Gov.uk : Press Release - 'Enterprising Libraries: Delivering Entrepreneurs for the Future' : 3rd July 2013
The Guardian : 'Let's Keep Doing It By the Book - Why We Shouldn't Cut Libraries' (Lincolnshire) : 3rd July 2013
Retford Today : 'Review Could See Loss of 32 Rural Libraries' : 3rd July 2013
This Is Bristol : 'This Is the Worst Blow in Hundreds of Years' : 3rd July 2013
The Bookseller : 'ACE Launches Library Funding Scheme' : 3rd July 2013
Runcorn & Widnes World : 'New £11m Library at Castlefields Community Centre' : 3rd July 2013
The Guardian : 'Councils Call for the Abolition of Six Core Whitehall Departments' : 2nd July 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Reaction to Library Consultation' (library to become an "occasional luxury") : 2nd July 2013
Bourne Local : 'Lincolnshire County Council Approves Consulting on Plans to Close Libraries' : 2nd July 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'County Council's Call to Volunteers to Help Run Lincolnshire's Library Service' : 2nd July 2013
Lincolnshire CC : Libraries Consultation : 2nd July 2013
The Bookseller : Libraries Must 'Face Reality', Warns Ashley : 1st July 2013
Sheffield Star : Letter - 'Library Campaigners Will Not Go Away' : 1st July 2013
Sunderland Echo : Sunderland Library Protestors' Dismay over TV Agony Aunt's Backing for Closure Plans : 1st July 2013
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : Wakefield - 'South Elmsall Library Reopens Its Doors After Refurbishment' : 1st July 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Libraries Director Brian Ashley Tells It How It Is to The Library Campaign' : 30th June 2013
Horncastle News : Lincolnshire - 'Libraries Under Threat as Council Bids to Save Budget' : 30th June 2013
Spalding Today : 'Town Support Service Fears Rocky Road' : 30th June 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'New Chapter for Northenden Library as Books are Rehomed' ("scaled-back" service) : 30th June 2013
Rutland Times : Lincolnshire - 'Glimmer of Hope in Fight to Save Deepings Library' : 29th June 2013
Birmingham Mail : 'Goodbye Birmingham Central Library' : 29th June 2013
Southend Echo : Volunteer Idea 'Will Kill' Library : 29th June 2013
SKY Television : Video - Newcastle: 'Moorside Library Closes Doors for Last Time' : 29th June 2013
Express & Star : 'Scheme Lodged for New Hub to House Wolverhampton Library' (one of 7 "controversial" hubs) : 29th June 2013
Jesmond Local : Newcastle - 'Residents' Bus Service to Continue Despite Library Closure' : 29th July 2013
Diss Express : Suffolk - 'Council May Refuse Cash as (Eye) Library Saga Takes Another Twist' : 29th June 2013
This Is Grimsby : Lincolnshire - 'Fighting to Save (Caistor) Library' : 29th June 2013
The Guardian : 'Proposals to cut libraries by more than half won't affect the quality of service' : 28th June 2013
Grantham Journal : Plans to Close Lincolnshire's Libraries Rejected by Councillors' : 28th June 2013
Local Guardian : Hundreds Sign Petition Declaring "Last Chance to Save Croydon's Libraries" : 28th June 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Round Two in the Fight to Save Kirklees Libraries' - bid to retain a professionally-led library service : 28th June 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Fears over Future of Libraries in Kirklees' : 28th June 2013
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Council Cuts: End of Story for Moorside Library While Others Celebrate Takeover Plans' : 28th June 2013
The Bookseller : Teachers 'Frustrated' over Reading for Pleasure : 28th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Government to Consult on PLR Extension' : 28th June 2013
Voices for the Library : Shirley Burnham will be hosting @voiceslibrary on Twitter w/c 1st July 2013
CILIP : 'What the Government's Spending Review Means for Library and Information Services' : 27th June 2013
This is Hampshire : 'Library Service Being Run Into the Ground, Warns Union' (Wiltshire cited) : 27th June 2013
Market Rasen Mail : 'Hope for Future of Library Service after Committee Tells Council to Scrap Plans' : 27th June 2013
Louth Leader : Louth Library Safe from Cuts but Rural Villages Look Set to be Hit - Councillor Fears 'Destruction' of Lincolnshire's Library Service : 27th June 2013
Boston Standard : Lincolnshire - Libraries Face Axe to Cut Costs after Chiefs Brand Them 'Inefficient' : 27th June 2013
Boston Standard : Kirton Library, Lincolnshire - 'We Will Fight Library Cuts' : 27th June 2013
Market Rasen Mail : Lincolnshire - 'Threat of Closure for Local Libraries' : 27th June 2013
Sleaford Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Libraries Face Axe in County Council Cuts' : 27th June 2013
This Is Grimsby : Lincolnshire - 'Libraries Under Threat' : 27th June 2013
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Community Hubs - Debunking the Myth'
SCL : 'Response to the Spending Review' (more on their website)
Ealing Gazette : 'Ealing Council to Spend £454k on Library Refurbishments' : 27th June 2013
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Cotswolds author Joanna Trollope Cuts the Ribbon at Lechlade Library' : 27th June 2013
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Up to £33m Cuts Puts Kirklees Libraries, Sports Centres and Galleries at Risk after Spending Review' : 27th June 2013
West Sussex Express : Newhaven - 'Library is Given the Go Ahead by District Council' : 27th June 2013
Telegraph & Argus : Bradford - 'New Book Facility for Children Opens in City Centre' : 27th June 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "Slightly Worse Than Our Worst Case Scenario, The Latest Government Cuts Examined' : 26th June 2013
The Guardian : 'In Newcastle, Libraries and Pools Shut as Spending Cuts Reality Bites' : 26th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'CSR Spares Arts Budget, But Not Libraries' : 26th June 2013
The Bookseller : Spending Review Cuts 'Mean More Library Closures' : 26th June 2013
The Bookseller : Young US Readers 'Like Print', Finds Pew : 26th June 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'TV Agony Aunt Backs Plans to Axe Nine Sunderland Libraries' : 26th June 2013
The Lincolnite : Lincolnshire Library Cuts Plans Are 'Draconian and Short-sighted' : 26th June 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Libraries Facing the Final Chapter' (detailed report) : 26th June 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Final chapter Looms for Village's Library' : 26th June 2013
The Independent : 'Cheshire East Council Blocks Payday Loan Websites from Public Computers' : 25th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'eBook Royalty Debate Reignited' : 25th June 2013
Northern Scot : Moray - 'Library Consultation Draws To a Close' (a ref. to Equality Act) : 25th June 2013
Macclesfield Express : Cheshire East - 'Access to Payday Loan websites to be Blocked at Libraries' : 25th June 2013
Western Telegraph : Tenby - 'Library Move Confirmed by Cabinet' : 25th June 2013
Question Everything : Steve Wyler of 'Locality' is Asked About Its Work with Libraries : 24th June 2013
Henley Standard : 'Deal Agreed to Keep Benson Library Running after Staffing Cuts'(one of 16 to lose staff funding) : 24th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Warning of Major Threat to Welsh Library Services' : 24th June 2013
Wales Online : 'Libraries Depts could be Wiped Out under Swingeing Budget Cuts, Council Leader Warns' : 24th June 2013
The Lincolnite : 'Campaigners Opposed to £2m Lincolnshire Libraries Cuts Plans' : 24th June 2013
Stamford Mercury : Lincolnshire - 'Petition to Save Deepings Library from Closure Attracts 500 Signatures' : 24th June 2013
EADT : Suffolk - 'Eye: Town Council Considering Options over Grant Offer for Library Move' : 24th June 2013
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Community Fights to Keep Blakelaw Library' : 24th June 2013
Scottish Sun : Aemer Anwar - 'Vaizey Must Be Brought to Book on Library Cuts' : 23rd June 2013
The Argus : Newhaven - '£1.6m Library Given the Green Light' : 22nd June 2013
BBC News : Shropshire - 'Second of Three New Telford Libraries Opens' : 22nd June 2013
Public Libraries News : '..Herefordshire's Decision to Scrap Interlending Suggests A Dark New Trend' : 21st June 2013
SCL : 'SCL Publishes Annual Report 2012/2013' : 21st June 2013
Bourne Local : Lincolnshire - 'Councillor Concerns at Proposed Closure of Market Deeping Library' : 21st June 2013
The Guardian : Maria Miller - 'I Argued for The Arts and Won. We Will Keep the Philistines from the Gates' (and comments) : 20th June 2013
Gov.uk : Ed Vaizey MP - 'Speech to the Society of Chief Librarians Seminar' : 20th June 2013
BBC News : 'Councils Face 10% Funding Cut' : 20th June 2013
Voices for the Library : 'Proposed Library Cuts in Lincolnshire Will Hit the Most Disadvantaged' : 20th June 2013
CILIP : 'Vote for Choice - Gues Blog Post from John Dolan' : 20th June 2013
Solihull Observer : 'Outrage as Shirley Library Move Approved' : 20th June 2013
Camden New Journal : 'Closure Decision a Betrayal of a Place that Needs Library' : 20th June 2013
Net Lettings : 'New Library is Latest Part of Camberwell's Regeneration' : 20th June 2013
This Is South Wales : 'Swansea's Morriston Library to Get £345k Upgrade' : 20th June 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Lincolnshire Aim for Lowest Possible Statutory Provision: 32 Libraries at Risk' : 19th June 2013
BBC News : 'Lincolnshire County Council Proposes Major Library Shake-up' : 19th June 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : '170 Jobs Will Be Lost over Rural Library Closures' : 19th June 2013
Bourne Local : Lincolnshire - 'Library Closure Planned for Deepings and Hours Could be Cut at Stamford' (details of all Lincs library cuts) : 19th June 2013
Alan Gibbons Diary : Lincolnshire - 'They Shut Libraries, Don't They?' : 19th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Major Library Cuts for Lincolnshire' : 19th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Shropshire's Libraries are Not Under Threat from e-Reading' : 19th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Privacy Fears over Oswestry Library Hub Raised' : 19th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Gardner and Pinfold Win Carnegie and Greenaway Medals' (and defend Libraries) : 19th June 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Archive Boosts Northumberland Libraries Service' : 19th June 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'TV Agony Aunt Joins Fight to Save Sunderland Libraries' : 19th June 2013
Daily Mirror : 'Jobless Forced to Pay for Library Internet Access Just as More Services Move Online' : 18th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'UNISON Survey on Library Cuts' : 18th June 2013
Voices for the Library : 'Charging for Access to the Internet Undermines the Principles of the Public Library Service' : 18th June 2013
Now Bath : 'Mobile Library Reduces Service with New Timetable' : 18th June 2013
Northampton Herald & Post : 'Nearly a Score of Northamptonshire Libraries Suffered during Unscheduled Closures This Year' : 18th June 2013
London Evening Standard : 'Poetry Is Therapy, Says Festival Organiser' : 18th June 2013
BBC News : 'eBooks Come Top in School Reading Competition' : 18th June 2013
Medium.com : 'A Plea to Keep Libraries Alive' : 18th June 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Sunderland Library Spending Had Fallen by £2.5m Even Before Closure Plans Announced' : 17th June 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Hands Off Our Libraries - Fight Launched to Save Nine Sunderland Branches from Closure' : 17th June 2013
Express & Star : 'Sadwell Conservative Leader Hits Out at Plans to Slash Libraries' Hours' : 17th June 2013
Public Libraries News : 'The Road Not Take - The French and English Library Systems Compared' : 16th June 2013
Alan Gibbons : Review of "The Damage" (new UNISON pamphlet) by Steve Davies : 16th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Digital Discord' : 14th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Commons to Debate Future of Creative Industries' : 14th June 2013
This Is Croydon : Libraries Contract Decision Slammed as 'Undemocratic' : 14th June 2013
BBC News : Red Telephone Boxes in Essex to Become 'Mini Libraries' : 14th June 2013
Mancunian Matters : 'Win, Win, Win All Round - Campaigners Rejoice as Levenshulme Library Saved by School Takeover' : 14th June 2013
Daily Mail : Pullman - Pay Us for Library eBooks or Writing Will Not Be 'Commercially Viable' : 13th June 2013
Southwark.gov : 'Planning Committee Approves New Library in Camberwell' : 13th June 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Nine Sunderland Libraries to Close as Council Bids to Save £850,000' : 13th June 2013
Sunderland Echo' : Job Losses 'Inevitable' As a Result of Sunderland Library Closures : 13th June 2013
Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News : 'views Sought on Future of Runcorn and Widnes Libraries' : 13th June 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'New Art Gallery to Raise Funds for Upper Norwood Library' : 13th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Shropshire Library Book Fund Hit by £100,000 Cut' : 13th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Festival Bosses' Fears over Shropshire Library Cutbacks' : 13th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Libraries Need to Move On to Survive' : 13th June 2013
The Enquirer : 'Southend Library Future to be Decided : 13th June 2013
'The Beano' - Cartoon: school library for the Bash Street Kids
The Independent : 'Culture' Means Whatever You Want It To, Especially If You're in Public Life (Vaizey references) : 12th June 2013
Norwich Evening News24 : 'Town Library Relocation a Priority for New Mayor of North Suffolk Town, Eye' : 12th June 2013
Daily Express : 'Libraries Give Us Power and Axing Museums Will Lead to Heritage Senility, Warns Archbishop' : 12th June 2013
The Guardian : Philip Pullman - 'Authors Must be Paid Fairly for eBook Loans' : 12th June 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Philip Pullman Leads Challenge to Publishers over eBook Library Lending' : 12th June 2013
Manchester Evening News : Cuts 'Under the Counter' as Stockport's Library Hours are Slashed : 12th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP Rebrand Meeting Pushed Back' : 12th June 2013
Shropshire Star : 'Plans to Lift Eating and Drinking Ban at Libraries' : 12th June 2013
Gov.uk : Maria Miller Speech - British Hospitality & Tourism Summit 2013 ("biggest bang for our buck") : 11th June 2013
The Independent : Letter - Shirley Burnham : 11th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'SoA Warns Publishers over eBook Loans to Libraries' : 11th June 2013
Society of Authors : 'Philip Pullman Calls for Authors to be Paid Properly for eBook Library Loans' : 11th June 2013
Heart Radio : Southend - 'Consultation on Future of Libraries' : 11th June 2013
Southend Standard : 'Branch Libraries to Remain Open' (viz: volunteers) : 11th June 2013
BBC News : Manchester - 'Levenshulme Library to be Run by Local High School' : 11th June 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'High School Steps In to Save Axed Library in Levenshulme' : 11th June 2013
Manchester Gazette : 'Community Plans for Levenshulme Library Unveiled' : 11th June 2013
Hereford Times : 'Leominster Info Shop Set to Move Into the Town's Library' : 11th June 2013
Question Everything : Walcot Library, Swindon - 'Ingress and Egress': 10th June 2013' : 10th June 2013
Harrow times : Harrow conservative Group 'Uneasy' with Library and Leisure Contracts : 10th June 2013
The Bookseller : Jarvis Calls for "Deeds Not Words" on Libraries : 10th June 2013
New Statesman : 'The Battle Against Privatisation' : 10th June 2013
York Press : 'Jobs Axed at York Libraries' : 10th June 2013
24Dash.com : Cheshire East - 'How a Housing Association Ended Up Running a Library' : 10th June 2013
Yorkshire Post : Halifax - 'New £9.25m Library Set to Give Cultural Quarter Bid a Boost' : 10th June 2013
Droitwich Standard : 'Droitwich Library Upgrades to Save £4,000 a Year' (lighting) : 10th June 2013
This Is Surrey Today : 'Free Surrey Library Courses Help Thousands Online' : 10th June 2013
EADT24 : Debenham - 'Library Plans Ambitious Move to Sir Robert Hitcham School' : 10th June 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Amazon and Google Provide a Much Better Service than Our Public Libraries Do' : 9th June 2013
Labour List : Dan Jarvis Mp - 'Deeds, Not More Words: What Libraries Really Need' : 8th June 2013
The Guardian : 'Further Reading - How to Put Libraries Back at the Heart of Communities' (ACE) : 7th June 2013
Harrow Times : 'Union Concerned over New Library Outsourcing Contract' : 7th June 2013
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Council Cuts - Community Repries from Some Libraries On Cards' : 7th June 2013
Kidderminister Library Gallery Ready to Reopen' : 7th June 2013
STV.tv : Video - 'Kirkcaldy Library, Museum and Art Gallery Reopens after Refurbishment' (Gordon Brown) : 7th June 2013
] They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - PLR: Peter Bottomley MP : 6th June 2013
The Independent ; 'Government Will Help You to Take Over a Community Pub - or Maybe Even the Shop, Pool or Library' : 6th June 2013
CLOA : Yinnon Ezra, Gov Advisor' 'So Do We Really Need Superheros to Sort Out Public Libraries?' : 6th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP to Debate Rebrand on 28th June' : 5th June 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Malorie Blackman Is a Great Choice to Inspire Children' : 4th June 2013
The Bookseller : 'Blackman Named Children's Laureate' : 4th June 2013
Channel 4 News : 'Self-help Books - Now Available on Prescription' : 4th June 2013
Evening Times : Glasgow - '£2m Safety Upgrade will Protect Mitchell Treasures' : 4th June 2013
On The Wight : 'No Inquiry into Isle of Wight Library Closures Confirmed' : 3rd June 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Rebranding and Self-promotion Can Work, Honest...' : 3rd June 2013
Burton Mail : 'Report Says Future of Public Libraries is Bright' : 3rd June 2013
SlideShare : Ian Anstice - 'All Change: Responses to the Public Libraries Crisis in England 2010 to 2013' : 3rd June 2013
The Bookseller : 'DCMS Will Not Intervene Over Bolton or IoW Library Closures' : 3rd June 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP Members Demand Halt to Rebrand' : 3rd June 2013
Tom Roper's Weblog : 'CILIP Rebranding - Call for General Meeting, Success and Submission' : 3rd June 2013
Conservative Home : Alan Gibbons - 'How Can Authors be Ambassadors of Love and Respect?' : 3rd June 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'DCMS In Crisis? Oh No, It's Thriving' : 2nd June 2013
The Northern Scot : Moray - 'Libraries Campaigners Meet MP and MSP' : 1st June 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Award-winning Architects' Firm Lend Their Support to Library Campaigners' : 1st June 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Decline and Fall of SYRUP' : 1st June 2013
Gov.uk : 'Supporting the Library Services Provided by Local Authorities and ...' : updated 31st May 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Efficiences - Self Service' : 31st May 2013
In Cumbria : 'Longer Opening Times for Library in Carlisle Community Centre' : 31st May 2013
New Statesman : 'Is Osborne About to Abolish the Culture Department?' : 30th May 2013
Ledbury Reporter : Herefordshire - 'Troubled Ledbury Library to Move to Historic Site' : 31st May 2013
The Bookseller : DCMS 'Could Be Scrapped', Says Jarvis : 30th May 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Well Done to Edinburgh. Not So Well Done To ...' : 30th May 2013
Dumfries & Galloway Standard : 'Stewartry Library Jobs To Go in Council Shake-up' : 30th May 2013
Daily Mirror : 'Save Sheffield Libraries' : 29th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'CILIP Rebrand Sparks Controversy' : 29th May 2013
Express & Star : '£1m to Cover Repair Bill for Wolverhampton Library Merger' : 29th May 2013
CILIP : Phil Bradley - 'Rebranding CILIP' : 29th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Sefton and Manchester - Libraries Latest' : 28th May 2013
Manchester Evening News : Manchester's Libraries Reprieved Amid 'Shambles' Claims: 28th May 2013
Southport Visitor : 'Sefton Council Confirm (seven) Library Closures' : 28th May 2013
Conservative Home : Libraries - 'Labour Implode in Brent' : 28th May 2013
East London Lines : 'Croydon Library Contract Proceeds After Setback' : 28th May 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'New Library Opens in New Addington' : 28th May 2013
It's Our County : Herefordshire - 'Results of Council Emergency Budget Meeting' ("no clue as to the nature and extent of its statutory responsibilities") : 27th May 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Public Library Campaigning: The Easy Bit May Have Just Ended in Herefordshire' : 27th May 2013
Paisley Daily Express : Renfrewshire - 'Books No Longer Have Stamp of Approval' : 27th May 2013
Canberra Times : 'But What If I Can't Find It On The Internet?' : 27th May 2013
This Is Nottingham : 'Samantha Mattos - Libraries Are a Modern Marvel' : 25th May 2013
The Library Campaign : AGM Event on 29 June - Q&A with Brian Ashley, the new Libraries Director at ACE
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'The Name is Library, Public Library' : 25th May 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Ebooks in Libraries for People with Reading Difficulties' : 25th May 2013
London Borough of Croydon : 'New Library Contract Comes a Step Closer' (self-referral to Scrutiny Committee) : 24th May 2013
Melville House Books : 'What's The Future for the UK's Local Libraries?' : 24th May 2013
The Bookseller : Lead Story - ACE Envisioning: "Wake Up Call to Government" : 24th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'WMF Panel - Libraries Need National e-Lending Model' : 24th May 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Shh! Laings Win Croydon Libraries' : 24th May 2013
Hereford Times : 'Protestors Arrive in Hereford' : 24th May 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Adapt and Survive: Arts Council England's Stark Message Under the Gloss' : 23rd May 2013
BBC News : 'Sefton Council Approves Plans to Close Seven Libraries' : 23rd May 2013
Campaign for the Book : Newsletter - "Envisioning" The Decline of the Public Library Service : 23rd May 2013
The Bookseller : 'ACE - Libraries Should Be "Hub" of Communities' : 23rd May 2013
Library Campaign : 'ACE Libraries Report Launched - Missing In Action?' : 23rd May 2013
CILIP : Press Release - 'Call for Political Leadership on Libraries' : 23rd May 2013
SCL : 'SCL Welcomes Arts Council's Envisioning Report' : 23rd May 2013
LocalGov.co.uk : 'Libraries Must Remain Community Hubs Despite Technological Change, Report Says' (and Ed Vaizey quote) : 23rd May 2013
Liverpool Echo : 'Seven Libraries to Close by End of Year, Confirm Sefton Council' : 23rd May 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Council Report Recommends Closure of Libraries in Crosby and Litherland' : 23rd May 2013
Evesham Observer : Broadway - 'More Details Given to Help Decide Library Future' : 23rd May 2013
Liverpool Echo : Sefton - 'Merseyside Library Cull Could Lead to 40 Staff Redundancies' : 22nd May 2013
Telegraph & Argus : 'New Library To Be Built in Bradford City Centre' : 22nd May 2013
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : Leading Article - 'New Chapter for Library Services' : 22nd May 2013
BBC News : 'Paperless Public Libraries Switch to Digital' : 22nd May 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Council Agree to Work with Campaigners in Kensal Rise Library Battle' : 22nd May 2013
The 'Save Kensal Rise Library' Survey
Ealing Gazette : 'Private Company Set to Run Ealing Libraries' : 22nd May 2013
The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke - 'Blind Eye' : 21st May 2013
Mancunian Matters : 'Future of Six Manchester Libraries Still Uncertain as Council Give Campaigners June Deadline' : 21st May 2013
News Shopper : 'Bromley Libraries Partner with RNIB to Make reading More Accessible' : 21st May 2013
Burton Mail : 'Solar Panels on Libraries Save County Council Over £350,000' : 21st May 2013
They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - 'eBook Lending and Audio, Rewarding Authors' : 21st May 2013
SW Londoner : Gove Faces Backlash After South West London Libraries Insist Children Are Reading 'Proper' Books : 20th May 2013
SNP : Aberdeen - 'Donside Labour Candidate Challenged on Libraries' : 20th May 2013
Cambridge News : 'Has the School Library a Future in the Digital Age?' : 20th May 2013
Hansard : Parliamentary Question - 'Libraries In Deprived Areas' : 20th May 2013
They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - 'Public Lending Right (PLR)' : 20th May 2013
They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - 'Audio-book Loans' : 20th May
This Is Local London : 'Shared Services are Key to Saving Millions, Insists Ealing' : 19th May 2013
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Row Over Future of Stockton Borough Libraries' : 19th May 2013
BBC News : 'Campaigners Protest against Herefordshire Council Cuts' : 18th May 2013
Ledbury Reporter : 'Cuts Are to be Discussed' : 18th May 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'And Yet ... Thoughts On the Opening of the New Liverpool Central Library' : 18th May 2013
Question Everything : 'Looking a Trojan Horse In the Mouth' (LGA - libraries 'non-statutory') : 17th May 2013
Coventry Telegraph : 'Coventry Central Library Reopens after £130,000 Makeover' : 17th May 2013
Hereford Times : 'Green Councillor Felicity Norman Sees Red over Cabinet Meeting Cancellation' : 17th May 2013
The Independent : 'Children Turn Away from Books In Favour of Reading Electronically' - NLT ( impact on reading standards) : 16th May 2013
Literacy Trust : 'Children's On-Screen reading Overtakes Reading in Print' (details of research) : 16th May 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'I've Seen the Future - David Ruse and the Tri-borough Experiment!' : 16th May 2013
Ledbury Reporter : Council Meeting Deferral (protesters should "channel their energies" into finding alternatives) : 16th May 2013
Hereford Times : 'Protesters Gather Outside Council Headquarters Despite Vital Meeting Being Called Off' : 16th May 2013
Ross Gazette : Herefordshire - 'Library Threatened with Closure' : 16th May 2013
BBC News : 'Herefordshire Council Postpones Cuts Decision' : 16th May 2013
Hereford Times : The Paul Rogers Blog - 'Libraries & Museums Should Be Saved' : 16th May 2013
The Echo : 'Southend's Library Services "Will Be Improved" ("If people don't want to safeguard them it will be very difficult, it would perhaps suggest that they don't want their libraries as much as we thought") : 16th May 2013
Ealing Today : 'Library and Leisure Services to be Contracted Out' : 16th May 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Concern over Sunderland Library Closure Plans' : 16th May 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Campaign Group Submits Business Plan to Save Southport's Libraries' : 16th May 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Mum Urges Council to Rethink Carnegie Library Closure' : 16th May 2013
About My Area : Essex - 'New Library for Springfield' (to be staffed by volunteers from the word go) : 16th May 2013
Guardian Series : 'Anger as Smaller Libraries Miss Out on £5m Investment in Waltham Forest' : 15th May 2013
Ledbury Reporter : 'Libraries in the Firing Line of Herefordshire Council Cuts' : 15th May 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Twist in the Tale as Manchester Library Protesters Win Reprieve' : 15th May 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Councillor Who Oversaw Library Closures Fails to Make Selection Shortlist' : 15th May 2013
The Echo : 'Petition to Save Southend Libraries' : 15th May 2013
Macclesfield Express : Cheshire East - 'Campaigners Celebrate as Hurdsfield Library Saved from Axe' (volunteers) : 15th May 2013
They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - 'PLR on eBooks and Audiobooks' : 15th May 2013
Liverpool Echo : Video - 'Liverpool's Revamped Central Library is a Cathedral of Knowledge' : 14th May 2013
BBC News : 'Herefordshire Library and Museums Cuts Prompt Petition' : 14th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Hereford At Risk of Library Closures' : 14th May 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Ebooks in Public Libraries ... Ssshhhhhh' : 14th May 2013
Mancunian Matters : 'A Slap In the face - Levenshulme Campaigner and Northenden Lib Dem Councillor Condemn Library Closures; : 14th May 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : New 'Libraries' Councillor Says Community Engagement is At the Heart of Her Priorities : 14th May 2013
Brisbane Times : Australia - 'Millions Spent to Revive Council Libraries' : 14th May 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Deja Vu from 1976 ... and CILIP Scotland Express Deep Concern over Cuts in Moray' : 13th May 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Keep Manchester Libraries Open or Face Book Boycott, Say Protesters' : 13th May 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Digital by Default and the Need for Libraries' : 13th May 2013
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'New Book Service for Bratoft and Irby' (village hall, run by volunteers) : 13th May 2013
The Guardian : 'From the Archive, 13 May 1976 - Libraries Look At Economy Cuts' : 13th May 2013
Wales Online : 'Nightmare Scenario' as Welsh Councils Fear violent Cuts to Services after Treasury Spending Review' : (libraries - "non-statutory") 13th May 2013
The Independent : 'There's No Such Thing As the Wrong Sort of Book' : 12th May 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'One of Our Favourite Things' : 12th May 2013
Mancunian Matters : 'We Will Continue the Fight!' Manchester Campaigners Vow to Save Six Libraries in Line for Imminent Closure : 13th May 2013
Question Everything : 'If It Were a Statutory Instrument, It Would Have to Go Before The House' : 11th May 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : The LGA and 'Non-Statutory' Public Libraries : 11th May 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : Campaign for the Book - 'Letter to LGA Chairman. Libraries Are Statutory' : 11th May 2013
Facebook : Herefordshire - 'A Councillor Is Sending Out a Standard Letter to All Who Protest the Library Closures' : 11th May 2013
You Tube : 'Leominster Library Is Under Threat - Jonathan Loved visiting It' : 11th May 2013
BBC News : 'Historic Kettering Library Reopening' : 11th May 2013
Daily Echo : 'Southampton Library Opening Times to Change' : 11th May 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Swindon Library User Is Upset over 50p Socket Fee' : 11th May 2013
CILIP Scotland : 'CILIPS Releases Statement on Cuts and Closures in Moray' : 11th May 2013
The Bookseller : ACE's Ashley: Libraries 'Good at Adapting' : 10th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Eastell to be Next SCL President' : 10th May 2013
Save Burnage Library : Manchester - 'The Contemporary Doomesday Book Is Out' : 10th May 2013
Burton Mail : Staffordshire - 'Libraries Offer Online Practice Citizenship Tests' : 10th May 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Croydon Spin on Upper Norwood Library' : 10th May 2013
Public Libraries News : "Fear of Change" - William sieghart Interviewed : 9th May 2013
Harrow Observer : 'Library Outsourcing Decision Delayed Due to Labour Split' : 9th May 2013
BBC News : 'Council Services face Further Cuts, Warn Local Leaders; (LGA ' libraries "non-statutory") : 9th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Manchester Library Closures to Go Ahead' : 9th May 2013
Scilly Today : 'Scilly's New Library Gets First Public Viewing' : 9th May 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Six Manchester Libraries Face Axe Within Weeks Despite Protests' : 8th May 2013
Communities Against the Cuts : 'Rebutting the Rebuttal - Update on the Library of Birmingham Privatisation' : 8th May 2013
Harrow Observer : 'Council Breaking Its Promise over Libraries' : 8th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Webb Joins Battle for Southend Libraries' : 8th May 2013
The Argus 'Tenders Invited for Sussex Libraries' : 8th May 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'JLIS Preferred Bidder for Harrow and Ealing Libraries Contract' : 7th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'National Literacy Trust Evaluates reading Stars Scheme' : 7th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'ACE Report Shows Economic Value of Arts' : 7th May 2013
Cotswold Journal : Broadway - 'Public Consultation on Library Has Begun' : 7th May 2013
Broadway - Consultation 'Questionnaire'
Isle of Man Today : 'Mobile Service Helping Those Who Can't Get to Local Libary' (subcription charge for service) : 7th May 2013
The Bookseller : 'Libraries to Debate Open Access' (APPG) : 7th May 2013
Public Libraries News : Library Campaign's Call to Action on Volunteer Libraries - "Let's Get real" : 6th May 2013
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Plans for New Library and Sensory Room to be Discussed' : 6th May 2013
Irish Independent : 'Libraries Forced to Close for Days amid Staff Shortage Crisis' : 6th May 2013
Public Libraries News : Swindon - 'One Volunteer Library, Many Questions: Walcot Library and Matters Arising' : 5th May 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'The Importance of Instilling a Need to Read' : 4th May 2013
This Is Nottingham : 'Fantastic' Librarian Laura in Running for Top Award : 4th May 2013
St Helens Star : 'Libraries in St Helens' Poorest Communities Cushioned from Most Severe Cuts' : 3rd May 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Project Launched to Return Library Service to Dollis Hill Residents' : 3rd May 2013
Yellow Advertiser : Southend - 'Support Grows for Library' : 3rd May 2013
Bicester Advertiser : 'Fill Your House with Books Urges Top Author Pullman' : 3rd May 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Outsourcing, Food Banks, Late Fees and 3-D Printing (Sort of) : 2nd May 2013
Public Libraries News : Updated - List of Privatized Libraries and Prospective Outsourced Libraries
News from Crystal Palace : Upper Norwood - 'A Library Campaigner's Lament' : 2nd May 2013
BBC News : 'Restaurant' Proposal for Sheffield Libraries at Risk of closure' : 2nd May 2013
Wigan Today : 'Libraries Being Used as Food Banks' : 2nd May 2013
Inside Croydon : "No service will be untouched" in Further Cuts, Says CEO : 2nd May 2013
Chester Chronicle : 'Library Commitment by Cheshire West and Chester Council' \| "It was always the older generation that used it and one by one they die off" : 2nd May 2013
Guardian Series : Essex - 'Loughton Library, Traps Hill, is One of the Top Five Libraries in the County for Unpaid Fees' : 2nd May 2013
Ham & High : Camden - 'Book Fine Dodgers Could Have Bailed Out a Doomed Library' : 2nd May 2013
Northern Echo : 'Community Which Took Over Its Library Looks Back at Its First Successful Year' - "As well as continuing its book lending service" : 2nd May 2013
Guardian Series : 'Harrow Green Community Library to Open Doors to Public on Saturday' : 2nd May 2013
Bury Times : 'Have Your Say on Library Proposals' : 2nd May 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'What the Chief Librarians Said to the Campaigners' : 1st May 2013
This Is Local London : Harrow - 'The Civic Centre Library Set to Close as Part of Service Merger' : 1st May 2013
Southend Standard : 'Who Uses Our Libraries?' : 1st May 2013
Media Bistro : USA - 94% of Parents Think 'Libraries Are Important for Their Children' : 1st May 2013
Publishers Weekly 'Pew Report - Parents Depend on Libraries to Nurture Reading Habits' : 1st May 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Sold to the Highest Bidder; A Trip to the Public Sector Show!' 30th April 2013
The Public Sector Show 2013 - Slides and Presentations
The Bookseller : 'Ashley Appointed ACE Library Director' : 30th April 2013
Ubergizmo : 'Rural Libraries in China Abused and Turned Into Internet Cafes' : 30th April 2013
The Guardian : 'Teething Troubles on Day One of Universal Credit Pilot Scheme' : 29th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries' : 'An Update on the Proposals to Privatise the Library of Birmingham' : 29th April 2013
The Guardian : '£188m Birmingham Library Project Ready for Finishing Touch - 2.3m Books' : 29th April 2013
*Swindon Advertiser* : 'Have Your Say on the Future of Our Theatres' : 29th April 2013
FT : Interactive 'Austerity' Map
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'A Tale of Two Libraries' : 29th April 2013
The Independent on Sunday : 'Special Report - Britain's Real Big Society' : 28th April 2013
Good Library Blog : 'Sieghart - Ebooks - And the Reputation of Public Libraries' : 28th April 2013
Luton Today : Council told 'Libraries Are the Gateway to Education' : 27th April 2013
Good Library Blog : 'The Reputation of Public Libraries' : 27th April 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Alford Library Open Longer Due to Group' : 27th April 2013
The Bookseller : Nottingham - 'Bloomsbury Supports City-wide Reading Scheme' : 26th April 2013
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Library Bridge in Blackburn Removed in £2m Library Revamp' : 26th April 2013
Star-Telegram : USA - 'Librarians Fight to Keep Publishers from Taking Over E-book Revolution' : 26th April 2013
BBC News : 'Crews Tackle Blaze at National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth' : 26th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : Communities Against the Cuts - 'Seven Reasons to Oppose the Privatisation of the Library of Birmingham' : 26th April 2013
Voices for the Library : Natasha S. chowdory - 'The Importance of Librarians and Libraries' : 26th April 2013
Belfast Telegraph : 'Fujitsu Seals £25m Deal to Manage ICT in Public Libraries' : 26th April 2013
Bromsgrove Standard : Worcestershire - 'Catshill Library Launches' : 26th April 2013
Ofsted : 'Keeping Out of Trouble' : 25th April 2013
The Bookseller - Future Book : 'Libraries and E-lending - It Feels Like We're Making Progress' : 25th April 2013
Yellow Advertiser : Southend - 'Petition is a Real Page Turner'(advocates that Leigh Library be volunteer-run, not Kent Elms) : 25th April 2013
DCMS : Maria Miller's Speech - 'Fighting Culture's Corner in An Age of Austerity' : 24th April 2013
ACE : Press Release - 'Arts Council England Responds to the Secretary of State's Speech on Arts and Cultural Funding' : 24th April 2013
The Guardian : 'Ebook Anxieties Increase as Publishing Revolution Rolls On' : 24th April 2013
This Is Nottingham : 'Libraries or Potholes?' : 24th April 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "A pretty turbulent time": BBC News covers Public and Volunteer Libraries : 23rd April 2013
BBC News : 'Voluntters Fight to Save Libraries' (with video) : 23rd April 2013
National Literacy Trust : 'Literacy - State of the Nation'
This Is Derbyshire : 'Misleading' Accusation over Library Shutdowns as Elections Loom : 22nd April 2013
BBC News : 'Coventry Libraries' Online Time Rises for Welfare Tests' : 21st April 2013
Luton Today : 'Final Chance to Have Your Say on Libraries' (closures or relocation) : 21st April 2013
Bucks Herald : 'Doubt Cast over Moving Library to Aylesbury High Street' : 20th April 2013
The Independent : 'What Has Culture Secretary Ed Vaizey Done to anger Dame Helen?' : 20th April 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Croydon Council to Press Ahead with £3million Furniture Spend for New HQ' : 20th April 2013
Ripley & Heanor News : Derbyshire - 'New Mobile Libraries' : 20th April 2013
The Bookseller : 'Bury the Latest to Consult on Libraries' : 19th April 2013
Yorkshire Post : Barnsley - 'Views of Public Sough on Two-tier Libraries' : 19th April 2013
The Scotsman : Midlothian - 'Irvine Welsh Calls to Save Newtongrange Library' : 19th April 2013
STV Edinburgh : 'Residents Campaign Against Plans to Close Facilities in Three Towns' : 19th April 2013
The Echo : Southend - 'New Public Library Could Open at Shoebury Primary School' : 18th April 2013
The Guardian : 'Public Sector Procurement - Fear of Fraud' : 18th April 2013
The Guide : Bury - 'Staff Are Facing the Axe in Library Service Changes' (4 libraries being reduced in size) : 18th April 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Spends £3,500 on Artwork for Willesden Green Library .. Days Before It Will be Closed for Good' : 18th April 2013
Tewkesbury Admag : 'Have Your Say on Future of Broadway Library' : 18th April 2013
Evesham Observer : Broadway - 'Consultation to Consider Library's Future' : 18th April 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'Library Opening Hours Slashed and Staff Axed after Budget Cuts' : 17th April 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - 'Secretary of State's Reasons for Not Intervening in Lewisham and What It Means' : 16th April 2013
Bournemouth Echo : 'Christchurch Library to Reopen after £2m Extension' : 16th April 2013
Mid Devon Star : 'Library Service Shortlisted for Top National Award' : 15th April 2013
This Is Bath : 'Paulton Celebrates the Opening of Its New Community Hub' : 15th April 2013
Ham & High : 'Hampstead Garden Suburb Library Celebrates Success After Being Saved by Community' : 14th April 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - "We Now Have Six Examples of Poor to Terrible Performance by Community Libraries Based on Hard Data" : 13th April 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Upper Norwood Library will Open for Just Three Days a Week' : 13th April 2013
Tottenham Journal : 'Pensioner Speaks Up for the Users of Haringey's Scrapped Mobile Library Service' : 13th April 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Desmond Clarke - Chief Executive UK Public Library Service' : 13th April 2013
Hastings Observer : East Sussex - 'Campaign to Get People Using Libraries' : 13th April 2013
The Guardian : Julian Barnes Criticises Britain's 'Philistine' Approach to Arts : 12th April 2013
Daily Telegraph : England is a 'Comparatively Philistine Country', Author Julian Barnes Claims : 12th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Gagged Library Workers' : 12th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Library Safari Anyone?' : 12th April 2013
Keighley News : Bradford - 'Saved Wilsden Library is Flourishing' (one day a week) : 12th April 2013
This Is Local London : Harrow - 'Public Library User Survey Shows 85 per cent of People are Happy with Service as 90 New Machines Installed in 11 Libraries' : 12th April 2013
Guardian Series : Leytonstone - 'Volunteer-run Library at The Epicentre to Start Lending in May' : 12th April
Ham & High : Actor Simon Callow Backs 'Sexy' Hampstead Library with One-man Show' (volunteers = "heroes") : 11th April 2013
Weston Mercury : North Somerset - 'Minister Ed Vaizey Praises Town Hall Library' : 11th April 2013
The Scotsman : Moray - 'MSP Richard Lochhead Attacks Library Closures' : 11th April 2013
The Courier : Angus ; 'Edzell Library to Reopen as a Museum' : 11th April 2013
Cumnock Chronicle : Ayrshire - 'New Library in Auchinleck is Opening!' : 11th April 2013
Public Libraries News : List - Ed Vaizey's Statements on Public Libraries in Opposition and as Minister : 10th April 2013
BBC News : Manchester - 'Bury Council Agrees Revamp of Libraries' : 10th April 2013
Israel National News : Op-Ed Exclusive - 'Israel Vanishing from Scotland Libraries' : 10th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Birmingham Libraries to be Run by Private Company' : 10th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Harrow and Ealing - An Update' : 10th April 2013
We Are Barnsley : 'Council Criticised for Handling of Monk Bretton Library' : 10th April 2013
Burnley Citizen : 'Burnley and Pendle Libraries Extend Their Opening Hours' : 10th April 2013
CILIP : 'Rebranding CILIP' : 10th April 2013
CILIP : Annie Mauger 'The Next Leap Forward'
Public Libraries News : Swindon - 'Withering On the Vine - Six-year Figures for Volunteer Branch Show Danger' : 9th April 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Redundancies and Four-day Opening at Upper Norwood Library' : 9th April 2013
Mancunian Matters : Twist in the Tale - Bury Council Consider Plan to Save Town's Libraries from Closure with 'Community Hubs' : 9th April 2013
The Guardian : Scott Turow Decries 'Slow Death' of the American Author : 9th April 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Olympic Team GB Member Joins Library Campaigners at Fundraising Quiz in Wembley' : 9th April 2013
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Community Group Launches Bid to Take Control of Jesmond Library' : 9th April 2013
St Albans Review : 'Learn About Harpenden's New Library Location' : 9th April 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Mass Withdrawal Protest as Burnage Library Lives on Borrowed Time' : 8th April 2013
Southend Standard : 'Campaigners Fighting to Save Southend Branch Libraries' : 8th April 2013
This Is Local London : Waltham Forest Libraries - Change in Stock Policy : 8th April 2013
Halesowen News : 'Sandwell Mobile Library Revamps Its Service' : 8th April 2013
Digital Book World : 'Is An Ebook an Experience Or A Thing?' : 8th April
Biggleswade Today : Cambridgeshire - 'World of Ideas Within the Pages of Volunteer Library' (volunteer-run approx 10 years) : 8th April 2013
Question Everything : 'We Will Economise On The Beaches' - Walcot, Swindon : 7th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries' : 'Disney and Bookshops in Public Libraries - Exciting or a Conflict?' : 7th April 2013
Bracknell News : 'Sunningdale Library to Open on Sundays for Trial Period' : 7th April 2013
About My Area : Milton Keynes - 'New Kingston Library Starts to Take Shape' : 7th April 2013
Stand Up for Southend Libraries : 'In A Nutshell' (Details of proposals and potential consequences) : 6th April 2013
Royal Borough Observer : Windsor - 'Sunday Opening Hours Trial for Royal Borough Libraries' : 6th April 2013
The Independent : 'Libraries to Lend eBooks under New Pilot Scheme' : 5th April 2013
This Is South Wales : Swansea - 'Library Booked In for a £218k Improvement' : 5th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'My Submission on Library Cuts to the European Workers Conference in Tarragona' : 5th April 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'In Praise of the Mundane' : 5th April 2013
The Bookseller : 'Reading Agency Launch Library Exploration Game' : 5th April 2013
South Wales Argus : Letter - Newport: 'Double Think on Libraries' : 5th April 2013
This Is Somerset : Bath & North East Somerset - 'Pub Aims to Open Community Library for Its Customers' : 5th April 2013
Dorset Echo : 'Councillors Support Handover of Library to Local Community' : 5th April 2013
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Vikki Wynne Does Her Bit to Promote Woolton's Community Library' : 5th April 2013
Chester Chronicle : 'End of an Era as Village Library Closes in Saughall' (replaced with mobile - 20 minutes a fortnight) : 4th April 2013
Scriptonite Daily : 'You Cannot Run a Public Service Like a Business, and Here's Why' : 4th April 2013
BBC News : 'The Tiny Library Payment Office Authors Fought to Save' (PLR) : 4th April 2013
BBC News : Wales - 'Funding Boost of £2m for Museums and Public Libraries' : 4th April 2013
The Bookseller : 'Welsh Libraries to Receive £1m Boost' : 4th April 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Library Opens to the Approval of Members' : 4th April 2013
The Echo : Southend - 'Two-pronged Campaign Launched to Save Leigh Library' : 4th April 2013
The Star : 'Heated Debate on Future of Sheffield Libraries' (14 at risk) : 4th April 2013
The Star : 'Opinion - What Future for Libraries' : 4th April 2013
Ham & High : 'Community Libraries in Primrose Hill, Belsize Park and Hampstead Hail Success of First Year' : 4th April 2013
West Sussex County Times : 'Libraries Set to Provide Free Wi-fi' : 4th April 2013
London Evening Standard : '£200m Bill for Making Council Staff Redundant' : 4th April 2013
This is Somerset : Frome - 'Fresh Chapter in Life of Town's Revamped Library' : 4th April 2013
LocalGov.co.uk : 'Councils Criticised for Making Staff Sign 'Gagging Orders' : 3rd April 2013
Information Daily : 'Voluntary Workers Disillusioned by the Big Society' : 3rd April 2013
The Guardian : Letter - Sefton, Bill Esterson MP (Internet provision, benefit claimants, library closures) : 3rd April 2013
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Town's Old Library Building Turns Over a New Leaf' (book exchange) : 3rd April 2013
Southend Standard : 'Put Post Offices in Our Libraries' : 3rd April 2013
Socialist Worker : Manchester - 'A Story of Services Threatened by the Axe' : 2nd April 2013
The Guardian : 'Are Social Enterprises the Future for Libraries?' : 2nd April 2013
The Bookseller : 'Petition Opposes Sheffield Library Cuts' : 2nd April 2013
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Library Users Slam IT System' : 2nd April 2013
Society of Authors : Society of Authors' Response to the Sieghart Independent Review of E-Lending in Public Libraries : 2nd April 2013
Society of Authors : Society of authors' Response to the DCMS Planned Transfer of PLR Functions' : 2nd April 2013
BBC News : 'Top Scots Websites among UK Domains Catalogued by Libraries' : 2nd April 2013
Bournemouth Echo : 'We'll Make Libraries Fit for the 21st Century, Pledge Councillors' : 2nd April 2013
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Councillor Should Fight to Keep Library Open' : 2nd April 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Time to Charge for Borrowing Books?' : 1st April 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : '10,000-name Petition Triggers Debate on City Libraries' : 31st March 2013
Broken Barnet Blogspot : 'Where the Bodies are Buried - Robert Rams and Church End Library' : 31st March 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : Kirklees - 'Results of Library Review in Golcar, Marsden and Slaithwaite being Considered' : 30th March 2013
Express & Star : 'Up to 49 Jobs at Risk in Wolverhampton Libraries Shake-up' : 29th March 2013
Good Library Guide : 'A Miserable Report about eBooks from William Sieghart' : 29th March 2013
Rotherham Advertiser : 'Villages Lose Mobile Library Runs in Rotherham Cut-backs' (and closure of Kimberworth Park Library) : 29th March 2013
The Star : Letter - 'Why Our Libraries are So Important' : 29th March 2013
The Echo : Essex - 'Shock Proposals Emerge to Move Hadleigh Library for £60m Town Centre Revamp' : 29th March 2013
Camden New Journal : Regent's Park Branch - 'The Death of A Library' : 29th March 2013
Fabian society : Dan Jarvis MP - 'How Do You Value a Library?' : 28th March 2013
The Thought Fox : Stephen Page - 'The Challenge Facing Libraries' : 28th March 2013
Voices for the Library : 'Statement on the Sieghart eLending Review' : 28th March 2013
Good E-Reader : 'UK Government Releases New Report on Library eBook Lending' : 28th March 2013
This Is Grimsby : 'Library Service for Schools in North east Lincolnshire Is to Close Down' : 28th March 2013
Camden New Journal : Town Hall faces Criticism over Books 'Giveaway' from Axed Library' : 28th March 2013
South Wales Argus : Letter - 'Hands Off Our City Libraries' : 28th March 2013
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Concerns over Finchley Library Sell-off' : 28th March 2013
Soc of Chief Librarians : SCL Executive Meeting Minutes : 27th March 2013
Public Libraries News Editorial - 'Public Library E-Lending Review Published' : 27th March 2013
BBC News : Hull - 'Anlaby Park Library Given Tow Month Reprieve' : 27th March 2013
Co-operative News : 'How Co-operatives Can Help Save Our Community Libraries' : 27th March 2013
DCMS : Press Release - 'Review of E-Lending Published' : 27th March 2013
SCL : 'Society of Chief Librarians Welcomes Government's E-Lending Review Recommendations' : 27th March 2013
Society of Author : 'Library Lending of eBooks' : 27th March 2013
The Bookseller : 'Sieghart Recommends Free, Remote E-Lending for Libraries' : 27th March 2013
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'An Independent Review of E-Lending in Public Libraries in England' : 27th March 2013
The Bookseller : 'PLR to Transfer to British Library' : 27th March 2013
PLR News : 'PLR Transfers to The British Library' : 27th March 2013
British Library : 'Public Lending Right Transfer' : 27th March 2013
Wandsworth Guardian : 'New Management for Wandsworth's Libraries After Easter' : 27th March 2013
The Guardian : 'LGA Faces Body Blow as Eight Leading Cities Serve Notice to Quit' : 27th March 2013
Rhyl Journal : Denbighshire - 'Library will be a New Chapter for Prestatyn Town' : 27th March 2013
Public Libraries News : Editorial - Guardian Reports that Paid Staff "Have Learned a Lot from the Volunteers" : 26th March 2013
BBC News : Angus - 'Edzell Library Restoration Boosted by Leader Funds' : 26th March 2013
The Guardian : Polly Toynbee - 'Labour Needs to ...' (Libraries described as non-statutory service) : 26th March 2013
The Guardian : Council Cuts Will Bring Local Government 'To Its Knees' : 26th March 2013
FutureGov.Asia : 'Not By the Book - The New Edinburgh Libraries' : 26th March 2013
Infoism : 'Anarchy! In the Library!' : 26th March 2013
Peterborough Telegraph : 'Approval for Cuts to Peterborough Opening Hours' : 26th March 2013
The Guardian : 'Libraries Run by Volunteers as Councils Look to Save Money' : 25th March 2013
Portsmouth News : 'Author - Why Libraries Are Vital for Communities' : 25th March 2013
Bournemouth Echo : 'Libraries will NOT be Axed, But They Do Have to Make £1.7m by 2020' : 25th March 2013
Peterborough Today : 'Cabinet Meeting - City Council Agree Library Cuts' : 25th March 2013
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'New Library Plans for Finchley' : 25th March 2013
South Wales Argus : Letter - 'Halt Closure of Library' : 25th March 2013
My Record Journal : USA - 'Libraries Pay a Premium for E-books, If They Can Get Them' : 24th March 2013
here to read : Lancashire Telegraph : '£2.4m Youth Zone in Chorley Library' : 24th March 2013
Southend-on-Sea Borough Council : 'Facing the Challenge' - Developing Library Services within Southend-on-Sea 2013-2028
Dunstable Today : Luton - 'Library Feedback Deadline Extended' (axe mobile or reduce opening-hours) : 23rd March 2013
The Guardian : 'The Library - Beating Heart of the School' : 22nd March 2013
Daily Mail : 'Town Battles Against £2m Library' : 22nd March 2013
Bicester Advertiser & Review : Buckinghamshire - 'Enthusiasm from All Ages for Winslow Community Library' : 22nd March 2013
The Bookseller : 'Bookshop Browsing Vital for Publishing, Research Finds' : 22nd March 2013
Information Daily : Shirley B's article : Library Services Are More Than Buildings, Says Capita : 21st March 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Where Is Yinnon Ezra' : 21st March 2013
Southend Standard : 'Council Defends Spending £12.5m on Forum while Closing Branch Libraries' : 21st March 2013
Southend Standard : 'Unison Accuses Council of Blackmailing Communities over Library Shake-up' : 21st March 2013
BBC News : 'Petition over Potential Closure of Sheffield Libraries' : 21st March 2013
Look Local : Sheffield - 'Library Petition Reaches 10,000' : 21st March 2013
Coventry Telegraph : 'Libraries and Adult Courses Under Threat in Coventry City Council Cuts' : 21st March 2013
The Economist : 'E-books Mean a Plot Twist for Public Libraries and Publishers' : 21st March 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Protest Meeting Bid to Save Stow Hill Library' : 21st March 2013
The Bookseller : ACE/SCL Report Says Libraries 'Forgotten' : 20th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Developed Countries Libraries Down, Developing Countries Libraries Up?' : 20th March 2013
Romania Insider : 'Study - More Romanians Using Libraries, But 64% Say They Need More Funding' : 20th March 2013
Pakistan Today : 'More Libraries Needed in the Country - ICCBS Director' : 20th March 2013
Portsmouth News : 'Authors Speak Up over Under-Threat Library Bus Service' : 20th March 2013
About My Area : 'Stony Stratford Library Transfers to the Town Council' (under Community Asset Transfer Programme) : 20th March 2013
The Star : 'Read This - Closing Libraries May Work' : 20th March 2013
Salisbury Journal : 'Reassurances over Library' : 20th March 2013
Ellesmere Port Pioneer : 'Cheshire West Customer Service Access Point Will Move to Neston Library' : 20th March 2013
Brighton & Hove News : 'Work Starts on New Library and Medical Centre in Woodingdean' : 19th March 2013
BBC News : 'Bristol's New Junction 3 Library Opens' : 19th March 2013
ITV News : 'Research Finds Country's Libraries Are Being Neglected' : 19th March 2013
Bookmark Your Library : 'Are Our Public Libraries Being Forgotten?' : 19th March 2013
South Wales Argus : Meeting to Save Stow Hill Library 'Too Late' - Says Councillor : 19th March 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'Croydon Labour Group Pledges to Tear Up Libraries Contract if They Win 2014 Local Elections' : 19th March 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Labour Party Motion on Croydon's Libraries is Defeated' : 19th March 2013
BBC News : 'Barnet Services Outsourcing Challenged in Court' : 19th March 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Bankrupt San Bernardino Looks to Privatise Libraries?' : 19th March 2013
They Work For You : E Vaizey MP Written Answer to Dan Jarvis - Library Standards : 18th March 2013
Hansard> : Written Answers - 'Digital Exclusion' : 18th March 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Council Accused of Being "Out of Control" over Libraries' : 18th March 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Newport Council Confirm Stow Hill Library Closure' : 18th March 2013
Guardian Series : 'Community-run Volunteer Library Set to Open Next Month in Leytonstone' : 18th March 2013
This Is Somerset : '£50,000 Funding Released for Somerset's Libraries' : 18th March 2013
Daily Mail : Delhiites Prefer Books to the Internet but Shun City's 'Poor-quality' Libraries, Survey Finds : 17th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Use It Or Lose It' : 17th March 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : The Capita Report 'Protecting Library Services' or "Would You Buy a Used car from This Bunch?" : 17th March 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Residents in Dollis Hill will Soon Be Able to Pick Up or Borrow a Book in Their Local Shops and Eateries ...' : 17th March 2013
Good Library Guide : 'The Solution to the eBooks in Libraries Problem will Probably Come from the US' : 17th March 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Emergency Meeting Called on Sell-off of Public Libraries' : 16th March 2013
BBC News : 'West Bridgford Library Reopens after £5.3m Rebuild' : 16th March 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Libraries to Stay Open' Insist Town Hall Chiefs : 15th March 2013
Islington Tribune : Library 'Secret' Sparks Stand-up Rown in the Street between By-election Rivals : 15th March 2013
Information Daily : 'Public Libraries Must Adapt to Survive, Says Capita' : 15th March 2013
Professional Pensions : 'LGPS Dispute Stalls Croydon Council Procurement' : 14th March 2013
They Work For You : Written Answers - Public Libraries Closures : 14th March 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Shh! Croydon Labour Calls Meeting over Libraries' : 14th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Protecting Library Services? A Look at the new Capital Report on Public Libraries' : 13th March 2013
Information Rights and Wrongs : 'The Right to Unknown Information' : 13th March 2013
PublicService.co.uk : 'NHS Cash to Turn Libraries and Pubs Into Digital Health Hubs' : 13th March 2013
Sky News : 'Newcastle College Provides New Hope For Four Branch Libraries Facing The Axe' : 13th March 2013
This Is Derbyshire : 'New £1.4m Chaddesden Library Named After Derby MP Phillip Whitehead Opens After 12-year Campaign' : 13th March 2013
Daventry Express : 'Innovation Award for Library Enterprise Hubs' : 13th March 2013
Eastbourne Herald : 'Library and Housing Complex Underway' : 13th March 2013
Capita Software : Capita Launches New White Paper - 'Protecting Library Services' : 12th March 2013
Public Policy Exchange : Event - 'The Future of Local Libraries and Cultural Services (on April 16th 2013)
Public Libraries News : 'Southend, Cambridgeshire, Accra and Schrodinger's Cat' : 13th March 2013
The Guardian : 'Stamping Out Poverty as Well as Books? How Libraries Can Support Development' : 12th March 2013
What's In Kenilworth : WCC Libraries Business Case Application Form - A Dragon's Den Pitch (sustainability, postcode lottery, two-tier service)
The Bookseller : 'Five Libraries to Go in Southend' : 12th March 2013
The Echo : Southend - 'Five Libraries Face Closure Under Plans Announced Today' : 12th March 2013
Cambridge News : 'Anti-social Behaviour on the Rise amid Cambridgeshire Library Cuts, Union Claims' : 12th March 2013
Messenger Newspapers : Trafford - 'Controversial Changes Agreed by Council Executive : 11th March 2013
The Enquirer : Southend - 'Council to Discuss State-of-the-art Library' : 11th March 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : '6,500 Sign Petition in Bid to Halt Library Closures' : 11th March 2013
South Wales Argus : Newport - 'Alan Roderick Joins the Fight to Save Stow Hill Library from Closure' : 11th March 2013
Loughborough Echo : Consultations on Libraries and Museums' Futures : 11th March 2013
This Is Bath : 'Libraries Re-open after Easter with New Fees' : 11th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'It Figures? A Look at the Real Spending on English Public Libraries 2007/12' : 10th March 2013
Good Library Guide : 'Cuts - What Cuts?' : 10th March 2013
Luton Today : 'Do People in Luton Love Libraries?' : 10th March 2013
Public Libraries News : "I Don't Think So" - Ed Vaizey on UK Public Libraries : 9th March 2013
Question Everything : 'Epistemological? What Are You Talking About' : 9th March 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'The Axe Falls - Fury as Town Hall Backs £80m Cuts' : 9th March 2013
Financial Times : Letter : 9th March 2013
Bolton News : Wigan - 'Library Opening Hours to Change' : 9th March 2013
Malvern Gazette : '(New) Mobile Library Hits the Roads' : 9th March 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Is Smartsm Really Smart Without Librarians?' - Stock Management concerns : 9th March 2013
UNISON Cambridgeshire : Cambridgeshire Libraries Used as 'Guinea Pigs' by County Council : 8th March 2013
The Stage : Ed Vaizey - 'Crisis? What Arts Crisis?' : 8th March 2013
Gov.uk : Ed Vaizey - 7th March Speech to LGA Conference: "I'm delighted our library service continues to thrive"
Islington Tribune : Letter - 'Try Asking a Self-serve Kiosk for Help?' : 8th March 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Slam All Souls College over 'Secrecy' Claims : 8th March 2013
Pontefract & Castleford Express : 'New Home for Town's Library' : 8th March 2013
The Guardian : 'Alarm over Secondary School Reading Habits : 7th March 2013
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Liverpool Council Tax Up by 1.8% as Libraries Face the Axe' : 7th March 2013
Southport Visitor : 'We Need YOU to Help Save Our Libraries - Volunteer Effort Needed to Help Determined Southport Library Rescue Operation' : 7th March 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Action Group to Form to Protect Threatened Crosby Carnegie Library from Closure' : 7th March 2013
Harrow Observer : Kensal Rise - 'Council Decision Irrelevant for Sale of Library Asset' : 7th March 2013
Bolton News : 'War of Words over Atherton Library' : 7th March 2013
Express & Star : '£300k Savings from Sandwell Libraries Buddy-up' : 7th March 2013
Dorset Echo : 'Charmouth Library Set to Continue' : 7th March 2013
View Online : Charmouth - 'Volunteers Re-open Library after Two Months of Refurbishment' : 7th March 2013
WSWS : 'The Occupation of Friern Barnet Library and Future of Public Services in Britain' : 7th March 2013
UK Authority : The Edge Conference - Public Libraries of Future Must 'Navigate Real and Virtual' : 7th March 2013
Sky TV : 'Sunderland Council to Set Spending Cuts of £37m Targeting Museums and Libraries' : 6th March 2013
Sky TV : 'Newcastle City Council Budget D-Day on £100m Cuts' : 6th March 2013
Local Guardian : Croydon Libraries Left in Limbo after John Laing Takeover 'Shambles' : 6th March 2013
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Volunteers Offer Extended Hours' : 6th March 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Two Newport Libraries May Be Unstaffed' : 6th March 2013
This Is Nottingham : 'A New Chapter Opens in Life of West Bridgford Library' : 6th March 2013
Harrow Times : 'Lack of Library Computers Affects the Poorest in Society, Says Tory Group Leader' : 6th March 2013
The Stage : 'Westminster City Council has Confirmed that it will Cut All Arts Funding in the London Borough by 2014/15' : 6th March 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'The State of London's Libraries' : 6th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Enterprising Community Libraries' - see Mick Fortune's comment: 5th March 2014
This Is Nottingham : 'City's Mobile Library Service is Almost At the End of the Road' : 5th March 2013
Jesmond Local : Newcastle - 'Council Paying £155,000 a Year to Private Developer for Central Library - Until 2034' (PFI) : 5th March 2013
Morning Post - Exchange Magazine : Author Provides the World's Librarians Insight on How to Develop a "Brain Gain" - Mexico City: 5th March 2013
Witney Gazette : Letter - 'Libraries on Slippery Slope' : 5th March 2013
Mancunian Matters : 'Distressed' Campaigners Vow to Fight Proposed Closure of Northenden Library in £80million Council Cuts : 5th March 2013
Burton Mail : 'Getting Things Right with Libraries' : 5th March
The Guardian : 'Is the BBC Ditching Books Coverage?' : 5th March 2013
Daily Mirror : 'Two Libraries a Week being Closed by Tory Cuts' : 4th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Going Dutch - Private Company Takes over 4 Dutch Libraries at Half the Cost' : 4th March 2013
Romford Recorder : 'Library Membership Soars in Havering' - "most remarkable and committed teams of library professionals in any library service" : 4th March 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Thousands Sign Up in Fight to Save Burnage Library from the Axe' : 4th March 2013
Dorset Echo : 'Downton Abbey Creator Heaps Praise on Puddletown Library Volunteers' : 4th March 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Librarians Better Start Knowing the Price of Everything They Do' : 3rd March 2013
Postcode Gazette : 'Library Campaigners Organise Public Meeting for Tuesday' (SCALP) - threats re. funding 14 libraries : 3rd March 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Does Self-serve Really Offer the Library User a Choice?' : 2nd March 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Labour's Statement on Croydon Libraries' : 2nd March 2013
Buckingham Today : 'Call for Volunteers as Library Gets Go-ahead' : 2nd March 2013
LIS PUB LIBS : Mick Fortune - RE 'Some Sensible and Interesting Debate' : 1st March 2013
Local Government Chronicle : 'Exclusive - Brent Reveals Chief is Off Pay Roll' : 1st March 2013
The Guardian - Society Daily : "Libraries just aren't libraries any more" : 1st March 2013
BBC News : 'Sefton Council Approves Budget Cuts After Protest' : 1st March 2013
This Is Somerset : 'Chew Stoke Residents to Choose Agenda for Community Library (in pub) : 1st March 2013
Mancunian Matters : Donation for Central Library Re-vamp will Make it 'Even Better' (Re: Wolfson Foundation ££) : 1st March 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Croydon Libraries Contract Up for Grabs after Deal Falls Through' : 1st March 2013
London Evening Standard : 'Ed Vaizey - The Dedicated Minister of Fashion' : 1st March 2013
Huffington Post : 'Shh! About Saving Libraries' : 28th February 2013
Crosby Herald : 'Threatened Libraries in Crosby and Litherland to be Given Hope of Reprieve' - "if they come up with a plan that has legs then fine": 28th February 2013
Ham & High : Cutting Haringey's Mobile Library Service an 'Absolute Crime' : 27th February 2013
Croydon Conservatives : 'Libraries Outsourcing - The Facts' : 27th February 2013
Gov.uk : DCMS - 'Support the Library Services Provided by Local Authorities' : 27th February 2013
Croydon Guardian : 'Libraries Contract Decision to be Reconsidered' : 27th February 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Library Deal Collapse Leaves £1m Black Hole in Council Budget' : 27th February 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : Transcript of Councillor Tim Pollard's Announcement : 27th February 2013
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : Wakefield - 'Upton Library to Reopen at Easter' (community-run library) : 27th February 2013
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Six Preston Libraries in Boost' : 27th February 2013
Get Bracknell : Education - 'Schoolchildren Help Smash World Record on National Libraries Day' : 27th February 2013
Telecompaper : 'Dutch Libraries Not to Lend eBooks' : 27th February 2013
Liverpool Echo : 'Campaigners Launch Final Bid to Save Sefton's Libraries from Closure' : 26th February 2013
Get Wokingham : 'Libraries and Road Maintenance Budgets Slashed in Council Cuts' : 26th February 2013
Bridport News : 'Charmouth Library to Re-open Thanks to Volunteers' : 26th February 2013
About My Area : 'New Sunday Opening Hours for Libraries Across Milton Keynes' : 26th February 2013
Shetland Times : 'Public Library Facing Cuts to Opening Hours and Books Budget' : 26th February 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Why So Shy Councillor Pollard?' : 26th February 2013
The Independent : 'Arts and Culture Matter - Yes, Even in a Recession' : 26th February 2013
Local Guardian : Merton - 'Every Child to Become Library Member under New Council Scheme' : 26th February 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Laings Quit £30m Croydon Libraries Privatisation Deal' : 26th February 2013
Findmylibrary.co.uk : 'Physical Books Are Not Betamax' : 25th February 2013
: Arts Council discussing with councils what Libraries will be like in 2022 : 25th February 2013
Society of Chief Librarians (SCL) : Janene Cox - 'Creative ... and Busy' : 25th February 2013
The Guardian : Frances O'Grady - 'A New Vision for In-sourced and Effective Public Services' : 25th February 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Little Acorns of Hope from the Austerity Oak Tree ... And Calls to Cut Costs' : 25th February 2013
BBC News : 'Author Tony Black Calls for Moray Libraries Re-think' : 25th February 2013
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Community Could Take Over Hull's Anlaby Park Library' : 25th February 2013
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Definding Plans to Close (Analby) Branch' : 25th February 2013
The Star : '£18m Sheffield School Cash Surplus is Revealed' (14 of 27 community libraries could close unless community groups are willing to run them) : 5th February 2013
Somerset County Gazette : 'Longer Library Opening Hours Among Changes in North Taunton' : 25th February 2013
Sky News : Video - 'Sshh! Sleepover at Newcastle City Library in Campaign over Cuts and Closures' : 24th February 2013
Good Library Blog : 'Wasting Money in the Public Library Service' : 24th February 2013
Daily Echo : Hampshire 'New Chapter in Life of Library' : 24th February 2013
James Hargrave's Blog : Is a Decline in Library Lending Really a "shock" : 23rd February 2013
Batley & Birstall News : Kirklees - 'Library Protest Backed by 7,000' : 23rd February 2013
BBC News : 'Campaigners March Against Council Cuts in Manchester' : 23rd February 2013
BBC News : 'Brighton and Hove's Mobile Library To Be Scrapped' : 23rd February 2013
You Tube : Latvia - 'Libraries for Communities' : 22nd February 2013
EADT : 'More than a Million Less Books Borrowed from Suffolk Libraries in a Year' : 22nd February 2013
24Dash.com : Haringey - 'Save Our Mobile Library Service!' : 22nd February 2013
Thorne Gazette : 'New Chapter Opens for Doncaster Central Library' : 22nd February 2013
Wales Online : Cardiff - 'Libraries Face Having Opening Times Slashed under Budget Cuts' : 22nd February 2013
Inside Croydon : 'Tax Hikes, More Borrowing and Party Splits' (ref. to Laing) : 22nd February 2013
Epsom Guardian : Surrey - 'Volunteer-run Stoneleigh Library Re-opens with Professional Staff Members' : 22nd February 2013
Evesham Journal : Worcestershire : 'Broadway Library Could Be Run By Volunteers to Save Money' : 21st February 2013
Southport visitor : Sefton - 'GP Claims Closing Library Would Be Physical and Psychological Disaster for Birkdale' : 21st February 2013
St Helens Star : 'Library Hours Could Be Reduced as St Helens Faces Up to £50m Budget Cut' : 21st February 2013
Kidderminster Shuttle : Library - 'Kemp Event Signals Sad End to Top-floor Gallery' : 21st February 2013
Times Series : 'Barnet's Libraries to Receive £250,000 Technology Update' (WiFi and self-service) : 21st February 2013
BBC News : 'Library of Birmingham Gets Wolfson Foundation Donation' : 21st February 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Manchester Central Library Receives £500k Funding Boost Towards Renovation' : 21st February 2013
Place North West : Manchester - 'Charity Donates to Central Library Revamp' : 20th February 2013
Library Campaign : 'Swindon's Libraries Postcode Lottery' : 20th February 2013
The Guardian : 'Not Everyone Is On the Internet, Iain Duncan Smith' : 20th February 2013
Tewkesbury AdMag : Gloucestershire - 'Cotswold Lib Dems Condemn Cost of Library Challenge' : 20th February 2013
The News : Portsmouth - 'Library Is Still Going Strong After 50 Years' : 20th February 2013
Library Journal : 'Author Says UK Libraries Should Close Because He Says So' : 20th February 2013
The Bookseller : Writers Condemn "Obscene" Scottlish Library Closures' : 19th February 2013
Southport Visitor : 'Southport's Library Campaigners Claim Minor Victory After Protests' : 19th February 2013
On The Wight : IW Council Accused of 'Arrogance' after Banning Coastal Centre Survey from Library : 19th February 2013
Elmbridge Today : 'Rise in Loans to Youngsters from Surrey Libraries' : 19th February 2013
Shelf Free : 'Did You Know that 85% of eBooks Aren't Available to Public Libraries?' : 19th February 2013
Herald Scotland : Change is essential - "This week, I will not go to the library" : 18th February 2013
Journal Live : 'Lee Hall Slams Newcastle Council's Failure to Save The Arts' : 18th February 2013
The Argus : 'Crime Writer Makes Plea to Keep Brighton and Hove Mobile Library': 18th February 2013
Northern Echo : Middlesbrough Council Backing National Library Scheme to Modernise Libraries' : 18th February 2013
Sidmouth Herald : Devon - 'Have Your Say on Major Sidmouth Library Revamp' : 18th February 2013
Listen Again Radio Litopia : Laura Swaffield and Alan Gibbons discuss libraries and the comments made by Terry Deary : 18th February 2013
Express & Star : 'Sandwell Councillors Urged to Oppose Library Cuts' : 18th February 2013
Flavorwire : '25 Writers on The Importance of Libraries' : 17th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'The Myth of the 21st Century Library - Part 2' : 17th February 2013
The Observer : 'It's Not What a Library Stocks, It's What It Shares' (first digital-only library in US) : 17th February 2014
Harringay Online : 'Imminent Cuts to Library Services in Haringey' (deletion of mobile, housebound and Schools Library Service) : 16th February 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Newcastle City Council Reveals Where Axe Falls' : 16th February 2013
Good Library Blog : 'Russia to Purchase the English Public Library Service for One Hundred Million Roubles' : 16th February 2013
The Star : 'Help for Sheffield Library Bids' (faith groups?) : 16th February 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : MP Barry Sheerman Calls for Libraries to be Updated to "Move With the Times" : 16th February 2013
Bury Free Press : Suffolk - Stowmarket Library's Push for 'Friends' (volunteers sought for fund-raising) : 16th February 2013
Midlothian Advertiser : 'Local Library Petition Started' : 16th February 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Support for Petition over Library Cuts' : 15th February 2013
Financial Times : 'Newcastle Set on Closing 10 Libraries' : 15th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'The Myth of the 21st Century Library - Part 1' : 15th February 2013
Guardian Education : 'Why Ready Access to Books is Just as Important as Superfast Broadband' : 15th February 2013
The Guardian : 'Julia Donaldson Defends Libraries from Deary's Attack' : 15th February 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Horrible Histories Author Terry Deary Defends Library Remarks' : 15th February 2013
The Times : 'Writers Clash in Library Battle' : 15th February 2013
Huffington Post : 'Why Terry Deary Is Wrong - The Case for Libraries' : 15th February 2013
Southport Visitor : 'Sefton Library Campaigners Buy Extra Time after More than 20,000 Show Support for Service' (fruit and veg?) : 15th February 2013
Bracknell News : 'Binfield Library to Get £50k Refit' : 15th February 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Petition Launched on Cuts to Library Hours' : 14th February 2013
They Work For You : 'Library Closures - Oral Answers to Questions - Culture Media & Sport' : 14th February 2013
The Bookseller : Quarter of Adults 'Have Barely Read a Book in Past Six Months' : 14th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Scotland's Moray Council to Close Seven Libraries' : 14th February 2013
Tommy Donbavand : 'Children's Author Calls For Librarians To Be Fed To The Poor' : 14th February 2013
Shoo Rayner : 'Dear, Dear, Terry Deary! Are Libraries Finished?' : 14th February 2013
Daily Telegraph : Terry Deary's Attack on Libraries Branded 'Ignorant Twaddle' : 14th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Deary Library Row Continues' : 14th February 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Open Letter to Terry Deary' : 14th February 2013
The Independent : 'Page 3 Profile - Terry Deary, Horrible Histories Author' : 14th February 2013
The Independent : Libraries? Horrible Histories author Believes They Are 'No Longer Relevant' (refuses debate with Alan G) : 14th February 2013
Nikki Owen : 'Everyone Should Have Equal Access to Libraries'(Glos) : 14th February 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Branded Farcical over Willesden Green Library Blunder' : 14th February 2013
Crosby Herald : 'Crosby Civic Hall could be Razed in Radical Library Plans as Thousands Show Support for Crosby and Litherland Libraries' : 14th February 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Learn from the UK Library's Slaughter, Say the Swedes' : 13th February 2013
The Guardian : Libraries 'Have Had Their Day', Says Horrible Histories Author : 13th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Anger over Deary Library Views' : 13th February 2013
Real Business : 'Business Link is Dead, Long Live the Libraries' : 13th February 2013
Oxford Mail : 'Police Push for Money to Go to Officers, Not Libraries' (Section 106) : 13th February 2013
Guardian Series : 'Libraries Take on Role of Closed Epping Forest District Council Desks' : 13th February 2013
South Wales Argus : Newport - 'Library Closures a Sinful Waste' : 13th February 2013
Northern Echo : 'Council Tax Freeze for Sunderland' (volunteers ref) : 13th February 2013
Wrexham.com : Wales - 'Wrexham Councillors Reject Principle of Closing Libraries' : 13th February 2013
Daily Post : 'Petition Set Up in Bid to Save Wrexham Libraries' : 12th February 2013
SvD Kultur : Swedish article in Eng translation - 'Learn from the UK Library Slaughter' : 12th February 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Terry Deary's Horrible Library Statement' : 12th February 2013
Public Libraries News : Oh Deary Me - Horrible Histories Author Says Libraries Have "Had Their Day" : 12th February 2013
The Bookseller : Deary: "Libraries Have Had Their Day" : 12th February 2013
The Independent : 'How To Be An MP' - The Most-borrowed Book in the House of Commons Library : 12th February 2013
The Independent : Poll - Which Title Would You Most Recommend to our Politicians?' : 12th February 2013
Colorlines : USA - 'Not Loving It: Young Students Forced to Go McDonalds for WiFi After Libraries Close ' : 12th February 2013
ITV News : Library Closures Are "Catastrophic' : 12th February 2013
The Bookseller : Bakewell Condemns Library Closures 'Catastrophe' : 12th February 2013
BBC News : Hull - 'Maureen Lipman Backs Call to Save anlaby Park Library' : 12th February 2013
The Star : Editorial - Sheffield: 'Be Clear over Axing Libraries' : 12th February 2013
Sunderland Echo : 'Sunderland Libraries Facing Closure Under £850,000 Savings Plan' (volunteers ref) : 12th February 2013
Southport visitor : Sefton - Huge Consultation Response Shows Love for Libraries as More than 12,000 Join Southport Library Campaign' : 12th February 2013
The Guardian : 'We Get The Arts' (Dan Jarvis MP criticised - Newcastle) : 11th February 2013
Ealing Gazette : 'Private companies Could Play Role in Running Ealing Libraries' : 11th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Authors Speak Out for National Libraries Day' : 11th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Statement from Ealing Unison on the Privatisation Proposals' : 11th February 2013
Gov.uk : 'New Support for Local Libraries and Businesses' (6 major cities as 'partners', inc Newcastle, Liverpool, Sheffield) : 11th February 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Famous Faces Join the Fight to Save Newcastle's Libraries' : 11th February 2013
ACE : The Arts Council's Director, Libraries Talks about the Recent Community Libraries Research
The Journal : 'Northumberland Libraries Bucking the National Trend of Decline' : 11th February 2013
Daily Post : 'Wrexham Council Library Review Could See Three Shut' : 11th February 2013
Cambridge News : 'Lifeline Library Has Lost Its Heart, Say Residents' ("It was so friendly and accessible with lots of staff") : 11th February 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Firefighters To the Rescue of Cash-strapped Libraries' : 10th February 2013
Question Everything : 'Opposition Is the Enemy in Exile' (on Swindon) : 10th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Croydon Ignore National Libraries Day Once Again' : 10th February 2013
York Press : 'Campaigners Protest Against Proposed Changes to York's Libraries' : 10th February 2013
Sunday Sun : 'Stars Join in Demonstration to Save North East Libraries' : 10th February 2013
Dudley News : 'Celebrations to Mark Netherton Library's New Home' : 10th February 2013
About My Area : 'Warwickshire County Council Announces Free Computer Use At Its Libraries' : 10th February 2013
The Guardian : Alison Flood - 'National Libraries Day Celebrates Beleaguered Services' (includes ref to Swindon) : 9th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Swindon Labour and Libraries' : 9th February 2013
Swindon Advertiser : 'Campaigners Ready to fight Library Cuts in Swindon' : 9th February 2014
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : Campaigners from Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries hit out at Gloucestershire County Council’s "Patchy and Amateurish Approach to Libraries' : 9th February 2013
Inside Croydon : 'National Libraries Day - A Pledge for Croydon' : 9th February 2013
Oxford Mail : 'Ed Vaizey MP Enchants Young Audience with The Gruffalo' : 9th February 2013
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Campaign Launched to Save Popular Library' - "The old Labour Party would be appalled" : 9th February 2013
Cultural Value Initiative : 'Looking to the Past to Inform the Present, by David McMenemy' : 8th February 2013
BBC News : 'Protesters Stage Sit-in at Levenshulme Library' : 8th February 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'Dozens Occupy Levenshulme Library in Protest Against Council Closure Plans' : 8th February 2013
The Guardian : Terry Pratchett: 'I taught Myself More in the Library than the School Taught Me' - Video : 8th February 2013
The Guardian : 'Matt Haig - Why I Love My Library' : 8th February 2013
DCMS : Response to FOI Request re. Status of Advisory Council on Libraries (ACL) : 8th February 2013
Question Everything : By the Author of the FOI Request - 'The Law of Inverse Relevance' : 8th February 2013
Daily Telegraph : Gaby Roslin - 'Why Parents Need Britain's Local Libraries to be Saved' : 8th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'The Reading Agency Celebrates National Libraries Day' : 8th February 2013
The Guardian : 'Fiction Prescription - Why Libraries Make You Happy' (Universal Offers) : 8th February 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Is It the End of the Book as Libraries Close and eBooks Take Over?' : 8th February 2013
The Bookseller : Editorial - 'Lending, Right?' : 8th February 2013
Financial Times : 'Private Libraries Have Good Story to Sell' : 8th February 2013
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'Squatting Public Property Helped to Save My First Library. Don't Make It a Crime' : 8th February 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Library Lending figures - Three Cheers for Children's Books, But Where Is JK Rowling?' : 8th February 2013
The Guardian : 'Library Readers Still In Love with Danielle Steel after 30 Years' : 8th February 2013
The Independent : 'The Tale of the Unexpected Decline of Roald Dahl' - the most popular books suggested to kids by "marketing executives" : 8th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Children Boost PLR Library Stats' : 8th February 2013
Huffington Post : 'British Libraries Are Fighting Back! And It's Children Who Are Leading the Charge' : 8th February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'A Public Libraries Manifesto for National Libraries Day' : 8th February 2013
York Press : 'Borrow Spree Protest Urged at York's Libraries' : 8th February 2013
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Squatters Leave as Residents Take Over Community Library' : 7th February 2013
EADT : Suffolk - Stowmarket Library Boss Calls on Community to Form Group' : 7th February 2013
Public Libraries News : 'SCL Shares Plans for 2013' : 6th February 2013
CILIP In Wale : 'Welsh Minister Announces Extra £150,000' - "all powers will be used, and measures taken in order to ensure 'comprehensive public library services' as required by the Museums and Public Libraries Act 1964" : 6th February 2013
Manchester Gazette : 'Manchester Libraries Help Businesses to Go ONline and Boost Sales' : 6th February 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Campaigners Hand Over Newcastle Library Petition' : 6th February 2013
Leigh Day & Co : 'Friern Barnet Community Library Opens' (register to read, free of charge) : 6th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Friern Barnet Library to be Volunteer-Run' : 6th February 2013
Daily Mirror : 'The Book Stops Here - Campaigners Win Battle' : 6th February 2013
Times Series : Friern Barnet Library Will Not be Sold But Council Deal is 'Not Perfect', Say Occupiers' : 6th February 2013
Guardian Series : 'New Hope for Volunteer-run Library Plans in Leytonstone' : 6th February 2013
This Is Plymouth : Plymouth Libraries are 'Desperately in Need of WiFi', Council is Told : 6th February 2013
Express & Star : 'Mobile Library Service in Sandwell Set to be Scaled Back' : 6th February 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'campaign for the Book Statement about Proposed Liverpool Library Closures' : 5th February 2013
Public Libraries News : Liverpool "Does A Newcastle" : 5th February 2013
Liverpool Echo : Leading Article - 'Don't Kill Off Our Culture' : 5th February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Liverpool Council Threatens to Close 10 Libraries' : 5th February 2013
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Liverpool Libraries and Care for Vulnerable to be Targeted in Council Cuts' : 5th February 2013
New Statesman : 'Whose Library Is It anyway?' : 5th February 2013
The Guardian : Alison Flood - 'Library Campaigners Save Friern Barnet Branch for Community' : 5th February 2013
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Squatters to Leave Friern Barnet Library as Council and Residents Near Deal' : 5th February 2013
Gazette Series : 'New Mobile Library for Gloucestershire' : 5th February 2013
Dorset Echo : 'Burton Bradstock's Library Turns New Leaf as Friends Take Over' : 5th February 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Axe-threatened Maindee, Newport Library Has City's Second Most Visitors' : 5th February 2013
Aberdeen News : Letter - 'Why a Library? : 5th February 2013
The Bookseller : Government Says Library Service 'Not In Crisis' : 4th February 2013
The Independent : 'It's Not Our Libraries' Responsibility to Help the Mentally Ill. It's the Government's' : 4th February 2013
The Guardian : 'There is Cold Fear and Resentment, But Little Sense of Hope' : 4th February 2013
Digital Journal : 'Next Saturday is National Libraries Day' : 4th February 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Frecheville Library Under Threat of Closure' : 4th February 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Save our Library' Urge Walkley Campaigners : 4th February 2013
Northampton Herald & Post : 'Rallying Call to Be a Volunteer' : 4th February 2013
Thurrock Gazette : 'Volunteers Need to Help Thurrock Library Scheme' : 4th February 2013
Romford Recorder : Borough of Havering - Rainham Library Construction Expected to Begin 'Next Month' - Council : 4th February 2013
STV Scotland : Free Pole Dancing Classes at Library 'Great Success' with Readers : 4th February 2013
Times Series : 'Community Takeover of Friern Barnet Library Expected Tomorrow' : 4th February 2013
West Sussex County Times : Letter - 'Questions over Amazon Lockers' (in Libraries) : 3rd February 2013
The Guardian : Alice Ronson - Letter : 2nd February 2013
Osborne & Little : Library wallpaper
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - Spilsby Library Proposals Are a 'Criminal Shame' : 2nd February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Proposal to Cut the Library Enquiry Service in Somerset' : 2nd February 2013
Swindon Advertiser : National Libraries Day - 'Book Up for Celebration' : 2nd February 2013
This Is Croydon : 'Deal between Croydon and Lambeth Saves Upper Norwood Library' : 2nd February 2013
This Is Cornwall : Universal Offers - 'Streamlined Libraries Keep Standards High in Cornwall' : 2nd February 2013
South Yorkshire Times : 'Centre Could Close as Part of Cost Cuts' (services moved to Libraries) : 2nd February 2013
The Guardian : 'Eric Pickles' Brand of Toxicity Will Kill Off Local Councils, Warns NAO' : 1st February 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Government Response to Inquiry into Library Closures: No Worries and, Besides, Volunteers "Grow" the Service' : 1st February 2013
CILIP : President, Phil Bradley on the Government's Response to CMS Committee's Report into Library Closures : 1st February 2013
: DCMS : Government Response to CMS Committee's Report into Library Closures : 1st February 2013
Voices for the Library : 'Society of Chief Librarians Announce Universal Library Offers' : 1st February 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Gimmicks Galore at the Great Public Libraries Gala!' : 1st February 2013
The Bookseller : 'Return of National Libraries Day' : 1st February 2013
Your Cardiff : 'Cardiff Council Slashes £22m from Its Budget - with Cuts to Libraries, Leisure Centres and The Arts' : 1st February 2013
BBC News : 'Cardiff Council Cuts - Pool, Libraries, Flat Holm Island Hit' : 1st February 2013
Tenby Observer : Pembrokeshire - 'Library Rumours Unconfirmed' : 1st February 2013
Broken Barnet Blogspot : 'Friern Barnet Library - A People's Library and a People's Victory' : 1st February 2013
Coventry Telegraph : 'Coventry Central Library to Close for Three Weeks for Makeover' (details) : 1st February 2013
Times Series : No Eviction for Squatters as Friern Barnet Library Deal with Council Comes 'Very Close' : 1st February 2013
About My Area : 'Volunteers Required for Northamptonshire Libraries' : 1st February 2013
Northamptonshire : 'Volunteer Policy Document'
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Households Told to Expect Council Tax Rise' (and library closure) : 1st February 2013
This Is Dorset : 'Friends of Charmouth Library Celebrate Grant Success' : 1st February 2013
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'Timbuktu is a Cultural Tragedy – But if e-Books Burn, No One Will See the Flames' : 1st February 2013
Public Libraries News : Special Report - "Libraries of the 21st Century" versus "Offering a New Dress to a Plague Victim" : 21st January 2013
The Independent : 'The Medicinal Power of Literature - Books on Prescription to be Introduced' : 31st January 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'GPs to Prescribe Library Books' : 31st January 2013
Reading Agency : Miranda McKearney's Speech - 'Reading Well Books on Prescription Scheme' : 31st January 2013
Milton Keynes Citizen : 'Future of Leisure Centres and Libraries in Residents' Hands' : 31st January 2013
*Swindon Council* : Libraries - Agenda Item 6th February Cabinet Meeting (page 29) - Cuts to opening hours and staff
BBC News : 'Council Budgets: Watchdog (NAO) Warns of Front-line Cuts' : 30th January 2013
East London Advertiser : Tower Hamlets - 'Public Invited for Sneak Peek of new Watney Market Idea Store' : 30th January 2013
Cambridge News : 'Library Visitor Totals Drop After Budget Cuts' : 30th January 2013
York Press : 'York Leaders in Libraries Pledge' : 30th January 2013
Southern Reporter : Scottish Borders - 'New Chapter Opens in Library Provision' : 30th January 2013
Streatham Guardian : 'Upper Norwood Library's Future Resolved' : 29th January 2013
The Bookseller : Amazon 'to put advertising on Kindles' : 29th January 2013
ACE : The Arts Council's Director, Libraries talks about the the recent Community Libraries Research' : 29th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Cabinet Office Pays £100k to York Library Scheme' : 29th January 2013
York Press : 'Government Cash for York Libraries Plan' : 29th January 2013
The Guardian : 'Beware Erick Pickles' Quiet Revolution' : 29th January 2013
Minster FM Radio : 'Government Backing for York Libraries' : 29th January 2013
Cotswold Journal : Attack on 'Inadequate' New Gloucestershire Mobile Library Service : 29th January 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : Preston Library Campaigners 'Let Down' by Brent Council : 29th January 2013
The Independent : 'Arts Organisations Braced for Belt-tightening as Arts Council Passes on Government Cuts' : 29th January 2013
News From Crystal Palace : 'Lambeth to Take Control of Library Prior to Community Trust Move' : 29th January 2013
York Press : 'Darley Community Library Celebrates Birthday' : 29th January 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Around Three or Four Mea Culpas' : 28th January 2013
FOGL : Press Release - 'Gloucestershire Cuts Adrift County's Most Isolated Communities from Its Mobile Library Service' : 28th January 2013
Express & Star : 'Fifth of Wolverhampton Library Posts Will Go in Restructure' : 28th January 2013
Civil Society : 'Arts Council Executive's Paid Sabbatical Ensures Eligibility for Redundancy Payout' : 28th January 2013
Third Sector : Locality Report Criticised for Encouraging 'Rush' into Community Management of Libraries' : 28th January 2013
Express & Star : '20pc of Library Jobs in Cost Cutting Restructure in Wolverhampton' : 28th January 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : 'Croydon Still Paying for Library They Tried Desperately to Ditch!' : 28th January 2013
Gloucestershire CC : 'Official Launch of County's New Mobile Library Service' : 28th January 2013
Library Journal : 'Pole Dancing @ Your Library' : 28th January 2013
Camden Public Libraries User Group : 'Community Libraries - The Arts Council Report'
Gazette Series : 'Berkeley's Community Volunteer Library Berkeley Books Hopes for Charitable Support' : 27th January 2013
Skegness Standard : 'Alford Library in Appeal for Volunteers to Extend Opening Hours' : 26th January 2013
The Scotsman : 'Lothians Art Funding Slashed by Councils' : 26th January 2013
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'When Is a Volunteer Not a Volunteer' : 26th January 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Is Harrow Going to Privatise Its Library Service?' (Harrow Responds) : 26th January 2013
Journal Live : Newcastle - 'Libraries Sell Old Stock' : 26th January 2013
The Scotsman : Letter - 'Taken as Read' (from Leader, Midlothian Council) : 26th January 2013
Local Government Lawyer : 'Court of Appeal Agrees to Hear Doncaster Libraries Case' : 25th January 2013
Public Libraries News : Arts Council England Decision to Give Its Outgoing Exec £200k for a "Sabbatical" Attracts Ire : 25th January 2013
Save Croydon Libraries : New Addington - 'Wake Up New Addo' : 25th January 2013
Evesham Observer : Pershore - 'New Library Plans Revealed' : 25th January 2013
CILIP : Chartered Institute Warns of Dangerous "Headlong Rush" to Create More Community Managed Libraries : 25th January 2013
Sky News : 'Writers Take Over Libraries Under Threat of Closure on National Libraries Day' : 25th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Lewisham Library Volunteers on Workfare Scheme' : 25th January 2013
EADT 24 : Suffolk - 'Bury St Edmunds: Older Residents Are Affected by Loss of Mobile Library Service' : 25th January 2013
The Argus : 'Long Campaign to Save Brighton and Hove Mobile Library Is Lost' : 25th January 2013
Book Trust : 'Libraries Keep Us Human' : 25th January 2013
South London Press : Lambeth - 'Friends' Row: Leisure Supremo Under Attack : 25th January 2013
Good eReader : Bilbary's Tim Coates' Panel Notes Call for eBook Lending Reform : 25th January 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : The 'Disneyfication' of Public Libraries : 25th January 2013
Harrow Times : 'Harrow Residents Are London's Third Highest Book Borrowers' : 25th January 2013
Lucy Marcovitch : 'What Has the Library Ever Done for Us?' : 24th January 2013
CILIP in Wales : 'Welsh Government Minister Speaks Powerfully in Support of Public Library Services' : 24th January 2013
Public Libraries News : 'Meanwhile, In England ...' : 24th January 2013
Infoism : 'The Death of the Library?' : 24th January 2013
The Scotsman : Tiffany Jenkins - 'Libraries Are On a Slippery Pole' : 24th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Controversy over ACE Report on Community Libraries' : 23rd January 2013
Information Today - Europe : If the Profession fails to communicate its value, then the march of 'amateurisation' will continue, argues Ian Clark : 23rd January 2013
Voices for the Library : 'The Arts Council Report on Community Libraries' : 23rd January 2013
Third Sector : 'Community Libraries Could Soon Make Up 13 per cent of Total, Says Report' : 23rd January 2013
DCMS : 'Arts Council and LGA Publish Principles for Community Libraries' (Ed Vaizey quoted) : 23rd January 2013
BBC News : 'Liverpool Central Library's £50m Refurbishment' : 23rd January 2013
This Is Leicestershire : 'Council's Library Service for Elderly Set to be Axed' : 23rd January 2013
Daily Post : Anglesey Libraries Face 'Spiral of Decline' Warn Welsh Government Body : 23rd January 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Petition Launched to Save Newport Library Closures' : 23rd January 2013
Heart Radio 102.6 : 'Somerset Council Announce Budget Plans' : 23rd January 2013
Public Libraries News : "Community Libraries: Learning from Experience" (ACE Report examined and summarised) : 22nd January 2013
Gov.uk : Press Release - 'Community Libraries: Guidance from The Arts Council' : 22nd January 2013
The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke - 'Checking Out' : 22nd January 2013
The Guardian : 'Cornwall Council's Privatisation Compromise' : 22nd January 2013
Daily Echo : 'Southampton City Council to Plough £100,000 into Library Services after Huge Cuts' : 22nd January 2013
Bitterne Park Info : Southampton - 'Ray of Hope for Libraries' : 22nd January 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Wembley Mothers Back Barham Park Library Campaigners' : 22nd January 2013
Brixton Blog : 'Call for Labour Lambeth Councillor to Resign over Libraries eMail' : 21st January 2013
Henley Standard : 'Official Appointed to Work with Libraries' : 21st January 2013
Get Surrey : 'Community Plans for Bramley Library Dragging On' : 21st January 2013
Express & Star : 'Number of Borrowers at Wolverhampton Libraries Dwindling' : 21st January 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - Campaign Launched to 'Save Broomhill Library' : 21st January 2013
Public Libraries News : 'A Library is About More Than Books But a Library Without Books is Not a Library' : 20th January 2013
Library Campaign : 'There Are Worse Things than Pole-Dancing' (see numerous comments) : 19th January 2013
Daily Mail 'Up the Pole! Council Tries to Persuade More People to Borrow Books by Holding Dance Classes in Library' : 19th January 2013
The Guardian : Privatised Public Services Pose 'Significant Risk' to Public Ethics : 18th January 2013
Islington Tribune : Unison Stewards' Letter - 'Libraries Are Being Hollowed Out' : 18th January 2013
Sky News : 'Campaigners Plan Occupation of Newcastle Libraries in Fight Against Cuts' : 18th January 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Axe Council Jobs to Save Newcastle's Libraries, Leaders Told' : 18th January 2013
Daily Telegraph : 'Library Under Fire After Offering Free Pole-Dancing Lessons to Encourage Users' : 18th January 2013
The Guardian : 'Library Turns to Pole Dancing to Entice New Readers' : 18th January 2013
The Scotsman : 'Plan to Encourage People to Visit Library by Offering Pole Fitness Session Among Books' : 18th January 2013
The Independent : 'Scottish Library Offers Pole-dancing Lesson' : 18th January 2013
This Is Croydon : Council Promises No Loss of Books as Library Moves from 'Derelict' Site : 18th January 2013
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Council Raises Thousands Charging for Net Use' : 18th January 2013
Arts Professional : 'Stark Facts on ACE Severance Package' : 17th January 2013
Buckingham Today : 'New Page Opens for Winslow's Library?' : 18th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Westminster Library Staff Tackle Bosses on Cuts' : 17th January 2013
The Library Campaign : 'Westminster Library Staff Claims Are Swiftly Refuted' : 17th January 2013
Post Lib Magazine : Feature by Frances Hendrix - 'Stay Calm and Carry On Quietly? I Think Not!' : Issue 66
The Independent : Letter from Anne Papworth - 'Bin It' : 17th January 2013
Chester Chronicle : 'Hoole Library in Chester Reopens in Residential Suburb' : 17th January 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Chance to Have Say in Southport Library Debate is Over as Consultation Closes' : 17th January 2013
News Shopper : 'One Year Anniversary of Bromley-Bexley Shared Library Service' : 17th January 2013
Surrey County Council : 'Children's Library Loans Rocket' : 17th January 2013
The Guardian : What Should a Library Look Like in 2013? Answer: 'Open' : 16th January 2013
Voices for the Library : 'An Open Letter from the Staff of Westminster Libraries to their Local Councillors' : 16th January 2013
The Bookseller : Libraries 'Fundamental' Says (Minister) Hurd, as TRA Celebrates Reading Challenge Rise' : 16th January 2013
New Statesman : 'Nick Forbes - Newcastle's King of Cuts' : 16th January 2013
BBC News : 'Gloucestershire Council Spent £238,000 on Library Closure Case' : 16th January 2013
ivo.org : 'Women's Institute Believes Community Managed Libraries Are Unsustainable' : 16th January 2013
Bournemouth Echo : Dorset - 'Future of Wool Library Handed Over to New Volunteers' : 16th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Children Still Prefer Reading Physical Books, Finds Scholastic' : 16th Januaary 2013
Manchester Evening News : 'The Cuts Pain Goes On: 830 Jobs To Go at Manchester Town Hall and Council Tax to Rise' : 16th January 2013
Click-manchester.com : 'Manchester City Council Publishes Proposed Budget' : 16th January 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Library Review: Politicians' War of Words over Closures' : 16th January 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Councillors Disappointed by Newport Libraries Closure' : 16th January 2013
Get Surrey : 'Virginia Water Library Alive with Community Spirit' : 16th January 2013
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Libraries Are Statutory, Councillor' : 15th January 2013
The Guardian : Libraries Crisis Set to Get 'Much Worse' This Year : 15th January 2013
BoycottWorkfare.org : Lewisham - 'Another Public Service Filling the Cuts with Workfare' : 15th January 2013
: WI Report on Volunteer-Run Libraries
Good Ereader : 'Bilbary Founder Tim Coates on What Libraries Need' : 15th January 2014
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield Library Review - 'Things Have to Change' As Council Appeals for Help : 15th January 2013
Sheffield Star : Leading Article - 'Over To You to Save Libraries' : 15th January 2013
Selby Times : 'Plea for Volunteers to Take On Sheffield Libraries' : 15th January 2013
West Sussex Gazette : 'Boost for Online Shoppers as West Sussex Libraries Get Amazon Lockers' : 15th January 2013
South Wales Argus : 'Libraries in Maindee and Stow Hill, Newport Could Close to Save Council Cash' : 15th January 2013
Bucks Free Press : 'MP Praises Stokenchurch Villagers As They Keep Open Their Library' : 15th January 2013
Socialist Worker : 'Packed Newcastle Meeting Shows Mood to Fight for Services' : 15th January 2013
Publishers Weekly : Study by Bowker - 'Influence of Bookstores and Libraries Eroding for Children' : 15th January 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Library Workers Unite and Tweet!' : 14th January 2013
The Bookseller : Library Volunteers Left Without 'Effective Support', Says WI : 14th January 2013
Third Sector : Women's Institute Warns Against 'Sticking Plaster' of Library Volunteers : 14th January 2013
Oxford Mail : 'Rumours Fly as Temporary Library Job is Advertised' : 14th January 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Barham Library Campaigners Reach Target to Take Over Axed Branch' : 14th January 2013
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Families Rally over Plans to Close Walker Library' : 14th January 2013
North-West Evening Mail : Cumbria - 'Ulverston Library Set to Open Longer' : 14th January 2013
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Fears Stack Up for Sheffield's Community Libraries' : 13th January 2013
Bolton News : 'Children's Author Slams Axing of Town's Libraries' : 12th January 2013
Mix 96 Radio : Buckinghamshire - 'Stokenchurch Take Over Their Library' (One of 14 to be 'run' by volunteers) : 12th January 2013
The Guardian : Live Chat - What Does a Library Look Like in 2013?' (see all discussion in comments) : 11th January 2012
The Guardian : 'Council Spending Cuts - The North Loses Out to the South' - Newcastle v. Wokingham, plus interactive map and spreadsheet : 11th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Bleak' 2013 Predicted as 300 Libraries Could Be Lost : 11th January 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Library Closures Loom as Council Appeals for Volunteers' : 11th January 2013
The Star : 'Deepest Council Cuts Ever for Sheffield' : 11th January 2014
Islington Tribune : 'Warning over Possible Cuts to Libraries' : 11th January 2013
Barnsley Chronicle : 'Village Library Could Be Moved to Social Club' (all libraries 'under review') : 11th January 2013
Public Libraries News : Libraries in Parliament (Debate) : 10th January 2013
BBC News : Brent Library Closures 'Cost Almost Same as Savings' : 10th January 2013
The Bookseller : Blog - Let's Talk Libraries (Newcastle library visit) : 10th January 2013
ITV News : video - Lee Hall Calls for "Direct Action" to Save Newcastle Libraries : 10th January 2013
Times Series : CommUNITY Barnet 'Will Not Run' Friern Barnet Library Following Squatters' Eviction : 10th January 2013
Liverpool Post : video - 'Revamped Liverpool Central Library Expects to Attract One Million Visitors in its First Year' : 10th January
The Bookseller : Library Cuts Will Make Newcastle 'Cultural Wasteland' : 10th January 2013
Journal Live : 'Save Newcastle Libraries Campaign Group Steps Up Pressure over Cuts' : 10th January 2013
View Online : Dorset - 'Volunteer Librarians are Facing an Uphill Struggle' : 10th January 2013
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Councillor Urges Crosby Library Users to Have Their Say on Carnegie Closure' : 10th January 2013
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Campaigners Urge People to Have Their Say as Consultation Draws to a Close on Threatened Southport Libraries' : 10th January 2013
London Evening Standard : 'Don't Destroy Willesden Green Town Square, Pleads Author Zadie Smith' : 10th January 2013
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Residents Consulted over Library Services in Stockton' : 10th January 2013
Flintshire Chronicle : 'Flintshire Residents Urged to Have Say on Library and Information Services' : 10th January 2013
Southern Reporter : Scottish Borders - 'Libraries Temporary Closure' : 10th January 2013
ITV News : video - Newcastle: 'Meeting over Council Cuts' : 9th January 2013
BBC News : 'Public Meeting over Newcastle Library Closure Plans' : 9th January 2013
ITV News : video - Newcastle: 'Full Report - Protests over Proposals to Close Libraries' : 9th January 2013
Public Libraries News : Interview with Michael Groenendyk - '3D Printers & Maker Spaces' : 9th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'McDonald's to Offer £1 Deal on 15m Books' : 9th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Move to Hand York Libraries to Social Enterprise' : 9th January 2013
York Press : 'City of York Council to Explore Library Changes' : 9th January 2013
The Guardian : 'Northern Writers Join Protests Against Library Cuts in Newcastle' : 9th January 2013
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - "No Decision has been made" on Future of Libraries say Councillors : 9th January 2013
This Is Gloucestershire : Minchinhampton - 'Author Gives Big Thumbs Up to Community Library' : 9th January 2013
The Bookseller : Blog - Anne Cleeves: 'Cruddas Park Library' : 8th January 2013
: The Guardian : 'Debate Whether Outsourcing is Good or Bad is Beside the Point' : 8th January 2013
BBC News : 'Unison Opposes Plans to Transfer York Libraries to Trust' : 8th January 2013
Times Series : 'Barnet Council Announcement Leaves Friern Barnet Library Squatters on the Shelf' : 8th January 2013
The Bookseller : Cleeves 'Furious' at Newcastle Library Plans : 8th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Five Gateshead Libraries to be Volunteer-run' : 8th January 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Volunteers Could Man Five Gateshead Libraries' : 8th January 2013
Steve Willshaw : 'Why Parents Should Read for Pleasure' : 8th January 2013
American Libraries : 'Digitized to Distraction' : 8th January 2013
ITV News : video - 'Community Runs Dorset Library' : 8th January 2013
The Star : Sheffield - 'Care Needed over Libraries' : 8th January 2013
The Star : 'Sheffield Libraries Face Axe in Budget Cuts' : 8th January 2013
Northern Echo : 'Volunteers Needed to Run Libraries in Gateshead' : 7th January 2013
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Book Donations to the Friends of Barham Library Pass the 6,000 Mark' : 7th January 2013
CILIP : Phil Bradley - 'Happy New Year' : 7th January 2013
Change.org : Petition - 'DfE: Ensure that all school students have access to a well-run school library
The Bookseller : 'Morgan to Leave Arts Council' : 7th January 2013
BBC News - Education : 'Essa Academy, Bolton - Bookless School Where Everyone Has iPad' : 7th January 2013
Surrey County Council : 'Automatic Library Membership for Babies and School Children' : 7th January 2013
BBC News : 'Puddletown First Dorset Library to Transfer to Volunteers' : 7th January 2013
Journal Live : 'Newcastle City Council Cuts Prompt Campaigners to Take to the Streets' : 7th January 2013
The Independent : 'Eboks for 20p May Be a Novel Idea, But It Spells Bad News for Literature' : 6th January 2013
ITV News : video - Newcastle: 'Protests Over Plans to Close City Libraries' : 5th January 2013
ITV News : 'Springwatch Presenter Speaks Out Against Library Cuts' : 5th January 2013
BBC News : 'Chris Packham Attacks Cobbett Road Library Plan' : 5th January 2013
Daily Echo : 'TV Wildlife Expert Chris Packham Slams Southampton City Council's Proposed Library Cuts' : 5th January 2013
This Is Gloucestershire : Minchinhampton - 'Much-loved Author Launches New Era for Library' (£10k - £12k running costs "down to the trust"): 5th January 2013
The Bookseller : 'Packham Defends Southampton Library' : 4th January 2013
Times Series : 'Squatters Will Launch Two-pronged Attack to Prevent Eviction from Friern Barnet Library' : 4th January 2012
This Is Somerset : 'Frome Library to Close for Installation of Self-service Point' : 4th January 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : Kirklees - 'Friends Group for Golcar Library' : 4th January 2013
Times Series : Barnet Council 'Disappointed' by Friern Barnet Squatters' Plans to Appeal Eviction : 4th January 2012
Bitterne Park Info : Chris Packham - Cutting Library Hours 'Short-termist Lunacy' : 3rd January 2013
Bolton News : Library Closure Campaigners Fight Back over 'Luvvie' Slur : 3rd January 2013
Evening Times : Glasgow - 'Libraries Could Act as Food Banks for Needy' : 3rd January 2013
Telegraph & Argus : 'Massive Decline in Visitors at Bradford Central Library' : 3rd January 2013
Dorset Echo : 'Volunteers Taking Up Duties in New Era for Puddletown Library' : 3rd January 2013
Kidderminster Shuttle : Worcestershire - 'Wyre Forest authors Fear for Library's Archive' : 3rd January 2013
Phil Bradley's Weblog : '3D Printing - Is It for Libraries?' : 3rd January 2013
Chronicle Live : 'Protesters Will Take to Streets over Newcastle Cuts' : 2nd January 2013
Campaign For the Book : 'Newsletter' : 2nd January 2013
HughRundle.net : 'Mission Creep - A 3D Printer Will Not Save Your Library' : 2nd January 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Boris and the Mystery of the Public Libraries Trust!' : 2nd January 2013
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Library Expert Biddy Fisher Criticises Council's Short-sightedness' : 2nd January 2013
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Two Libraries to Shut for Revamp' : 2nd January 2013
Get Surrey : 'Villagers Volunteer to Take Over Library Services' : 2nd January 2013
Daily Echo : Hampshire - 'Council Chief to Open New Library' : 2nd January 2013
Dorset CC : 'Roll-out of Community-run Libraries in Dorset' : 2nd January 2013
This Is Scunthorpe : North Lincolnshire - 'Bottesford in Line for New £150k Library at Cambridge House' : 2nd January 2013
Northern Echo : '38 Durham Libraries Face Hours Cut' : 1st January 2013
York Press : "Community Benefit Society" Plan for York's Libraries Moves Step Closer : 1st January 2013
Thurrock Gazette : 'Library to Close until March as Community Hub Plans Get Underway' : 1st January 2013
Don't Privatise Libraries : Canada Beware, the 'Red Menace' is No Longer Under Our Bed! : 1st January 2013
The Guardian : 'MP Pledges to Fight Fuel Price Rises and Illiteracy in 2013' (new Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Literacy Group) : 31st December 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'England's Local Government System Must Be Fundamentally Reformed, Says MP' - the "oppressor" and "oppressed" : 31st December 2012
Chronicle Live : Letter - 'Why We Need Our Libraries' : 31st December 2012
The Guardian : 'We Need a Coalition of Resistance Against Local Council Cuts' - "like at Friern Barnet Library?" : 30th December 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Tory Shires in Revolt over Cuts' : 30th December 2012
The Observer : Letter - Mary Steele : "What will happen if a library service from birth is replaced (by a Kindle)?" : 30th December 2012
The Independent : 'L is for Library' : 29th December 2012
News Republic : 'Let's Use - Not Lose - Our Local Libraries' : 28th December 2012
Bolton News : 'Big Drop in Lending after Library Axe' : 28th December 2012
Bolton News : 'Bolton Central Still a Place for Information' : 28th December 2012
Express & Star : Wolverhampton - 'Home Library Service Revamp to Save £60,000' : 28th December 2012
Get Reading : Wokingham - 'Library Use On the Up' : 28th December 2012
Good Library Guide : 'What Are Public Libraries For?' : 28th December 2012
Chronicle Live : 'Newcastle Council Put Cash Aside to Board Up Shut Libraries' -and 20 years of PFI remain : 27th December 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Libraries Consultation Closes Mid-January' : 27th December 2012
Diss Express : 'Norfolk Residents Encouraged to Join their Local Library' : 27th January 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Independent Report Slates Brent Council's Library Service
Redditch Advertiser : 'Woodrow Library Extending Refurbishments' : 25th December 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'New Community-run Library in Berkeley is Officially Opened' : 25th December 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : '562 Public Library Jobs Lost in London Since 2007/08' : 24th December 2012
This Is Derbyshire : 'Fewer and Older Books for Library Visitors as Service Feels the Strain' : 24th December 2012
This Is Hampshire : 'Stanmore Library Closes to Relocate to Community Centre' : 24th December 2012
The Independent : 'Eric Pickles Plays to the (Closed) Gallery' : 23rd December 2012
University of Oxford : UK Teenagers Without the Internet are 'Educationally Disadvantaged' : 22nd December 2012
Dorset Echo : 'New Chapter in Chickerell Library Story' : 22nd December 2012
The Independent : 'The Dickens Bicentenary Was a Festival of British Hypocrisy' : 22nd December 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent's Library Campaigners Spread Festive Cheer Throughout the Borough' : 22nd December 2012
Good Library Guide : 'CIPFA Figures Show Council Costs Rise Again' : 21st December 2012
The Guardian : Library Closures - Not Just a Cause for 'Luvvies', Eric Pickles : 21st December 2012
CILIP : 'A Christmas Message from your President' : 21st December 2012
This Is Bristol : 'One Millionth Book Checked Out' : 21st December 2012
Birmingham Post : Birmingham Library Architect - It Should Be a 'Living Room' for Everybody : 21st December 2012
Public Libraries News : Labour Public Libraries Policy Review - "Innovation, Co-Location and Partnership" : 20th December 2012
Labour Party : 'Labour's Policy Review - Libraries' : 20th December 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Free Records Certificate to End Volunteering Red Tape' : 20th December 2012
Brent Council Lib Dems : Libraries - 'Independent Report Reveals Damning Statistics about Labour Council's Performance' : 20th December 2012
Digital Book World : 'Ten Bold Predictions for Ebooks and Digital Publishing in 2013' : 20th December 2012
The Independent : 'City Leaders Warn of Crisis over Cuts to Funding' : 20th December 2012
BBC News : 'Pay-day Loan Websites to be Blocked by Dundee City Council' : 20th December 2012
The Scotsman : Dundee - 'Immoral' Pay-day Loan Websites Banned from Public Libraries : 20th December 2012
Express & Star : 'Rethink on Move for Wolverhampton Library is Dismissed' : 20th December 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'We Won't Give Up On Our Library Dream' : 20th December 2012
You Tube : 'Sir Terry Pratchett on Libraries' : 19th December 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Libraries Will "Become Almost Unsustainable" Says LGA' : 19th December 2012
Barnet Eye : 'Friern Barnet Library Court Case - My Final Thoughts' : 19th December 2012
Question Everything : 'The SCL - Confusion between the Policy of Administration and the Administration of Policy' : 19th December 2012
Infoism : 'Do Library Occupations Help Campaigners, Or the Government?' : 19th December 2012
BBC News : 'Friern Barnet Library Squatters Can be Evicted by Barnet Council' : 19th December 2012
ABC News - Australia : 'Angry Brits Occupy Local Library' : 19th December 2012
Barnet Eye : 'Friern Barnet Library Court Case - My Final Thoughts' : 19th December 2012
The Guardian : 'Eric Pickles' Town Hall Cuts Will End in Skeleton Services, Warn Councils' : 19th December 2012
Voices for the Library : 'The Community Right to Bid' : 19th December 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'Celebration at the Official Opening of Berkeley's Community-run Library' : 19th December 2012
The Guardian : Library Protests Are the Domain of 'Luvvies', Eric Pickles Tells MPs : 18th December 2012
The Guardian : Local Government Cuts - The 'Jaws of Doom' Are Ready to Bite : 18th December 2012
The Bookseller : Pickles - Library Campaigners are 'Bunch of Luvvies' : 18th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'Newcastle Library Campaigners Set Up Website' : 18th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'National Literacy Trust - One in Seven Children has Never Visited a Bookshop' : 18th December 2012
York Press : 'Radical Plan Aims to Safeguard York Libraries' : 18th December 2012
Inside Croydon : 'UKIP Joins Forces with Labour for Library Judicial Review' : 18th December 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Library Occupiers Look to Negotiate as Judge Approves Council Posession Order' : 18th December 2012
Times Series : 'Eviction Order Granted by Barnet County Court but Friern Barnet Library Squatters Could Seek Reprieve' : 18th December 2012
Broken Barnet Blogspot : 'The People's Library - A Day in Court' : 18th December 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'New FOI Curbs Could Make Government More Secret' : 18th December 2012
Express & Star : 'Fresh Fight to Save Under-threat Wolverhampton Library' : 18th December 2012
Broken Barnet Blogspot : 'The People's Library - Today's Verdict' : 18th December 2012
The Guardian : Editorial - 'The Arts: Beauty and the Bean Counters' : 17th December 2012
Times Series : 'Friern Barnet Library Squatters Claim Eviction by Barnet Council would Breach Human Rights at Barnet County Court Hearing' : 17th December 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Judicial Review - A Message from Save Croydon Libraries' : 17th December 2012
BBC News : Eric Pickles Rejects 'Luvvie' MP's Call for Books Before Bins : 17th December 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Campaigner Donates Christmas Tree to Barham Community Library' : 17th December 2012
Mick Fortune : 'Library RFID, Best Practice and the Society of Chief Librarians' : 17th December 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Judge to Decide on Library Squatters on Tuesday' : 17th December 2012
The Guardian : 'Newcastle Arts Cuts Are Disastrous, Say Stars of North-east' : 16th December 2012
From the Archive You Tube : 2011 - 'Tony Durcan Discusses Newcastle Libraries'
Sunday Express : 'Fifty Ways to Save ... Pickles Cracks Whip' : 16th December 2012
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Protesters Launch Bid to Save City's Walker Library' : 16th December 2012
Publishers Weekly : E-book Lending - 'You Have Two, Maybe Three Years' : 16th December 2012
Conservative Home : Boost In Library Volunteers (good comments) : 15th December 2012
Daily Echo : Southampton Librarians 'Gagged' : 15th December 2012
BBC News : Middlesbrough - Hemlington Library Closure would be 'Tragic' : 15th December 2012
The Courier : 'Council to Seek Legal Opinion on Transfer of Arbroath Library' : 15th December 2012
Loughborough Echo : Leicestershire - 'Six Options for Future of the Library Service' : 14th December 2012
Halesowen News : 'Fifty Shades of Grey Over the Future of Halesowen Library' : 14th December 2012
Paisley Daily Express : 'Bookworms Left Fuming over Gigantic Library Sell-off' : 14th December 2012
Harrow Observer : Brent - 'Council Spends £250k Maintaining Empty Library Buildings' : 14th December 2012
Pontefract & Castleford Express : Wakefield - 'Library Saved by Community' : 14th December 2012
Darlington & Stockton Times : 'Teeside Authors Lend Their Support to Campaign to Save Hemlington Library' : 14th December 2012
Welwyn Hatfield Times : Hertfordshire - 'New Chapter for Library About to Begin' (£1.1m refurb) : 14th December 2012
About My Area : Cheshire - 'Council I Connect Kiosk Now Available at Neston Library' : 14th December 2012
FOGL : 'Gloucestershire CC Tell Mobile Library User to Travel 40 Miles to Use a Static Library' : 13th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'Twelve Per Cent of All Libraries to be Community-run by Spring' : 12th December 2012
I J Clark : Infographic - 'The State of UK Public Libraries' : 12th December 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : Kensal Rise Library Listed As a 'Community Asset' by Brent Council : 12th December 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Library Building Protected as Community Asset' : 12th December 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Kidderminster Library Gallery Campaigners Fight On Despite Vote Defeat' : 12th December 2012
Keighley News : 'Keighley Library's Jobs Club Helps People Search' : 12th December 2012
nationallibrariesday.org : Ian Anstice - 'Why Should Libraries Have a Special Day?' : 12th December 2012
Infoism : 'The Remarkable Resilience of Our Public Library Service' : 11th December 2012
BBC News : Cornwall Council Privatisation 'Middle Way Agreed' : 11th December 2012
Public Libraries News : "We’re As Frustrated as You Are": SCL "Stakeholder Forum" with Library Campaigners : 11th December 2012
Public Libraries News : '200 Libraries Lost in 2011' : 11th December 2012
Forbes.com : 'The Wrong War Over eBooks - Publishers Vs. Libraries' : 11th December 2012
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'UK Library Stats - Depressing' : 11th December 2012
CILIP : 'The Autumn Statement - What It Means for the Library and Information World' : 11th December 2012
Northern Echo : 'Free Internet Access at Redcar and Cleveland Libraries' : 11th December 2012
The Guardian : Data Blog - 'UK Library Stats: Falls in Numbers of Facilities, Visits and Books Issued' : 11th December 2012
The Guardian : Croydon - 'Reporters Ejected from Meeting after Protest by Council Chief' : 10th December 2012
Infoism : 'Libraries Closing and Usage Declining' : 10th December 2012
Question Everything : 'PFI-Perfidious Financial Idiocy' : 10th December 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : Library Budget Slashed by £4 Million' : 10th December 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Halifax Central Library to be Demolished' : 10th December 2012
Information Daily : 'Barnet Council's Mega Outsourcing Deal Sparks Judicial Review' : 10th December 2012
Local Government Lawyer : 'Barnet Faces Second Judicial Review Challenge over Outsourcing Programme' : 8th December 2012
The Guardian : 'UK Lost More than 200 Libraries in 2012' : 10th December 2012
Telegraph & Argus : Bradford - 'Council to Review Future of Library Services' : 10th December 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Yorkshire Libraries Toll Makes for Grim Reading' (libraries without a qualified, paid member of staff merely a "book exchange") : 10th December 2012
Chronicle Live : 'North East - Library Spending Falls in Region' : 10th December 2012
Public Finance : 'Library Closures Hit 200 Last Year, CIPFA Survey Shows' : 10th December 2012
Local Government Chronicle : 'Libraries Close in Face of Cuts' : 10th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'More Than 200 Libraries Closed Last Year, CIPFA Stats Reveal' : 10th December 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'More Than 200 Libraries Close as Cuts Pick Up Pace, Survey Finds' : 10th December 2012
Chester First : Temporary Hoole Library 'To Open Tomorrow' : 10th December 2012
Morning Star : Barnet Starbucks Sit-in - Residents Set Up New 'Library' : 9th December 2012
History & Social Action Blogspot : 'Have Croydon Tories Provided Evidence Supporting Judicial Review of Libraries Decision?' : 9th December 2012
This Is The West Country : 'Cash for Somerset's Libraries' : 9th December 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Council Forced to Report Monthly on Laing Library Performance' : 9th December 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Winthorpe Welcomes Community Library' (open 3 hours per week) : 8th December 2012
Daily Telegraph : School Libraries 'Under Threat' Due to Funding Cuts : 7th December 2012
The Guardian : Flourishing of 'Big Society' in Barnet Raises Major Legal Questions for Councils : 7th December 2012
Local Government Lawyer : 'Cabinet at Barnet Approves £320m Outsourcing Contract but Threat of JR Looms' : 7th December 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Campaigners' Joy as Friern Barnet Library is Listed' : 7th December 2012
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Update' : 7th December 2012
Islington Tribune : Letter - Library's Big Grey 'Daleks' Will Exterminate Vital Jobs : 7th December 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Bid to Halt Croydon Libraries Handover is Defeated' : 7th December 2012
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd : Research - 'Public Libraries in the Recession' (Midlands)
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Key Council Meeting on Kidderminster Library Gallery Plan' : 7th December 2012
Bicester Advertiser : Library Group is 'Optimistic' : 7th December 2012
Barnet UNISON : Pre-Action Letter - Proposed Claim for Judicial Review Served on Barnet Council : 6th December 2012
38 Degrees : Petition - 'Save Newcastle Libraries'
They Work For You : House of Lords - 'Volunteer-run Libraries' : 6th December 2012
Journal Live : 'Protesters Stage Sit-in at Newcastle Council Meeting' : 6th December 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Librarians Answer Questions with Facts, Politicians Answer Questions with ...' : 5th December 2012
North Wales Weekly News : 'Conwy County's Library Service is Improving after Criticism from CYMAL' : 6th December 2012
BBC News : 'Cuts Planned to Somerset Libraries Budget' : 6th December 2012
Express & Star : 'Boss in Pledge over Wolverhampton Libraries Closure Plan' : 6th December 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Huge Turnout for Churchtown Library Meeting' : 6th December 2012
Southport Visitor : 'Clearing Southport Beach of Grass May Help to Save Our Libraries' : 6th December 2012
Gasette Live : Middlesbrough - 'Petition to Keep Hemlington Library Open is Signed by Thousands' : 6th December 2012
Redditch Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Have Your Say on Proposed Changes to Woodrow Library' : 6th December 2012
The News : 'Accusations Fly as Council Puts Plan for New Portsmouth Library on Hold' : 5th December 2012
BBC News : Dorset - Wool Library Volunteers 'Raring to Go' : 5th December 2012
This Is Somerset : 'New Strategy for Somerset Libraries Could Save £860,000 in Three Years' : 5th December 2012
The Citizen : 'Have a Say on Lancashire's Library Hours' : 5th December 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Appeal for Volunteers for Catshill Library Service' : 5th December 2012
The Stage : 'DCMS Cut by £34m in Autumn Statement' : 5th December 2012
They Work For You : Parliamentary Question - Libraries 'Oversight' : 4th December 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Which Library Service? 5% of English Libraries Now Volunteer-run' : 4th December 2012
CILIP : Press Release - 'Public Libraries Face Rapidly Changing Landscape' : 4th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'Over 1,000 Library Jobs Will Go Next Year, Says CILIP' : 4th December 2012
The Bookseller : 'Cuts to Southampton Libraries; Rotherham Closures Averted' : 4th December 2012
Burnham-on-sea.com : Somerset - 'Libraries in Burnham and Highbridge to Benefit from New Investment' : 4th December 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Plans Put Forward for Longer Library Hours in East Lancashire' : 4th December 2012
BBC News : 'Flagship Libraries Open as Branches Close' : 3rd December 2012
The Independent : D J Taylor - (scroll down) "The British library system, in case you hadn't noticed, is currently being dismembered' : 2nd December 2012
Southern Daily Echo : Southampton - Libraries Threatened with 'Closure by Stealth' : 3rd December 2012
Times Series : 'Council Aims to Boost Library Use after Closing Friern Barnet Library and Pulling Out of Artsdepot Project' : 3rd December 2012
Wharfedale Observer : 'Revised Burley Co-op Plans Attract Positive and Negative Views' (plans to extend village library) : 3rd December 2012
Blog Preston : 'Three Libraries in Preston Could Change Their Opening Hours' : 3rd December 2012
Dinnington Today : Rotherham - 'Library to Open All Year' : 3rd December 2012
Jesmond Local : Newcastle - 'Council Cuts Endanger Jesmond Library' : 3rd December 2012
The Observer : 'What future for The Arts with These Tory Philistines? : 2nd December 2012
Harrow Times : 'Harrow Borough Council Announces Next Phase of Library Improvement' : 2nd December 2012
Guardian Series : 'Walthamstow Community Centre Recruited to Make Leyton Library Better Used by Locals' : 2nd December 2012
Finsbury Park People : Islington - 'Library to be Rebuilt as 30 Homes Planned for New Estate in Finsbury Park Area' : 1st December 2012
This Is Surrey Today : 'Help Shop to be Moved to Leatherhead Library Despite Opposition' : 1st December 2012
USA - The Mercury : 'Gov. Corbett Visits Chesco to Sign Updated Library Act' : 1st December 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Croydon Council's Decision to Hand Library Services to John Laing to be Scrutinised' : 30th November 2012
Voices for the Library : Phil Segall - Guest Blog: 'The Campaign for Brent Libraries Continues' : 30th November 2012
This Is Tamworth : 'Mobile Library Service Faces Cuts as County Looks to Save £95,000' : 30th November 2012
Lancashire Evening Post : 'County Libraries are Set to Consult on Opening Hours' : 30th November 2012
Campaign Series : 'Work Begins on New Library Building for Caerphilly' : 30th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Culture of Secrecy' as Croydon Chooses Library Company : 29th November 2012
Music Week : 'UK Libraries to Lend CDs from Release Date in New Agreement with BPI' : 29th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Public Libraries and Ebooks' : 29th November 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - Anti-closure Bid Gathers Steam as Communities Unite in Face of Threat to Southport Libraries' : 29th November 2012
Express & Star : 'Five Wolverhampton Libraries Saved from Axe' : 28th November 2012
East London Lines : 'Croydon Council Names Secret Bidder to Run Library Services' : 28th November 2012
WV11 : Wolverhampton - 'Cabinet to Consider a Revised Plan for Community Hubs' : 28th November 2012
Get Hampshire : 'Borrowers Owe Thousands in Unpaid Library Fines' : 28th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Neutrality is Difficult If You Need the Money' : 27th November 2012
This Is Tamworth : Warwickshire - 'Mobile Library Service is Under Threat' : 27th November 2012
Question Everything : 'The Bridge Is Empty, The Captain Has Abandoned Ship' : 27th November 2012
Sally Nicoll.com : Primrose Hill - 'I Owe My Career to the British Public Library System' : 27th November 2012
Daily Echo : 'No Library Closures for Bournemouth, But Expect Changes' : 27th November 2012
Johanna Bo Anderson's Blog : 'What to Say? We Can't Even Look After Our Own Libraries!' : 26th November 2012
Public Sector Executive : 'Libraries' : 26th November 2012
Local Government Chronicle : 'Community Libraries - Threat or Opportunity?' : 26th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'City Bankers Re-open Blackheath Library' : 26th November 2012
Daily Telegraph Birmingham - 'Libraries Should Be Part of Life' : 26th November 2012
Postcode Gazette : 'Most Rotherham Libraries to Stay Open after Consultation' : 26th November 2012
North West Evening Mail : Cumbria - £50m Cuts Threaten 'Frontline Services' ("can we afford to keep 48 libraries open or 30-odd fire stations?") : 26th November 2012
Westmorland Gazette : Cumbria - 'Longer Opening Hours for Three South Lakeland Libraries' : 26th November 2012
View Online : Dorset - '£1 Peppercorn Rent for Charmouth Library' : 26th November 2012
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette : 'Study - Students with Access to Full-time Librarians Do Better' : 26th November 2012
The Independent : 'Should Michael Gove Run Libraries?' (scroll down to read) : 25th November 2012
East London Lines : 'Blackheath Village Library Is Saved From the History Books' (postcode lottery & 'benefactors' quote from Ian Anstice) : 25th November 2012
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : 'Wolverhampton Council - Counting the Cost of Consultants' : 24th November 2012
BBC News : 'Durham Libraries Saved by Cut in Opening Hours' : 24th November 2012
Lancaster Guardian : 'Get It Loud Gigs Silenced by Cuts' : 24th November 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Another Way to Privatise - Flog Your Library Building!' : 24th November 2012
East London Lines : Croydon - 'Public Excluded from Secretive Privatisation of Libraries' : 23rd November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Yes, Secretary of State, Libraries ARE Thriving: in China, in South Korea ...' : 23rd November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Library Campaigners Face New Hurdles' : 23rd November 2012
The Guardian : 'Newcastle - Slashing Your Arts Funding would be a Shortcut to Disaster' ("a cultural apartheid) : 23rd November 2012
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Author David Almond Critcises Proposed Library Cuts' : 23rd November 2012
News Wales : £2.9m Boost for Welsh Museums and Libraries' : 23rd November 2012
The Guardian : By Jeanette Winterson - 'We Must Protect and Reinvent Our Local Libraries' : 23rd November 2012
Yeovil Express : 'Library Closure Plan Legal Defeat Cost Somerset County Council £200,000' : 23rd November 2012
Barnet Today : 'Novelist Will Self Didn't Quite Stick to the Script when Asked to Give a Talk by Library Campaigners' : 23rd November 2012
Get Surrey : 'Cobham's Library to be Rebuilt in Community Hub' : 23rd November 2012
North West Evening Mail : 'Longer Opening Hours for Cumbria Libraries' : 23rd November 2012
: New Statesman : Libraries - 'Philistines: Neo-liberal Tories Force Cuts and Closures on Tyneside' : 22nd November 2012
About My Area : Lancashire - 'Ramsbottom Libraries and Civic Halls Go to Cabinet' (at risk - 9.2 FTE staff posts) : 22nd November
The Bookseller : 'Croydon Libraries Set to Be Handed Over to Private Firm' : 22nd November 2012
Times Series : Union Labels Barnet Council's Decision to Award One Barnet Contract to Capita A 'Dark Day in Council's History' : 22nd November 2012
The Guardian : 'Newcastle Arts Cuts - The North East Cannot Afford to Lose Out Again' : 22nd November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Solomon Warns on PLR' : 22nd November 2012
Chronicle Live : Writers' Call to Save Newcastle Libraries' (NCBF's future "seriously threatened") : 22nd November 2012
UK SecEd : 'Universal Library Schemes to be Trialled for Young People' : 22nd November 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Library Protest Continues in Halifax Today' : 22nd November 2012
Times Series : 'Library Volunteers in Barnet Clock Up 3,000 Hours' : 22nd November 2012
View Online : Dorset - 'Community-run Libraries Will Save Council Thousands' : 22nd November 2012
Dudley News : 'Borrow a Book and Have a Free Health Check' : 22nd November 2012
here Bridgwater Mercury : Somerset - 'Bridgewater Library to Close for Christmas Refit' : 22nd November 2012
Public Libraries News : "Arts and Culture No Longer Affordable" : 21st November 2012
The Independent : 'Poor Reading Skills Are the Most Serious Weakness in Our Education System' : 21st November 2012
Morning Star : Newcastle - 'Union Alliance to Lobby Council As It Slashes Jobs' : 21st November 2012
Global Times : 'China Spends Big to Build Libraries for All Villages' : 21st November 2012
BBC News : 'Public Review Saves Rotherham Library from Closure' : 21st November 2012
Inside Croydon : '£30m Libraries Privatisation Could Be Sent for Judicial Review' : 21st November 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Private Company Set to be Named Preferred Bidder to Run Croydon's Libraries' : 21st November 2012
The Guardian : Alison Flood - 'Newcastle Library Closure Plans Outrage Writers' : 21st November 2012
BBC News : Councils Will 'Go Bust', Newcastle City Council Leader Warns : 21st November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Almond Speaks Out as Newcastle Library Closures Announced' : 21st November 2012
The Guardian : 'Newcastle Council Forced to Slash Jobs and Close Libraries' : 21st November 2012
: 'Newcastle Budget - Arts and Culture No Longer Affordable' : 21st November 2012
Times Series : Squatters 'Shocked' at Council Plans to Discuss Friern Barnet Library Sale Before Court Hearing' : 21st November 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries Guest Post by Mick Fortune - 'RFID, Self Service and the Future of Library Services' : 21st November 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Community Libraries Blossoming in Gloucestershire' : 21st November 2012
The Independent : 'Jeanette Winterson Calls on Google, Starbucks and amazon to Fund Britain's Libraries' : 20th November 2012
BBC News : 'Public Meeting over Newcastle Library Closure Plans' : 20th November 2012
Arts Funding Information : Library closures - 'Open Letter from Lee Hall to the Leader of Newcastle Council' : 20th November 2012
ITV News : Newcastle - 'Young People's Services in Firing Line with Council Cuts' : 20th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'DCMS Appoints Yinnon Ezra as Libraries Adviser' : 20th November 2012
The Spectator : Blogger slams Winterston Speech - 'Moaning that Google Does Exactly What You Say You Want It to Do' : 20th November 2012
Arts Funding : 'Lee Hall Letter about Proposed Newcastle Library Closures' : 20th November 2012
VFTL : Voices For the Library Tells Government e-Lending is a "Fantastic Opportunity to Reduce Exclusion" : 20th November 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'The Last of a Dying Breed?' : 20th November 2012
Publishing Perspectives : 'UK Library e-Lending Evolves, But It's No Revolution - Yet' : 20th November 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : Brent Council Leader Has 'Nothing to Apologise For' over Library Closures : 20th November 2012
Harrow Times : We Care Foundation Hopes Turning Barham Park Library into a School Would be a 'Happy Ending' : 20th November 2012
This Is Sussex : 'Staff Jobs at Broadfield Library Are Safe, Council Promises' : 20th November 2012
: DCMS : 'New Libraries Advisor Appointed' : 19th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Tax Amazon, Google and Starbucks to Fund Libraries' : 19th November 2012
BBC News : 'Jeanette Winterson Calls for Library Expansion' : 19th November 2012
Northern Echo : 'January Date for Durham County Council Library Cuts' : 19th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Winterson - "Tax Amazon, Google and Starbucks to Fund Libraries' : 19th November 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Put Libraries in Education Budget, Says Author Jeanette Winterson' : 19th November 2012
Channel 4 News : 'Brought to Book - Boosting the Profile of Our Libraries' : 19th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'CILIP - "Library eLending Should Be Free 24/7" : 19th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Running the Library Service is Not the Same as Campaigning to Save It' : 19th November 2012
Ham & High : 'Campaigners' Delight as Highgate Library Wins a Two-year Reprieve' : 19th November 2012
Dorset Echo : 'New Chapter for Dorset Libraries' : 19th November 2012
Wandsworth Guardian : 'Greenwich Leisure Ltd Set to Manage Wandsworth Libraries' : 18th November 2012
Japan Times : Editorial - 'Public Libraries are Thriving' (no. oflibraries up 3.4 percent and 11.3 percent more staff) : 18th November 2012
CILIP : "Libraries Should Lend eBooks for Free 24/7" Professional Body Tells Government : 17th November 2012
Comet24 : Hertfordshire - 'Call for Library Service Hours U-turn' : 17th November 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : 'Proposal to Move Bromsgrove Library to Parkside Approved by Council Chiefs' : 17th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'National Libraries Day 2013 Confirmed for 9th February' : 16th November 2012
BBC News : Many Teenagers 'Can't Read GCSE Exam Papers' : 16th November 2012
The Guardian : 'Local Libraries Must Move With the Times' : 16th November 2012
Oxford Times : 'Council Tight-lipped over Library Job Applicants' : 16th November 2012
DigitalBookworld : 'A Shocking Message From Libraries' : 16th November 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Letter - 'Library Workers Derserve Praise' : 16th November 2012
Keighley News : 'Karen in Fight for School Libraries' : 16th November 2012
Cherwell.org : 'Kensal Rise Library to be Turned Into Flats' : 16th November 2012
Morley Observer & Advertiser : Leeds - 'Drighlington Community Library Opens Its Doors' : 16th November 2012
The Guardian : The Child Poverty Map of the UK
The Independent : 'Statistics: Who Are These Internots?' (7.63 million adults in the UK have never used the Internet) : 15th November 2012
News From Crystal Palace : 'Croydon Should Pay 42% of Library Funding Says Conservative Candidate' : 15th November 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Library Closures Would Leave Readers in Ainsdale Too Far from Nearest Service' : 15th November 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Croydon Awards £30m Library Deal to Most Expensive Bidder' : 15th November 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Croydon Council to Pick Who Will Run the Borough's Libraries' : 15th November 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'JLIS Preferred Bidder for Croydon Contract' : 14th November 2012
The Journal : North East's Under-threat Swimming Pools (and libraries) Offered Hope : 15th November 2012
The Guardian : Council Cuts 'Targeted Towards Deprived Areas' (LGA quoted re 2020) : 14th November 2012
Harrow Times : 'Brent Libraries Given £4,000 Arts Council Funding to Promote Reading Among Children' : 15th November 2012
Thame Gazette : 'Village's New Community Library is Formally Opened by Speaker' : 15th November 2012
The Guardian : 'Newcastle Library Closures Attacked in Open Letter from Authors' : 14th November 2012
Question Everything : Newcastle - 'A Tale of Two Cities (and a Borough)' : 14th November 2012
Sunderland Echo : 'Sunderland's £340,000 Books Boost' : 14th November 2012
Arts Council Press Office : 'Arts Council England Announces 22 Projects to Test Automatic Library Membership for Children and Young People' : 14th November 2012
Daily Mirror : Friern Barnet - 'The Guerrilla Library: As Cuts Close 8 Libraries Per Month, We Visit One that Rose Again' : 14th November 2012
EIFL : 'Public Libraries - The Go-to Place for Jobseekers' (2010 study in USA found 40% of library visitors used library computers for career purposes) : 14th November 2012
Bridport News : 'Plans to Re-open Charmouth Library as Community Hub Now in Hands of Volunteers' : 14th November 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : Worcestershire - 'Wyre Forest Planning Committee Objects to Gallery Proposals' : 14th November 2012
Tottenham & Wood Green Journal : 'Haringey Libraries Carry Out Service Survey' : 12th November 2012
This Is South Wales : (Carmarthenshire) Council 'Led Destruction of Libraries' : 14th November 2012
Huffington Post : The Mystery of the Missing E-Books' : 14th November 2012
The Journal : Tyneside - 'Gateshead Libraries Now Under Threat' : 13th November 2012
BBC News : 'Pre-emptive' Strike over Newcastle Library Closures : 13th November 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Rural Residents Could Be Left Isolated by Change to Mobile Library' (many good comments) : 13th November 2012
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'The Children's Laureate Backs Chronicle Campaign' : 13th November 2012
Liverpool Echo : Letter - 'Libraries Are Vital' : 13th November 2012
Bournemouth Echo : Dorset - 'Bright Future Ahead for Corfe Castle Library, Say Volunteers' : 13th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Newcastle Kicks Off' : 12th November 2012
The Bookseller : Editor's Blog - 'On The Brink' : 12th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Debate at Speak Up for Libraries' : 12th November 2012
The Bookseller : Authors Protest at 'Appalling' Cull of Newcastle Libraries : 12th November 2012
Society of Authors : 'Closure of Newcastle Libraries Sparks Author Protest' : 12th November 2012
Chronicle Live : Newcastle - 'Top Authors Back Our Save Our Libraries Campaign' : 12th November 2012
Question Everything : Newcastle - 'Toon Barmy' : 12th November 2012
Society of Authors : 'The Society's Response to the eLending Review' : 12th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Emptying the Book Shelves has Killed Off the Library Service' : 12th November 2012
Huffington Post : Future of UK Libraries 'Drastic' Says Unison Secretary Dave Prentis : 12th November 2012
You Tube : 'Library Services Face Extinction' : 12th November 2012
News From Crystal Palace : 'Library Sensation - Croydon Tried to Close UNJL a Year Ago - Stopped by Lambeth Legal Action' : 12th November 2012
Southend Standard : 'Library Closures Could Be Against the Law' (6 branches threatened) : 12th November 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Take Their Fight to the Streets of Oxford' : 12th November 2012
Northern Echo : Gateshead - 'Libraries Could Become Volunteer-run' : 12th November 2012
Northern Echo : 'Councils Slash Spending on New Library Books' (by 34% in five years) : 12th November 2012
Henley Standard : Wokingham - 'Staff Welcome Decision Not to Privatise Libraries' : 12th November 2012
This Is Somerset : 'Talks on Youth Services and Libraries in Somerset' : 12th November 2012
Formby Times : Sefton - 'Pupils and Staff at Marshside Pre-school Join Campaign Against the Potential Closure of Churchtown Library' : 12th November 2012
Local Guardian : Sutton - 'New Scheme Turns Carshalton Library into Medical Centre' : 12th November 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Next Step for Hadwen Surgery Plans' : 12th November 2012
Wakefield Express : Letter - 'Library Closure is The End of an Era' : 12th November 2012
The Guardian : 'Outsource to easyCouncil? Not In Our Name, Says Barnet' : 11th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Newcastle Down' : 11th November 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : Alan Gibbons's Speech at Speak Up for Libraries Conference
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - Speak Up for Libraries Conference; An Inspirational Day! : 11th November
The Journal : 'Majority of Newcastle Libraries to be Axed as Cuts Bite' : 10th November 2012
Chronicle Live : 'Battle to Fight Council Plans and Save Newcastle Libraries' : 10th November 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Why Our Public Libraries Are Under Threat Like Never Before' : 10th November 2012
Daily Mirror : 'The End - Eight Libraries a Month Are Closing Due to Coalition Cuts' : 10th November 2012
BBC News : Kensal Rise Library Sale Branded 'Scandalous' by Campaigners' : 10th November 2012
BBC News : 'Jarvis Cocker Opens New Wakefield Library' : 10th November 2012
Question Everything : 'Creative Intertia' : 10th November 2012
The Argus : 'Lewes Prison Library Simply The Best' : 10th November 2012
Barnet Today : 'Barnet Council Defends Library Policy' : 9th November 2012
Financial Times : 'A New Chapter For Libraries' : 9th November 2012
The Guardian : 'The Growing Role of Social Enterprise in Local Government' : 9th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'ACE Will Not Warn On Libraries' : 9th November 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'A Room of Her Own - The Battle for The Women's Library' : 8th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Gear Up for Erotic Promotion' : 9th November 2012
Daily Mail : 'Libraries Shake Up Their Image with Erotic Literature Festival' : 9th November 2012
Voices for the Library : 'It's Time to Celebrate Librarians' : 9th November 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'New Community-Run Library in Berkeley is Open to the Public' : 9th November 2012
LeftFutures.org : 'Cutting Libraries During a Recession Is Like Cutting Hospitals During a Plague' : 8th November 2012
Express & Star : 'Wolverhampton Library Closure Plan is Overturned' : 8th November 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : Wandsworth BC Press Release - 'Councillors to Discuss Plans to Safeguard Libraries' : 8th November 2012
Surrey Comet : Wandsworth - 'Greenwich Leisure Ltd Expected to Manage Libraries' : 8th November 2012
BBC News : Millions in UK 'Lack Basic Online Skills' : 8th November 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Doubts Cast over Halifax Library Survey' : 8th November 2012
Southport Visitor : 'Sefton Libraries - Time for Your Say as Consultation Opens' : 8th November 2012
Southport Visitor : 'Churchtown Schoolchildren Lead Protest against Library Closure Threat' : 8th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Oversight "Never the Role" of Arts Council England' : 7th November 2012
FOGL : 'GCC Mobile Library Service Shambles - What Is Going On? : 7th November 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Feedback Call from Libraries' : 7th November 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'The Last Page for Libraries?' : 7th November 2012
The Bookseller : Desmond Clark - 'A Missed Opportunity' : 7th November 2012
UNISON : Press Release - 'Library Closures Report' : 6th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'What Is The Public Library Service Worth?' : 7th November 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Barham Library Campaigners in Appeal to Community' : 7th November 2012
View Online : 'Lyme Regis - Is the Library Still Under Threat?' : 7th November 2012
This Is Plymouth : 'Libraries Plan Could Go National' : 7th November 2012
This Is Cornwall : 'Praise for Westcountry Libraries Working Together to Save Money' : 7th November 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Library Cards and Flip Flops - Croydon Hands £8.5m Deal to GLL' : 7th November 2012
Northern Echo : Leisure Centres and Libraries in County Durham Could Be 'Outsourced' : 6th November 2012
UK Authority : Library eBook Services Hampered by Co-operation 'Breakdown' : 6th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Bumped by Anne Widdecombe - Reactions to the Select Committee Report' : 6th November 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : Community-run Libraries Could 'Wither on the Vine', Say MPs : 6th November 2012
The Guardian : 'The Localist's Lament - DIY Services Widen Social Gap Between Communities' : 6th November 2012
The Guardian : 'Library Closures May Be Unlawful, Says Commons Select Committee' : 6th November 2012
Public Libraries News : "Damp Squib" - The Inquiry Into Library Closures Releases Its Report : 6th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Who Is In Charge?' : 6th November 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'campaign for the Book Response to the CMS Select Committee Report on Libraries' : 6th November 2012
Public Finance : 'Councils Confused about Library Service Duty, Say MPs' : 6th November 2012
FOGL : Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries Respond to CMS Parliamentary Report on Library Cuts' : 6th November 2012
Society of Chief Librarians : 'SCL Responds to Select Committee Report on Library Closures' : 6th November 2012
MSN News : 'Warning over Library Service Cuts' : 6th November 2012
BBC News : 'Library Closures May Be Unlawful, MPs Warn' : 6th November 2012
Daily Mirror : Not By the Book: Library closures 'Against the Law', say MPs : 6th November 2012
The Bookseller : 'DCMS Select Committee - Libraries Need More Support' : 6th November 2012
This Is Somerset : Councils 'Failing in Duty to Give Vital Libraries a Lifeline' : 6th November 2012
On The Wight : Support Community Libraries or They will be Viewed as 'Closures by Stealth' Says Inquiry' : 6th November 2012
EADT : Suffolk - 'County in Spotlight as Library Changes Noted by Parliament' : 6th November 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'Greenwich Leisure Ltd (GLL) Win Croydon/Wandsworth Libraries Contract' : 6th November 2012
Liverpool Echo : 'Mersey MP Bill esterson's Call to Protect Library Funding' : 6th November 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Decision to Consult over Library Closures Survives Scrutiny Probe' : 6th November 2012
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Two New Community Libraries Launched in Lincolnshire' : 6th November 2012
In Cumbria : 'Barrow Library Opening Times Set to Change Amid Complaints' : 6th November 2012
Northern Echo : Co Durham - 'sedgefield Residents Support Campaign to Extend Library Opening Hours' : 6th November 2012
Pelsall News : Walsall - 'Village Centre Due to be Handed Over to Council Next Week' : 6th November 2012
This Is Bath : Pilots to test community-based Libraries and library services in Villages : 6th November 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Moving Wootton Fields Library in Northampton Will Cost More Than £300,000' : 5th November 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Libraries in Danger - A Different Angle' : 5th November 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Write an Open Letter to All Souls College' : 5th November 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Farnborough Librarian Secures Meeting with Surrey Heath MP Michael Gove' : 5th November 2012
Good Library Blog : 'CIPFA Figures for 2011-12' : 4th November 2012
Public Libraries News : 'E-Lending - A Modest Proposal' : 4th November 2012
Wigan Today : 'Library Move Cost Revealed' : 3rd November 2012
The Guardian : £1bn Council Privatisation Plan 'Fundamentally Un-Conservative,' Says Top Tory : 2nd November 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Gloucestershire CC Has Handed Over the Running of Libraries in Lechlade' : 2nd November 2012
Berwick Advertiser : 'Wooler Library and TIC Wins Nationwide Community Award' : 3rd November 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Halifax Library to be Demolished for New Shopping Centre' : 2nd November 2012
Liverpool Echo : Wirral's Libraries "Under the Microscope" as Council Prepares to Make Budget Cuts' : 2nd November 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Library Plans Need a Re-think Say Campaigners' : 2nd November 2012
Chester Chronicle : 'Why No Consultation Over Chester Library Closure?' : 1st November 2012
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Report Out on 6th November' : 1st November 2012
BBC News : 'Libraries Run By Communities in Gloucestershire to Open' : 1st November 2012
Swindon Link : 'Swindon's Cultural Passport App Generates National Interest' : 1st November 2012
Southport Visitor : 'Crunch Sefton Library Talks Set for Tonight' : 1st November 2012
Yellow Advertiser : Essex - 'Fryerns Library to Close for Improvements' : 1st November 2012
Get Wokingham : 'Wokingham's Libraries Will Not Be Privatised' : 31st October 2012
On The Wight : 'Self-service Kiosks Go Into Remaining Council Libraries' : 31st October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Closing Date for Library Conference' : 31st October 2012
North Wales Chronicle : 'Anglesey Libraries Spared' : 31st October 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Concerns over Tuffley Library Future' : 31st October 2012
STV : North Lanarkshire - 'Mum Leads Calls for School Libraries to be Saved from Council Cuts' : 31st October 2012
Ealing Gazette : 'Temporary Fond Farewell to Hanwell Library' : 31st October 2012
Harrow Times : 'Faulty Computers Will Be Upgraded by March, Says Harrow Council' : 31st October 2012
The Bookseller : 'ACE to Cut One Fifth of Staff' : 31st October 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : Leeds - 'Community Prepares to Take Charge of Much-loved Library' : 31st October 2012
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : Wakefield - 'Takeover Opens New Chapter for Libraries' : 31st October 2012
About My Area : Central Bedfordshire - 'Flitwick Library Gears Up for Upgrade' : 30th October 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Why Libraries Are Missing Out by Not Texting' : 30th October 2012
The Guardian : 'The End of Local Government?' : 30th October 2012
Times Series : Council Pulls Out of 'Landmark' Library Investment at North Finchley Artsdepot : 30th October 2012
Times Series : Councillors Say Thousands of Pounds wasted on Fruitless 'Landmark' Library Plans : 30th October 2012
Times Series : 'Barnet Council Rules Out Reopening Friern Barnet Library Despite North Finchley Artsdepot Pull-out' : 30th October 2012
Harrow Times : 'More Than Half of Harrow's Public Computers Out of Order' : 30th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'David Baldacci Campaign to Launch in Libraries' : 30th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'The Secret Library' (School libraries are the safe harbour ...) : 29th October 2012
BBC News : 'Wokingham Private Libraries Plan Scrapped' : 29th October 2012
School Libraries.org : 'Mass Lobby for School Libraries Marches on Westminster' : 29th October 2012
The Guardian : 'Library Campaigners to Meet MPs' : 29th October 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Librarians from Surrey and Hampshire Prove They're Not Just Twinset and Pearls As They Descend On Parliament' : 29th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Lobby for School Libraries' : 29th October 2012
Northern Echo : 'Sedgefield Library Campaigners Hold Meeting to Fight Opening Hours Cut' : 29th October 2012
Ledbury Reporter : Worcestershire - ;Library Staff May Move to Job Centre' : 29th October 2012
This Is the West Country : Somerset - 'Self-service Technology at Burnham Library' : 29th October 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Prometheus Articles Debate Public Libraries' : 28th October 2012
Huffington Post UK : 'Every Secondary School Should Have A Library, Campaigners To Tell Coalition' : 28th October 2012
Wharfedale Observer : 'Supermarket's Burley Library Plans Are Re-submitted' : 28th October 2012
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Union Concern Over Plans to Open Libraries On Sundays' : 27th October 2012
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Libraries to Offer a One-stop Shop' : 27th October 2012
The Guardian : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaign Suffers Blow as Owner Confirms Sell-Off Talks' : 26th October 2012
BBC News : 'Anglesey Libraries May Close in Long Term, Says Report' : 26th October 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Kensal Rise and Cricklewood Library to be Sold to Developers' : 26th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Library to be Sold to Developers' : 26th October 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Kensal Rise and Cricklewood Library Owner Claims Book Lending Service Could Be Run from the Sites' : 26th October 2012
This Is Kent : 'New Team Put Stamp on Revamped School Library' : 26th October 2012
The Scotsman : 'Food for Thought as Libraries Start Up Grocery Stores' : 26th October 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Last Chance to Keep Local Libraries Alive' : 26th October
Islington Now : (Lib Dem) 'Councillor Rages over £100k Library Refurbishment' : 25th October 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Union Condemns Cut in Librarian Numbers' : 25th October 2012
Daily Post : 'Anglesey Libraries Face Aaxe Risk Under Budget Cuts' : 25th October 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'No Shambles Hre' Says Kirklees Libraries Chief - Do You Agree? : 25th October 2012
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette : South Tyneside - 'Libraries Are Turning Over a New Leaf' : 25th October 2012
Andover Advertiser : Hampshire - 'Changes to Library Service' : 25th October 2012
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Proposals to Close Libraries Face Official Scrutiny Probe' : 25th October 2012
Good Library Guide : 'If Libraries Want eBooks They Need to Buy More Print Books' : 25th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Library e-Lending Debated at Westminster' (an advertising-funded service discussed) : 24th October 2012
Hunts Post 24 : 'Ivo Librarian to Lobby Westminster' : 24th October 2012
Solihull Observer : 'Borough MP Defends Parkgate Library Plan' : 24th October 2012
Surrey SLAM : Press Release - 'Is Surrey County Council Setting Up CPLs to Fail?' : 23rd October 2012
London24 : 'Playwright Alan Bennett Criticises Lack of Government Support As Primrose Hill Community Library Opens' : 23rd October 2012
Sacramento Bee : USA - You Bought It, You Own It! Owners' Rights Initiative Launches to Protect Consumers' Rights : 23rd October 2012
Southport Visitor : 'Lib Dem Bid to Halt Sefton Library Closures' : 22nd October 2012
Library Journal : 'Libraries Own their Ebooks and Nothing Improves' : 22nd October 2012
eGov Monitor : Ed Vaizey Asks for a 'Clear Strategy' for Libraries Implementing e-Lending : 21st October 2012
The Guardian : 'Amazon Makes UK Publishers Pay 20% VAT on eBook Sales' : 21st October 2012
Eastbourne Herald : 'New Chapter For Library with Second-hand Bookshop' : 21st October 2012
Good Library Guide : 'If There Are To Be eBooks in Public Libraries Publishers (and Authors) Will Need to be Persuaded - Not Told' : 20th October 2012
Daily Echo : 'Route Changes for Mobile Library Service in Hampshire' : 20th October 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Drive for Library eBook Service Ignoring Thousands, Campaigners Claim' : 19th October 2012
Museums Association : 'Women's Library Bidding Process Was Flawed, Say Campaigners' : 19th October 2012
Public Libraries News : "Immortal" Library eBooks, and Reading As a (declining) Superpower : 19th October 2012
The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke - 'The eLending Enigma' : 19th October 2012
Public Service.co.uk : 'Libraries Need eLending Strategy, Says Minister' : 19th October 2012
Daily Telegraph : Parents 'Shun Bedtime Reading' in Favour of TV : 19th October 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Barnet - Where "Library" is a Dirty Word' : 19th October 2012
The Bookseller : Publishers Agree Kindle Lending 'Experiment' : 19th October 2012
Chad.co.uk : 'Children's Laureate Backs Notts Pledge to Keep Every Library Open During Mansfield Visit' : 19th October 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Highfield Library to Close for Five Months' : 19th October 2012'
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Ainsdale Will Not Give Up on Library Battle Without a Fight' : 18th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'PLR Should Remain with Govt, Survey Finds' : 18th October 2012
On The Wight : 'Friends of Isle of Wight Libraries Have Their Say' : 18th October 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Redundancy Costs Could Burden Upper Norwood Library Trust' : 18th October 2012
Evesham Observer : Pershore - 'The Hive Draws Inspiration for Town Library' : 18th October 2012
Harrow Observer : Brent - 'The Spirit of Saving Libraries Is Very Much Alive' : 18th October 2012
Library Journal : 'Random House Says Libraries Own Their eBooks' : 18th October 2012
The Guardian : 'watch Out Westminster - Council Politics Just Got Sexy' : 17th October
Local Guardian : 'Streatham Library No Longer in Danger of Being Moved Completely' : 17th October 2012
Impact Magazine : 'Library Spending Cuts Will Harm Literacy Rates' : 17th October 2012
DCMS : Ed Vaizey: 'Taking Part - A Lot to Be Pleased About' : 17th October 2012
EADT 24 : Suffolk - 'Library Staff's Anger at Restructure' : 17th October 2012
Wembley & Willesden Gazette : Brent - 'Councillor Claims Library Campaigners Are Driving Readers Away' : 17th October 2012
Harrow Observer : Tokyngton Library - "Squatters" Guard Library Building Ahead of Sale : 17th October 2012
Question Everything : 'ACE In A Hole' : 17th October 2012
The Star : Sheffield - 'Council Urged to Bid for Funds' : 17th October 2012
They Work For You : Ed Vaizey MP - In Response to a Parliamentary Question from Dan Jarvis MP on eLending and Libraries : 16th October 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Visitors Fall After Hours Are Cut' : 16th October 2012
The Guardian : 'School Libraries - Using Data to Boost Student Literacy' : 16th October 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Tory-controlled Trafford Council to Axe 180 Jobs in £34m Cuts' (Volunteers to part-run all the Borough's libraries) : 16th October 2012
The Guardian : 'Love Your Library - Julia Donaldson Kicks Off Our Celebration of Libraries' : 16th October
Formby Times : 'Formby Library Safe for Now as Public Urged to Share Ideas on Sefton Council Budget Plans' : 16th October 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Library Campaigners Unit to Honour First Anniversary of Closures' : 16th October 2012
Build.co.uk : Nottinghamshire - 'Council Announces Multi-Million Pound Library Strategy' : 16th October 2012
Campaign for the Book : Newsletter - 'Three Steps to Speak Up for Libraries' : 15th October 2012
Dudley News : 'Dudley Library Showcases £208k Makeover' : 15th October 2012
Wigan Today : '(Rare) Book Sale Raises Half a Million Pounds' : 15th October 2012
Southwark Council : 'Southwark Libraries a Safe Haven to Young People' : 15th October 2012
Librarian By Day : USA - 'The Time Has Come to Expand the Scope of Conflict for eBooks' : 14th October 2012
Local Guardian : 'Upper Norwood Library Funding Cuts Will Not Be Reversed' : 14th October 2012
Good Library Blog : 'British Institutions' : 14th October 2012
Question Everything : 'Information Privacy' : 13th October 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : 'Cornwall's Deputy Leader Resigns over Plan' : 13th October 2012
Screwy Decimal : 'The Librarian's Plea' : 12th October 2012
DCMS : Survey - e-Lending in Libraries, What Do You Think?' (submissions deadline 5 p.m. Tuesday 6th November) : 12th October 2012
Public Libraries News : Report - 'Maker Spaces in Libraries: An Expert Takes Us Through the How, Why and Why Nots' : 12th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Amazon Brings Controversial e-Lending Scheme to UK' : 12th October 2012
The Guardian : 'Battle of Barnet - Activists Secure Legal Victory in Fight Against Library Closure' : 12th October 2012
South London Press : Upper Norwood - 'Library Row Splits Town Halls' : 12th October 2012
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'Libraries, Books, eBooks and The Future' : 12th October 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Library Campaigners Will Mark the First Anniversary of Branch Closures Tomorrow' : 12th October 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Watch Their Every Move - Amazon Launches UK Lending Service' : 11th October 2012
Barnet Council : Friern Barnet - 'Council Advises Schools On Use of Former Library Building' : 11th October 2012
Infoism : 'Kindle e-Lending Scheme Comes to the UK' : 11th October 2012
BBC News : 'Sefton Library Closure To Go to Consultation' : 11th October 2012
News From Crystal Palace : 'Croydon May Not Meet Library Redundancy Costs' : 11th October 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Story Time Could Be In Decline' : 11th October 2012
York Press : 'York Leaders Face Library Plans Quiz' : 11th October 2012
Chester Chronicle : 'Hoole Library Is to Close at the End of October' : 11th October 2012
Southport Visitor : Sefton - 'Anger Over Severe Threat of Southport Library Closures in Bid to Plug Funding Black Hole' : 11th October 2012
Crosby Herald : Sefton - 'Both Crosby Libraries Under Threat in Cull' : 11th October 2012
Sussex Express : East Sussex - 'Clebrations as Work Begins on Seaford Library' : 11th October 2012
West Sussex County Times : 'Are Libraries a Closed Book to You?' : 11th October 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Library Group Appeal for Funds' : 11th October 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Tim Coates - Publishers Are Placing the Public Library At Risk' : 10th October 2012
Mick Fortune : 'Isle of Wight Deploy mycommunity™ from Bibliotheca' : 10th October 2012
James Hargrave's Blog : Are Suffolk's Libraries Really "Close to Breaking Point"? : 10th October 2012
Barnet & Whetstone Press : 'Friern Barnet Library Eviction Proceedings Delayed Until December' : 10th October 2012
News From Crystal Palace : Upper Norwood - Library Spending Figure 'Plucked From the Air, Meeting is Told : 9th October 2012
Citizen Barnet : 'Defend Friern Barnet Library' : 9th October 2012
Times Series : 'Friern Barnet Library Squatters Appeal for Court Appearance Support' : 9th October 2012
Question Everything : 'Not So ACE' : 9th October 2012
Words With Jam : (pp 20-22) In-depth Interview with Ian Anstice (pp 22-23) Forgotten Campaigns? : October 2012 issue
BBC News : 'Sefton Libraries Closure Threat : 9th October 2012
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Coronation Street Great Jean Alexander Criticises Library Closure Plans' : 9th October 2012
Chronicle Live : 'North Tyneside Libraries Introduce New Internet Charges' : 9th October 2012
Formby Times : 'Formby Library Under Threat in Cuts' : 9th October 2012
This Is Essex : 'Work Starts on Library - Just 27 Years Overdue' : 9th October 2012
The Citizen : 'Friends Fear More Darwen Library Hours Cuts' : 9th October 2012
The Guardian : Letter - 'Ruskin College's Cultural Legacy At Risk' : 8th October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Sefton Council Considers 10 Library Closures' : 8th October 2012
This Is Hampshire : 'Library Use Is On the Rise for First Time in 14 Years' : 8th October 2012
Times & Star : Cumbria - 'Smart New Ways to Boost Our Libraries' : 8th October 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Sudbury Walkers Raise Money for Friends of Barham Library' : 7th October 2012
Southport Visitor : 'A Merseyside Council is Set to Axe Between Seven and 10 Libraries' : 6th October 2012
Blackheath Bugle : 'Blackheath's Library - Lowest Number of Visits in Lewisham' : 6th October 2012
BBC News : 'Second Surrey Library Taken Over By Volunteers' : 6th October 2012
News From Crystal Palace : 'Amazing Scenes in Croydon Town Hall - Legal Challenge over Library?' : 6th October 2012
East London Lines : 'Upper Norwood Cut Will Go Through, Finds Scrutiny' : 6th October 2012
Bury Free Press : Suffolk - 'Group Pledges to Help Its Library' (possible £100,000 short-fall) : 6th October 2012
Save Kensal Rise Library : Partnership Between Bilbary and Kensal Rise Library is Now Active : 6th October 2012
The Bookseller : Morpurgo: Library Closures 'Impoverish the Intellect' : 5th October 2012
The Guardian : Letter - Women's Library: This Is No 'Abduction' : 5th October 2012
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : Wakefield - 'Libraries Cut-off Looming' : 5th October 2012
Selby Times : Get Online Week - 'Get Connected at the Local Library' : 5th October 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Labour Push for Rethink on Libraries' : 5th October 2012
News Shopper : 'Bexley and Bromley Library Cards Accepted in 180 Branches' : 5th October 2012
News From Crystal Palace : Croydon's £112,000 Library Funding Cut 'Flawed and Unsustainable' Say Campaigners : 4th October 2012
Surrey County Council : 'Volunteers Take Control of Library' : 4th October 2012
Evening Express : 'Fears Raised as Aberdeen Libraries Face Closure' : 4th October 2012
Local Guardian : 'Plans for Upper Norwood Library Will Go Before Scrutiny Committee' : 4th October 2012
The Courier : Angus - 'Claim Victorian Library in Edzell Could Be Reopened for Only £5,000 a Year' : 4th October 2012
Public Libraries News : 'United We Should Stand? Merging Public Libraries' : 3rd October 2012
The Independent : Letter - "My local library in West Norwood has been closed for eighteen months" : 3rd October 2012
The Bookseller : 'Single Library Card Tri-borough Scheme Launched' : 3rd October 2012
BBC News : 'London Library Users Gain Access to Two Extra Boroughs' : 3rd October 2012
The Courier : Angus - 'Cost of Restoring Victorian Library in Edzell to Former Glory Put at £84,000' : 3rd October 2012
The Echo : 'Southend Council Launches Consultation' : 3rd October 2012
East London Lines : 'Public Meeting over Upper Norwood Library Plans' : 2nd October 2012
The Bookseller : Campaigners Hail 'U-Turn' over Manchester Central Library : 2nd October 2012
The Bookseller : 'York Libraries Consultation Launched' : 2nd October 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Final Bids Invited to Run Croydon Libraries' : 2nd October 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Upper Norwood Library Funding Cuts Called In for Scrutiny' : 2nd October 2012
The Star : 'Fears for Future of Sheffield Library Sites' : 2nd October 2012
East London Lines : 'Libraries Outsourcing Down to Final Three Bids' : 2nd October 2012
Question Everything : 'The Needs of the Many Outweigh the Needs of the Few' : 2nd October 2012
The Guardian : 'Destruction of Manchester Library Books Halted After Writers' Campaign' : 1st October 2012
Public Libraries News : Library Campaigner - Free Digital Edition of the Regular Magazine for Supporters of Public Libraries : 1st October 2012
The Guardian : 'Women's Library - Rescued or Abducted?' : 1st October 2012
Mr Reasonable : 'Could a Wanut Whip Save Barnet's Libraries?' : 1st October 2012
UK Authority : 'E-Book Plan Spells Trouble for Public Libraries' : 1st October 2012
The Bookseller : 'ACE Launches Online Library Consultation' : 1st October 2012
Postcode Gazette : Nick Clegg - Sheffield Library Cuts are 'Unnecessary and Avoidable' : 1st October 2012
Spalding Guardian : Lincolnshire - 'Long Sutton Residents Not Letting Up over Library' : 1st October 2012
Louth Leader : 'Use of Volunteers in Lincolnshire Library Service Draws Heavy Criticism' : 1st October 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Wandsworth Confirmed in Last Three to Run Croydon's Libraries' : 1st October 2012
This Is Croydon : 'New Addington Library Plan Sparks Fears for Future' : 1st October 2012
BBC News : 'Loughborough Library Closes for £1.3m Revamp' : 1st October 2012
York Press : 'Charity Idea to Run York's Libraries' : 1st October 2012
BBC News : Dorset - 'Burton Bradstock Library Handed to Volunteer Group' : 1st October 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Books in Public Libraries' : 30th September 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Deadline to Have Your Say on Future of Southey Library' : 30th September
Craven Herald : North Yorkshire - 'New Chapter Begins for Ingleton and Bentham Libraries' : 30th September 2012
Oxford Mail : 'Vaizey Fancies Games Console for His Office' : 29th September 2012
Edinburgh Reporter : 'New Opening Hours at Your Library from Monday' : 29th September 2012
The Guardian : 'Children Need Exciting Non-fiction Books - And Libraries' : 28th September 2012
The Guardian : Alison Flood - 'Decline in Children's Non-fiction Must Stop, Say Authors' : 28th September 2012
Save The Women's Library : Press Release - 'Save The Women's Library Campaigners Vow to Fight On' : 28th September 2012
Le Monde : 'A Londres, Des Squatteurs Rouvrent Les Portes d’Une Bibliothèque Condamnée' : 28th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'LSE Buys Women's Library' : 28th September 2012
Keep Willesden Green : 'A Personal Reaction to the Latest Consultation' : 28th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Further Delay to Library Select Committee Report' : 27th September 2012
The Guardian : Alison Flood - 'Ebook Lending Review Announced' : 27th September 2012
ACE : Survey - Envisioning the Library of the Future
CBBC : Newsround - 'Gruffalo Author Julia Donaldson on Library Closures' (children's comments) : 27th September 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Libraries Urged to Embrace e-Lending' : 27th September 2012
Public Service.co.uk : Government Wants e-Lending to 'Transform' Libraries : 27th September 2012
BBC News : 'Perth and Kinross Libraries to Launch e-Book Service' : 27th September 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Tameside Council to Close Five Libraries in Bid to Save £1m' : 27th September 2012
Tameside Radio : 'Five Libraries Will Close' : 27th September 2012
Basingstoke Gazette : Hampshire - 'Mobile Library Stops in Basingstoke Could Be Axed' : 27th September 2012
Times Higher Education : Academic Libraries - 'Open Not Shut Case' : 27th September 2012
Hounslow Chronicle : Tories Brand Library Consultation a 'Sham' : 26th September
The Big Issue : 'Friern Barnet Library Re-opened by the Community' : 26th September 2012
BBC News : 'UK Government Looks at Ways to Put eBooks in Libraries' : 26th September 2012
Labour Party : 'Response to Ed Vaizey's Announcement of a Review of eBook Lending - Jarvis' : 26th September 2012
The Bookseller : Mollet: 'Serious Implications' of Library e-Lending : 26th September 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Has Council's Library Review Failed to Spark Much Interest?' : 26th September 2012
*Swindon Advertiser* : 'Library is About More Than Borrowing Books' : 26th September 2012
Bromsgrove Standard : Worcestershire - 'Consultation Meeting on Bromsgrove Library's Future' : 26th September 2012
Bromsgrove Standard : Worcestershire - 'Catshill Residents Urged to Attend Library Feedback Event' : 26th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'E-lending - The End of the Library?' : 25th September 2012
Channel 4 News : 'Cain on Culture - Could Downloaded eBooks be Saviour of Libraries?' : 25th September 2012
Good Library Blog : 'About eBooks and Public Libraries' : 25th September 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : Is the DCMS' Stance on Reading for Pleasure Adequate? (letter to Maria Miller, response from DCMS) : 25th September 2012
Digital Book World : USA - 'Publishers Association Fires Back at Library Association Letter' : 25th September 2012
ALA News : USA - 'An Open Letter to America's Publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan' : 25th September 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Desperate Plea to Save Library' : 25th September 2012
Working People : 'Volunteers Take Over Byfleet Library' : 25th September 2012
Surrey County Council : Byfleet - 'First Volunteers Take Control of Library and Extend Opening' : 25th September 2012
Get Wokingham : 'Plans Drawn Up for A Lot More Than a Library in Twyford' : 25th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Sieghart to Lead e-Lending Review' : 25th September 2012
LIANZA : New Zealand - 'Free Internet Access in Public Libraries a Basic Human Right' : 25th September 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Oliver Sacks Waxes Lyrical on Willesden Library' (penultimate item) : 25th September 2012
York Press : 'Fears for York's Libraries' : 25th September 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - Ingoldmells Library 'Pathetic' : 25th September 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Council to Buy Books on Cheap for Libraries' : 25th September 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Ceiling Collapses' : 25th September 2012
Socialist Party : Tameside Library Closures - "Get Used to It" Says Councillor : 24th September 2012
Publishers Weekly : USA - 'Frustrated Librarians Begin Taking Their e-Book Case to the Masses' : 24th September 2012
The Independent : 'Come On You Local Councillors. Resist These Cuts' : 24th September 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : Lechlade Library - A Planning Application Causes Controversy and "Outrage" : 24th September 2012
Oxford Mail : 'Struggle to Appoint Library Co-ordinator' : 24th September 2012
South London Press : Lambeth Protests - 'Keep Playgrounds in Town Hall Hands' (and Libraries) : 24th September 2012
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Date Set for Work on Bradford Central Library' : 24th September 2012
This Is Plymouth : 'Community Hub Will Offer Health Advice at City Library' : 24th September 2012
This Is South Wales : Powys - 'Have Say on Local Libraries' : 24th September 2012
The Independent : 'How to Teach Your Child to Love Reading' : 23rd September 2012
Shirley B's Blog : 'Messing With the Structure of the Library Service Will Send It Off the Road': 23rd September 2012
The Independent : 'Come On You Local Councillors. Resist These Cuts!' : 23rd September 2012
The Guardian : Philippines - 'The Library With No Rules' : 23rd September 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Bromsgrove MP Visits Town Library' : 23rd September 2012
The Independent : 2nd item in article - 'Has the Axe Woman Thrown a Boomerang?' : 22nd September 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Call for Longer Library Hours to Support New Communities' : 22nd September 2012
Barnet UNISON : 'Cull of Library Staff - Barnet Libraries Restructure' : 21st September 2012
Public & Commercial Services Union : 'Culture Staff Learn Their Olympic Legacy Could Be The Sack' : 21st September 2012
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette : Video - 'Library Hours Protest Grows' : 21st September 2012
CILIP : 'Authors Join Speak Up For Libraries Conference to Champion Public Library Services' : 21st September 2012
The Argus : 'Brighton and Hove Mobile Library Saved' : 21st September 2012
This Is Leicestershire : 'Cuts in Library Hours To Go Before Scrutiny Committee' : 21st September 2012
This Is Croydon : '£75k Offer to End Library Impasse' : 21st September 2012
STV : Aberdeen - 'Councillors Vote to Hold Consultation on Cutting City's Library Provision' : 21st September 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Arts Council Has Superintendence of Libraries ... or Does It? : 20th September 2012
News From Crystal Palace : 'Croydon's Legal Position on Library Made Public' : 20th September 2012
STV Magazine : 'Julia Donaldson on Libraries Campaign' : 20th September 2012
Infoism : 'Kent County Council Admit They Can Maintain Existing Library Service' : 20th September 2012
Solihull Observer : 'Cut in Library Times Prompts Outrage' : 20th September 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Community Group Set to Take Over Wool Village Library' : 20th September 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Campaign Launched to Get People Back into Pendle's Libraries' : 20th September 2012
About My Area : Central Bedfordshire - 'Biggleswade Library Ready for Upgrade' : 20th September 2012
Good Library Blog : If a Library is Just a 'Democratic Space' .... : 20th September 2012
Burton Mail : 'Libraries See Rise in Numbers Loaning eBooks' : 20th September 2012
Scholars & Rogues : 'Trashing Libraries Just A Bit More' : 19th September 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Croydon Council Challenged over Upper Norwood Library Election Pledge' : 19th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Women's Library Protests Continue' : 19th September 2012
This Is Lancashire : 'Extended Shelf-life for Chorley and Leyland Libraries' : 19th September 2012
Socialist Party : Fight Tameside Library Cuts! : 19th September 2012
Melton Times : Leicestershire - 'More Cuts for Library and Museum Service' : 19th September 2012
Bolton News : 'Citizenship Test Guide is Number One Borrowed Book in Bolton' : 19th September 2012
Voices for the Library : Bradley Corrigan-Toole - 'Many People Rely On the Library Just to Survive' : 19th September 2012
Northern Echo : 'Campaigners Aim to Fight Library Cuts' : 19th September 2012
This Is Scunthorpe : 'New Chapter Opening for Broughton' : 19th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Summary of Matters of Concern' : 18th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'My Vision for Public Libraries' (in response to Tim Coates) : 18th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'No Brent Library Inquiry, Says Miller' : 19th September 2012
EADT24 : Suffolk - Libraries Are At 'Breaking Point' Staff Claim : 18th September 2012
This Is Lincolnshire : 'New Community Library Service to Launch in Ingoldmells' (300 book stock) : 18th September 2012
Bucks Free Press : 'Community Library Plans Approved' (total of 8 in Bucks so far) : 18th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'A Strong Presumption Against Intervention - No Inquiry in Brent' : 17th September 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : 'Jarvis Requests Library Answers from Vaizey' : 17th September 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Libraries Have to Have a Reason for Existing and the Library Profession Need to Say What It Is' : 17th September 2012
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette : South Tyneside - '17 Jobs Lost in Libraries Shake-up' : 17th September 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Massive Cuts to Upper Norwood Library Budget Unavoidable' : 17th September 2012
Isle of Man Today : 'New Mobile Library Hits the Road' : 17th September 2012
This Is Local London : 'Unsung Hero - Librarian Devoted to Getting Us All Reading' : 16th September 2012
We Heart Libraries : Hertfordshire - 'Cuts to Opening Hours and Mobile Services: the Consequences' : 16th September 2012
The Guardian : 'How Deep Do the Arts Council Cuts Go?' : 16th September 2012
The Independent : 'Public-spirited Squatters In My First Library Open a New Chapter of Action' : 15th September 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Kirklees Council Admits It Misjudged Public Anger Over Plan to Withdraw Staff from Huddersfield Libraries' : 15th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'The Greens Close Libraries Too' : 15th September 2012
Cotswold Journal : 'Revamp Sparks Library Closure' : 15th September 2012
ElizCro : 'Let's Not Play Librarians' : 14th September 2012
The Argus : 'Brighton and Hove Mobile Library Facing Axe' : 14th September 2012
EXpress & Star : 'Sandwell Libraries Face Jobs Axe in Cut to Budget' : 14th September 2012
WV11 : Wolverhampton - 'Community Hubs Consultation Dates' : 14th September 2012
Press & Journal : Aberdeen = 'Book Lovers' Anger at Plans' : 14th September 2012
Liverpool.gov : 'New Lease of Life for Vacant Buildings' : 14th September 2012
Public Libraries News : When Ed Vaizey Says "Willy-Nilly, Does He Mean "Never, No How"? : 13th September 2012
The Guardian : 'No More Big Stick: Chief Executives Share Lessons in Leadership' : 13th September 2012
BBC News : 'Warwickshire Library Survives as Dance School' : 13th September 2012
BBC News : 'Eight Aberdeen Libraries Under Threat as Council Cuts Costs' : 13th September 2012
The Guardian : by Pete Phoenix - 'Squatters Can Occupy a Part of Society's Architecture Too' : 13th September 2012
BBC News : 'Squatters Reopen Friern Barnet Library' : 13th September 2012
The Bookseller : Vaizey - 'Inquiries Can't be Called Willy-Nilly' : 13th September 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Gloucestershire Library Closures - Door Open for Public Inquiry' : 13th September 2012
Press & Journal : Aberdeen - 'Library Doors Facing Closure' : 13th September 2012
On The Wight : Ed Vaizey Extends 'Have Your Say' Deadline over Libraries : 13th September 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Council Spends £35,000 Clearing Books from Libraries' : 13th September 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Bid to Save A Brent Library Takes Giant Leap Forward' : 13th September 2012
In-cumbria : 'Is the Final Chapter of Libraries Being Written?' : 13th September 2012
BBC News : 'Petition Against Part-Privatisation of Cornish Services' : 11th September 2012
The Independent : 'New Powers of Eviction Don't Scare Off Squatters Reopening Shut Library' : 13th September 2012
Hansard : House of Commons Debates - Scroll down to 'Gloucestershire Libraries' : 12th September 2012
ITV News : 'Cheltenham MP Says More Should Be Done to Save Libraries' : 12th September 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Squatters Lend Support to Renew London Library Closed in Barnet Council Cuts' : 12th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Activists Reopen Occupied Friern Barnet Library' : 12th September 2012
Isleofman.com : 'Libraries Transferred to Independent Running' : 12th September 2012
Littlehampton Gazette : West Sussex - 'New Chapter for Arun's Library Service?' : 12th September 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Fundraiser in Kilburn to Raise Funds for Community Library in Wembley' : 12th September 2012
The Guardian : 'Squatters Reopen Friern Barnet Library after Council Closes Service' : 11th September 2012
Bolton News : 'No Inquiry into Axed Libraries' : 11th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Donaldson Warning to New Culture Secretary' : 10th September 2012
Birmingham Mail : 'Decision Due on Solihull Libraries' Opening Hours' : 11th September 2012
Mirfield Reporter : Kirklees - 'Council Seeks Views on Libraries' : 11th September 2012
Bedfordshire News : 'Library Queues Could Be a Thing of the Past' : 11th September 2012
Third Sector : 'Reading Agency Given £127,000 to Boost Volunteering in Libraries' : 11th September 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Parson Cross Library Users Reminded about Consultation' : 11th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Young Library Volunteers Encouraged by Reading Agency Scheme' : 10th September 2012
The Guardian : 'Gruffalo Author Julia Donaldson Urges Maria Miller to Protect Libraries' : 10th September 2012
CLOA : 'CLOA and the Public Library Service, Crisis or Opportunity' (report of interest, from the archive)
Daily Telegraph : 'Why Would Kids Read Books If Their Parents Never Do?' : 10th September 2012
Kent Online : Libraries to be 'Taken Over by Community Groups' in Money-saving Drive : 10th September 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Read to Children, Urges Minister Nick Hurd as Library Scheme is Launched' : 10th September 2012
Campaign for the Book : Newsletter - 'Brand New Culture Secretary, Same Old Refrain' : 10th September 2012
Times Series : 'Friern Barnet Library Reopens as Negotiations between Barnet Council and Squatters Continue' : 10th September 2012
Silver Surfer Today : 'Should Libraries Be Protected?' : 10th September 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Kirklees - Letter - Cllr Jim Dodds : 'Well Worth Attending' : 10th September 2012
Redditch Standard : Worcestershire - 'Woodrow Library Move Approved' : 10th September 2012
The Independent : 'An Open Letter from the Children's Laureate to the New Secretary of State' : 9th September 2012
The Independent : 'Gruffalo Writer Warns of Nation of Illiterates' : 9th September 2012
BBC News : 'Laureate Issues Library Challenge to Culture Secretary' : 9th September 2012
The Scotsman : 'Interview - Julia Donaldson, Author of The Gruffalo' : 9th September 2012
Alaska Dispatch : 'British Libraries Threatened by Debt Crisis' : 9th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Concentrate on Services, Not Buildings - Councillor Powney on Brent's Library Transformation Project' : 9th September 2012
Infoism : 'Government Widening the Digital Divide - Five Things They Can Do to Narrow It' : 9th September 2012
Save Wolverhampton Libraries : Myth 6 'We're Not Closing Libraries' : 9th September 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Wembley Mother Joins Fight to Reopen Barham Library' : 9th September 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Longer Opening Hours Planned for East Lancashire's Libraries' : 8th September 2012
The Independent : scroll down to read : Boyd Tonkin - 'Less Mouth and More Delivery, Please' : 8th September 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'Brand or Ethos?' : 8th September 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'New Opening Hours Good News for Popular Library' : 7th September 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Huge Budget Cut Proposed for Upper Norwood Library' : 7th September 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Community Could Take Over the Running of Upper Norwood Library' : 7th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Day Shift Mooted' : 7th September 2012
The Guardian : 'Number of Children Reading for Fun Has Fallen Since 2005, Study Reveals' : 7th September 2012
BBC News : Children's Reading 'Pushed Out' by Other Activities' : 7th September 2012
Barnet Today : 'Protesters Committed to Library on Friern Barnet Site' : 6th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Activists Occupy Friern Barnet Library' : 6th September 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Raise the £70,000 Needed' : 6th September 2012
Thurrock Gazette : 'Roadshows to Discuss Future of Libraries' : 6th September 2012
LIANZA : New Zealand - 'Libraries More Important Than Ever' : 6th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'You Take 18 Months, We Get 2 Weeks?' : 5th September 2012
This Is The West Country : 'Wholesale Privatisation at Cornwall Council Hits A Big Bump in the Road' : 5th September 2012
They Work For You : Ed Vaizey mentions Public Libraries News in Parliament' : 5th September 2012
DCMS : Letter from DCMS to Ian Anstice
The Guardian : 'Library Closures Attract Little Sympathy from Ed Vaizey' : 5th September 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Campaigners Near Fundraising Target' : 5th September 2012
The Bookseller : Donaldson - Library Cuts 'False Economy' : 5th September 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'Red Quadrant' : 5th September 2012
North Wales Pioneer : Conwy - 'Have Your Say on Penrhyn Bay Library' : 5th September 2012
The Bookseller : Lead Story - 'Vaizey - No Intervention over Bolton, Lewisham and Isle of Wight Closures' : 4th September 2012
The Scotsman : Cultural Quangos 'Lead to Worsening Conditions' for Staff in Museums and Libraries : 4th September 2012
On The Wight : Gov Minister 'Not Minded to Direct a Local Inquiry' over Island Libraries : 4th September 2012
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Campaigner's Call After Library Cuts Latest' : 4th September 2012
This Is Nottingham : 'Nottinghamshire Libraries Set for £11.6m Cash Injection' : 4th September 2012
Infoism : 'Opening the Floodgates - Library Land and the Perils of the Free Market' : 4th September 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Loss of Libraries to 18% of Users Is Fine - Ed Vaizey on Bolton, Isle of Wight & Lewisham' : 3rd September 2012
DCMS : Isle of Wight - Letter from Culture Minister, Ed Vaizey, to Councillor Pugh' : 3rd September 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Wandsworth Sets Up Private Company to Run Croydon Libraries' : 3rd September 2012
Postcode Gazette : 'Be Part of Sheffield City Council's Book Review' : 3rd September 2012
Good Library Blog : Lest We Get Too Excited - The 'Tri-borough' Circus : 3rd September 2012
Express & Star : 'Some Wolverhampton Libraries Facing Loss of Books' (and job cuts = £600,000) : 3rd September 2012
Burnham On Sea.com : 'Burnham-On-Sea Library to Close For a Month during Major Refurb' : 3rd September 2012
Public Libraries News : Report - 'Demonisation of Volunteers - Cause and Effect?' : 2nd September 2012
The Guardian : 'Zadie Smith is Right - Lives Needn't Have Limits in a Country as Rich as Ours' : 2nd September 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'A New Twist in Croydon\Wandsworth Privatisation Tale!' : 2nd September 2012
Question Everything : 'The Democracy Delusion : 2nd September 2012
Midhurst & Petworth Observer : 'New West Sussex Library Service Survey Launched' : 2nd September 2012
Local Guardian : 'Angry Response to Councils' Library Plans' : 2nd September 2012
Good Library Blog : Public Libraries Don't Need to 'Acquire' eBooks In Order to Make Them Available' : 1st September 2012
BBC News : 'Wiltshire Library Moves Thousands of Books to New Site' : 1st September 2012
Weston Mercury : North Somerset - Boulevard Library 'Deserved Better' Says Councillor : 1st September 2012
Walk You Home : Lauren Smith - 'Library Politics and Agenda-Setting' : 31st August 2012
The Guardian : 'Zadie Smith Defends Local Libraries' : 31st August 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Public Rejects Any Moves to Undermine Upper Norwood Library' : 31st August 2012
East London Lines : 'Customers Back Disputed Upper Norwood Library' : 31st August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Zadie Smith "Owes Life" to Libraries' : 31st August 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Greenhill Library Could Be Under Threat from Council Review' : 31st August 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Selling Off Old Library Books on eBay Brings In £12,000 for Manchester Council' : 31st August 2012
Liverpool.gov : 'Central Library Reaches New Heights' : 31st August 2012
Public Libraries News : Zadie Smith Radio5 Interview - "I Owe My Whole Life to Books from Libraries" : 30th August 2012
Question Everything : 'SCL Response on Volunteers Replacing Staff' : 29th August 2012
Local Guardian : 'Croydon Council Told to Preserve Upper Norwood Library' : 30th August 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Tesco is Urged to Give a Little Help to Kensal Rise Library Campaigners' : 30th August 2012
Wiltshire Times : 'Trowbridge Library Closes to Make Way for New Facility' : 30th August 2012
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Books and Bills at Libraries' : 30th August 2012
Manchester Evening News : £48m Revamp of Manchester Central Library Takes Shape' : 29th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Community Groups Asked to Take On Wakefield Libraries' : 29th August 2012
Pontefract & Castleford Express : 'Library Grants Up for Grabs' : 29th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Library Building 'Still Available' : 29th August 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Harry Potter Author JK Rowling's Spell Can't Save Historic Kensal Rise Library' : 29th August 2012
Oxford Mail : 'Library Talks Get Under Way : 29th August 2012
Chronicle Live : 'Mobile Service Replaces North Shields Library' (Book of Memories) : 29th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Donaldson Library Tour Dates Revealed' : 29th August 2012
Brentwood Weekly News : 'We Want a U-turn on Toddler Group Cutbacks' : 29th August 2012
Get Bracknell : 'Libraries Get £30,000 of New Computers' : 29th August 2012
Streatham Guardian : 'Funding for Streatham Library Roof a Possibility' : 29th August 2012
Finchfield Estate : Wolverhampton - 'Community Hubs Mythbuster' : 28th August 2012
Kent News : 'The Beaney Set to Reopen in Canterbury Next Week' : 28th August 2012
Public Libraries News : 'How Many New Libraries Are Being Built?' : 27th August 2012
Conservative Home : 'Conservative Councils Are Opening New Libraries' : 27th August 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Still Time for Residents to Have Their Say on Catshill Library' : 27th August 2012
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : Wakefield - Communities Join Forces to Save Libraries' Future : 26th August 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Waiting for CIPFA' : 26th August 2012
Halifax Courier : 4 Letters - Halifax Central Library & Archives : 26th August 2012
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette : South Tyneside - 'Library Service Faces Staffing Crisis' : 25th August 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Parson Cross Library Users Reminded to Voice Their Opnions' : 25th August 2012
Shropshire Live : 'Refurbishment Continues at Stirchley Library' (Co-operative Council) : 24th August 2012
This Is Nottingham : 'County Council Nearing Target for Apprentices' : 24th August 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Ebook Sales Help Bid to Reopen Library' : 24th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Council Cuts Threaten Libraries in Highgate and Somerset': 24th August 2012
Times & Star : Cumbria - 'Cockermouth Fire Station Considered as Possible Home for Library' : 24th August 2012
Planning Resource : 'Lambeth - How We Did It - Building a Library with No Public Money' : 24th August 2012
This Is Bristol : North Somerset - 'Village Library to Shut Doors Next Week' : 23rd August 2012
Ham & High : Massive Budget Cut has Left Future of Highgate Library 'Hanging in Balance' : 23rd August 2012
Runcorn & Widnes News : Cheshire - 'Halton Libraries Launch Survey to Help Improve Their Service' : 23rd August 2012
Shields Gazette : 'Check Out This View From the Old Library' : 23rd August 2012
This Is Essex : 'Library Bosses Cutting Back on Time for Rhyme' : 22nd August 2012
The Enquirer : Essex - 'Parents Fury as Library Story Time Hit by Cuts' : 22nd August 2012
North Devon Gazette : Appledore - 'Library Declared Open after Six-Month Makeover' : 22nd August 2012
This is Gloucestershire : Minchinhampton - 'Community Silencing Fears Over Their Library' : 22nd August 2012
This Is Bristol : New library - 'Pool Plan Should Be a Boost for Bishopston' : 22nd August 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'We're On a Road to Nowhere; Welcome to Croydon Libraries' : 21st August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Solomon Presses Vaizey for Answers on PLR' : 21st August 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Volunteer Libraries - Third Sector Article Sets Cat Amongst Pigeons Once More' : 21st August 2012
Third Sector : 'Analysis - The Libraries That Have Been Taken Over by Volunteers' : 21st August 2012
Postcode Gazette : 'Have Your Say on Rotherham Libraries' : 21st August 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : Minchinhampton - 'Community Trust Formed to Save Local Library' : 21st August 2012
This Is Kent : 'Refurbishment of Broadstairs Library Unveiled' : 21st August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Random House Joins Public Library Online' : 21st August 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'Southey Library Users Reminded to Voice Their Opinions' : 21st August 2012
Get Surrey : 'County Council Stands By Library Volunteer Plans' : 21st August 2012
This Is Bristol : North Somerset - 'Council Puts Library Up for Sale' : 20th August 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Volunteers Launch Appeal to Rent Barham Park Library' : 20th August 2012
The Guardian : 'Children's Literature Needs Our Libraries' : 20th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Half-way to Fundraising Target' : 20th August 2012
Camberley People : Surrey - 'Action Group to Decide Next Move over Volunteer Libraries' : 20th August 2012
Surrey Comet : 'Surrey Libraries Plan Approved by Councillors for Third Time' : 20th August 2012
The Guardian : 'Outsourcing Services Allows Academics to Concentrate on What They Do Best' : 20th August 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Wiltshire Library Users Told to Use or Lose Their Mobile Service' : 19th August 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Top Ten Books Parents Think Children Should Read' : 19th August 2012
TES : 'What Keeps Me Awake at Night - It May Be Libraries' Final Chapter' : 18th August 2012
This Is Local London : 'My View - Philip Sidaway, Organiser of the Friends of Streatham Library Group' : 18th August 2012
BrentfordTW8 : 'Labour is Threatening Hounslow's Libraries Again, Says Con Group Deputy Leader' : 17th August 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : Worcestershire - 'Stourport Library Could Be Moved to Civic Centre' : 17th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Council Plans for Volunteer-run Libraries in Surrey Approved' : 17th August 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Bream Library Plans Closer to Fruition' : 17th August 2012
Public Libraries News : Discuss - 'The Labour Party are Responsible for More Closures than the Conservatives' : 17th August 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Comment - Conservatives Say Labour Councils Are Cutting the Most Libraries' : 16th August 2012
Conservative Home : 'Library Closures Are Overwhelmingly Taking Place Under Labour Councils' : 16th August 2012
BBC News : 'Surrey County Council's Volunteer Library Plan to Proceed' : 16th August 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Scrutiny Committee Votes to Proceed with Volunteer-run Libraries' : 16th August 2012
The Star : Rotherham - 'Last Chance for Say on Library Plans' : 16th August 2012
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Sheffield Libraries Review Sparks Closure Fears' : 16th August 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Cheshire East - 'New Plan to Help Libraries Survive' : 15th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Sheffield Libraries Under Threat as Consultation Launched' : 15th August 2012
This Is Somerset : Banwell, North Somerset - 'Village Library to Close and Be Replaced by Mobile Service' : 15th August 2012
This Is Grimsby : 'Library Closed for New Chapter' : 15th August 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Library Closures and Job Losses Not Ruled Out as Public Consultation Launched' : 14th August 2012
BBC Radio : Alan Gibbons - 'Libraries and Volunteers' - on iPlayer at 2:24:45 in : 7 days, from - 14th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Campaigners Seek £70k Donations' : 14th August 2012
The Star : Sheffield - 'Library Users Must Have Say' : 14th August 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Library Closures and Job Losses Not Ruled Out as Public Consultation Launched' : 14th August 2012
The Star : Sheffield - 'Library Users Must Have Say' : 14th August 2012
The Star : 'Sheffield Libraries Could Close in Latest Council Cutbacks' : 14th August 2012
Postcode Gazette : Sheffield - 'City's Lib Dems Slam Library Review' : 14th August 2012
This Is Surrey : 'Libraries in Surrey Struggling to Provide eBooks' : 14th August 2012
This Is North Devon : 'Excitement as Appledore Library Reopens to the Public' : 14th August 2012
This Is Nottingham : £5.3m Library to be Hub to Foster Real Family Spirit' : 14th August 2012
The Star : Sheffield - 'Library Cuts Consultation Launched' : 13th August 2012
Essex County Standard : Colchester - 'Library Self-service Will Not Cost Jobs, Claims Council' : 13th August 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Questionnaire to Ask Public's Views about Future of Spilsby Library' : 13th August 2012
The Guardian : Letter - 'A Limited and Sterile Book-reading Future' : 13th August 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Ed Miliband, Dan Jarvis, Brent Council and Kensal Rise Library' : 11th August 2012
This Is Wiltshire : 'New Library and Cafe for Trowbridge' : 11th August 2012
Pendle Today : 'Brierfield's £500,000 Library Makeover Sees Visitor Numbers Double' : 11th August 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Willesden Green Library Campaigner Sends Strongly-worded Letter to Brent Council' : 11th August 2012
The Bookseller : Kensal Rise Campaigners - 'No Turnaround' : 10th August 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : Worcestershire - Kidderminster Gallery Campaigners Feel 'Sense of Deja-vu' : 10th August 2012
Cambridge News : 'New System has Library Users Owing £380,000' : 10th August 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Pro-library Volunteer Website "Community Knowledge Hub" Expands' : 9th August 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Councillor Claims Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Have Given Up Their Fight' : 9th August 2012
James Powney Blog : Cllr Powney - blog entry 6th August : 'Dramatic Change in Kensal Rise'
Sussex Express : East Sussex - 'New Library in Newhaven to be Open by the End of 2013' : 9th August 2012
West Sussex Gazette : 'New Self-Service Machines for Goring Library' : 9th August 2012
Public Libraries News : 'New Society of Chief Librarians Policy Strongly in Favour of Volunteers' : 8th August 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : Steve Barlow - Text of Presentation to Officers of Somerset County Council : 8th August 2012
Question Everything : 'Society of Chief Barbarians' : 8th August 2012
Public Libraries News : 'New Society of Chief Librarians Policy Strongly in Favour of Volunteers' : 8th August 2012
IVN.us : USA - 'Nine Reasons to Save Public Libraries' : 8th August 2012
Croydon Labour : 'Libraries Safe with Labour - Labour's Vision for 2014' : 8th August 2012
The Bookseller : Jarvis Attacks Government for 'Ignoring' Library Campaigners : 8th August 2012
Society of Chief Librarians : 'SCL Publishes Policy on Volunteering in Libraries'
The Independent : 2 Letters - 'Historic Book Collection in Peril' : 8th August 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : Steve Barlow - Text of Presentation to Officers of Somerset County Council : 8th August 2012
This Is Local London : 'Residents Unite over Streatham Tate Library' : 8th August 2012
EADT : Suffolk - 'Libraries Are Ready to Fight Their Corner As They Win Independence from County Council' : 8th August 2012
This Is Somerset : 'Changes Ready for Weston-Super-Mare Library's Move to New Home' : 8th August 2012
Doncaster Free Press : 'A Plus and a Minus for Life in Denaby' : 8th August 2012
BBC News : 'Wootton Fields Public Library to Move to Community Centre' : 7th August 2012
Harrow Observer : Willesden Green - 'Developers Move to Include Old Library Building in New Plans' : 7th August 2012
Spilsby Online : Lincolnshire - 'Have Your Say On Spilsby Library' : 7th August 2012
This Is Kent : 'Hawkhurst Library Tells Council It Wants Books Instead of Computers' : 7th August 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Decision Finally Reached over Future of Wootton Fields Library' : 7th August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Library Hours Cutback Across South Tyneside' : 7th August 2012
Ventnor Blog : 'Library Campaigners Still Awaiting Response from DCMS' : 6th August 2012
Public Libraries News : '£6m Divided by 151 equals £39,735' : 6th August 2012
Henley Standard : 'Libraries Hit by Cuts Offered Share of (ACE) £6m' : 6th August 2012
Harrow Observer : Library Consultation in Summer Holidays is 'Burying Bad News' : 6th August 2012
Wakefield Express : Letter - Councillor David Dagger responds to K Grubb : 6th August 2012
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : Gerrards Cross - 'Library Prepares to be Community Run' : 6th August 2012
Jarrow & Hebburn Gazette : South Tyneside - 'Library Hours Cut to Balance Books' : 6th August 2012
Haverhill Echo : 'Kedington and Clare Libraries Safe after Suffolk Transfer' : 5th August 2012
Stroud News & Journal : 'Library Campaigners Will Not be Taking Further Legal Action against Gloucestershire County Council' : 5th August 2012
Goole Courier : 'Library Doors are Re-opened' : 5th August 2012
Hartlepool Mail : Durham - 'Library Hours in Spotlight' : 5th August 2012
The Economist : 'Volunteering - Unpaid Armies' : 4th August 2012
The Independent : Historic Manuscript Sale 'Vandalism' : 4th August 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Society of Authors Backs Campaign to Save Kensal Rise Library' : 4th August 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Wakefield Council's Library Closures will Cost Group Its Home' : 4th August 2012
Ham & High : Westminster - 'Outcry Surrounds Proposal to "Bury" Marylebone Library in Side Street Basement' : 4th August 2012
The Independent : 2 Letters - 'Library Closures Impoverish Our Communities' : 3rd August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Library Cutbacks in Durham, Wakefield and Wolverhampton' : 3rd August 2012
Kirkintilloch Herald : 'Controversial Library Hub Will Open As Planned This Month' : 3rd August 2012
Pontefract & Castleford Express : 'Library Plans Approved' : 3rd August 2012
Bury Free Press : 'Thurston Library Turns the Page on New Era' : 3rd August 2012
James Hargrave's Blog : Suffolk - 'Stradbroke Library Expansion Plans as IPS Takes Control' : 3rd August 2012
ShropshireLive.com : 'Start on Southwater Square Gets Green Light' - Telford Library : 3rd August 2012
The Bookseller : 'Privatisation Planned for Cornwall Libraries' : 2nd August 2012
This Is Cornwall : 'Libraries Among £5m Part-privatisation' : 2nd August 2012
Wales Online : Bridgend - Library Plan 'Bad for the Town and for Customers' : 2nd August 2012
Berkshire Publishing : 'Libraries We Love' talks to Ian Anstice : 2nd August 2012
Express & Star : 'Wolverhampton Library Cuts Consultation Relaunched' : 2nd August 2012
Rosehill Readers : 'The Future of All of Suffolk's Libraries is NOT Secure' : 2nd August 2012
Save Doncaster Libraries : 'Did we say 2-tier? We meant 3-tier… Judicial Review Lost' : 2nd August 2012
BBC Radio Sheffield : 'Mayoral Comment on the Doncaster Libraries Judicial Review' (at approx 1:10:00)
Northern Echo : 'Have Your Say on Durham Libraries Hours' : 2nd August 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Axed Cricklewood Library Opens Its Doors for Viewings by Potential Buyers' : 2nd August 2012
This Is Derbyshire : 'Diggers Herald Chaddesden Library's Next Chapter' : 2nd August 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Arts Council England Live Chat and Responsibility for Libraries' : 2nd August 2012
Wishaw Press : '£22million Joint Facility for Wishaw Library and the Town's Health Centre' : 1st August 2012
The Independent : 2 Letters - 'Catastrophic Effects of Library Cutbacks' : 1st August 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : Wakefield - Closing Libraries 'Shameful' Says Top Broadcaster : 1st August 2012
BBC News : 'Suffolk County Council Completes Handover of Libraries' : 1st August 2012
The Independent : 'Suffolk Hands Over Control of Its Libraries' : 1st August 2012
Weston-super-Mare People : 'Weston Library Offers Reduced Services' : 1st August 2012
Fullfact.org : 'How Many Public Libraries Have Closed Since 2011?' - Library closure statistics quoted by Ed Vaizey MP, Dan Jarvis MP, CILIP and Public Libraries News, are examined : 31st July 2012
The Independent : Front page - 'Revealed: The Full Cost of the Cull of Public Libraries' : 31st July 2012
BBC News : 'Gloucestershire Libraries Legal Challenge Ends' - 'Real danger remains' : 31st July 2012
Daily Mirror : 'The End? 1 in 5 Libraries Threatened with Closure Due to Cuts' : 31st July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Jarvis Attacks Vaizey on Soaring Library Closures' : 31st July 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'No Further Legal Action to be Taken over Library Closures in Gloucestershire' - inc. full FoGL Media Statement : 31st July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : Alan Wylie - Harrow Privatisation - 'The Response from Harrow Councillor David Perry and My Reply': 31st July 2012
BBC News : 'Cornwall Councillors Approve Part-privatisation Plan' : 31st July 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Half of Wakefield's Libraries Set to Close' : 31st July 2012
ITV News : 'Wakefield Library Services to Change' : 31st July 2012
Harrow Times : Brent Liberal Democrat Leader Paul Lorber 'Shocked and Saddened' at Defection : 31st July 2012
Harrow Times : Brent Liberal Democrat Councillor Defects to Labour, Blaming 'Astonishing Betrayal' of Values : 31st July
Surrey Comet : 'Plans for Volunteer-led Libraries Delayed' : 31st July 2012
Surrey SLAM : Library Plans Face Fresh Delays as Cabinet Decision is "Called in" : 31st July 2012
Get Surrey : Libraries Decision 'Called In' for Scrutiny : 31st July 2012
Diss Express : 'New Suffolk Library Owners' : 31st July 2012
Portsmouth.co.uk : 'Council Deal will Move Gosport's Post Office to Library' : 31st July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Dan Jarvis Uses Public Libraries News Figures to Attack Ed Vaizey' : 30th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'School Libraries Facing Budget Squeeze, Says SLA Survey' : 30th July 2012
School Library Journal : 'UK School Libraries Suffer Deep Budget Cuts, Report Says' : 30th July 2012
Labour.org.uk : 'Jarvis Challenges Vaizey over Library Closures' : 30th July 2012
This Is The West Country : 'Cornish Lib Dems Call for Full Debate on Cornwall Council's Privatisation Plans' : 30th July 2012
Formby Times : 'Thousands Have Their Say over the Future of Sefton's 13 Libraries' : 30th July 2012
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'eBooks and Bookshops' : 29th July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'My Letter to The Harrow Cllrs in Favour of Library Privatisation' : 29th July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'Lambeth's Plans to Create Co-operative Libraries' : 29th July 2012
Bucks Free Press : 'Stokenchurch Library Saved' : 28th July 2012
TES Magazine : 'Schools are Not Investing Enough in Libraries, Survey Finds' : 27th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Tameside Consults on Major Library Cutbacks' : 27th July 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Hundreds Sign Petition to Save Halifax Central Library' : 27th July 2012
Wakefield Express : Letter - Wakefield Council Has 'Vandalised' Our Libraries : 27th July 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'Assurances Given over Running of Berkeley Library after Community Takeover' : 27th July 2012
Conservative Home : 'While Brent Council Closes Libraries, They Spend £20,000 on a New Sculpture' : 27th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'AAA Adds Voice to PLR Transfer Opposition' : 26th July 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : 'Government's Shambles over Volunteer Libraries Continues' : 26th July 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Author Sarah Waters Fears an Unhappy Ending for New Libraries' : 26th July 2012
The Economist : 'Literary Labours Lent - The Uncertain Economics of Lending Virtual Books' : 26th July 2012
Harrow Times : 'Brent Libraries Receive National Award for Encouraging Adults to Read' : 26th July 2012
Keighley News : Silsden, Bradford - 'Town Hall's Grand Plans' : 26th July 2012
Tameside Libraries currently offer an 'Accessible Inclusive Library Service': link posted 25th July 2012
SurveyMonkey.com : Tameside Council are proposing closure of all but two of their libraries : 25th July 2012
Get Surrey : 'Council Pushes On with Volunteer-run Libraries' : 25th July 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Surrey Residents' Anger Re-stoked After Yesterday's Irrational Decision' : 25th July 2012
Elmbridge Guardian : 'Plans for Volunteer-led Libraries Approved by Surrey County Council' : 25th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'E-book Loan Revenue Should Fund Book-buying' : 25th July 2012
Voices for the Library : Andrew Day - 'Will Medway Libraries Really Offer 'Better for Less'?' : 25th July 2012
Stroud News and Journal : Gloucestershire - 'Reduced Library Hours to be Introduced in Nailsworth' : 25th July 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Communities Set to Lose Libraries' : 25th July 2012
Wakefield Express : '£1m Investment to Transform City Libraries into Versatile Social Spaces' : 25th July 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Why Must the Service be Changed?' : 25th July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'Motion on the Privatisation of Harrow Library Service' : 24th July 2012
BBC News : 'Doncaster Woman's Library Legal Battle Judgement Reserved' : 24th July 2012
Halifax Courier : Doncaster - 'Woman Challenges Library Closures' : 24th July 2012
The Spectator : 'The Threat to Authors' : 24th July 2012
DCMS : Guidance - 'Public Lending Right - How It Applies'
Campaign for a Better Barnet : Friern Barnet Library - A Casuality of 'One Barnet' : 24th July 2012
Doncaster Free Press : 'Judicial Review into Doncaster Libraries to Go Ahead Today' : 24th July 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Libraries Left On the Shelf with 40pc Less Spending' : 24th July 2012
Society of Authors Updated - 'PLR and Volunteer-run Libraries' : 24th July 2012
Out-Law.com : Government May Be in Breach of EU Copyright Laws over Volunteer-run Libraries' Royalty Payment Commitments, Authors' Body Claims : 24th July 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Decision Time in Surrey. Reason Should Win the Day, Not Dogma' : 23rd July 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Wootton Fields Library Campaigners Offered Hope by Delay' : 23rd July 2012
UKAuthority.com : 'Should Libraries Charge for E-books?' : 23rd July 2012
Civil Society Finance : 'Authors Write to DCMS with Concerns about Volunteer Libraries' : 23rd July 2012
Salisbury Journal : Hampshire - 'Use or Lose Mobile Libraries' : 23rd July 2012
Bury Free Press : Suffolk - 'Library to Mark Handover' : 23rd July 2012
Daily Telegraph : Sarah Waters Among Authors Threatening Action over 'Big Society' Libraries : 22nd July 2012
The Guardian : 'Authors Face Royalty Threat from Volunteer Libraries' : 22nd July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'Are Harrow and Ealing Joining Together to Privatise Their Library Services?' : 22nd July 2012
LabourList.org : Dan Jarvis MP - 'Save Our Libraries' : 21st July 2012
EDP24 : Suffolk - 'New Chapter for Libraries' : 21st July 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : '£1m Accrington Library Revamp could be Under Way by Next Year' : 21st July 2012
Fabian Society : 'Creating Co-operative Libraries' : 20th July 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'No Debate, No Listening, No Democracy - SCC Chooses Hostility Over Reason' : 20th July 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : Wakefield - 'Plans to axe dozen libraries criticised' : 20th July 2012
West End Extra : Westminster - 'Last Rites for Marylebone Town Hall (Library), as Council Votes to Lease Building to London Business School' : 20th July 2012
Milton Keynes Citizen : 'Council to Transfer Assets to Communities' : 20th July 2012
Redditch Standard : Worcestershire - 'One Stop Shop to Move In to Library Plan' : 20th July 2012
Portsmouth.co.uk : 'National First as City Bids to Boost Children's Literacy' : 20th July 2012
EADT : Suffolk - 'County Prepares to Hand Over Its Libraries' : 20th July 2012
Crystal Palace Local : Croydon - 'Malcolm Wicks MP Intervenes in Library Saga' : Updated 19th July
The Stage : 'DCMS to Move Into Treasury To Help Make 50% Admin Savings' : 19th July 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : Wakefield - 'Half of Districts 26 Libraries Face Axe or Voluntary Takeover' : 19th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Major Library Cutbacks for Wakefield' : 19th July 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Volunteers Get Power to Take Over Running Library' - but "may fail" : 19th July 2012
Camden New Journal : Support for 'At Risk' Highgate Library, But Cash Will Still Need to be Raised to Cover Funding Crisis : 19th July 2012
The Guardian : 'Public Lending Right Consultation Was Rigged From The Start' : 19th July 2012
Good Library Blog : 'If Dan Jarvis Believes the DCMS Are Not Competent ....' : 19th July 2012
Tameside Advertiser : 'Don't Close Book on Our Libraries, Say Haughton Green Protesters' : 19th July 2012
Bromsgrove Standard : 'Have Your Say on Plans to Move Bromsgrove Library' : 19th July 2012
Blackpool Gazette : 'Libraries Share in £3m Booster' : 19th July 2012
The Bookseller : DCMS Accused of 'Incompetence' over PLR Confusion : 18th July 2012
Society of Authors : 'PLR and Volunteer-run Libraries' : 18th July 2012
Society of Authors : 'Dan Jarvis Accuses Government of Incompetence on Library Lending' : 18th July 2012
Society of authors : SCL's Views on E-book Lending - 'Library E-Book Lending Fears - Myth or Reality?': 18th July 2012
Elizabeth Crozier Blogspot : 'Heart of Darkness - A User Perspective' : 18th July 2012
Save Doncaster Libraries : '2-tier Service, With No Winners' : 18th July 2012
Southwark Council : 'New Library for Grove Vale' : 18th July 2012
Portsmouth.co.uk : 'Residents Will Get Their Say on Library Move After Petition' : 18th July 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Volunteers to Help Run Hale Library' : 18th July 2012
About My Area : 'Portsmouth Launches the Nation's Largest Ever Library Card Scheme' : 18th July 2012
South London Press : Lambeth - 'Criticism as Libraries Shake-up is Approved' : 18th July 2012
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Council Moves to Calm Fears of Library Closure in Skegness' : 18th July 2012
Doncaster Free Press : Barnsley - Expanded Wombwell Library Re-opens' : 18th July 2012
Halesowen News : Dudley - 'Halesowen, Cradley and Long Lane Library Users Invited to Meeting' : 18th July 2012
Society of Authors : 'Letter to Ed Vaizey MP' : 17th July 2012
FoGL : 'FoGL Welcomes Shadow Minister's Call for Urgent Action and Leadership' : 17th July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Digital Economy Act could "Pull the Plug" on Library Internet Access' : 17th July 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : 'Jarvis Accuses Government of Library Incompetence' : 17th July 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Council to Close New Addington Library in September' : 17th July 2012
Manchester Evening News : Mystery over 'Thrown Away' Manchester Central Library Books Up for Sale Online : 17th July 2012
The Guardian : 'Is The Six Book Challenge a Good Thing ? : 17th July 2012
Michael Rosen Blogspot : 'Parent Letter re: Bounce and Rhyme at the Local Library' : 17th July 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Free Internet Access Should Be a Cornerstone of Every Public Library' : 17th July 2012
Local Guardian : 'Alternative Library Plans Put to Surrey County Council' : 17th July 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'Full Extent of Mobile Library Cuts Revealed' : 17th July 2012
Redditch Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Have Your Say on County Council's Performance' : 17th July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'The Fate of UK's Public Libraries Depends on This Review' : 16th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'E-book Lending Needs Fixing' : 16th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey to Announce E-lending Review' : published on line : 16th July 2012
Upper Norwood Library Campaign : 'Survey Links Looting, Literacy and Libraries' : 16th July 2012
New Statesman : Dan Jarvis - 'Why Cameron Must Not Abolish the Culture Department' : 16th July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Making It Up As They Go Along' : 15th July 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Library Campaign Invokes Lord Denning in Official Complaint' : 15th July 2012
BBC News : 'Lancashire Libraries to Get £3m Facelift' : 15th July 2012
Good Library Blog : 'We Should Pay Librarians, Authors, Editors and Publishers' : 15th July 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Catshill Residents Reminded to Take Part in Library Consultation' : 15th July 2012
Stop the Privatisation of Public Libraries : 'The Heart of Darkness; A Trip to Hounslow Libraries!' : 14th July 2012
Lansonboy Blog : 'Library Privatisation On the Cards for Cornwall?' : 14th July 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - Skegness Library 'Will Remain Where It Is' Says Councillor' : 14th July 2012
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Shabby' Harris Set for £500,000 Overhaul : 14th July 2012
LocalGov.co.uk : 'CIPFA to Compare Libraries' : 13th July 2012
FoGL : 'PLR Registrar Confirms GCC Community Libraries Not Covered by Public Authority Lending Scheme' : 13th July 2012
Huffington Post UK : E-Readers and Tablets 'Encourage Children to Read', Say Parents : 13th July 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Three Organisations Named in Croydon Libraries Joint Operation Shortlist' : 13th July 2012
The Guardian : 'Fifty Shades of Grey Boosts Local Libraries' : 13th July 2012
West Sussex Gazette : 'More County Libraries to be Revamped' : 13th July 2012
ACE : 'Arts Council England Publishes Annual review 2011/12' : 13th July 2012
Public Libraries News : Comment - 'Public Lending Right' : 12th July 2012
The Journal : 'Durham County Council Leader Hits Out at Library Critics' : 12th July 2012
The Guardian : 'York Opens UK's First Library Reading Cafe in Rowntree Park' : 12th July 2012
FoGL : 'Irresponsible GCC Issues Unsubstantiated & Misleading "Assurances" to Community Libraries' : 12th July 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'Assurances Given over Library Lending Service in Berkeley' : 12th July 2012
Southern Standard : Southend's Branch Libraries in Cost Cutters' Sights : 12th July 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'New Figures Show Cut-threatened Shepley Library is Fifth Most Efficient in Kirklees' : 12th July 2012
Northern Echo : Durham - 'Cuts are Likened to Thatcher's Policies' (38 libraries - hours cut) : 12th July 2012
Evesham Observer : Worcestershire - 'Pershore Library Keys Handed to Town Council' : 12th July 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Manchester Town Hall Admits: We Are Not Keeping a List of Library Books We Throw Out' : 11th July 2012
The Guardian : 'Mark Twain Museum Joins Calls to Save Kensal Rise Library' : 11th July 2012
Wakefield Express : 'Author Jonathan Pile Launches E-petition to Help Save Village Library' : 11th July 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Mark Twain House and Museum Lends Its Support to Kensal Rise Library Campaign' : 11th July 2012
This Is South Wales : 'Use It or Lose It' Warning as Library Visited Once a Week : 11th July 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Save Doncaster Libraries Letter' : 10th July 2012
FoGL : 'Is Gloucestershire County Council Giving Unlawful Advice to Community Libraries?' : 10th July 2012
CILIP : 'Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning Not Just Necessary, But Basic Human Rights' : 10th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Mark Twain Museum Urges Reopening of Kensal Rise' : 10th July 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Library Switch Would Save £75,000 But Protestors Will Voice Their Concerns Tonight' : 10th July 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Save Doncaster Libraries Letter' : 10th July 2012
FoGL : 'Is Gloucestershire County Council Giving Unlawful Advice to Community Libraries?' : 10th July 2012
Daily Echo : Hampshire - 'Mobile Libraries Face Cutbacks' : 10th July 2012
This Is Lancashire : 'East Lancashire Libraries Set for £1m New Chapter' : 10th July 2012
Net Lettings : 'Brent's Libraries See Upsurge in Members' : 10th July 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'A Reasonable Compromise Between Residents and the Council Must Be Found' : 10th July 2012
They Work For You : House of Lords Debate - Viscount Clancarty on Libraries : 9th July 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : Letter from the Mark Twain House & Museum, Hartford CT : 9th July 2012
Audioboo FM : 'Lambeth Cabinet Considers Report on Cooperative Libraries' : 9th July 2012
This Is Croydon Today : Upper Norwood Library 'Could be Saved by Community' : 9th July 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Author Backs Northampton Library Campaign' : 9th July 2012
Get Surrey : 'Council Not Listening', Bramley Library Volunteers Say : 9th July 2012
Birmingham Mail : 'Pre-fab West Heath Library Still Standing (funding of £545k found for new facility) : 9th July 2012
ACE : Envisioning the Library of the Future - John Blewitt: 'Connecting Spaces and Places ...' : 9th July 2012
Save Finchfield Library : Wolverhampton - 'The Grey Wolves Come Out in Support of Local Libraries' : 8th July 2012
Cherwell.org : 'Campaign to Save All Souls' Owned Library Continues' : 8th July 2012
Banbridge Leader : Northern Ireland - 'Cheers at Library Return and Town Hall Opening' : 8th July 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Croydon and Wandsworth Reveal Library Contractors Shortlist' : 7th July 2012
Good Library Blog : 'The DCMS Is To Close' : 7th July 2012
Kilburn Times : 'New Hope for Preston Lib Campaigners following Meeting with Brent Council Leader' : 7th July 2012
Local Guardian : 'All Lambeth Libraries Set to Remain Open' : 6th July 2012
Get Surrey : 'Surprise' at Council Leader's Libraries Lecture : 5th July 2012
Earley Lib Dems : Wokingham - 'Conservatives Delay Decision on Library Privatisation' : 5th July 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Brent Council Leader Meets with Library Campaigners' : 5th July 2012
Brent LibDems : Local MP Sarah Teather Says Labour-run Brent Council Must Now Listen to Local Residents over Library Plans : 5th July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Jarvis Calls for E-lending Task Force' : 5th July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Should Library Ebooks be Charged For?' : 5th July 2012
The Guardian : Miranda McKearney - 'How Schools Can Combat the Summer Holiday Literacy Dip' : 5th July 2012
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'East Riding's Lean, Modern Libraries to be Hubs Offering New Services' : 5th July 2012
Wales Online : 'Call for National Strategy to Save Library Services in Wales' : 5th July 2012
Northern Echo : 'Reduced Library Opening Hours Likely to be Agreed by Durham County Council' : 5th July 2012
Gazette Series : Gloucestershire - 'Berkeley Library could be Prevented from Lending Books' : 5th July 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Dorset Communities Set to Take Over Libraries' : 5th July 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Writer and Comedian David Baddiel Says Saving Libraries Is No Laughing Matter as He Becomes Patron of New Facility Run by Volunteers' : 5th July 2012
Yellow Advertiser : 'Ilford Central Library to Reopen after Multi-million Pound Refurbishment' : 5th July 2012
Labour Party : 'Labour Calls for an Independent Taskforce on E-book Lending - Jarvis' : 4th July 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Planning Application to Demolish Willesden Library Withdrawn' : 4th July 2012
Brent LibDems : 'Labour's Problems with the Willesden Green Library Centre Are of Their Own Making' : 4th July 2012
Bolton News : 'Top Author's Sadness Over Library Closures' : 4th July 2012
Chronicle Live : 'County Durham Library Services Face Axe Over Cuts' : 4th July 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Clapham's New Library Building - A Space for Families in Flat Land' : 4th July 2012
LondonSE1 : 'Waterloo Library could be Sold by Christmas, Says Lambeth Council' : 4th July 2012
BBC Radio 4 : on iPlayer - The World Tonight - Libraries (22 mins in) : 3rd July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Internet Charging, Stats for Closures Since 1990 and a Call to Action' : 3rd July 2012
The Bookseller : 'Judicial Review on Cards in Doncaster Libraries Row' : 2nd July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'New CILIP Policy Directly Opposed to Substitution by Volunteers' : 2nd July 2012
Walk You Home : Lauren Smith - 'Internet Access and Public Libraries' : 2nd July 2012
Phil Bradley's Weblog : 'Libraries Charging for Internet Access Is Wrong' : 2nd July 2012
The Guardian : Michael Morpurgo - 'We Are Failing Too Many Boys in the Enjoyment of Reading' : 2nd July 2012
BBC News : 'Torbay Council Introduces Reduced Library Opening Hours' : 2nd July 2012
Worcester News : 'The Hive Opens to the Public' : 2nd July 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : PIL Press Release - 'Doncaster Legal Action' : 1st July 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Vaizey Fallout, Manchester Controversy and Tameside Cuts' : 1st July 2012
Midhurst & Petworth Observer : West Sussex - 'Petworth Library to Re-open This Week' : 1st July 2012
This Is Derbyshire : 'It's Time to Spread the Word on Joys of a Well-stocked Library' : 30th June 2012
Good Library Blog : 'What Happened to the 600 Libraries that were Going to Close?' : 30th June 2012
The Guardian : Ed Vaizey Says Libraries 'Thriving' and Rejects Prediction of 600 Closures : 29th June 2012
Phil Bradley's Weblog : CILIP President - 'The Future of Library Services Conference' : 29th June 2012
Labour Party : 'Response to Vaizey's Announcement at the Future Libraries Conference - Jarvis' : 29th June 2012
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Announces £6m Library Fund' : 29th June 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Fears Book Loans could be Banned for Volunteer-run Libraries' : 29th June 2012
Booktrade Info : Miranda McKearney responds to Ed Vaizey's announcement that the Government will set up £6m Library Fund : 29th June 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Closed Library Crazy Golf' : 29th June 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Campaign Opposes Library Changes' : 29th June 2012
The Examiner : 'Pledge to Battle Library Cuts in Kirklees' : 29th June 2012
UKauthority.com : 'Rock, Paper, Scissors and eBooks all Play their Part in the Evolving Public Library' : 29th June 2012
MelvinBurgess.net : 'Mass Destruction of Manchester Heritage' : 29th June 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries : Alan Wylie - 'Manchester, So Much to Answer For' : 29th June 2012
Surrey SLAM : Letters dispel the myth that volunteers have willingly come forward - 'One Small Change to End Hostilities' : 29th June 2012
York Press : 'Library Cuts Plan for East Yorkshire' : 29th June 2012
Campaign for the Book : Newsletter - Vaizey: Bland, Evasive, Anything But Reassuring' : 28th June 2012
Public Libraries News : Special Report - 'Ed Vaizey's Most Important Speech Since He Took Office' : 28th June 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries Blog : Alan Wylie - Analysis of Ed Vaizey's Speech : 28th June 2012
DCMS : Ed Vaizey MP - 'Speech to The Future of Library Services Conference' : 28th June 2012
Camden New Journal : 'User Group 'Sitting on Fence' as Library Coalition Scheme Launched at Town Hall Gets a Cautious Welcome' : 28th June 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Manchester Library Boss Defends Cull of 210,000 Books' : 28th June 2012
Rosehill Readers : Suffolk - 'What We Stand For' : 27th June 2012
The Guardian : Authors Call for 'A Library in Every School' Legislation : 27th June 2012
Local Guardian : 'Head of Lambeth Libraries Leaves Ahead of Consultation Report' : 27th June 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Public Lending Right and Volunteer Libraries' : 27th June 2012
Good Library Blog : The 'Local Government Association' Costs £56m Per Annum : 27th June 2012
Surrey County Council : Press Release - 'National Conference Speech Sets Out Vision for Libraries' : 27th June 2012
Surrey County Council : Leader's Speech to the LGA Conference : 27th June 2012
Worcester News : 'We Can Save Libraries - By Sharing with Police' : 27th June 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Michael Morpurgo Launches Olympic Storytelling Programme' : 27th June 2012
The Independent : Letter - 'The Threat to Our Archive Heritage' : 27th June 2012
Uxbridge Gazette : Hillingdon - 'Yeading Library Closes Doors for Refurbishment' : 27th June 2012
Public Libraries News : Public Libraries "May Disappear by the End of the Decade" : 26th June 2012
London Evening Standard : Services 'To End Over Council Cash' : 26th June 2012
Daily Mail : 'There is Another Way for Cash-strapped Councils - Let the Community Take Control' : 26th June 2012
This Is Local London : 'Charity Greener Bexley to Run Bexley Village Library from Julty 19' : 26th June 2012
Northern Echo : 'Durham CC Withdraws Pay Offer (to library assistants) Days After Announcement' : 26th June 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : Up Hatherley - 'Community Fights Back for Library' : 26th June 2012
Portsmouth.co.uk : 'Eyesore Gosport Post Office May Move into Library' : 26th June 2012
FT Westminster Blog : 'The Graph that Shows Squeeze on Council Budgets' : 25th June 2012
Public Libraries News : "Vital for Communities" : 25th June 2012
Infoism : 'What Would It Take to Make You a Library Activist?' : 25th June 2012
Save Croydon Libraries Campaign : 'Lack of Information Causes Confusion ... Again!' : 25th June 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Volunteers Turn Over a New Leaf at Painswick's Community Library' : 25th June 2012
Get Surrey : 'Revamped Woking Library Opens for Public' : 25th June 2012
This Is Plymouth : 'New Ideas Plea for Libraries' : 25th June 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Cutting Edge Indeed - The LGA on Libraries' : 24th June 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Navin Shah Opposes Brent Labour's Library Demolition' : 23rd June 2012
BBC News : 'Doncaster Mayor Peter Davies Faces Library Legal Battle' : 23rd June 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Contenders for Croydon Libraries Cut to Three' : 23rd June 2012
News Shopper : 'New Recycling Service Launched at Lewisham Libraries' : 23rd June 2012
Milngavie Herald : 'No Decision Yet on Library Hub Plans' : 23rd June 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Willesden Green Redevelopment in Trouble?' : 23rd June 2012
Press Association : Doncaster - 'Mayor Faces Legal Action on Budget' : 22nd June 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Young Citizen Reporters Interview Jilly Cooper' : 22nd June 2012
The Guardian : 'Authors and Poets Call Halt to Book Pulping at Manchester Central Library' : 22nd June 2012
BBC News : 'Doncaster Mayor Peter Davies Faces Library Legal Battle' : 23rd June 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Contenders for Croydon Libraries Cut to Three' : 23rd June 2012
News Shopper : 'New Recycling Service Launched at Lewisham Libraries' : 23rd June 2012
Milngavie Herald : 'No Decision Yet on Library Hub Plans' : 23rd June 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Willesden Green Redevelopment in Trouble?' : 23rd June 2012
Press Association : Doncaster - 'Mayor Faces Legal Action on Budget' : 22nd June 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Young Citizen Reporters Interview Jilly Cooper' : 22nd June 2012
The Guardian : 'Authors and Poets Call Halt to Book Pulping at Manchester Central Library' : 22nd June 2012
Express & Star : 'Council Chiefs Hit Back on Wolverhampton Libraries' : 22nd June 2012
Express & Star : 'Families Unite over Threat to Wolverhampton Libraries' : 22nd June 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : West Leeds - 'Last Chapter for Library as Closure Gets the Go-ahead' : 22nd June 2012
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Worcestershire - 'Cut Backs Could See Residents Running Their Local Library' : 22nd June 2012
The Star : 'Two Rotherham Libraries Facing Axe' : 21st June 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'One Simple Question' : 21st June 2012
Express & Star : 'Wolverhampton Libraries Face Closure' : 21st June 2012
Get Surrey : 'Libraries Campaigners Hit Back at Councillor's Criticism' : 21st June 2012
Camden New Journal : £350,000 Spent On Three-month Olympics Extravaganza 'Could Have Saved a Library', Says User Group : 21st June 2012
Inside Croydon : 'American Firm Limps Away from Race to Run Croydon's Libraries' : 20th June 2012
Save Croydon Libraries Campaign : 'LSSI Follow Civica and Abandon Ship' : 20th June 2012
BBC News : Education - Teachers' Concern over Reading for Pleasure : 20th June 2012
BBC News : 'Rotherham Council to Consult over Library Closures' : 20th June 2012
BBC News : Gloucestershire - 'Painswick Community Library Opens for Business' : 20th June 2012
Oxford Times : 'Moving Mobile Libraries Ahead' : 20th June 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Library Closures - Challenging the DCMS' : 19th June 2012
The Guardian : Letter - 'We Want Good Local Services for All' : 19th June 2012
The Economist : More Intelligent Life - Editor's Blog : 'My Library Has No Books' : 19th June 2012
CivilSociety.co.uk : Paul Emery - 'The Ties That Bind' : 19th June 2012
Public Libraries News : 'What's Different About Libraries? The Debate on Volunteers Continues' : 18th June 2012
Information Twist : 'Further Discussions about CILIP's Volunteer Policy' : 18th June 2012
The Bookseller : 'Duffy Backs Manchester Library Protest' : 18th June 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Kidderminster Library Gallery Change of Use Plans Put on Hold' : 18th June 2012
Times Series : 'Jonathan Ross to Open Hampstead Garden Suburb Community Library' : 18th June 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Do-Nothing Ed Strikes Again' : 17th June 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Act Now to Complain About the DCMS' : 17th June 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries Blogspot : Alan Wylie - The Neo-liberalists Have an 'ACE' Up Their Sleeve! : 16th June 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Libraries Are For the People Who Want to Use Them' : 16th June 2012
The Independent : 'A True Examination of All Souls' (at foot of a longer feature) : 16th June 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Are the 10 Libraries Safe Again? Volunteers Deserve to Know the Truth!' : 16th June 2012
Stourbridge News : Dudley - 'Multi-Sensory Books Arrive at Borough Libraries' : 16th June 2012
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Decision Due on Future of Bradford Central Library' : 16th June 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Kate Adie Battles for Puddletown Library' : 15th June 2012
The Guardian : 'Council Rejects Archive Clearout Claims at Manchester Central Library' : 15th June 2012
BBC News : Manchester Council Denies 'Cultural Vandalism' at Library : 15th June 2012
Bucks Free Press : 'Cllr - Library Could Be Lost if Volunteers Don't Come Forward' : 15th June 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Volunteers Angry at Surrey Libraries Plan Hold-up' : 15th June 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Saturday Pop-up Library Is a Chapter of Success' : 15th June 2012
Liverpool Echo : '£5m Dream for Jewel on the Hill Library Project Everton' : 15th June 2012
They Work For You : Hansard - Public Lending right - Oral Answers to Parliamentary Questions : 14th June 2012
Press Association : Baroness Joan Bakewell - 'Literacy Concerns over Library Cuts' : 14th June 2012
Arts Council : Transcript - 'ACE Live Chat' : 14th June 2012
Get Surrey : 'Libraries Campaigners Criticised by Councillor' : 14th June 2012
Rotherham Advertiser : 'Two Rotherham Libraries Threatened with Closure' : 14th June 2012
Skegness Standard : Lincolnshire - 'Concerns at Library Changes' : 14th June 2012
Local Guardian : 'Sutton Library Prayer Room Plans Stir Up Anger' : 14th June 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Repair Bill for Blackburn Library Could Add Up to £2m' : 14th June 2012
The Guardian : 'For Young Readers, The Book's The Thing Whatever Technology May Bring' : 13th June 2012
Daily Echo : Hampshire - 'Plans to Move Register Office to Library' : 13th June 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Friends of Kidderminster Library Gallery Protest Outside Town Hall' : 13th June 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : Planning Committee 'Objects' to Kidderminster Library Gallery Changes : 13th June 2012
Shields Gazette : 'Running Down' of Library Services Condemned' : 12th June 2012
This Is Bristol : North Somerset - 'Library Staff Set to Lose Jobs as Council Cuts Keep Coming' : 12th June 2012
The Guardian : 'Country Dancing and Learing Support - The New Face of the Council Library' : 12th June 2012
Scoop - Parliament : New Zealand - 'We Must Protect Free Access to Public Libraries' : 12th June 2012
Preston Library Campaign : 'Brent Begs and Bribes People to Use Libraries' : 12th June 2012
Preston Library Campaign : 'The Great Library Clean-up': 12th June 2012
Kirkintilloch Herald : 'Kirkintilloch Library's Closed, But You Can Still Have a Say ....' : 12th June 2012
The Independent : 'A Library in Every School, Please' : 11th June 2012
The Guardian : 'Why Is the Public Committed to Unfit, Outdated Public Sector Buildings? : 11th June 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Petition All Souls' : 11th June 2012
This Is Scunthorpe : 'Thriller Writer to Open New Chapter in Brigg Library History Tomorrow' : 11th June 2012
Cherwell.org : 'All Souls-Owned Library in Potential Reprieve' : 10th June 2012
Good Library Blog : 'How Decisions About Public Libraries Are Made' : 10th June 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Talks on Future of Village Libraries in Huddersfield' : 10th June 2012
Daily Telegraph : In the Know Question - 'Where Can I Join a Book Club in North London? : 10th June 2012
ACE - Envisioning the Library of the Future : Hannah Bailey, Unison - '2022: A Tale of Two Libraries?' : 9th June 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Safeguarding Council Services Comes First' : 9th June 2012
Kilburn Times : 'The Royal Society of Literature Slams Brent Council over Dawn Raid on Kensal Rise Library' : 9th June 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - Cllr Mohan Sokhal, Labour Group Business Manager ("libraries are red herrings") : 8th June 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - Honley Library : 8th June 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Norwood Councillor Calls on Pollard to Hold Talks on Library' : 8th June 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Library Campaigners Executive Presentations' : 8th June 2012
Save Kensal Rise Library : 'Royal Society of Literature Writes to All Souls College, Oxford' : 8th June 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Norwood Councillor Calls on Pollard to Hold Talks on Library' : 8th June 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Last-ditch Plea to Oxford College in Fight for Library' : 8th June 2012
Preston Library Campaign : 'Open Letter to Jeremy Hunt. We Await His Courteous Reply' : 8th June 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Library Campaigners Executive Presentations' : 8th June 2012
Save Kensal Rise Library : 'Royal Society of Literature Writes to All Souls College, Oxford' : 8th June 2012
Hereford Times : 'Hay Festival - Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo' : 8th June 2012
Fenland Citizen : 'New Improved Library IT System for Cambridgeshire' : 8th June 2012
Save Kensal Rise Library : 'Campaigners Appeal to Oxford College' : 7th June 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Volunteering Is a Stepping Stone to Library Closures' : 6th June 2012
Policy Network : Lambeth - 'Britain's First Co-operative Council' : 6th June 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Sir Derek Jacobi Urges Readers to Fight On to Save Their Libraries' : 7th June 2012
Bury Free Press : Suffolk - 'Libraries Takeover Booked' : 7th June 2012
This Is Surrey : 'Surrey County Council: Volunteer-run Libraries Won't Save Cash' : 7th June 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Campaign for the Book June Newsletter' : 7th June 2012
Northern Echo : Author's Words of Praise for Library's Saviours : 7th June 2012
Information Twist : 'Response to My Letter Re. CILIP Volunteer Policy' : 6th June 2012
Policy Network : Lambeth - 'Britain's First Co-operative Council' : 6th June 2012
Voices for the Library : The London Libraries Change Programme (LLCP) : 6th June 2012
World Socialist Website : 'UK - Brent Council Conducts Night-time Raid to Force Library Closure' : 6th June 2012
Ham & High : 'New Chapter for Belsize Library as It is Reopened by the Community' : 6th June 2012
This Is South Devon : 'No Late Opening at Libraries to Hit Working Residents' : 5th June 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'Outsourcing Library on Hold - But Chiefs Identify Other Cuts' : 4th June 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Stoke-on-Trent - 'Centres Could Face Closure' (Council looking to sell of dozens of buildings, including libraries) : 4th June 2012
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Launch Marks New Chapter for Wrose Library' : 4th June 2012
Spalding Guardian : Long Sutton - 'Call to Fight Library Move Plan' : 4th June 2012
Newstrack : 'Bolivia to Set Up 12,000 New Libraries' : 4th June 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'Outsourcing Library on Hold - but Chiefs Identify Other Cuts' : 4th June 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Stoke-on-Trent - 'Centres Could Face Closure' (Council looking to sell of dozens of buildings, including libraries) : 4th June 2012
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Launch Marks New Chapter for Wrose Library' : 4th June 2012
Spalding Guardian : Long Sutton - 'Call to Fight Library Move Plan' : 4th June 2012
Newstrack : 'Bolivia to Set Up 12,000 New Libraries' : 4th June 2012
This Is Local London : 'No Cost Saving' in Surrey Library Plan : 3rd June 2012
The Star : Doncaster - 'Spruced-up South Yorkshire Library Reopens Its Doors' : 3rd June 2012
The Observer : 'Read the Next Chapter ..... After a Short Commercial Break' : 3rd June 2012
Daily Telegraph : David Lammy \| Hay Festival 2012 - 'Life Changing Literature' : 2nd June 2012
Brent Council LibDems : 'Open Letter to Councillor Muhammed Butt, Leader' : 2nd June 2012
New York Review of Books : Zadie Smith - 'The North West London Blues' : 2nd June 2012
Daily Telegraph : Hay Festival 2012 - 'Michael Morpurgo on Closing Libraries' : 2nd June 2012
The Guardian : 'Kensal Rise Library Offered Lifeline after Council's Night-time Book Clearance' : 2nd June 2012
Isle of Man Today : 'News on Fate of Libraries' : 2nd June 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : 'Jarvis Welcomes Brent Council Agreement on Kensal Rise Library' : 1st June 2012
The Bookseller : 'Reference Stock Destroyed at Refurbished Manchester Library' : 1st June 2012
38 Degrees : 'Manchester Central Library is Pulping Hundreds of Thousands of Books' (see above report & "vote")
London Evening Standard : 'All Aboard the Double-decker Library Bus' : 1st June 2012
Times Series : Barnet - 'Labour Party Wins Brunswick Park By-election' : 1st June 2012
Arts Council : 'Join Our Live Chat with Dame Liz Forgan, Chair, Arts Council England, on 14th June' (pse submit questions)
BBC News : Northampton - 'Wootton Fields Public Library Under Threat' : 31st May 2012
Daily Telegraph : Joan Bakewell - 'Are Midnight Raids the Way to Deal with Library Disputes?' : 31st May 2012
The Guardian : 'A Plea to Restore Kensal Rise Library to Us' : 31st May 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Belsize Library Set to Issue First Cards for Members, as Edith Bowman and Michael Palin Back Keats Branch Fund-raising Event' : 31st May 2012
The Guardian : 'Kensal Rise Library - Oxford College Regrets Clearance' : 31st May 2012
The Guardian : 'A Plea to Restore Kensal Rise Library to Us' : 31st May
Daily Telegraph : 'EU Warns UK School Standards Threaten Economy' : 30th May 2012
Inside Croydon : Civica Pulls Out of Libraries Bid Because of Risk to Its "Brand" : 30th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'RSL and Authors Line Up to Condemn Brent' : 30th May 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Kidderminster Library Gallery Plan Could Cost £300,000' : 30th May 2012
Southern Daily Echo : Winchester - 'Library Consultation Attracts Big Crowd' : 30th May 2012
BBC News : Surrey Library Volunteer Plans 'Will Not Save Money' (says Council) : 29th May 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'SCC - No Cost Justification for Library Plans' : 29th May 2012
Public Libraries News : "Like Thieves in the Night" - The Emptying of Kensal Rise Library : 29th May 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Response of Royal Society of Literature to Brent Library Vandalism' : 29th May 2012
Campaign for the Book : 'Letter to Ed Miliband' : 29th May 2012
The Independent : 'Kensal Rise Library to be Sold or Rented Out after Brent Council's 3am Raid to Strip It of Books' : 29th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Kensal Rise Library Stripped in Night of Books and Twain Plaque' : 29th May 2012
Daily Telegraph : Council Accused of 'Deceit' over Stripping Disputed Library of Books : 29th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Condemn Council After Library is Emptied at Night' : 29th May 2012
Daily Telegraph : Council Accused of 'Deceit' over Stripping Disputed Library of Books : 29th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Condemn Council After Library is Emptied at Night' : 29th May 2012
Preston Library Campaign : 'Shocking Cost of Kilburn Library Refurbishment' : 29th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Cowardly' Midnight Raid on Kensal Rise Library : 29th May 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Council Sneaks into Kensal Rise Library at 2am to Strip It' : 29th May 2012
Wembley Matters : "We Will Not Let Brent Council's Cowardly, Middle of the Night Plundering Defeat Us' : 29th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Cowardly' Council Strips Library in the Small Hours' : 29th May 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Strips Kensal Rise Library of Its Contents at 3am' : 29th May 2012
This Is Croydon : Croydon Council 'Broke the Law' over Upper Norwood Library, Claim Campaigners' : 29th May 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Why Ten Years' : 29th May 2012
Pontefract & Castleford Express : Wakefield - 'Save Our Library' : 29th May 2012
Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : 'Vow to Save Village Library' : 29th May 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Response to Mrs Deakins' : 28th May 2012
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Appeal for Volunteers to Keep Lincolnshire Libraries Open' : 28th May 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'Clack-handed Libraries Consultation Staggers On' : 28th May 2012
BBC News : 'Views on Gloucestershire Library Times are Sought' : 28th May 2012
Ealing Times : 'Cut in Ealing Library Hours Announced' : 27th May 2012
Irish Times : 'The Last Truly Democratic Space, Where Nobody Moves You Along' : 26th May 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Our Library's a Bestseller' - Reception classes show just how much Upper Norwood Library means to them : 25th May 2012
Shropshire Star : 'Telford Libraries Avoid Closure Axe But Face Hours Cut' : 25th May 2012
Islington Gazette : Islington Council Slammed for 'Caring More about Poo than Books' over Library Cuts : 24th May 2012
Inside Croydon : Upper Norwood Library - 'Pollard Agrees to Extend Consultation' : 24th May 2012
BBC News : Warwickshire - 'Baddesley Ensor Community Library in Official Opening' : 24th May 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Outrage as IT Manager Costs Dorset County Council £167k' : 24th April 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'Thousands in Bid to Save Library' : 24th May 2012
Ealing Gazette : 'Library Hours Cut in Money Saving Shake Up' : 24th May 2012
Don't Privatise Libraries Blogspot : 'Winckworth Sherwood!' : 24th May 2012
Wembley Matters : Brent - 'Muhammed Butt: A Seventh Library Would Undermine Transformation Project' : 23rd May 2012
BBC News : Kirklees - 'Huddersfield Libraries U-turn after Residents' Campaign' : 23rd May 2012
This Is South Wales : 'Charities Can Save Libraries' : 23rd May 2012
(This Is South Wales 23rd May, above) The author's undeclared interest in the matter
The Guardian : 'Keep Public Lending Right's Excellent Office in Stockton-on-Tees' : 23rd May 2012
BBC News : 'Huddersfield Protest over Cuts Plan to Kirlees Libraries' : 23rd May 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Lib Dems, Greens and Valley Independents Turn Against Labour Kirklees' : 23rd May 2012
Get Surrey : 'Leading Community-run Library Volunteer Frustrated at SLAM Campaign Cost' : 23rd May 2012
News from Crystal Palace : Croydon - 'Cllr Sarah Bashford Loses Her Libraries Portfolio in a reshuffle' : 23rd May 2012
Kilburn Times : Campaigners Reveal 'True Extent' of Closing Brent's Libraries in Report' : 23rd May 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'MPs Invited to Visit Volunteer Libraries' (to see effect of Brent closures) : 23rd May 2012
eGov Monitor : 'Views Sought on New Leisure Facilities in Manchester City Council' : 23rd May 2012
Publishing Technology : 'Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be' : 22nd May 2012
BBC News : Education - Authors Help Tackle 'Can Read Won't Read Culture : 22nd May 2012
This Is Somerset : 'War Horse Author Goes Into Battle for Our Libraries' : 22nd May 2012
This Is Cornwall : Michael Morpurgo - Closing Libraries 'Is Like Depriving Kids of Oxygen' : 22nd May 2012
Public Libraries News : Comment - 'Grey Is Not a Popular Colour' : 21st May 2012
Harrow Times : Barham Park Pop Up Library 'Overwhelmed' with Donation from Usborne Books : 21st May 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Kirklees Librarian Accused of Intimidating Would-be Big Society Volunteers' : 21st May 2012
Northern Echo : 'Plans to Outsource Public Services on Hold' : 21st May 2012
Wembley Matters : '167,004 Fewer Library Visits Concealed by Brent Council' : 21st May 2012
CILIP : President Phil Bradley - 'Volunteers in Public Libraries' : 21st May 2012
Information Overload : 'Volunteers - What Organisations Say and What They Do' : 21st May 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Council Cock-up Stops Comments on Library Consultation' : 21st May 2012
Surrey County Council : Press Release - 'More Views Sought on Libraries Volunteer Training' : 21st May 2012
This Is The West Country : 'Changes to Opening Times at Torbay Libraries' : 21st May 2012
Hemel Gazette : 'Tapes for Blind Service Switch will Triple Titles' : 19th May 2012
This Is Local London : 'Union Claims Victory in Library Row' : 19th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Leader of Brent Council Insists he was Unaware of Kensal Rise Library Events Despite Claims Councillors Knew' : 19th May 2012
This Is Local London : 'Union Claims Victory in Library Row' : 19th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Leader of Brent Council Insists he was Unaware of Kensal Rise Library Events Despite Claims Councillors Knew' : 19th May 2012
Question Everything : The "Librarians Against Libraries And Librarians Association" CILIP changes its name to LALALA : 18th May 2012
BNC TV : 'Half Of Regular Library Users Have Stopped Borrowing Books in Brent' : 18th May 2012
Inside Croydon : 'Croydon Quizzed on Hiring of Security Guards for Bashford' : 18th May 2012
The Guardian : 'How Our Fight for Kensal Rise Library has Drawn a Community Together' : 18th May 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Illegal Behaviour Suggested at Volatile Upper Norwood Library Meeting' : 17th May 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Campaigners Force Delay in Removing Kensal Rise Library Books' : 17th May 2012
The Independent : 'Residents Battle to Preserve Library Gifted to Community by Mark Twain' : 17th May 2012
The Independent : Opinion - Brent Council Models Itself on 'Goodfellas' : 17th May 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Library Protesters Mount 24-hour Guard' : 17th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'New Leader of Brent Council Rules Out Re-opening Any of the Closed Library Branches' : 17th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Library Campaigners Compile Damming Report' : 17th May 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Packed Public Meeting Hears Pleas to Save Upper Norwood Library' : 17th May 2012
Storify : I J Clark - Selection of Comments on CILIP's Policy on the Use of Volunteers' : 17th May 2012
Get Surrey : Libraries Plans 'Like Monty Python's Dead Parrot' : 17th May 2012
Crosby Herald : 'Sefton Council Begins Its Review into the Future of Southport's Libraries' : 17th May 2012
Yorkshire Evening Post : 'Trio of Leeds Libraries Saved from Closure Threat' : 17th May 2012
London24 : 'Campaigners Block Brent Council's Attempt to Strip Kensal Rise Library' : 16th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Kensal Rise Library Campaigners Gain Another Day' : 16th May 2012
Toronto Star : 'Fight to Save Historic Library Grips London Community' : 16th May 2012
Express & Star : 'Dudley Library Due for £200k Revamp' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Protest Success as Council Stops Library Clearance' : 16th May 2012
Information Twist : Letter to CILIP Update from Gary Green, Technical Librarian - CILIP Volunteer Policy & Job Substitution : 16th May 2012
The Independent : 'Protesters Barricade Doors of Kensal Rise Library in Bid to Stop the Council Clearing Shelves' : 16th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Block Council's Efforts to Remove Books from Kensal Rise Library' : 16th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Campaigners Barricade Doors' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Deny Claims Kensal Rise Library was Stripped of its Books Today to Prevent It from Being Reopened' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : MP's "Disappointment" at Clearing of Library Stock' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'New Leader of Brent Council Unaware that Kensal Rise Library would be Stripped of Its Contents Today' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Crowd Gathers Outside Library as (masked) Workers Remove Books' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'campaigners Gather Outside Kensal Rise Library as Brent Council Strips It of Its Books' : 16th May 2012
Skegness Standard : Library Proposals Are a 'Tragedy' : 16th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Society of Authors Urges Gibb to Make School Libraries Statutory' : 16th May 2012
Oxford Times : 'New County Leader - There Will be No U-turn on Plans to Staff Oxfordshire's Libraries with Volunteers' : 16th May 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Sir Andrew Motion Speaks Out on PLR' : 16th May 2012
False Economy : Lee Godfrey (Surrey SLAM) - 'Putting Austerity in the Dock: How to Fight Cuts by Legal Means' : 16th May 2012
Romsey Advertiser : 'Consultation Starts on Plan to Move Winchester Library to Community Centre' : 16th May 2012
Berwick Advertiser : Northumberland - 'New Library Helps Double the Number of Visitors' : 16th May 2012
St Albans Review : Hertfordshire - 'Talking Books Service Replaced' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Protest Success as Council Stops Library Clearance' : 16th May 2012
Information Twist : Letter to CILIP Update from Gary Green, Technical Librarian - CILIP Volunteer Policy & Job Substitution : 16th May 2012
The Independent : 'Protesters Barricade Doors of Kensal Rise Library in Bid to Stop the Council Clearing Shelves' : 16th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Block Council's Efforts to Remove Books from Kensal Rise Library' : 16th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Kensal Rise Campaigners Barricade Doors' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Deny Claims Kensal Rise Library was Stripped of its Books Today to Prevent It from Being Reopened' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : MP's "Disappointment" at Clearing of Library Stock' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'New Leader of Brent Council Unaware that Kensal Rise Library would be Stripped of Its Contents Today' : 16th May 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Crowd Gathers Outside Library as (masked) Workers Remove Books' : 16th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'campaigners Gather Outside Kensal Rise Library as Brent Council Strips It of Its Books' : 16th May 2012
Skegness Standard : Library Proposals Are a 'Tragedy' : 16th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Society of Authors Urges Gibb to Make School Libraries Statutory' : 16th May 2012
Oxford Times : 'New County Leader - There Will be No U-turn on Plans to Staff Oxfordshire's Libraries with Volunteers' : 16th May 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Sir Andrew Motion Speaks Out on PLR' : 16th May 2012
False Economy : Lee Godfrey (Surrey SLAM) - 'Putting Austerity in the Dock: How to Fight Cuts by Legal Means' : 16th May 2012
Romsey Advertiser : 'Consultation Starts on Plan to Move Winchester Library to Community Centre' : 16th May 2012
Berwick Advertiser : Northumberland - 'New Library Helps Double the Number of Visitors' : 16th May 2012
St Albans Review : Hertfordshire - 'Talking Books Service Replaced' : 16th May 2012
Public Libraries News : 'CILIP Policy on Volunteers Not Explicitly Against Direct Substitution of Staff' : 15th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Pay Us for Library eBook Loans, Say Authors' : 15th May 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Libraries Are Much More than Big Buildings Full of Old Books' : 15th May 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Volunteers Booked Up to Run Axed Library' : 15th May 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Upper Norwood Library Public Meeting to be Held' : 15th May 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Balancing the Books - Echo Investigation Reveals Shocking Library Stat' : 15th May 2012
This Is South Wales : 'Communities Pull Together to Keep Their Libraries Going' : 15th May 2012
BBC News : 'Future of Great Missenden Library Secured by Florist Shop' : 14th May 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Library Jobs To Go in £700k Budget Cuts' : 14th May 2012
Deadline News : 'Funding to Secure National Library of Scotland' : 14th May 2012
The Guardian : 'Olympic Thinking: Where Does Culture Stand After the London 2012 Games?' : 14th May 2012
Save Barham Library : 'Cllr Ann John is No Longer Leader of Brent Council' : 13th May 2012
The Observer : 'Writers Won't Lose Out If Libraries Lend eBooks' : 13th May 2012
Herald Scotland : 'Temples of the Lost Art' : 13th May 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Arts Council Chief Executive Comments on Need for Skilled Library Staff' : 12th May 2012
Financial Channel : Viewpoint - 'Do We Still Need Libraries? : 12th May 2012
The Observer : 'Writers Won't Lose Out If Libraries Lend eBooks' : 13th May 2012
Herald Scotland : 'Temples of the Lost Art' : 13th May 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Arts Council Chief Executive Comments on Need for Skilled Library Staff' : 12th May 2012
Financial Channel : Viewpoint - 'Do We Still Need Libraries? : 12th May 2012
FoGL : Gloucestershire - 'Mystery Charity to Run Libraries if Communities Fail' : 12th May 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Library Package Backed by County Councillor' : 12th May 2012
Times Series : Barnet Council Leader Cornelius Rejects Claims Tories 'Out of Touch' : 12th May 2012
Evesham Journal : Warwickshire - It's a New Chapter for Village Library' : 12th May 2012
Question Everything : 'If People Don't Know What You're Doing, They Don't Know What You're Doing Wrong' : 11th May 2012
Wembley Matters : 'Begone You Pesky Petitioners! Brent Downgrades Petitioner Power' : 11th May 2012
Video : Upper Norwood Library Campaign : 11th May 2012
This Is Nottingham : '£5.3m Library Work to Boost Book Loans' : 11th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Daunt: Library e-Lending "Disruptive" to High Street' : 11th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'DCMS Consults over Transfer of PLR to British Library' : 11th May 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Don't Make Libraries a Footnote in Country's Future Social History' : 11th May 2012
Lexology : 'The Public Sector Equality Duty … Another Successful Challenge to Service Re-provisioning' : 10th May 2012
Surrey SLAM : 'SCC Latest Consultation Attempt In Tatters' : 10th May 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Special Report - The Library Returns' : 10th May 2012
Daily Telegraph : Letter - Dan Jarvis MP : 'Keeping Libraries Open' : 10th May 2012
eGov Monitor : UK Public Libraries Help 2.5 Million 'Go Online' : 10th May 2012
iPlayer : BBC Radio 4 : 'The Library Returns' : 10th May 2012
Harrow Times : 'Campaigner to Run 60km for Friends of Barham Park' : 10th May 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'Campaign Group Set for Control of Leeds Swimming Baths' (3 libraries to be transferred to community and another closed) : 10th May 2012
BurnhamOnSea.com : 'Burnham-On-Sea Library to Launch Self-Service Technology This Year' : 10th May 2012
Video : 'What's Wrong With Ed Vaizey?' by John Dougherty : 9th May 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Just How Will Our Libraries Be Run?' : 9th May 2012
Borehamwood Times : 'Popular Talking Books Service could be Scrapped' : 9th May 2012
Socialist Party : 'Greenwich Libraries - Workers show Fighting Back Can Win' : 9th May 2012
This Is Surrey : Surrey Library Cabinet Member: 'We were disappointed with the judicial review' : 9th May 2012
Gazette Series : 'Decision to Reduce Library Service in Gloucestershire Will Not Be Overturned' : 9th May 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Brent Politician Takes On Marathon Challenge in Aid of Axed Barham Library Crusade' : 9th May 2012
Lancashire Evening Post : 'Library Prices Up to Plug Gap' : 9th May 2012
Newton Abbot People : 'Newton Abbot Library Prepares to Move into Revamped Passmore Edwards Centre' : 9th May 2012
The Independent : Mark Steel - 'What Do We Want? More of the Same! (Labour and libraries) : 9th May 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Letter - 'Road-sweeping Volunteers Next?' : 9th May 2012
Northern Echo : '6,000 Respond to Durham County Council's Consultation over Library Cuts' : 8th May 2012
Socialist Worker : 'Unique Women's Library is Facing Closure from Cuts' : 8th May 2012
Socialist Worker : 'The Women's Library is Amazing - It Should Stay Free for All' : 8th May 2012
Harrow Times : Barham Park Pop-up Library Grows from 'Strength to Strength' : 8th May 2012
Sandwell Council : Press Release - 'Libraries Enjoy Record Number of Visits' : 8th May 2012
Chronicle Live : 'Protest over Library Cuts in Consett and Durham' : 8th May 2012
Oxford Times : 'Council Stays Silent over Library Plans' : 8th May 2012
Stroud News & Journal : 'Legal Bid to Prevent Library Cuts Fails' : 8th May 2012
Alan In Belfast : 'Are Public Libraries Under-appreciated and Under-used?' : 7th May 2012
Surbiton People : 'Surbiton Library Under Threat' : 7th May 2012
The Guardian : 'How We Became a School that Reads' : 7th May 2012
The Scotsman : 'Three in Four Scots Believe Their Local Library is Essential' : 7th May 2012
BBC News : Carnegie UK Trust Warns Library Services 'Must Adapt' : 7th May 2012
BBC News : 'Survey - Northern Ireland has Lowest Library Use in UK' : 7th May 2012
Buxton Advertiser : 'New Chapter at Town's Library' : 5th May 2012
Harrow Times : 'What Do You Want Out of Harrow's Libraries?' : 5th May 2012
The Guardian : Four Letters - 'Women's Archive Is as Relevant Today as the Struggles It Records' : 4th May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Solomon Takes Author Concerns to Vaizey Direct' : 4th May 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Doubts Now Growing over (Kirklees) Library Plans' : 4th May 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Denby Dale Library Campaigners Continue Fight Against Volunteer Plan' : 4th May 2012
ITV News : Milliband - Labour are "Winning Back Trust" : 4th May 2012
This Is Derbyshire : Limiting the Choice of Newspapers on Offer at Libraries 'A Political Decision' : 4th May 2012
Kirkintilloch Herald : East Dunbartonshire - 'Definitely NO Plans to Close Libraries, Insists Council' : 4th May 2012
Society of Authors : 'Ebook Lending and Libraries' : 3rd May 2012
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Time or Cash Needed to Save Libraries' : 3rd May 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Library Challenge Dismissed' : 3rd May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Judge Quashes Surrey Council Library Move' : 3rd May 2012
View Online : Dorset - 'Mobile Library Replaces Underhill Service' : 3rd May 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Cheshire East - Budget Cuts Hit 'Lifeline' Mobile Library Service : 3rd May 2012
Express & Star : Staffordshire - 'Call for Thousands to be Spent Extending Library' : 3rd May 2012
The Socialist : 'Fight Privatisation: Save Our Libraries' : 2nd May 2012
This Is Cornwall : 'New Chapter Begins as Library Opens in Café' : 2nd May 2012
Surrey SLAM : Press Release - 'High Court Quashes Volunteer-run Library Decision' : 2nd May 2012
BBC News : High Court Judge Quashes Surrey 'Volunteers' Library Decision : 2nd May 2012
Daily Telegraph : Letter from Alan Gibbons - 'Keeping Libraries Open' : 2nd May 2012
Public Interest Lawyers : Press Release - 'Judge Quashes Surrey County Council's Decision to Proceed with Volunteer Libraries' : 2nd May 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : 'Library Campaigners Join Forces Against Kirklees Council Cuts' : 2nd May 2012
UK Human Rights Blog : 'Yes, Come to the Library! .... (analysis of JR judgments to date) : 2nd May 2012
BBC News : Warwickshire - 'Author Anne Fine to Open Bidford-on-Avon Community Library' : 2nd May 2012
Todmorden News : Time to Stop Cuts to 'Essential' Library : 2nd May 2012
Westminster Chronicle : 'Westminster Music Library Honoured' : 2nd May 2012
Wigan Today : 'Probe over Dumped Library Books' : 2nd May 2012
Kirkintilloch Herald : Radical Changes at Kirkintilloch Library Mean "Exciting Times" Insists Council Chief : 2nd May 2012
FoGL : 'A Serious Case of Deja Vu - Libraries Call-in Rejected' : 1st May 2012
PLN : Public Libraries News website selected for the British Library's "UK Web Archive" : 1st May 2012
The Guardian : 'A Room of One's Own: Why the Women's Library Should Not Be Made History' : 1st May 2012
The Guardian : 'A Room of One's Own: Why the Women's Library Should Not Be Made History' : 1st May 2012
The Bookseller : 'Cutback Threat to London's Women's Library' : 1st May 2012
Socialist Worker : 'Striking Library Workers Win Support in Greenwich' : 1st May 2012
Public Libraries News Ed Takes the Credit, Campaigners Say "Um .. What??" : 30th April 2012
News Shopper : Strike Closed '11 out of 13 Libraries' in Greenwich : 30th April 2012
Labour Party : 'Tory Councils Cut Libraries More - Twigg' : 30th April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'County Library Call-in Rejected' : 30th April 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Lib-Dems in Challenge on Library Cuts' : 30th April 2012
The Bookseller : 'Library Workers Strike in Greenwich' : 30th April 2012
Doncaster Free Press : 'Volunteers Will Help Library Open Longer' : 30th April 2012
Local Guardian : 'Library Plans Back On the Table at Surrey County Council' : 30th April 2012
This Is Surrey : 'Lingfield Community Group Calls for Formal Meeting with Surrey over Library' : 30th April 2012
This Is Leicestershire : 'Changes Made to City Library Plans' : 30th April 2012
Public Libraries News : Comment - 'Give Me the Money Or the Library Gets It' : 29th April 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Row Over Lancashire Library Service Budget Cuts' : 29th April 2012
Southern Reporter : Scottish Borders - 'Undue Haste' Claim over £360,000 Libraries and Contact Centres Merger : 29th April 2012
The Observer : 'Not All Roads Lead to London When It Comes to Culture' (final para.libraries and Ed Vaizey) : 29th April 2012
Question Everything : Oxfordshire - 'Library Wars Episode IV: A New Hope' : 28th April 2012
Bucks Free Press : 'BBC Star Eric Knowles Opens Community Library in Flackwell Heath' : 28th April 2012
Bolton News : 'Election Fight Over Axeing of Libraries' : 28th April 2012
Keep Willesden Green : 'Pickles to Decide On Fate of 1894 Library' : 28th April 2012
BBC News : Cornwall - 'Donation Enables Penzance's Morrab Library Expansion' : 28th April 2012
Shropshire Star : 'Telford Library Hours to be Cut in £330k Savings Drive' : 27th April 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Elderly Care Funding Will Force Closure of Libraries, Councils Warn' : (published) 27th April 2012
ITV News : 'Library Workers in Greenwich Strike over Privatisation Plans' : 27th April 2012
Mix96 Radio : Buckinghamshire - 'Haddenham & Wendover Libraries Turn Over New Leaf' : 27th April 2012
Bucks Free Press : Leading Article - 'How Long Are We Going to Let Volunteers Run the Show for Us? : 26th April 2012
Times Series : 'Authors and Actors Sign Petition to Reopen Friern Barnet Library' : 26th April 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Volunteers Get Chalk Farm Library' : 26th April 2012
This Is South Devon : 'Friends Fighting to Save Libraries' Jobs and Hours' : 26th April 2012
Coventry Telegraph : 'Opening of Bidford Library' : 26th April 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : Kidderminster Library Gallery Users 'Not Given Enough Time' to Comment : 26th April 2012
Ealing Today : '3 Libraries to Benefit but Temporary Closures have been Criticised' : 26th April 2012
853 Blog : 'Greenwich Libraries Takeover - GLL Boss Speaks Out' : 25th April 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Libraries Should Be Run By Professionals - Not By Volunteers' : 25th April 2012
The Bookseller : 'Townsend and Trollope Praise Notts Libraries' : 25th April 2012
Surrey Comet : 'Surrey Announces Review of Its Volunteer-led Library Plans' : 25th April 2012
Liberal Democrats : Tim Farron - 'No Library Closed Under Lib Dem Leadership' : 25th April 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Kirklees Must Do a U-turn on its Libraries Plan' : 25th April 2012
Times Series : 'Controversial Tory Brian Coleman Under Investigation by Barnet Council over Verbal Abuse Allegations : 25th April 2012
Net Lettings : 'Ealing Libraries to Remain Open after £2.2m Investment' : 25th April 2012
Leighton Buzzard Observer : 'A New Chapter for Leighton's Library?' : 25th April 2012
BBC News : Surrey 'Volunteers' Decision to be Made Again' : 24th April 2012
BNC TV : 'Labour Gives Away Buildings Worth £1.5m For Nothing' : 24th April 2012
BNC TV : 'Labour Gives Away Buildings Worth £1.5m For Nothing' : 24th April 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Funding a Library Development Agency' : 24th April 2012
Get Surrey : Council Admits Court Defeat but Libraries 'War' Rages On : 24th April 2012
Bucks Free Press : Flackwell Heath's 'Big Society' Library Won't Be the Same, Says Villager' : 24th April 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Protesters Urge Council to Shelve Library Proposals' : 24th April 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Ed Vaizey: Cuts to Library Services? You're Imagining It' : 23rd April 2012
The Guardian : 'Coarse Language' and Violence Top List of UK Parents' Complaints about Books : 23rd April 2012
DCMS : Ed Vaizey - 'Celebrating World Book Night and Supporting Public Libraries' : 23rd April 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Temporary Reading Room in Wembley Opened by Friends of Barham Library' : 23rd April 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Art Work Responds to Brent Library Closures' : 23rd April 2012
BBC News : 'Somerset County Council Library Survey Under Way' : 23rd April 2012
Shropshire Star : 'Telford Library Hours could be Cut to Save Cash' : 23rd April 2012
BBC News : 'Oxford Submits Bid to Become World Book Capital' : 23rd April 2012
BBC News : 'Kent Library and History Centre to Open in Maidstone' : 22nd April 2012
The Independent : Letter from Bob Usherwood : 22nd April 2012
Daily Telegraph : From Horrible Histories to Babar the Elephant – the 'offensive' children's books withdrawn by libraries : 22nd April 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Wool Library Campaigners Closer to Taking Over Facility' : 22nd April 2012
Huffington Post UK : 'HuffPost Meets Dan Jarvis, An MP Obsessed With Libraries' : 21st April 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Let's Begin to Do Something Positive About the Public Library Service' : 21st April 2012
Bolton News : MP Calls for Moves to Save Library Service' : 21st April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Rescue Plan Progressing in Mitcheldean' : 21st April 2012
Shropshire Live : 'Telford & Wrekin Library Service Changes to Go Before Cabinet' : 21st April 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Anger at Brent Council Plans to Charge Campaigners Handing Out Leaflets' : 20th April 2012
PublicService.co.uk : Culture, Media and Sport "Should Close" : 20th April 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Mayoral Candidate Supports Upper Norwood Library' : 20th April 2012
Ham & High : Country 'Should Follow' Hampstead's Lead as Community Take Over Library : 20th April 2012
Public Libraries News : 'DCMS May Be Abolished, Worse May Come' : 19th April 2012
London Evening Standard : DCMS to be Abolished? - 'Don't Let The Philistines Destroy London's Arts, David' : 19th April 2012
CNBC : A new department (to replace DCMS) would be led by Conservative MP Ed Vaizey : 19th April 2012
About My Area : 'Lancashire Backs Libraries' : 19th April 2012
BBC News : 'Northamptonshire Libraries Advertising Screens Plans Criticised' : 19th April 2012
Northern Echo : Durham - 'Campaigners Present Petition to Protect Belmont Library' : 19th April 2012
Camden New Journal : 'First Membership Cards Issued at the New Keats Community Library' : 19th April 2012
Infoism : 'The Internet - Don't Need It, Can't Afford It' : 19th April 2012
Civil Society : Nesta Report Encourages 'Creative Decommissioning' : 19th April 2012
FoGL : Gloucestershire - Challenge by Lib Dem Group is "Called In" : 18th April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Volunteers Stock Library Shelves' : 18th April 2012
Stroud News & Journal : Decision to Clear Councillor of Wrongdoing a 'Whitewash' Says Library Campaigner : 18th April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'New Challenge on Library Cuts' : 18th April 2012
Northamptonshire Chronicle : 'Plans to Spend £165,000 on Flashing Signs for Northamptonshire Libraries Criticised' : 18th April 2012
BBC News : 'Northamptonshire Libraries to Open on Sundays' : 18th April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Councillor Cleared of Misconduct in Libraries Review' : 17th April 2012
Todmorden News : Calderdale - 'Reduced Library Opening Hours Criticised' : 17th April 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Have Your Say on Kidderminster Library Gallery Plans' : 17th April 2012
Infoism : 'Age, Disability and the Digital Divide' : 16th April 2012
This Is Sussex : Surrey - Trust 'Frustrated' over High Court Ruling as Libraries Saga Rolls On : 16th April 2012
This Is Staffordshire : 'Opening Hours Cut at City Libraries as Council Saves Cash' : 16th April 2012
Times Series : 'Hundreds of Book Lovers Show Support for Pop-up Library in Friern Barnet' : 16th April 2012
Harrow Times : 'Campaigners Open Pop Up Library as a Temporary Replacement to Barham Park Library' : 16th April 2012
Northampton Chronicle : 'Community Library in Northampton is Alive and Well after Survival' : 16th April 2012
Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Council Staff to Move into Kidderminster Library Gallery Space' : 16th April 2012
Public Libraries News : 'The Future Has Already Been Written: the Future of Library Services Conference' : 15th April 2012
The Independent : 'Keep On Borrowing - Libraries Refuse to Die' : 15th April 2012
BBC News : 'Pop-up Library Protest over Friern Barnet Closure' : 14th April 2012
Kilburn Times : Friends of Barham Library to Open 'Pop-up' Reading Room in Wembley : 14th April 2012
Kilburn Times : Flood of Books Pour into Cricklewood 'Pop-up' Library after Thieves Strike : 14th April 2012
Brent SOS Libraries : 'DCMS Finally Meets with Campaigners ... after Almost a Year' : 13th April 2012
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'The Snoopers Shut My Library' (final part of a longer article) : 13th April 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Mayoral Candidate Ken Livingstone Vows to Help Reopen Cricklewood Library' : 13th April 2012
SWLondoner : 'Richmond Bucks National Trend by Extending Library Opening Hours' : 13th April 2012
This Is Surrey : 'Surrey Libraries Limbo Continues as High Court Battle Rages On' : 13th April 2012
Public Libraries News : 'One Library Authority for London - Pros and Cons' : 12th April 2012
This Is Bath : 'Libraries Do Battle' : 12th April 2012
Alan Gibbons : 'Campaign for the Book Newsletter' : 12th April 2012
Barnet Today : 'Library Strategy Tearing the Heart Out of Our Communities' (Barnet librarian) : 12th April 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Could Something Really be Stirring at the DCMS?' : 12th April 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'All Souls College Regrets Brent Council's Decision to Hand Back Kensal Rise and Cricklewood Libraries' : 12th April 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Don't close Upper Norwood Libery, I Really Like It,' Pleads Errol, Five and Three Quarters : 12th April 2012
Harrow Observer : 'Campaigners Urge Council to Shelve Library Plans' : 12th April 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Dancing On the Head of a Pin' : 11th April 2012
BBC News : 'Paid Library Staff in Surrey Should Stay: Campaigners' : 11th April 2012
The Guardian : 'Women's Library campaign Gathers Steam with 5,000-strong Petition' : 11th April 2012
Wishaw Press : North Lanarkshire - 'Council Bosses: Wishaw and Craigneuk Libraries Won't Close' : 11th April 2012
The Bookseller : 'Brent Libraries Land Reverts to All Souls' : 11th April 2012
The Guardian : 'Redesigning Libraries for Today's Climate and Tomorrow's Needs' : 10th April 2012
Socialist Worker : Alan Gibbons - 'Are Volunteers the Way to Save Our Libraries?' : 10th April 2012
Stroud News & Journal : Protesters Blast 'Destructive' Cuts to County's Libraries : 10th April 2012
Times Series : 'Book Lovers to Launch a People's Library in Friern Barnet' : 10th April 2012
Weston Mercury : 'Library Users Given Chance to Shape Services' : 10th April 2012
Redditch Advertiser : Warwickshire - 'Delight as Studley Community Library Goes Live' : 9th April 2012
Coventry Telegraph : Warwickshire - 'Villagers Re-open Dunchurch Library' : 9th April 2012
The Star : 'Doncaster Opening - Children Turn Out for Eva' : 9th April 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Mobile Library Cuts to Hit Elderly and Rural Dwellers' : 7th April 2012
Morpeth Herald : Northumberland - 'New Chapter for Mobile Library Routes' : 7th April 2012
Huddersfield Examiner : Letter - 'Cash for Libraries' : 7th April 2012
This Is Nottingham : New Home for Library Will Be in 'The Hub of the Community' : 7th April 2012
The Spectator : 'Is Dan the Man' : 7th April 2012
Adam Langleben : A Summary of the 'Siege' of Friern Barnet Library : 6th April 2012
This is Gloucestershire : 'Tempers Flare as Library Cuts Finalised in Gloucestershire' : 6th April 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : Letter - 'Kirklees Council Must Learn from Library Court Case' (staff are "heart and lungs" of the Library Service) : 6th April 2012
Slough Observer : Buckinghamshire - '£15k Funding Saves Library' : 6th April 2012
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'Equality Comes Off the Shelf' (part of a longer article) : 6th April 2012
The Guardian : 'Community-run Libraries Are Part of the Degradation of the Service' : 5th April 2012
Times Series : 'Tears Shed as Community Says Final Farewell to Friern Barnet Library' : 5th April 2012
Times Series : 'Emotions Running High as Friern Barnet Library is Closed' : 5th April 2012
BBC News : 'Residents in Sit-in Protest over Friern Barnet Library Closure' : 5th April 2012
BBC News : 'Gloucestershire Library Cuts of £1.8m Agreed by Council' : 5th April 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Fight to Save Council-run Library in Lechlade is Lost' : 5th April 2012
Times Series : 'Campaigners Stage Sit-in at Friern Barnet Library' : 5th April 2012
The Guardian : 'As One Library Closes, Others Fight On' : 5th April 2012
Times Series : 'Campaigners' Pleas Fail to Stop Friern Barnet Library Closure' : 5th April 2012
London Evening Standard : Brent - 'Library Campaigners Hit Out at Court Ban on Volunteers' : 5th April 2012
Bury Times : No Plans for Any 'Imminent' Job Cuts at Libraries : 5th April 2012
Oxford Mail : 'Volunteers Still to Run Libraries' : 5th April 2012
The Guardian : 'Community-run Libraries Are Part of the Degradation of the Service' : 5th April 2012
The Guardian : 'As One Library Closes, Others Fight On' : 5th April 2012
Times Series : 'Campaigners' Pleas Fail to Stop Friern Barnet Library Closure' : 5th April 2012
Bury Times : No Plans for Any 'Imminent' Job Cuts at Libraries : 5th April 2012
This Is Somerset : 'Phone Box Libraries Stripped of All Books' : 5th April 2012
SWLondoner : 'Hammersmith Library Set for Revamp' : 5th April 2012
Voices for the Library : 'Surrey Judgement Should Serve as a Stark Warning about Community Libraries' : 4th April 2012
Public Libraries News : "Not Brain Surgery": Tony Durcan on BBC Radio Four : 4th April 2012
BBC Radio 4 : 'Today' Programme - Tony Durcan interview - Voluntary Libraries : 4th April 2012
International Business Times : High Court Rules Against Library Cuts While Campaigners Claim Volunteer-Run Service 'Unsustainable' : 4th April 2012
The Bookseller : Feature by Tom Holman - 'Libraries: Care in the Community' : 4th April 2012
The Bookseller : 'Jarvis Attacks Vaizey on Surrey Judgement' : 4th April 2012
Yorkshire Post : 'North Yorks Library Chiefs Defiant on Volunteers' : 4th April 2012
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Lechlade Library's Fate is Sealed Say Campaigners' : 4th April 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Surrey Libraries Campaigners Keen to Work with Council after High Court Ruling' : 4th April 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Kirklees Libraries Campaigners Buoyed by High Court Ruling' : 4th April 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Legal Challenge Could Change Kirklees Library Controversy' : 4th April 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : Letter - 'Cynical Side to the Kirklees Library Cuts Plans' : 4th April 2012
Shoreham Herald : West Sussex - Shoreham Library to Close for Three Weeks (self-service) : 4th April 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'David Cameron Unveils Big Society Bank to Help Savers Invest in Good Causes' (e.g. Libraries) : 4th April 2012
Coventry Telegraph : Warwickshire - 'Henley-in-Arden Library Volunteers Prepare for Takeover' : 4th April 2012
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Renewed Lease of Life for Wilsden Library' : 4th April 2012
The Guardian : 'Take Heart, Fellow Library Lovers, the Writing Isn't On the Wall Quite Yet' : 4th April 2012
Public Service : 'Libraries Are About More than Just Borrowing Books' : 4th April 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Judge Rules Against Council Plan to Staff Libraries with Volunteers' : 3rd April 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : Letter - 'Library Closure Cost in Kirklees Just Does Not Add Up' : 3rd April 2012
Public Interest Lawyers : Surrey - Press Release : 3rd April 2012
The Guardian : 'Volunteer-run Libraries Unlawful, High Court Rules' : 3rd April 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : 'Jarvis Reacts to Surrey's Library Ruling' : 3rd April 2012
The Independent : 'Big Society' Libraries Under Threat as High Court Rules Council's Volunteer Scheme is Unlawful : 3rd April 2012
i-volunteer : 'Volunteer Run Libraries Fall Foul of Equalities Law' : 3rd April 2012
Press Association : 'Library Volunteer Scheme Unlawful' : 3rd April 2012
The Bookseller : 'Surrey Residents Win Library Challenge' : 3rd April 2012
BBC News : 'Surrey Library Volunteer Plan Ruled Unlawful by High Court' : 3rd April 2012
Booktrade Info : 'Scurrey County Council Pleased with High Court Libraries Judgement' : 3rd April 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'It's Your Duty to Run Our Library, Not Hand It to a Trust' : 3rd April 2012
Redditch Standard : Warwickshire - 'Community Spirit Praised as Studley's New Library Opens' : 3rd April 2012
Coventry Telegraph : 'Labour Lord Hits Out over Closure of Bedworth Heath Library' : 3rd April 2012
Wiltshire Gazette & Herald : 'Two Wiltshire Libraries to Open Longer' : 3rd April 2012
Wharfedale Observer : Leeds - 'Otley's One-stop Shop Moves to Library' : 3rd April 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'A Great Year for the Arts, Says Vaizey, But He Doesn't Mention Libraries ! : 3rd April 2012
The Bookseller : Public Lending Right 'Not Given in Volunteer Run Libraries' (copyright concerns) : 2nd April 2012
This Is Croydon : 'Croydon Council Spends £40,000 on Library Consultant' : 2nd April 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Consultation Flawed and Misleading - Campaigners' : 2nd April 2012
About My Area : Northamptonshire - 'County Council Thanks Friends of Libraries Groups' : 2nd April 2012
Bedfordshire News : 'Local Libraries to Charge for Use of Computers' : 2nd April 2012
The Comet : Central Bedfordshire - 'Library Closure Fears Dispelled' : 2nd April 2012
BBC News : 'E-gaming Firm to Fund Manx Library Service' : 2nd April 2012
Infotoday.com : Vice Pres LSSI - 'The Decline and Fall of the Library Empire' : 2nd April 2012
Library Journal : 'Privatized Libraries: Not So Bad for Everyone' : 2nd April
Public Libraries News : Special Report - 'The Future of Public Libraries. What the Senior Managers Think' : 1st April 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'Boris Johnson Offers His Support to Brent Library Campaigners' : 1st April 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Which Law Are We Talking About' : 1st April 2012
Public Libraries News : Comment - "Duh" : 31st March 2012
BBC News : 'Seven Gloucestershire Libraries Expected to Lose Council Funding' : 31st March 2012
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Community Groups Offered Help in Library Cuts Plan' : 31st March 2012
Brent & Kilburn Times : 'The Number of Visits to Brent Libraries Plummet by Thousands' : 31st March 2012
Shropshire Star : 'Innovation Key to Survival of Libraries' : 31st March 2012
Lutterworth Mail : Leicestershire - 'New Library Hours Begin' : 31st March 2012
Leighton Buzzard Observer : Central Bedfordshire - 'Library Initiative Planned for 15 Years' : 31st March 2012
Yellow Advertiser : 'Leader Promises Libraries Will Not Be Sold Off' : 30th March 2012
Yellow Advertiser : Thurrock - 'Calls to Save Library from Closure' : 30th March 2012
This Is Somerset : 'Self-Service the Way Forward for North Somerset Libraries' : 30th March 2012
Broken Barnet Blogspot : 'A Tale of Two Barnet Libraries' : 30th March 2012
Brighouse Echo : Calderdale - 'Cuts in Library Hours Go Ahead' : 30th March 2012
Rugby Observer : Warwickshire - 'Villagers Fear Final Chapter as Library Closure Looms' : 30th March
Islington Tribune : 'Petition Launched To Save Historic Archives - London Metropolitan University Set to Axe Women's Library and TUC Collections' : 30th March 2012
The Guardian : 'They Tell Me Print is Dead - But ...' : 30th March 2012
Isle of Man Today : 'New Chapter for Mobile and Family Libraries?' : 30th March 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Gloucestershire Consultation Results' : 29th March 2012
North Wales Weekly News : Conwy - 'Volunteers Need Fund to Run Penrhyn Bay Library' : 29th March 2012
Nailsea People : North Somerset - 'Nailsea Library New Hours from September' : 29th March 2012
This Is Tamworth : North Warwickshire - 'Shake-up Sees New Mobile Library for Kingsbury and Volunteers Opening Doors in Baddesley' : 29th March 2012
Barnet Today : 'Library Campaign Forced Outside for Activity Afternoon' : 29th March 2012
CILIP Update : 'Greek Tragedy in The Fight for Libraries' : 28th March 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Library Reports'(An excess of) : 28th March 2012
Manchester Evening News : 'Library Staff Plans Given Go-ahead After Rethink' : 28th March 2012
Atlantic Cities : USA - 'Are Privatized Public Libraries So Bad?' : 28th March 2012
Weston Mercury : North Somerset - 'Council Responds to Library Views' : 28th March 2012
Todmorden News : 'Less Time to Visit the Area's Libraries' : 28th March 2012
Haverhill Echo : 'New Library Boss for Suffolk' : 28th March 2012
Inverclyde Now : 'Books on Prescription to Help Young People' : 28th March 2012
Rhyl Journal : Denbighshire - 'A Library Could Turn a New Page Thanks to a £300,000 Welsh Government Grant' : 28th March 2012
About My Area : 'The Way Forward for Central Bedfordshire Libraries' : 28th March 2012
Epworth Bells : Doncaster - 'High Hopes for Future of Community Library' : 28th March 2012
Public Libraries News : 'Arts Council Launches Public Consultation on Libraries' : 27th March 2012
London Evening Standard : 'Like the NHS, Libraries Are a Vital Free Service for All' : 27th March 2012
Teesdale Mercury : Durham - Outrage at 'Scam and Trick' Library Exercise : 27th March 2012
Thinkbroadband : 'Harriet Harman Re-iterates Labour's 2 Mbps for all 2012 Policy' : 27th March 2012
Times Series : 'Protests Over Impending Friern Barnet Library Closures' : 27th March 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Kirklees Council Reviews Library Consultation Plans' : 27th March 2012
Northwich Guardian : 'CWAC Union Members Take Further Industrial Action in Contract Dispute' : 27th March 2012
Manx Radio : 'Funding Hope for Libraries' (from e-gaming firm Pokerstars) : 27th March 2012
Redditch Standard : Worcestershire - 'Library Opening Hours Cut' : 27th March 2012
Coventry Telegraph : Bedworth's 'Honesty Library' Proves Successful : 27th March 2012
About My Area : 'Portsmouth Libraries Continue to Prosper' : 27th March 2012
Information Overlord : 'Let Yapping Dogs Lie' : 26th March 2012
This Is Bristol : Libraries Letter - 'It's Time to Take a Stand for Quality' : 26th March 2012
Halifax Courier : 'Calderdale Library Opening Hours Cut to Save £150,000' : 26th March 2012
The News : Portsmouth - 'Plans for Drayton Library Approved After 50 Years' : 26th March 2012
Isleofman.com : Isle of Man - 'Library Loss Can't Be Underestimated' : 26th March 2012
Good Library Blog : 'The Library Campaign Police' : 25th March 2012
Infoism : 'Is This the Kind of Help Public Libraries Need?' : 25th March 2012
BBC News : Andrew Carnegie-funded Kettering Library 'Needs £1m' to be Restored : 24th March 2012
This Is Surrey : 'Surrey Library Funding Fight Heard at High Court' : 24th March 2012
Bridport News : Charmouth - 'Library Roof to be Refurbished Before Hand-over' : 24th March 2012
News Wales : £2.2 Million Boost for Wales' Museums and Libraries' : 24th March 2012
This Is South Wales : 'Extra Cash Will Boost Security of Collections' : 24th March 2012
Ripley & Heanor News : 'Libraries to Re-open After Improvements' : 24th March 2012
This Is Leicestershire : Letter : 'A New Chapter in Hypocrisy' : 23rd March 2012
This Is Tamworth : North Warwickshire - 'Consultation Leads to Revised Opening Hours at Libraries' : 23rd March 2012
The Independent : Philip Pullman - 'Libraries Are Not Just About Books' : 23rd March
The Independent : 'I'll Give Money to Save Libraries, Ex-Waterstones Boss Pledges' : 23rd March 2012
The Independent : Leading Article - 'Libraries Can Prosper If They Change' : 23rd March 2012
The Independent : Philip Pullman - 'Libraries Are Not Just About Books' : 23rd March 2012
The Independent : 'I'll Give Money to Save Libraries, Ex-Waterstones Boss Pledges' : 23rd March 2012
The Independent : Leading Article - 'Libraries Can Prosper If They Change : 23rd March 2012
The Bookseller : 'Coates Blasts UK Library Service as Bilbary Launches in the US' : 23rd March 2012
London Evening Standard : Library Crisis 'Like Beeching Cuts to Railways' : 23rd March 2012
DCMS : 'New Chair of Arts Council England to be Appointed' : 23rd March 2012
Dorset For You : 'Work Begins on Refurbishment of Christchurch Library' : 23rd March 2012
Dan Jarvis MP : Jarvis Asks Vaizey: "Are You a Champion for Libraries?" : 22nd March 2012
This Is Exeter : 'Council Staff to Get Paid for Volunteering' : 22nd March 2012
This Is Lincolnshire : 'Villagers Threaten to Boycott New Library at Saxilby over Staffing' : 22nd March 2012
This Is Scunthorpe : 'Library Opening Hours Cut after Plans are Rubber-stamped' : 22nd March 2012
The Guardian : 'Professional Development Advice for Academic Librarians' : 22nd March 2012
Elisabeth Laing QC : Library Closures And The Public Sector Equality Duty - Libraries : 22nd March 2012
News & Star : Penrith - 'Library is Closing for Switch to Self-service' : 22nd March 2012
Camden New Journal : 'Campaign Group on Brink of Keats Library Survival Deal' : 22nd March 2012
The Bookseller : Editorial - 'Time's Up, Mr Vaizey' : 21st March 2012
Get Surrey : Library Volunteers 'Would Give Equivalent Service' : 21st March 2012
This Is Leicestershire : Letter - 'Cultural Deficit' : 21st March 2012
This Is Plymouth : 'Labour Candidate's Leaflet Sparks Row over Libraries' : 21st March 2012
This Is Leicestershire : 'Ssh ! City Library Could Become a Concert Venue' : 21st March 2012
Suffolk Free Press : 'Centre is On the Move' (into Library) : 21st March 2012
BBC News : 'High Court Reserves Surrey Libraries Decision' : 20th March 2012
Public Libraries News : 'The End of Booked Up' : 20th March 2012
Local Guardian : 'Campaigners In Court Fighting Library Plans' : 20th March 2012
Get Surrey : 'Volunteer Libraries Battle Reaches High Court' : 20th March 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Goucestershire Campaigners Demand Response from Vaizey' : 20th March 2012
Ventnor Blog : Keith Fagan: Cllr Pugh's Library Evidence "Misleading" : 20th March 2012
This Is Plymouth : 'Labour Candidate's Leaflet Sparks Row over Libraries' : 21st March 2012
BBC News : 'High Court Reserves Surrey Libraries Decision' : 20th March 2012
Public Libraries News : 'The End of Booked Up' : 20th March 2012
Local Guardian : 'Campaigners In Court Fighting Library Plans' : 20th March 2012
Get Surrey : 'Volunteer Libraries Battle Reaches High Court' : 20th March 2012
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Goucestershire Campaigners Demand Response from Vaizey' : 20th March 2012
Ventnor Blog : Keith Fagan: Cllr Pugh's Library Evidence "Misleading" : 20th March 2012
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Denby Dale Library Campaigners Slam Kirklees' Lack of Ideas for Volunteer Plan' : 20th March 2012
Socialist Worker : 'Two Years Into the Cuts - Libraries: 160 Closed, 600 More to Go' : 20th March 2012
This Is Bath : 'Celebrating Volunteering in Council's Libraries' : 20th March 2012
Isle of Man Today : 'Reprieve for Isle of Man's Family and Mobile Libraries?' : 20th March 2012
Voice of Russia : 'Libraries under Pressure' (UK) : 20th March 2012
House of Commons : CMS Select Committee - Uncorrected Transcript of Oral Evidence: Ed Vaizey MP : 19th March 2012
Eagle Radio : 'Surrey Libraries Row Goes To the High Court' : 19th March 2012
Bournemouth Echo : 'Redhill Parents Protest Against Closure of Hill View School Library' : 19th March 2012
Croydon Guardian : 'Four Options for Future of Popular Library' : 19th March 2012
This Is Kent : 'Developer Must Give £500k for New Primary School in Sherwood' (and financial contributions for Libraries) : 19th March 2012
Isleofman.com : Isle of Man - 'Working Group to Assess Library Options' : 19th March 2012
Coventry Telegraph : 'New Library Times for Wolston and Rugby' : 19th March 2012
Dorset Echo : 'Dorset County Council Questioned on Mobile Library Decision' : 18th March 2012
Northern Echo : Durham - 'Concerns over Library Cuts Plan' : 18th March 2012
Brighouse Echo : Calderdale - 'Deal for New Library Hours' : 18th March 2012
Morning Star Online : 'Paperback Fighters' - by Alan Gibbons : 18th March 2012
Local Guardian : 'Merton Library Service Named Top in UK' : 18th March 2012
Stourbridge News : Dudley - 'Council Scoops Top Award for Innovative Library Project' : 18th March 2012
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Library Deals Booked with Developers' : 18th March 2012
Public Libraries News : "Eye of the Storm" - 3000 hours, 10% of all staff, up to two-fifths of funding lost in One Year : 17th March 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Support for Margaret Hodge' : 17th March 2012
Lancashire Telegraph : 'Blackburn Library Users Face Reduced Hours' : 17th March 2012
Manx Radio : 'Cuts Regrettable But Necessary' : 16th March 2012
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Resign, Say Library Campaigners' : 16th March 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Scale of Library Cut-backs Revealed' : 16th March 2012
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'Our Libraries Need to Study Success' : 16th March 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'How to Cut Council Spending Without Closing Libraries' : 16th March 2012
Good Library Blog : 'Management of the Public Library Service' : 16th March 2012
Kilburn Times : 'Brent Council Snubs Willesden Green Library Petition Despite 6,000 Signatures' : 16th March 2012
South Wales Argus : 'Gwent Schools Books Library Opens a New Chapter' : 16th March 2012
The Independent : Leading Article - 'How to Improve Literacy In a Time of Austerity' : 16th March 2012
This Is Staffordshire : Stoke-on-Trent - 'Library Visits Slump in the City During Merger Talks' : 16th March 2012
This Is Kent : 'Libraries to Stay Open' : 16th March 2012
Mancunian Matters : 'Much-missed Manchester Central Library on Target to Re-open in Early 2014' : 16th March 2012
BBC News : 'New Home for Closure-threatened Yorkshire Arts Resource' : 15th March 2012
Daily Telegraph : 'Scale of Library Cut-backs Revealed' : 16th March 2012
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin - 'Our Libraries Need to Study Success' : 16th March 2012
BBC News : 'New Home for Closure-threatened Yorkshire Arts Resource' : 15th March 2012
Socialist Party : Gloucestershire - 'Library Cash Goes to Supermarket Bosses' : 15th March 2012
This Is Somerset : WI on March Again against 'Beeching' Library Cuts : 15th March 2012
BBC News : 'Ofsted - Literacy Progress Has Stalled, Chief Inspector Says' : 15th March 2012
The Guardian : 'UK's Threatened Music and Drama Library is Saved' : 15th March 2012
STV : Edinburgh - Anti-cuts Activists Claim Council is Privatising Services 'By the Back Door' : 15th March 2012
View Online : Dorset - 'Community Run Libraries a Step Closer' : 15th March 2012
News & Star : Carlisle - 'New Home for Library' : 15th March 2012
Bolton News : 'Sunday and Bank Holiday Opening for Central Library' : 15th March 2012
This Is Kent : 'Library's Services Reviewed by County' : 15th March 2012
Three.fm Radio : Isle of Man - 'Closure of Libraries to Dominate Tynwald Questions' : 15th March 2012
Ventura County Star : USA - 'Private Firm that Wants to Run Simi Library Gets High Marks, Opposition' : 15th March 2012
Suffolk Wordblog : 'Biggest Suffolk Libraries Pilot Scheme Collapses' : 14th March 2012
Public Libraries News : 'And Then There Were Seven - Brent Make a Bad Situation Worse' : 14th March 2012

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