BBC News : 'Injunction Granted to Postpone Library Cuts in Somerset':
21st July 2011
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Alan Gibbons Blog : details of Somerset Injunction : 21st July 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Brent Libraries Judicial Review - Day Two' :
21st July 2011 |
|
Press Release - 'Dorset Votes to Get Shot of Nine Small Libraries'
published on Alan Gibbons Blog : 21st July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Threatened Surrey Libraries' Opening Hours Face Changes' :
21st July 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Call for Extended Libraries Deadline Rejected' :
21st July 2011 |
|
Local Guardian : 'Lambeth Library Strike Called Off' :
21st July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Coventry Mobile Library Replaced with New Building' :
21st July |
|
CILIP : Blog - 'Visibility, Value and Volunteers' :
21st July 2011 |
|
This Is Somerset : 'Union's Protest Urges Somerset County Council to Resume
Talks' : 21st July 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Dorset Library Closure Decision Due' :
21st July 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'Author Santa Montefiore Backs Dorset Libraries Campaign' :
21st July 2011 |
Halesowen News : 'Plan to Replace Sandwell Librarians with Volunteers' :
21st July 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Addingham and Wilsden Villagers Step Up in
Bid for Libraries' : 21st July 2011 |
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Gazette Live : 'Great Ayton Library May be Run by Volunteers' :
21st July 2011 |
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This Is Devon : 'Library Hours Cut as Council Saves Cash' :
21st July 2011 |
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Coventry Telegraph : '£1m Library Opens in Allesley' :
21st July 2011 |
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This Is Lancashire : 'Action Group Step Up Atherton Fight' :
21st July 2011 |
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Salisbury Journal : 'Decision Day on Future of Village Library' :
21st July 2011 |
| London 24 : What Helen Mountfield QC, who is representing three Brent library users,
told the High Court today (Wednesday) : 20th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : Leading Article - History Must Live :
20th July 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Brent Libraries Judicial review - Day One' :
20th July 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Philip Pullman - 'Why We Must Stand Up to the Book
Barbarians' : 20th July 2011 |
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Daily Telegraph : 'Library Closures Challenged in Court' :
20th July 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Evening Post : 'Half of Wakefield Libraries at Risk' :
20th July 2011 |
|
Camden.gov.uk : 'Scrutiny Committee Green Lights Decision for Camden
Libraries Future' : 20th July 2011 |
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Dorset Echo : 'Last Attempt at Protest for Dorset Library Campaigners' :
20th July 2011 |
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View Online : Bridport - 'County to Vote on Future of Libraries' :
20th July 2011 |
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Bournemouth Echo : 'D-Day for Nine of Dorset's Libraries' :
20th July 2011 |
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Cambridge First : '7,000 sign Save Cambridgeshire Libraries petition' :
20th July 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Bromely Councillors to Decide on Sharing Library Services
with Bexley' : 20th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Library Service Feedback Form' [and comments] :
19th July 2011 |
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The Independent : 'High Court Legal Bid to Block Library Closures' :
19th July 2011 |
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Daily Mail : Brent - news from the High Court :
19th July 2011 |
|
London 24 : 'Brent Council Defers Library Sites Sale as High Court Challenge
Begins' : 19th July 2011 |
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Herald Series : 'Legal Bid to Block Library Closures' :
19th July 2011 |
BBC News : 'Campaigners Challenge Brent Library Closures in Court' :
19th July 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Wakefield Plans to Cut Cash to 12 Libraries' :
19th July 2011 |
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Gazette & Herald : 'Deadline Appeal over Libraries Decision' :
19th July 2011 |
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Gazette Live : 'Meeting to Save Under-Threat Great Ayton Library' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Worcester News : 'Councillor Backs Shared Buildings' :
19th July 2011 |
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Teesdale Mercury : Durham - 'Charity Steps In to Help Library' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Metro.co.uk : 'Library Cuts Battle Opens in High Court' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Brent Libraries : 'Protestors Force Deferral of Decision to Sell Preston
Library' : 18th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Library Judicial Review Leave Hearing given Date' :
18th July 2011 |
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Ventnor Blog : Date of 26th July given for Library Judicial Review Leave
Hearing - Isle of Wight |
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Brent Libraries : 'Protestors Force Deferral of Decision to Sell Preston
Library' : 18th July 2011 |
The Bookseller : Summer Reading Scheme "Critical" for Children's Literacy :
18th July 2011 |
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Henley Standard : 'Libraries Must Change to Survive' :
18th July 2011 |
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Henley Standard : Watlington - 'Public Meeting on Threat to Library' :
19th July 2011 |
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Elmbridge Today : Surrey - 'Campaigners Set to Protest Against Library
Plans' : 18th July 2011 |
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London 24 : 'Cut Opening Hours and All the Libraries will be Saved' :
18th July 2011 |
London Evening Standard : 'Cuts in My 'hood - How will Camden Suffer' :
18th July 2011 |
|
This Is The West Country : Cornwall - 'One Stop Shops to Move into
Libraries' : 18th July 2011 |
|
Treehugger.com : 'Obsolete Telephone Booths Recycled as Libraries' :
18th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Fight to Save Local Libraries Gets Its Day in Court' :
Sunday, 17th July 2011 |
Your Canterbury : 'Concerns Raised about New Powers for Parish Councils' :
16th July 2011 |
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EADT : Suffolk - 'Library Battle Goes On' :
16th July 2011 |
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Daily Gazette : Essex - Tiptree's Police Library Trial 'fails' :
16th July 2011 |
This Is Lancashire : Bolton - 'The Big Society Packs a Punch at Lads Club!'
:
16th July 2011 |
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Ilkley Gazette : 'Addingham Library Given More Time to Find Volunteers' :
16th July 2011 |
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Malvern Gazette : 'Library Services Go High-Tech' :
16th July 2011 |
|
Times Series : Save Friern Barnet Library Party Today :
16th July 2011 |
|
Wharfedale Observer : 'Appeal for Support in Rawdon Library Battle' :
16th July 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Estelle Morris - 'Museums, Libraries and the Arts have Much
to Gain from Each Other' : 14th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Libraries Face their Day in Court' :
15th July 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'How North East Libraries are Changing Lives' :
15th July 2011 |
|
Enfield Independent : 'Redundancy Warning given to Enfield Library Workers'
: 15th July 2011 |
Bridport & Lyme Regis News : Charmouth - 'Library could Still Face Closure'
:
15th July 2011 |
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Bo'ness Journal : 'Demonstration over Cuts in Library Hours' :
15th July 2011 |
|
Weston Mercury : 'Library - Use It or Lose It - Warning' :
15th July 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'IW Council will Contest Legal Challenge on
Libraries' : 15th July 2011 |
|
The Scotsman : East Lothian - 'Libraries to Extend Hours of Opening' :
15th July 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'We Can't Run Libraries by Ourselves' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Express & Star : 'Big Shake-up for Sandwell's Libraries' |
|
Sandwell Council's response to above article in Express & Star:
14th July |
|
North London Today : Enfield - 'Librarians are Warned that they are Facing
Redundancy' : 14th July 2011 |
|
Coventry Times : 'Library Jobs could Go in £2m Budget Cuts' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Library User Group Accuses Council of Misuse of Funds' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Get Hampshire : 'Library Fines for Children will 'Not Help One Bit' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Get Reading : 'Assurance on Wokingham Borough Libraries' :
14th July 2011 |
|
This Is Devon : 'Council Proposes to Cut Hours in 11 Libraries' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Harrow Observer : 'Brent Library Closures to be Contested in Court' :
14th July 2011 |
|
the Independent : Two letters re. 'Perspectives on Child Education' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Stroud News & Journal : Judicial Review of Library Plans' :
14th July 2011 |
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The Bookseller : Arts Council to 'Speak Up for Libraries' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Arts Council : 'Review of the Arts Council's Strategic Framework' :
14th July 2011 |
|
American Libraries Magazine : 'Who's the Boss ?' :
14th July 2011 |
|
Witney Gazette : Council's Libraries Proposals 'Flawed' :
13th July 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Library Rescue Bid Goes to High Court' :
13th July 2011 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Libraries Open for Longer' :
13th July 2011 |
|
Information Twist : 'Proposed Motion to Halt Changes to Surrey Library
Service' : 13th July 2011 |
|
Leamington Courier : Warwickshire - 'Cuts in Library Opening Times Hours
will Lead to Drop in Visitors, say Officials' :
13th July 2011 |
|
Bolton News : 'Library Campaigners Want Decision Delay' :
13th July 2011 |
|
Bromley Times : Bromley-Bexley Library Merger Nears Fruition :
13th July 2011 |
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View Online : Lyme Regis - 'Library is Saved !' :
13th July 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Kent wins Libraries Change Lives award' :
13th July 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Kent Celebrates Library Accolade' :
13th July 2011 |
|
This Is Lancashire : Libraries Court Case 'will not affect Bolton
decision' : 12th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Isle of Wight Council to Fight Libraries Legal Injunction' :
12th July 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'More Time for Communities to Take Over Libraries' :
12th July 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Private Firms to Run Our Services' :
12th July 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : Private Libraries will Continue 'All Statutory Services' :
12th July 2011 |
|
This Is Cornwall : Cornwall Artists Fight 'Disastrous Plans' to Cut Library
Hours' : 12th July 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'Repair Cost Estimates put Library on Hit List' :
12th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Leicestershire Libraries and Museums Face Hours Cut' :
12th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Three in Five of the Poorest 11-year-olds Lack Basic
Literacy' : 11th July 2011 |
BBC News : 'Dorset Libraries Campaign Group Considers Legal Action' :
11th July 2011 |
|
Save Kensal Rise Library : 'High Court Dates Set - July 19th to 20th' 2011
|
|
The Guardian : 'Cornwall Council to Consider Shared Services Venture' :
11th July 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Ways With Words - 'Penelope Lively Kindles Publishing
Row' : 11th July 2011 |
Save Kensal Rise Library : Cllr Ann John Faces Fresh Embarrassment ...'
:
11th July 2011 |
|
Guardian Series : Leytonstone - '1000 Sign Petition to Save Library' :
11th July 2011 |
|
The Observer : 'But Mr Darcy, Shouldn't We be Taking Precautions ?' [Re. Libraries / Ed Vaizey MP]
: 10th July 2011 |
|
Cornwall Community News : 'Cornwall Council Wants to Set Up a Company to
Gun for Contracts Up Country' : 9th July 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Solicitors Apply for Injunction for Isle of Wight
Libraries' :
8th July 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Boost for Library Campaign as Court Orders Judicial
Review' : 8th July 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Library Campaigners Helped by Nick Cave' :
8th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Library Campaigners Win Victory Against Closures' :
8th July 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Suffolk to Centralise Library Management' :
8th July 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : County Unveils Library 'Models' :
8th July 2011 |
|
ITV News - The West Country Tonight : Video - Gloucestershire libraries
Court ruling |
|
The Bookseller : 'Pullman Joins Fight for Brent Libraries' :
8th July 2011 |
|
BBC Points West News : Gloucestershire libraries Court ruling
[on iPlayer] |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Libraries Budget is Still Under Threat' :
8th July 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Judge Orders Review into Library Closures' :
8th July 2011 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times : Campaigners Welcome Library Move' :
8th July 2011 |
|
Diss Express : 'Relief After Library Closures Expected to be Scrapped by
Council Cabinet' : 8th July 2011 |
This Is Cornwall : 'Cornwall Council Presses Ahead with Private Sector
Plans' :
8th July 2011 |
|
This Is Tamworth : 'Communities Could Take Over Running of Threatened
Libraries' : 8th July 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'A Voice from Korea' - Catherine Gallagher writes
from South Korea : 8th July 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Campaigners Welcome a Full Judicial Review into
Library Closures in Gloucestershire' : 7th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Legal Action against Council Gets Funded' - Statement
from Solicitors : 7th July 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Library Campaigners Win Right to Judicial Review over
Closures' : 7th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Judicial Review for Gloucestershire Libraries Closure' :
7th July 2011 |
|
Willesden & Brent Times : Brent - 'Date Set for High Court Action Against
Library Closures' : 7th July 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Legal Aid Body Ignores Appeals Review over Library Costs'
:
6th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Warwickshire Libraries Could Face 120 Job Cuts' :
6th July 2011 |
Kenilworth Weekly News : 'Warwickshire Libraries Could Lose 100 Staff' :
6th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Devon Libraries Face Opening Hours Cuts' :
6th July 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Gloucestershire Campaigners Await Judicial Review
Hearing' :
6th July 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Campaign to Save Bolton's Threatened Libraries' :
6th July 2011 |
|
Bolton News : 'Council to Debate the Future of Libraries' :
6th July 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : ' Library Campaigners Welcome Delay in Handover' :
6th July 2011 |
|
Voices For The Library : Analysis of Summary of findings DCLG 'Review of
Statutory Duties' : 5th July 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Morgan to be Arts Council Libraries Director' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'County Libraries Need Your Support' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Third Sector : Analysis - The Onward March of the Leisure Trusts :
5th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Reduced Mobile Library Routes in Somerset Revealed' :
5th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Communities in Somerset Planning Library Takeover' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : Isle of Wight - 'Cautious Welcome for Bembridge Library
Decision' : 5th July 2011 |
Enfield Independent : 'Council Survey Shows Library Closures Possible' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'Campaigners Unite to Fight Wool Village Library Closure'
: 5th July 2011 |
Bournemouth Echo : 'Top Tories Back Plan to Keep Dorset Libraries Open' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'High Profile Tories Back Library Campaign' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Meandering the Bookshelves : Blog - "Horrific" situation for Cambridgeshire
Libraries : 5th July 2011 |
Salisbury Journal : 'Streamlined Mobile Library Service Set to be Launched' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : 'Borough Libraries are Owed £55,000' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Weston Mercury : 'Mobile Library Cuts Attacked by MP' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Local Guardian : Chingford - 'Churches Unite to Fight Library Closure' :
5th July 2011 |
|
Save Kensal Rise Library : 'Ed Miliband Slams Labour-run Brent Council' :
4th July 2011 |
|
BBC News : Three Somerset Libraries Set to Stay Open'
[volunteers to 'pay for' and 'run'] : 4th July 2011 |
|
Welwyn & Hatfield Times : 'Hertfordshire Library Opening Hours Reduced from
Today' : 4th July 2011 |
|
Borehamwood Times : 'Library Opening Hours Cut across Hertfordshire Today'
[Borehamwood : cerca 40%] : 4th July 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : Benson -'Campaigners Bid to Stop Two-thirds Cut in Staff
at Library : 4th July 2011 |
|
This Is Lancashire : 'No Decision Made on Future of Libraries' :
4th July 2011 |
Gazette Live : 'Teesside Libraries Charging Highest Kids' Fines in
North-East' :
4th July 2011 |
|
The Independent : Ed Vaizey's performance "unremittingly feeble" -
DJ Taylor: 'Beach Fatties Strain the Limits of Liberalism' :
3rd July 2011 |
|
Channel 4 News : Video - Libraries Item [a clip also features on U-Tube :
'Libraries - the new frontline in cuts row' : 3rd July 2011 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Councillor Hawthorne Continues to
Spin - whilst Newnham Library Group Sets the Record Straight' :
3rd July 2011 |
|
Worcester News : 'Concern that Volunteers Could Run Libraries' :
2nd July 2011 |
Dorset Echo : Campaigners Urge Dorset County Council to Save Library Jobs' :
2nd July 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Ealing Council's Overview & Scrutiny Committee - Decisions
on Libraries' : 2nd July 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Herefordshire Council Scraps Mobile Library Service' :
2nd July 2011 |
|
West Sussex County Times : 'Shock at Library as Reference Books Go' :
2nd July 2011 |
|
West Sussex County Times : Letter - 'Chief's Pay-Off' :
2nd July 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Gloria de Piero - I Hate to Sound Like a Politician' :
1st July 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Temporary Reprieve for Five Isle of Wight Libraries' :
1st July 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Community Groups Speak Out on Libraries' :
1st July 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'Extra Time for Island Libraries' :
1st July 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press ; 'Library Negotiations to Get More Time' :
1st July 2011 |
|
This is Lancashire : 'Final Chapter Still to be Written in Bolton Libraries
Closure Plan' : 1st July 2011 |
|
Falkirk Herald : 'Trust Takes Charge of Falkirk's Leisure Services' :
1st July 2011 |
|
Evening Gazette : 'Last-ditch Plea to Save Redcar Library is Rejected' :
1st July 2011 |
Tewkesbury Admag : Gloucestershire - 'Going Ahead with 'Big Community' :
30th June 2011 |
|
Burnham-On-Sea.com : Burnham MP [Tessa Munt] Attacks Plans for "Massive
Cuts" to Mobile Libraries : 30th June |
Western Daily Press : 'WI Members Launch Love Your Libraries Campaign' :
29th June 2011 |
|
Get Surrey : 'Group Formed to Fight Surrey Library Closures' :
29th June 2011 |
Isle of Wight County Press : Volunteers 'should not replace library
workers'
[says MP] : 29th June 2011 |
|
Borehamwood Times : 'Campaigner Mobilises Headteachers and MP against
Borehamwood Library Cuts' : 29th June 2011 |
|
House of Lords : Video - Localism Bill Part One |
|
Stroud News & Journal : 'Painswick Library to be Re-Housed in the Town
Hall' : 29th June 2011 |
|
The Star : 'Mayor Ciritical as Miliband Backs Library Closure Protest' :
29th June 2011 |
|
Wirral Globe : Letter - 'Wirral Library Plans are a Mistake' :
29th June 2011 |
|
Basingstoke Gazette : 'Slimmed-Down Library Read to Hit the Road' :
29th June 2011 |
PublicNet : 'Communities will Benefit from Big Society if Postcode is
Right' :
29th June 2011 |
|
Haverhill Echo : 'Rethink over Future of Suffolk Libraries' :
29th June 2011 |
Bromsgrove Advertiser : Council has "No Plans" to Close Rubery Library :
29th June 2011 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Cllr. Hawthorne Spins Away.. while
Lechlade Library Working Group Set the Record Straight' :
28th June 2011 |
|
This Is Staffordshire : 'Church Steps In to Lend Books after Mobile Library
Service Cut' : 28th June 2011 |
|
Portsmouth.co.uk : Friday Closures of Portsmouth's Central Library could be
Reversed' : 28th June 2011 |
Local Guardian : Wandsworth and Croydon could Outsource their Libraries' :
28th June 2011 |
|
Wirral News : Labour Pledge Wirral's Libraries are "Safe in Our Hands" :
28th June 2011 |
|
The Star : Labour Leader's Pledge on Libraries Row' :
27th June 2011 |
|
Get Bracknell : 'Libraries are Owed £105,000' :
27th June 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : '17 Offers Set to get Go Ahead to Run
Gloucestershire's Libraries and Youth Services' :
27th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : West Sussex Council Payoffs to Officers 'Outrageous' :
27th June 2011 |
|
PublicService.co.uk : 'Libraries Told to Improve Online' :
27th June 2011 |
|
Hemel Today : 'Cuts to Library Hours Come into Force' :
27th June 2011 |
|
Inside Croydon : 'Secret Meetings and Council Silence over Library
Sell-Off Scheme' : 26th June 2011 |
|
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Library Closure Plans Halted by
Injunction' : 26th June 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : Moreton - 'Library Hours ruling Angers Town
Council' : 24th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : Community-run Libraries 'Could Charge' :
24th June 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'County leader Berates Oxfam Chief' :
24th June 2011 |
|
This Is Croydon : 'Leader Defends Colleague's Surprise Meeting with Private
Firm' : 24th June 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : 'Bookworms Fight to Keep Libraries Public' :
24th June 2011 |
London Evening Standard : Author Attacks 'Hypocrisy' of Library Closures :
24th June 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Community Services Work Best at their Most Local'
: 23rd June 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Time to Throw the Book at Ed Vaizey' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Carnegie Winner Patrick Ness Attacks Library Cuts' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Patrick Ness Accepts Carnegie Medal with fierce Defence of
Libraries' : 23rd June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Details of Patrick Ness's Speech :
23rd June 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'Our Libraries Must be Run by the Council, Insists
Alan Bennett' : 23rd June 2011 |
|
Kent Online : 'A Rare Conservative Revolt over Library Closures Plans' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
Tewkesbury Admag : 'Court Halts Library Cuts' :
23rd June 2011 |
Harrow Times : 'Residents Raise Money Towards Legal Challenge in Brent' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Herefordshire's Mobile Libraries to be Scrapped' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
News & Star : 'Campaigners Bid to Save Two Cumbrian Libraries' :
23rd June 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Denholme and Addingham Libraries Get Stay of
Execution, but Wilsden and Heaton to Close' : 23rd June 2011 |
|
BBC News : Lancashire - Mereside and Boundary Libraries Saved for 12
Months' : 22nd June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Stonewall from Government on Library Closures' :
22nd June 2011 |
|
Information Twist : 'Sheriff Vaizey' : 22nd June 2011 |
|
North West Evening Mail : Askam, Cumbria - 'Residents Flock to Keep Library
Open' : 22nd June 2011 |
|
Reading Post : 'Volunteers Aim to Keep Library Open' :
22nd June 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Meeting to Decide Future of Ealing Libraries' :
22nd June 2011 |
|
Save Kensal Rise Library Campaign : 'Hammersmith & Fulham Council Accuse
Brent Council of being "Lazy" in Shutting Down Libraries' :
22nd June 2011 |
|
About My Area : Milton Keynes - 'On-Line Questionnaire' :
22nd June 2011 |
|
Parliamentary Briefing Paper - Libraries [in case
you missed it] |
|
The Bookseller : Vaizey - "No Case" Yet for Libraries Intervention :
21st June 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : Hackney - Unnecessary Cuts Despite Mayor's Promises
from LIS PUB LIBS : 21st June 2011 |
|
CILIP : Annie Mauger's key speech at the Future of Library Services in
the Big Society conference : 21st June 2011 |
|
New government-sponsored website for running libraries with volunteers :
'Community Knowledge Hub' : 21st June 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'Closure Threat Still Hangs Over Libraries' :
21st June 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Future of Dorset Libraries Still Hangs in Balance' :
21st June 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Meeting to be held on Tuesday 28th June' :
21st June 2011 |
BBC Radio 4 : Just a Minute - Sue Perkins on Libraries
[14.30 minutes in] :
20th June |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Volunteers Sought to Help Save Library' :
20th June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Merging Library Services will Save £1m :
20th June 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Libraries could Stay Open after Windfall' :
20th June 2011 |
Lutterworth Mail : Northamptonshire - 'Horror as Mobile Library Faces Cuts' :
20th June 2011 |
|
Islington Gazette : 'Islington's Libraries Face Opening Hours Cuts' :
20th June 2011 |
BBC News : Volunteer Use 'Not Right Approach' [says OXFAM Director] :
19th June 2011 |
|
Sunday Express : As US Firm Seeks to Run Beloved Institutions, Are We at
Risk of 'Barbarism' ? : 19th June 2011 |
|
Reading Chronicle : 'Library Outrage Sparks Petition' :
19th June 2011 |
|
Londonist : 'West London Councils Combine Library Forces' :
19th June 2011 |
This Is Gloucestershire : 'High Court Injunction on Library Closure Plans' :
18th June 2011 |
|
Portsmouth.co.uk : 'New County Library Service Set to Start'
[mobile stops cut from more than 1,200 to 365] : 18th June 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Library Protesters at Ministry' :
18th June 2011 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'High Court Issues an Injunction
Against Gloucestershire County Council' : 17th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Challenge to Library Closure Plan in Gloucestershire' :
17th June 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Three Boroughs to Merge Libraries in an Attempt
to Stave Off Closures' : 17th June 2011 |
|
Eagle Radio : 'Campaign Launched to Save Surrey's Libraries' :
17th June 2011 |
|
Bridport News : Lyme Regis and Charmouth - 'New Page may Save Threatened
Libraries' : 17th June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Is Your Library 'Censoring the Internet ?' :
17th June 2011 |
|
Bolton News : 'Library Closures Not Inevitable, Residents Told' :
17th June 2011 |
|
Watford Observer : 'Hertfordshire Library Cuts to Come into Operation' :
17th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'French Competition for Reading Groups' :
17th June 2011 |
|
The Independent : Education - Ian Searle, Chairman of the U3A : 'The Age of
Uncertainty' : 16th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : Suffolk Libraries - Campaigners' Anger at Budget Cuts' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Revised Plans for Library Cuts Approved by Council' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Socialist Worker : 'Campaign Stops Library Closures in Ealing' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Guardian Series : Waltham Forest - 'Cabinet Agrees to Library Closure
Consultation' : 15th June 2011 |
Northampton Chronicle : 'Mergers Planned for Northamptonshire Libraries' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Thousands Give Views on Warwickshire Library Closures' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Public Pressure Saves Ealing Libraries from Axe' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Library Closure Threat Halted' :
15th June 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'People Power Saves Ealing's Libraries' :
15th June 2011 |
|
York Press : Revamped Libraries' Plan is Approved :
15th June 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Council Approves Changes to Library Cuts Plans' :
15th June 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Beaminster - Library Deadline Looms' :
15th June 2011 |
|
South London Press : 'Library Campaigners Hailed as Our Heroes' :
14th June 2011 |
|
FalseEconomy.org : Ed Vaizey You Can Run But You Can't Hide (from the
Women's Institute) : 15th June 2011 |
|
London24 : 'Peter Andre and Boris Johnson Launch Children's Literacy
Project' : 14th June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Northern Leaders Call for a Culture of Collaboration and
Dialogue' : 14th June 2011 |
|
Local Government Chronicle : 'Shared Service Push Saves Libraries' :
14th June 2011 |
|
Witney Gazette : Letters - 'Rural Communities Suffer the Most' :
14th June 2011 |
|
Harrow Observer : 'Library Campaigners Raise Cash for Legal Battle' :
14th June 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : Update on Dorset Libraries Campaign :
14th June 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'Library update - Ten Could be Spared from Service Closure' :
14th June 2011 |
Bournemouth Echo : 'New Proposals Could Save 10 of 24 Dorset Libraries' :
14th June 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Library Campaigners have the Chance Today to Put their Views to
Suffolk CC's Scrutiny Committee' : 14th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Warwickshire Libraries Attract Community Groups' :
14th June 2011 |
|
Politics.co.uk : Ian Anstice - 'Suicides, Literacy and Space Hoppers' :
13th June 2011 |
|
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Wirral Libraries Future Threatened Again by Council
Job Cuts' : 13th June 2011 |
|
Wirral Globe : 'Impossible' to Run Wirral Libraries as Staff Cuts Take their
Toll' : 13th June 2011 |
|
Gazette & Herald : 'Volunteers Set to Man Wiltshire Libraries' :
13th June 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Friends Group Vow to Fight Reworked Library Funding
Cuts' : 13th June 2011 |
|
Northampton Chronicle : 'Community may be Asked to Volunteer or Donate Cash
to Help Northampton's Libraries Survive' : 13th June 2011 |
|
About My Area : Northamptonshire - 'First Stage of Library Review Begins with
Possibility of Sunday Opening Considered' : 13th June 2011 |
|
This Is Croydon Today : 'Message Clear at Labour's Open Meeting - Privatising
Libraries Will Not Work' : 11th June 2011 |
|
ESSU : Report - 'The Case Against Leisure Trusts':
June 2011 |
|
Your Canterbury : 'Outgoing Children's Laureate Anthony Browne Wants
Youngsters to Keep Hold of their Creativity' : 12th June 2011 |
Morpeth Herald : Northumberland - 'Coffe, Cakes and Catherine Cookson' :
12th June 2011 |
Scotland on Sunday : Leading Article - 'Wha's Like Us ... Julia Donaldson' :
12th June 2011 |
|
Haverhill Echo : Suffolk - 'Libraries: Air Your Views on Future' :
11th June 2011 |
|
Crawley Observer : 'Mobile Library Cut to Balance Council Books' :
11th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Review of Northamptonshire Library Service Begins' :
11th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Views Sought on Cumbria Library Shake-up' :
11th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : Self-service Machines for Carlisle Library' :
11th June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : MBE Awarded to Jim Brooks for services to Libraries, Little
Chalfont, Buckinghamshire : 11th June 2011 |
|
Islington Tribune : 'Islington Library Service could be Run by Charity
Trusts to Save Thousands in Taxes' : 10th June 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : 'Council Consulted No-one' Claim as Libraries Row Rages
On : 10th June 2011 |
|
Manchester Evening News : 'Homework Clubs Axed at Manchester Libraries in
Council Budget Cuts' : 10th June 2011 |
|
Whitby Gazette : 'End of Road for Mobile Libraries' :
10th June 2011 |
|
Londonist : Save Our Libraries : 'The Fight Goes to the High Court' :
10th June 2011 |
|
USA City Journal : 'Don't Privatize That Book !' : 9th June 2011 |
|
Bexley Times : 'Bexley Mobile Library Service Faces Axe' :
9th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Women's Institute to Campaign for Libraries' :
8th June 2011 |
|
CILIP : Annie Mauger's Speech to the W.I : 8th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Gloucestershire Libraries "Invoice Row" Continues' :
8th June 2011 |
|
The Independent : Letter - from Helen Dymond : 8th June 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson - 'Ditch the Internet
and Visit your Library Instead' : 8th June 2011 |
|
News Shopper : Bromley Council and Bexley Council Sharing Library Services
will Cause 'Jobs Massacre' : 8th June 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Pushy Parents can Put Children Off Reading for Life,
says new Laureate' : 8th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Government Intervention Crucial for Literacy - Rosen' :
8th June 2011 |
|
This Is Local London : Waltham Forest - 'Proposed Library Closures Slammed'
: 8th June 2011 |
|
Milton Keynes Citizen : 'New Chapter in Library Dispute' :
8th June 2011 |
|
Croydon Council : Report on offering their libraries to the private sector :
8th June 2011 |
|
EADT : Suffolk - 'Public to have Say on Future of Libraries' :
8th June 2011 |
|
Herald Scotland : 'Too Many Computers in Libraries, says new Children's
Laureate' : 8th June 2011 |
|
School Library Journal : 'Julia Donaldson, UK's New Children's Laureate,
Vows to Campaign for Libraries' : 8th June |
|
Dunstable Today : No Whispering - Say It Loud in Library Debate ! :
7th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Donaldson puts Libraries Centre Stage' :
7th June 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Gruffalo Creator Julia Donaldson is New
Children's Laureate' :
7th June 2011 |
|
Burnham-on-Sea.com : 'Fresh Fears Raised over Viability of Highbridge
Library' : 7th June 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Council Set to Debate Changes to Library Service' :
7th June 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Warwickshire Libraries Talks Set to Finish' :
7th June 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : 'Libraries Will Not Close says Council' :
7th June 2011 |
|
My Nottingham : 'Children Give Libraries the Thumbs Up' :
7th June 2011 |
|
Fenland Citizen : Cambridgeshire : 'Have Your Say on Library Cuts' :
7th June 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Telford and Wrekin Targets Co-operative Council' :
6th June 2011 |
This Is Croydon : 'Council Wants to Book Outsiders to Run Libraries' :
6th June (link unavailable - story pulled)
replacement article : Croydon - 'Labour Calls Council Plans'Outrageous'
|
|
Wales Online : 'Pullman's Plea to Save Libraries' :
6th June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : Browne Warns 'Society will Pay' for Library Closures :
6th June 2011 |
|
London24 : 'Camden Library Closure Plan a Sham Say Users' :
6th June 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Prisons must by Law have Libraries - So Why
Don't Schools ?' : 6th June 2011 |
|
About My Area : 'Inviting Ideas on Libraries in Milton Keynes' :
6th June 2011 |
|
Reading Post : 'Private Firm could Run Wokingham Library Service' :
6th June 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Staff Fear for Jobs as Library is Privatised to Prevent
Closure' : 6th June 2011 |
|
Huddersfield Daily Examiner : Birmingham City Council's Outsourcing of
Services is a Worrying Trend' : 6th June 2011 |
|
Cotswold Journal : Warwickshire - 'Residents Step Up Library Fight' :
6th June 2011 |
|
Wiltshire Times : 'Wiltshire Cutting Library Positions' :
5th June 2011 |
|
The Independent : Children's Laureate - Cuts are 'outrageous' :
Sunday, 5th June 2011 |
|
Sunday Telegraph : Councils that Can't Afford Libraries are Still Recruiting Highly Paid 'Sustainability'
Officers : 5th June 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'The People Versus the Cuts (and, as ever, the Lawyers
will be the Winners) ' : 5th June 2011 |
|
Reading Chronicle : Wokingham - 'Controversial Library Plans Approved' :
4th June 2011 |
|
Leamington Spa Courier : 'Horrific' Plans to Cut Hours at Lillington Library
Face Criticism' : 4th June 2011 |
|
Capitol Alert : USA - 'Make It Hard to Privatize Libraries, California Assembly
Says' : 3rd June 2011 |
TimesUnion.com : USA - California Bill Regulates Privatization of Libraries'
:
3rd June 2011 |
|
Banbury Guardian : 'Libraries Facing Uncertain Future' :
3rd June 2011 |
|
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin 'Overdue - A Shot of the Public Spirit' :
3rd June 2011 |
|
The Independent : Terence Blacker 'There's More to a Book than Just the
Text' : 3rd June 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Shoot First' Policy over Arts Funding - Sir Andrew Motion
on library closures : 3rd June 2011 |
|
i-volunteer.org.uk : 'Volunteers to Save the PM's Libraries' :
3rd June 2011 |
|
BBC News : Politics - 'Outsourcing Plans Shelved at 'Trailblazing' Council' :
3rd June 2011 |
|
Wetherby News : 'Tadcaster Library's Future Assured' :
3rd June 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'New Chapter as Libraries Battle Goes to
Government' : 3rd June 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : Michael Morpurgo - Parents must pass on their
Passion for Books to Children' : 3rd June 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Oxfordshire Cuts Test Big Society as Librarians are Replaced
with Volunteers' : 2nd June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Gloucestershire Library Campaigners Invoice DCMS' :
2nd June 2011 |
|
This Is the West Country : 'People Asked to Help Fund Somerset's Libraries
Legal Challenge' : 2nd June 2011 |
Scarborough Evening News : 'Would You Step Up as a Library Volunteer ..?'
:
2nd June 2011 |
|
Hackney Gazette : Jobs Cuts Spell 'Slow Death' for Hackney's Libraries :
2nd June 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'Three Libraries are Told to Go It Alone' :
2nd June 2011 |
|
Malvern Gazette : 'Library Under Threat' : 2nd June 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Final Days for Library Cuts Views' :
2nd June 2011 |
|
Craven Herald & Pioneer : 'North Yorkshire County Council to Retain Ingleton
and Bentham Libraries' : 2nd June 2011 |
|
Times & Star : Cumbria - 'Campaign Grows to Save More Libraries' :
2nd June 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Words of Caution about the Great eBook Revolution' :
1st June 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Three in 10 Households do Not Contain a Book' :
1st June 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Reprieve for Libraries After Public Outcry' :
1st June 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'A City of Children who Cannot Read' :
31st May 2011 |
|
The Scotsman : 'Strong Libraries can Co-exist with New Technologies' :
31st May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Council Shuts New Cross Library 24 Hours Early' :
31st May 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Hay Festival - Children's Literacy : a Childhood Cause
Close to Camilla's Heart : 31st May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Wiltshire Libraries to get Automated Service' :
31st May 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Libraries Consultation Delayed for Fourth Time' :
31st May 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Villagers Support Fight to Save [Benson] Library from
Closure' : 31st May 2011 |
This Is Leicestershire : 'Library Users in Leicestershire Hit Out at Book
Fees' :
31st May 2011 |
|
Peterborough Today : 'Cuts to Peterborough Library Hours to Take Effect
Despite Opposition' : 31st May 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Daily Echo : 'Poor Response to Libraries' Rescue' :
30th May 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Pint of Bitter and a Juicy Murder Story, Please,
Librarian' : Sunday, 29th May 2011 |
|
The Independent : Christine Patterson - 'Why Can't Intelligent Writers Talk
Sense about Politics ?' : 28th May 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Huge U-turn by Council' : 28th May 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Campaigners Cautiously Optimistic' :
28th May 2011 |
|
Reading Chronicle : 'Privatisation Plans for Wokingham Borough Libraries
Approved' : 28th May 2011 |
Alan Gibbons Blog : Swindon Borough Council - Libraries Press
Release :
27th May 2011 |
|
Bracknell News : 'Privatisation Plans for Wokingham Borough Libraries
Approved' : 27th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Hard Line on Legal Aid for Library Battles' :
27th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : Ofsted - Libraries the Key for 'Keen Readers' :
27th May 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : Prestbury Library will be used as a 'guinea pig'
to Road Test the New Volunteer-run Services : 27th May 2011 |
|
The Star : Doncaster - Consultation over Library Cuts 'Biased' Row :
27th May 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'Help !' Ed Vaizey Refuses to Answer Library
Questions : 26th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Deadline Looms for Lewisham Library Closures' :
26th May 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : Alan Bennett Condemned for 'Closing Libraries is Child Abuse'
Comment : 26th May 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Evening Post : 'Joy as Leeds Library Saved' :
26th May 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Alan Bennett: Closing Libraries is Tantamount to 'Child
Abuse': 25th May 2011 |
|
Daily Express : Computers 'Harm Reading' :
25th May 2011 |
|
Get Wokingham : 'Private Libraries Row Hots Up' :
25th May 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Beaminster - Not Going without a Fight' :
25th May 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Lyme Regis - Councillors Opposed to Take Over the Town's
Library Service' : 25th May 2011 |
|
BBC 2 Newsnight video : Alan Bennett fundraiser :
24th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Mauger to Urge WI to Campaign for Libraries' :
24th May 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Libraries Get a Stay of Execution' :
23rd May 2011 |
|
The Independent : Leading Article - 'Communities Need Money not Gimmicks' :
23rd May 2011 |
|
Bolton News : '15,000 Join Fight to Save Libraries' :
21st May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : "Unlawful" Library Closures Head for Court :
20th May 2011 |
|
GetWokingham : 'Wokingham Libraries Set to be Privately Managed' :
20th May 2011 |
|
Times Ed Supplement : 'Books Denied to 600,000 - Full Extent of Swingeing
Cuts to School Library Services Revealed' : 20th May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Authors Condemn School Library Cuts' :
20th May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Leeds City Council to Close 13 Libraries' :
19th May 2011 |
|
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Council Chief Loses Out in Leadership
Contest' : 19th May 2011 |
|
BBC Radio 4 : You and Yours - on iPlayer - scroll down to Library Campaign
item : broadcast on 18th May 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Library Cuts Damage the Human Psyche and
Threaten what makes Britain Great' : 18th May 2011 |
|
Haverhill Echo : 'Legal Challenge Idea Welcomed' :
18th May 2011 |
|
Harlow Star : 'Harlow Libraries to have Opening Hours Slashed' :
18th May 2011 |
24dash.com : Localism Bill - Concern over '142 Extra Powers for Pickles' :
18th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Leeds - 'Council Urged to Think Again over Leeds Library
Closure Plans' : 17th May 2011 |
|
SEIU.org : USA - 'New Legislation could Save Libraries from the
Privatization Beast' : 17th May 2011 |
This Is Hampshire : 'Walkout will be Most Severe in Southampton's Memory' :
17th May 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Save Bolton Libraries' - Campaign Update :
17th May 2011 |
|
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Books Boost for Little Chalfont Library' :
17th May 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Report Highlights Dorset Villagers' Resilience to Cuts' :
17th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Learning Resources Should Not be Concentrated Solely on the
Young' : 17th May 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Campaigners Plan More Protests over Lewisham Library
Closures' : 16th May 2011 |
|
Londonist : 'Alan Bennett Joins Brent Libraries Fundraiser' :
16th May 2011 |
|
Burton Mail : Leicestershire - 'Anger as Library Opening Hours Set to be
Slashed' : 16th May 2011 |
|
This Is The West Country : Watchet - Campaigner 'Insulted' by Council's
Library Cash Offer : 15th May 2011 |
|
: 'Long-awaited Results to Libraries Consultation Published' :
14th May 2011 |
|
Bolton News : '4,000-name Petition in Fight to Save Library' :
14th May 2011 |
New Law Journal : Paul Letman, Barrister - 'Can they Sell the
Libraries ?' :
13th May 2011 |
|
Third Sector Online : Volunteering Plans 'Too Ambitious', says Volunteering
England Policy Manager : 13th May 2011 |
|
Politics.co.uk : Coalition Government is 'Anti-book' :
13th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Letter - Barbara Keeley MP, Shadow Minister for Communities
& Local Gov : 13th May 2011 |
|
This Is Local London : 'Croydon Libraries given 12-month Reprieve' :
13th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Year's Reprieve for Croydon Libraries' :
13th May 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Eco Computer Systems Owner Vows to make Lewisham Libraries
Better' : 13th May 2011 |
|
Redditch & Alcester Standard : 'Library May Move to Stay Afloat' :
13th May 2011 |
|
This Is Somerset : 'Frome Library to have its Opening Hours Cut' :
13th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Libraries are In Crisis, but Literary Culture is Thriving' :
12th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Support your Library, CWA tells Authors' :
12th May 2011 |
|
Northampton Chronicle : 'Friends Group will Aid Library's Future' :
12th May 2011 |
|
Times & Star : Cumbria - 'Campaigners Fight to Save Seaton's Library' :
12th May 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Council Chief says Good Stock Turnover is Essential to
Library Users' : 12th May 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'AdLib Urges Dorset Council to Spend Less on Library Books' :
12th May 2011 |
|
Sheffield Telegraph : 'Library Vans Hit by Cuts' :
12th May 2011 |
|
Norwich Evening News : 'Library Users across Norfolk could see Opening Hours
Cut by 10pc' : 12th May 2011 |
Somerset County Gazette : 'Porlock Extraordinary Meeting to Discuss Cuts' :
12th May 2011 |
South London Press : Lambeth - 'This is Not Just about Balancing the Books' :
12th May 2011 |
Craven Herald & Pioneer : 'Budget Cuts Deal could be Lifeline for Libraries'
:
12th May 2011 |
|
York Press : 'Library Cuts Idea Rejected' : 12th May 2011 |
|
Barnet & Whetstone Press : Campaigners Plan a Picnic Protest while
Councillors are 'Hobnobbing' : 12th May 2011 |
|
Mid-Ulster Mail : 'Libraries Closure Decision Delayed' :
12th May 2011 |
|
EADT : Suffolk - 'New Council Leader Mark Bee Pledges to Work with
Communities over Libraries' : 11th May 2011 |
|
Burnham-On-Sea.com : 'Opening Hours at Burnham-On-Sea Library to be Cut by
20 per cent' : 11th May 2011 |
|
The Socialist : by a Library Worker - 'Library Cuts Hit Staff and Users' :
11th May 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Minister Calls Council In over Library Plans' :
11th May 2011 |
|
Gazette & Herald North Yorks - 'Public Outcry could Save Libraries from
Axe' : 11th May 2011 |
|
This Is The West Country : 'Mixed News for Highbridge and Burnham's
Libraries' : 11th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Library Closure Battles Won, but War Continues' :
10th May 2011 |
BBC News : 'Newham's Libraries Remove Foreign Language Newspapers' :
10th May 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Mobile Library Services Across the County are
being Withdrawn' : 10th May 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Evening Post : 'Axe Falls on 15 Leeds Libraries' :
10th May 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Alan Bennett Joins Library Fight with Fundraising
Performance' : 10th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Alan Bennett Joins Campaign Against Library Closure' :
10th May 2011 |
|
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Legal Challenge Launched to Stop
Library Closures' : 10th May 2011 |
BBC News : 'Newham's Libraries Remove Foreign Language Newspapers' :
10th May 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Ad Lib Appeal to Complete Library Questionnaires' :
10th May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Leeds City Council Plans to Close 15 Libraries' :
10th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : '15 Leeds Library Buildings Face Closure' :
10th May 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'More Protest as Lewisham Libraries Decision Looms' :
10th May 2011 |
|
Daily Express : 'Battle to Save 360 Libraries' :
9th May 2011 |
Daily Telegraph : 'Row over Government Reading Lists for Five-year-olds' :
7th May 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Children's Authors Rail against Michael Gove's Reading
Lists' :
7th May 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'County to Start Library Company ?' :
7th May 2011 |
|
Surrey Herald : Calls for Surrey to 'Tear Up' Library Closure Study :
6th May 2011 |
|
Peterborough Evening Telegraph : 'Union Fears over Volunteers' :
6th May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Grant for Threatened Libraries in Somerset' :
6th May 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Protesters take Fight to the Top to Stop Closure
of Five Libraries' : 6th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : "Triumph" for North Yorkshire Library Campaign, but
More Protest in Lewisham : 6th May 2011 |
|
Gazette & Herald : 'U-Turn over North Yorkshire Libraries Cuts Plan' :
6th May 2011 |
|
Northern Echo : 'Public Outcry Forces North Yorkshire County Council to
Reconsider Library Plans' : 5th May 2011 |
|
Public Finance : 'Suffolk Council Suspends Mass Outsourcing Plan' :
5th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Suffolk U-turn Threatens Chief Executive' :
5th May 2011 |
|
Walsall Online : 'Hundreds Voice their Opinion to Parliament over Library's
Future' : 5th May 2011 |
|
View Online 'Weymouth - Think Again on Libraries say Councillors' :
5th May 2011 |
|
Bridport News : 'West Dorset - Library Campaigners Welcome Concessions but
Want More' : 5th May 2011 |
|
Yeovil Express : '£30,000 for Somerset's Threatened Libraries but Opening
Hours Slashed' : 5th May 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Lewisham Council Report on Libraries in New Cross, Sydenham,
Grove Park, Crofton Park and Blackheath' : 5th May 2011 |
|
Gazette Series - Gloucestershire : 'Berkeley Community Set to Take On
Threatened Library' : 5th May 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Thousands Speak Out over Council's Library Plans' :
5th May 2011 |
The Bookseller : Publishers have "Nothing to Fear" from Hargreaves -
Vaizey
[and Vaizey's remarks re the library service] :
5th May 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Suffolk Halts 'Virtual Council' Cash-saving Plan :
4th May 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'High Court Reviews for Library Closures' :
4th May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'High Court Challenge to Library Closures in the West' :
3rd May 2011 |
|
Harrow Observer : 'Council's Million Pound Spending Spree while Libraries
Face Closure' : 3rd May 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Library Bid - Campaigners Say New Proposals would be
Unworkable' : 3rd May 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Sidmouth - Cuts Hit Library' :
3rd May 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Suffolk Libraries could Remain Open under New Proposals' :
3rd May 2011 |
|
EADT : 'County Libraries get Late Reprieve' :
2nd May 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Exclusive - Suffolk's Libraries Set to be Saved' :
1st May 2011 |
|
The Observer : 'The Secret Life of Libraries' :
1st May 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Blackwells' Chief Exec Redundant and Warnings More Jobs may
Go' : 30th April 2011 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Shirley Burnham' :
30th April 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'Villagers in Fight to Keep Library Open' :
28th April 2011 |
|
EADT 'Suffolk - Over 18,000 Sign Libraries Petition' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Save Doncaster Libraries : 'Meaningful Consultation ?' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Popular Librarian Retires after 47 Years' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : Following Meeting, Labour More Upbeat - But Won't Sign
Up for No Closure Pledge' : 28th April 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Proposals to Cut Opening Hours of Somerset Libraries' :
28th April 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Discussions "Ongoing" over e-Book Lending' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Cotswold Journal : 'Youngsters Stage Protest at Loss of their Book Bus' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : '£700,000 a Year to Supervise PFI' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Residents Defend Under-threat Ealing Library' :
28th April 2011 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Questions Asked of Council Departments' :
27th April 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Public Invited to Take On Under-threat Dorset Libraries' :
27th April 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Lyme Regis - Library Campaigners Not Impressed by New Offer
from the County Council' : 27th April 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Vital for Nation's Happiness, says
Archbishop' :
26th April 2011 |
|
Private Eye - Library News on Alan Gibbons Blog :
26th April 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Suffolk - Last Effort Urged in Bid to Save Libraries' :
26th April 2011 |
Oxford Mail : 'Charge for Parking outside County Hall and Save Libraries' :
25th April 2011 |
|
Bakewell Today : Editorial - 'Give Libraries a Future Lifeline' :
25th April 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Book Borrowing Enters the Digital Age as Libraries and
Readers Swap to e-Books' : 24th April 2011 |
|
Westmorland Gazette : 'Link Supplies Lifeline for Cumbria Areas Without
Libraries' : 24th April 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'Village Rejects a Library Run by Volunteers Alone' :
23rd April 2011 |
The Guardian : 'What Do you Want? Libraries All Over the Bloody Place?' :
22nd April 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Fionuala Steps Down from Council Cabinet' :
22nd April 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'More Library Closures Set for Summer' :
21st April 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'Labour Pledge Not to Sell Off Library Service to
Private Companies' : 21st April 2011 |
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View Online : Weymouth - 'Councillors Anger as Five Local Libraries Face
Losing Their Funds' : 21st April 2011 |
North West Evening Mail : 'Library Supporter, 97, Calls for Service to Stay'
:
21st April 2011 |
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Bolton News : 'Campaigners Out in Force to Save Libraries' :
21st April 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'National Libraries Day could become a 'Week of Events' :
20th April 2011 |
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Ventnor Blog : 'High Court Papers Filed against Council over Libraries' :
20th April 2011 |
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Isle of Wight County Press : 'Legal Action to Stop Libraries' Closure' :
20th April 2011 |
Ventnor Blog : 'Council Indemnify Library User Group against TUPE Claims' :
0th April 2011 |
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East Anglian Daily Times : Suffolk : 'New Strategic direction under New
Leader - Plan Bee' : 19th April 2011 |
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EADT : Suffolk : 'Promise of Big Changes at County Council' :
19th April 2011 |
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Express & Star : 'Walsall Council Staff may be Moved to Private Firms' :
19th April 2011 |
Enfield Independent : 'Fight Begins against Possible Enfield Library
Closures' :
19th April 2011 |
|
Enfield Independent : 'No Library Short-listed to Close says Councillor
Bambos Charalambous' : 19th April 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Anger Over Hanwell Library Proposals' :
18th April 2011 |
Henley Standard : 'Campaign Group Launched to Save Library from Chop' :
18th April 2011 |
|
Tewkesbury AdMag : 'Gloucestershire Library Campaigners Put their Case to
Government Officials' : 18th April 2011 |
|
Croydon Today : 'Survey Finds Threatened Libraries More Popular than
Croydon's Central Library' : 17th April 2011 |
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'The Beast’s Business Model & What It Means for Your Library' : posted here
16th April 2011 |
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Financial Times : 'It is the Fate of Libraries to Die' :
16th April 2011 |
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'I Call This Disgraceful Behaviour from a Council
Leader' :
15th April 2011 |
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Swindon Libraries - Council Meeting : 14th April 2011 |
The Bookseller : Book Spend Cut "Easiest" Way to Save Library Revenue :
14th April 2011 |
BBC News : Leicester - 'County Wants Feedback on Cuts to Libraries and
Museums' :
15th April 2011 |
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Statement' re Meeting with DCMS :
15th April 2011 |
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Ealing Times : 'Ealing Residents Express Anger over Proposed Library
Closures' : 15th April 2011 |
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Teesdale Mercury : Library 'Hub' may be Created in Village Hall :
15th April 2011 |
|
Times & Star Cumbria: 'Have Your Say - Fight to Save Local Libraries' :
14th April 2011 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times : 'Thurston - Village Unveils Bid to Save Library
from Axe' : 15th April 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'MLA Chief Heads for New Zealand' :
14th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Public Libraries Open Doors for eBooks' :
14th April 2011 |
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Bromley Times : 'Residents Rally to Save Bromley's Libraries' :
14th April 2011 |
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Tewkesbury AdMag : 'Library Cuts Protest' : 14th April 2011 |
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This Is Derbyshire : 'Plans to Cut Opening Hours of Libraries Look Set for
Approval despite Concerns of Union' : 14th April 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Man with a Vision for the Future of the Public Library' :
14th April 2011 |
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Westmorland Gazette : '18 Rural Libraries Face the Axe' :
14th April 2011 |
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Ealing Gazette : 'Ealing Council Leader Faces Critics over Libraries' :
14th April 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'Support Community Libraries, Ad Lib Campaigner Urges' :
14th April 2011 |
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Burnham Library Supporters Fight for its Future' :
14th April 2011 |
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Surrey Herald : 'Library Figures Taken to Task' :
14th April 2011 |
|
This Is Walsall : Two Thousand have Their Say on Future Plans for 16
Libraries' : 14th April 2011 |
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Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'County Council to face Whitehall Meeting
on Library Cuts' : 14th April 2011 |
|
Ardrossan Herald : 'Future of Facilities to be Decided One at a Time' :
14th April 2011 |
|
The Spectator : 'Two Defining Coalition Reforms Clash' :
13th April 2011 |
The Bookseller : Campaigners Say Publishers 'Not Interested' in Library
Fight' :
13th April 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Lewisham's Library Bidders Meet the Public' :
13th April 2011 |
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Bucks Herald : 'Libraries will Close Unless Volunteers Come Forward' :
13th April 2011 |
|
View Online : Lyme Regis Treated 'Unfairly' in Library Cuts :
13th April 2011 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Lib Dem Minister says Brockworth Library has
Bright Future' : 13th April 2011 |
|
Harrow Times : 'Campaigners to Present Petition Tonight for Debate on
Preston Library' : 13th April 2011 |
|
Epsom Guardian : 'Large turn-out from Stoneleigh Library Supporters' :
13th April 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'LBF: Libraries Must Digitise to Stay Relevant' :
13th April 2011 |
Bucks Free Press : 'Council Responds to Fears over Mickelfield and Bourne
End Libraries' :
12th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Zadie Smith Loses Battle to Save London Library' :
12th April 2011 |
|
eGov Monitor : 'Council Reserve Cash Reignites Debate about Politically
Motivated Cuts' : 12th April 2011 |
|
Bucks Free Press : 'Sixty Jobs at Risk in Buckinghamshire Library Cuts
Plan' : 12th April 2011 |
|
Maidenhead Advertiser : Shake-up of Libraries in Bucks Planned' :
12th April 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'MP says Warwickshire County Council Must Help
Library Volunteers More' : 12th April 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Brent Axes Six Libraries to Save £1m' :
12th April 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Northfields Library Latest' :
12th April 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Eat-in' to be Staged at Ilkley Library to
Encourage Bradford Council to Re-think Cuts : 12th April 2011 |
News & Star : '20 Cumbrian Libraries Face Axe in
Shake-up' :
11th April 2011 |
|
Mix96 Radio : '14 of Buckinghamshire's Libraries will be Run by
Volunteers' : 11th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Libraries Cater for the Middle Classes, not the Deprived
says John Redwood - Alan Gibbons Disagrees : 11th April 2011 |
|
Publishers Weekly : 'Books Without Batteries - The Negative Impacts of
Technology' : 11th April 2011 |
|
Bucks Free Press : 'Cash Strapped Council Agrees Library Cuts' :
11th April 2011 |
|
Prestwood & Great Missenden : 'Chief Calls on Communities to Save Libraries'
: 11th April 2011 |
|
This Is Hull & East Riding : 'Libraries and Hull City Council Centres Set
to Shut under Cuts' : 11th April 2011 |
|
News & Star : 'Don't Consign Libraries to the History Books' :
11th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'From Page to Stage - Should More Libraries Become Theatres ?'
: 11th April |
|
Lauren Smith's Blog : Lauren Smith dissects John Redwood's arguments and
sends him packing : 9th April |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Four Libraries to Open for Longer' :
9th April |
|
Daily Mail : 'Libraries Too Middle Class and We're
Right to be Shutting Them says Redwood' : 9th April |
EADT : 'Aldeburgh - Ambitious Blueprint Revealed to Save Future of Library'
:
9th April |
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Lauren Smith's Blog : 'Big Society Capital Funds' :
8th April |
|
BBC Radio on iPlayer : Interview with Lauren Smith :
8th April |
|
BBC News : 'Labour Shadow Ed Balls Attacks Suffolk Library Cuts' :
8th April 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Brent to Axe Six Libraries and Build One costing
£3m despite Locals' Fury' : 8th April 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Reading as Teenager Gets You a Better Job' :
8th April 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : 'Forget Music Lessons and Sports Clubs ... Reading in your
Teens is the Key to a Good Career' : 8th April 2011 |
|
Press Association : 'Council Hails Book-sharing Scheme' :
8th April 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Libraries under Threat Look to West Wycombe Success' :
7th April 2011 |
|
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'County Council Set to Decide Future of
Libraries' : 7th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'London Borough says Merging Library Services with Two
Others will Bring Down Standards' : 7th April 2011 |
|
Harrow Observer : 'New Report Snubs Brent Library Campaigners' :
7th April 2011 |
|
The Spectator : 'An Obstacle to the Big Society' :
7th April 2011 |
Ealing Gazette : 'Residents Rally against Northfields Library Closure
Plans' :
7th April 2011 |
|
Bolton News : 'Campaigners Set for Town Hall Demo to Save Libraries' :
7th April 2011 |
|
Camden Gazette : 'Group to Defend Queen's Crescent Library Founded as
Camden Libraries Fight Goes On' : 7th April 2011 |
|
Melton Times : Museum, Library face Opening Hours Cuts' :
7th April 2011 |
|
Get Surrey : 'Council Leader Dismisses Coup Threat' :
7th April 2011 |
|
Public Finance : 'Councils Target Managers, Libraries and Sure Start
Centres for Cuts' : 6th April 2011 |
|
Local Guardian : Parish Councils' Fears over Leeds Library Consultation :
6th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Could an Online Booksharing Scheme Spell the End for the
Traditional Library ?' : 6th April 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : Quentin Letts - 'We may have a Tory PM but Lefties and
Luvvies Still Run Britain' : 6th April 2011 |
|
Bridport & Lyme Regis News : Beaminster - 'Help Needed to Keep Library
Open' : 6th April 2011 |
Bridport News : Lyme Regis - Library Cuts all 'Smoke and Mirrors' Claim' :
6th April 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Now the Real Economic Pain Starts' :
6th April 2011 |
|
BBC Radio Merseyside on iPlayer : UK head of LSSI on offering a
'more cost-efficient' library service [ 24.11 to 28 minutes ] :
5th April 2011 |
|
Weston Mercury : 'Highbridge Library Saved' :
5th April 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Shropshire's Weekly Mobile Library Services Reduced' :
5th April 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Words of Support in Fight to Retain Libraries' :
4th April 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Brent Council Recommends Closing Six Libraries' :
4th April 2011 |
|
East Lewisham Conservatives : 'Leader of Conservative Group on Lewisham
Council Asks Secretary of State to Intervene'[Letter dated March 2011] |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Council Protest - More than 1,000 Take to the Streets' :
4th April 2011 |
|
Haverhill Echo : 'Friends Unite to Protect Village Library's Future' :
4th April 2011 |
|
East Anglia Daily Times : 'Hundreds Join Libraries Protest March' :
4th April 2011 |
|
The Good Library Blog : 'The Library Futures Programme' :
3rd April 2011 |
This Is Bath : 'Tory Pledge to Protect Libraries and Weekly Waste
Collections' :
4th April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Historic Buildings Sold Off by Public Sector to Meet Cuts
Shortfall' : 3rd April 2011 |
The Observer : 'Private Benefactors Won't be Enough to Balance the Books' :
3rd April 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Councillors Complete Fact-finding Library Mission' :
2nd April 2011 |
|
Leamington Spa Today : 'Council is Accused of Trying to Close Whitnash
Library' : 2nd April 2011 |
|
This Is Local London : 'We Put New Heathfield Library Access Point to the
Test' : 2nd April 2011 |
Daily Telegraph : Simon Heffer - 'Lefties not Etonians are Closing Libraries' :
1st April 2011 |
|
Eurasia Review : 'Big Society Blues - The Stuttering of David Cameron’s
Vision' : 1st April 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : '4 in 5 Town Halls Plan Cutbacks on Libraries' :
1st April 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Michael Gove - 'We Must Teach our Children to Love Books
Again' : 1st April 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Ness and CILIP in School Libraries Plea' :
1st April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Michael Gove should Become "Champion for Libraries",
says Patrick Ness' : 1st April 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Commentary - Literary Classics are a Window on Today's
World' : 1st April 2011 |
|
Financial Times : 'Councils Fail to Protect Social Care' :
1st April 2011 |
|
Bentham Library Blogspot : 'Campaigners Against Library Cuts in North Yorks
Planning Protest March from Bentham to Settle'[ in early May ] |
|
The Guardian : 'Young People Bear Brunt as Councils Reveal Cuts to Services'
: 1st April 2011 |
|
Press Association : 'Services "Protected" Despite Cuts' :
1st April 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Local Government Authority says Services Protected' :
1st April 2011 |
|
Daily Mirror : 'Zadie smith Writes in Defence of Our Libraries' :
1st April 2011 |
|
Mix 96 Radio : 'Over A Third Of People In Bucks Don't Want Community Run
Libraries' : 1st April 2011 |
|
This Is Surrey Today : 'It will be the Death of the Community' :
1st April 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Arts Cuts are an Act of Unthinking Vandalism to the
Cultural Landscape' : 31st March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : The Arts Cuts - 'David Hare, Stephen Poliakoff, David Peace
and Others Give their Verdicts' : 31st March 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'These Gung-ho Cuts Mar All that is Best in
Britain' : 31st March 2011 |
|
Local Government Chronicle : 'Most Councils to Cut Sure Start and
Libraries Spending' : 31st March 2011 |
|
Channel 4 News : Blog - Manchester: Front Line in the Cuts Blame Game' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Cotswold Journal : Culture Minister Offers Gloucestershire Library Campaigners
Meeting' : 31st March 2011 |
|
Wiltshire Gazette & Herald : 'Aldbourne Voters Back Library Cash' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Libraries Fight - County Council Invites People to have Their
Say' : 31st March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Libraries Fight - Why the Council is in Their Bad Books' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Gazette Live : 'Cuts Not Fair, says Middlesborough Mayor' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Flintshire Chronicle : 'Buckley Library to get £300,000 Investment Boost' :
31st March 2011 |
|
The Leader : 'Anger over "Slap in the Face" as Flintshire Library gets
Cash' : 31st March 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Gazette : 'Opening Times Shake Up for Island Libraries' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Mobile Libraries Service Merges' :
31st March 2011 |
|
Newmarket Journal : 'Vocal Protesters Stage Demo to Support Library
Service' : 31st March 2011 |
|
My Nottingham 'New Opening Hours at City Libraries' :
31st March 2011 |
BBC Radio 4 'Today' : Zadie Smith - Importance of Community Libraries :
30th March 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Zadie Smith Joins Campaign to Save Her Local Library' :
30th March 2011 |
|
New Statesman : 'Zadie Smith Speaks out in Defence of Libraries - and a
Tory Spokesman Responds' : 30th March 2011 |
London Evening Standard : 'Zadie Smith's Anger at "Shameful" Library Cuts' :
30th March 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Richard Preston's Blog - 'Zadie Smith and the Great
Tory Library Conspiracy' : 30th March 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Andrew Knowles Blog - 'Zadie Smith Likes Libraries, So She
Thinks Everyone Else should be Forced to Pay for Them' :
30th March 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Ed West's Blog - 'Has the BBC Given Up All Pretence of
Political Impartiality ?' : 30th March 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'BBC Criticised for Bias over Zadie Smith's R4 Broadcast' :
30th March 2011 |
|
PublicService.co.uk : 'Things Have to Change' :
30th March 2011 |
|
Bridport News : 'Have Your Say on Proposed Library cuts' :
30th March 2011 |
Harrow Observer : 'Self-service Terminals to Reduce Cost of Libraries' :
30th March 2011 |
|
Uxbridge Gazette : 'Campaign Launched to Save Hayes Library' :
30th March 2011 |
|
John McDonnell MP : Hayes MP Accuses Council ....' |
|
Burton Mail : Leicestershire - 'Spending Cuts Threat to Libraries
Opening Hours' : 30th March 2011 |
|
Teesdale Mercury : 'Council forks Out £1.6m on Consultants in Three
Months' : 30th March 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Have Say on Threatened Libraries in Nuneaton and
Bedworth' : 30th March 2011 |
This Is Local London : 'Volunteers Come to the Rescue of Surrey
Libraries' :
30th March 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'A Series of Meetings Coming Up' :
30th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Hand in 6,000 Strong Petition over Brent
Library' : 29th March 2011 |
|
Times Series : Barnet - 'Residents Association will Support Residents in
Battle to Save Library' : 29th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : Leading Article - 'A Sweeping Privatisation Without a
Democratic Mandate' : 29th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Bury - Privatising Public Services' :
29th March 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : 'Library Sales to Backfire: Council Cutbacks could be Hampered
by 150-year-old Law' : 29th March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Protesters Use Tank in March Against the New Council
Offices' : 29th March 2011 |
|
Peterlee Mail : 'Library Set to Close' : 29th March 2011 |
|
Willesden & Brent Times : 'Ex Waterstone's Boss Slams Brent Council's Plans
to Close 6 Libraries' : 29th March 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'County Council's Library Cuts Plans to be
Scrutinised by Whitehall' : 28th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'ALCS Welcome MPs PLR Call' :
28th March 2011 |
|
Ealing Today : 'Hands Off Northfields Library !' :
28th March 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Council wants "Volunteers" to Help Run Libraries' :
28th March 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Libraries can Stay Open, Says Councillor' :
28th March 2011 |
|
Bradford & District Advertiser : 'Mobile Libraries to Replace Branches in
Heaton, Wilsden, Denholme, Wrose and Addingham' :
28th March 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Cambridgeshire Libraries Reviewed in Council Cuts' :
28th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : Leading Article - 'Protest Has a Role in Fairness' :
27th March 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'When My Fellow Authors Talk Drivel' :
26th March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'GMB Union - An Alternative Budget' :
26th March 2011 |
|
Ealing Times : 'Ealing Council Face Criticism over the Future of the
Borough's Libraries' : 26th March 2011 |
|
Keighley News : Campaigners 'Will Have their Voices Heard' :
26th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : Oxford to 'Co-locate' Libraries :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Hidden Cuts are Undermining Libraries from Within, Claim
Experts' : 25th March 2011 |
|
BBC News : Miliband - Government Practising 'Politics of Division' :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Stage : Richard Eyre Warns Cuts will Lead to 'Cultural Apartheid' :
25th March 2011 |
|
Wetherby News : 'Fight to Save Shadwell and Scholes Libraries Steps Up a
Gear as Pressure Builds on Leeds city Council Chief Tom Riordan' :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Reader Organisation : 'New Reader Libraries' :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Patrick Butler's Cuts Blog - 50 cuts: The End of the
Beginning' : 25th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Public Sector Cuts - Where They will Hit - New Cross
Library, South London' : 25th March 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Mark Easton's Blog - Not the Usual Suspects' :
25th March 2011 |
BBC News : 'Somerset County Council Defends £800-a-day Consultant' :
25th March 2011 |
The Leader : 'Flintshire Council's Six-month Bill for Consultants - £1.25m' :
25th March 2011 |
|
Booktrade Info : 'Crossing Boundaries to Borrow Your Books' :
25th March 2011 |
|
Leamington Spa Courier : 'Consultation on Library Cuts' :
25th March 2011 |
|
Islington Tribune : 'Islington's Libraries may be Given Over to Trust to
Avoid Cuts Closures' : 25th March 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'Strong Library Support Shown in Human Chain' :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : Oxford to 'Co-locate' Libraries :
25th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Hidden Cuts are Undermining Libraries from Within, Claim
Experts' : 25th March 2011 |
|
Wetherby News : 'Fight to Save Shadwell and Scholes Libraries Steps Up a
Gear as Pressure Builds on Leeds City Council Chief Tom Riordan' :
24th March 2011 |
Daily Telegraph Letters : 'Saving Libraries is the Way to Boost Child
Literacy' :
24th March 2011 |
|
BBC News : Oxfordshire County Council Library Plans 'Torn Up' :
24th March 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Council Leader Offers New Hope for Libraries' :
24th March 2011 |
|
Oxford times : 'Comment - Hope for Libraries' :
24th March 2011 |
|
Banbury Cake : 'County Tears Up Library Closure Plan' :
24th March 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'No Fairy Tale Ending in Library Crisis' :
24th March 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'Library Campaigners Remain Unconvinced by Council's
Offer' :
24th March 2011 |
Isle of Wight County Press : Council 'Not Coerced' to Take Over Services' :
24th March 2011 |
|
DIY - Music, Style & Culture Magazine : 'Read & Shout Festival, West
Norwood Library, London' : 24th March 2011 |
|
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Worries over Future of Burnham Library Amid
Funding Cuts' : 24th March 2011 |
|
Peterborough Evening Telegraph : 'New Chapter for Libraries in
Peterborough' : 24th March 2011 |
|
Slough Express : 'Tessa Jowell Latest Politician to Visit Slough' :
24th March 2011 |
|
North Wales Weekly News : 'David Lloyd George’s Books Pulped by Conwy
Libraries Services' : 24th March 2011 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Council to Cut Library Hours across Wiltshire' :
23rd March 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Budget 2011: Cut Fuel Duty or Save a Local Library ?' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
New Yorker : 'Austerity Britain - Lesson for the U.S. ?' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
School Library Journal : 'U.K. Authors Weigh In on Education Secretary's
50-Book Challenge' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Fifty Books a Year is Ideal, but Why Stop at
Schoolchildren ?' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'The 50 Books Every Child Should Read' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'US Judge Writes Unhappy Ending for Google's Online
Library Plans' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
Bridport & Lyme Regis News : 'West Dorset to Westminster - MP Oliver
Letwin's column' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
Largs & Milport Weekly News : 'From the Editor' Chair - How Council
Wasted £45,000' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : Former Mayor's Plea to Keep Wyke Regis Library Open' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Times Series : 'Library Campaigner Vows to Make Sure Barnet Council
Implement Plans Properly' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
This Is Nottingham : 'Row over Extra Money announced in Council Newsletter' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Cambridge News : '1,300 Sign Up to Save Threatened Libraries' :
23rd March 2011 td>
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This Is Lancashire : 'Godborne Library Prints' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Wirral News : 'Letter - Education for the Very Rich' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Formy Times : Formby Library Opening Hours Scaled Back as Part of
Council Cuts' : 23rd March 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Consultation Begins over Library Closures' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Mid-Devon Star : 'Consultation on Future of Saved Devon Libraries' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
Wales Online : 'Marketing Award for City's Central Library' :
23rd March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Robert McCrum on Books - Should Children Read 50 Books
a Year?' : 22nd March 2011 |
|
Johanna Anderson's Blog : 'Will Self, Fire and Ire' :
21st March 2011 |
|
CILIP : 'Blog - Big Society - Opportunity or Dog's Breakfast' :
21st March |
|
Daily Telegraph : Children 'should read 50 books a year', says Gove :
22nd March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Authors Raise Doubts over Gove's 50-book challenge :
22nd March 2011 |
|
Flintshire Chronicle : '£635,000 Benefits Blunder at Flintshire County
Council' : 22nd March 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Library Lifeline' : 22nd March 2011 |
|
Barnet Times : ' Councillor robert Rams Speaks Out on Library Review Plans' :
22nd March 2011 |
|
Belfast Telegraph : 'Author's Generous Legacy to Beloved Belfast
Libraries' : 22nd March 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'What the Papers Say' : 22nd March 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Evening Post : Letter - 'Parish Outraged by Library Gaffe' :
21st March 2011 |
|
Suffolk Free Press : 'Defence MP Visits School' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Community Ownership the Answer ?' :
21st March 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Deadline set for Addingham, Denholme, Heaton,
Wilsden and Wrose Libraries rescue bid' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Have Your Say in Libraries Debate' :
21st March 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Protests over Cuts to Stowmarket and Debenham Libraries' :
21st March 2011 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'Bournemouth council's budget will need to be cut by
£10.5m' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Belfast Telegraph : 'It's Time for All of Us to Stand Up and Fight for
Future of Arts' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Public Views Sought on Closure of Warwickshire
Libraries' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Leamington Spa Courier : 'Brainstorming Begins to Save Harbury
Library' : 20th March 2011 |
|
Shirley's Blog - 'How to Hobble the 1964 Act ?' : 21st March 2011 |
|
Diss Express : 'Your Toilets or a Library ?' : 20th March 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : Village Library "in residents' hands" :
20th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : Polly Toynbee - 'So-called Localism will Undo Years of
Human Endeavour' : 19th March 2011 |
|
This Is South Wales : 'Libraries across South Wales Spared Axe ...' :
19th March 2011 |
|
This Is Scunthorpe : 'Locals will Lend Hand at Library' :
19th March 2011 |
|
Somerset County Gazette : 'Campaigners Plan to Save Watchet Library' :
19th March 2011 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Tuffley Deprived - but Told to
Emulate Buckinghamshire' : 18th March 2011 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Indices of Deprivation and GCC's Library
Strategy' : 18th March 2011 |
|
Paisley Daily Express : 'Partially-sighted Woman Hits Out at Council for
Axing Talking Books Service' : 18th March 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Suffolk - New Row over County Council's New Strategic Direction' :
18th March 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'All Options Open in Rescue Plan for Bembridge Library' :
18th March 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'Campaigners say they are being Denied a Say
over Bradford Council Plan' : 18th March 2011 |
|
Darlington Advertiser : School Children Campaign to Save their Library' :
18th March 2011 |
|
Eastern Daily Press : 'Youngsters Join Campaign to Save Oulton Broad
Library' : 18th March 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Community Group Hope to Save Tuffley Library' :
18th March 2011 |
|
Wales Online : Libraries Closure Plan 'a Threat to Welsh Culture' :
18th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Government Puts Legal Protection for Libraries Up for
Review' : 17th March 2011 |
Daily Telegraph : 'All in this together? Not according to our local
councils' :
17th March 2011 |
This Is Sussex : 'Library Charges Increase as West Sussex Balance the Books'
:
17th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Libraries Face Threat from Review' and Alan's
analysis on Alan Gibbons Blog : 16th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Libraries, Schools and Museums may Not Prove a Quick Sell
Off' : 16th March 2011 |
|
Bolton News : 'Author Backs Campaign to Keep Libraries Open' :
16th March 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Council Responds on Libraries Legal Action' :
16th March 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'Library Users Set to Make a Stand' :
16th March 2011 |
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Jessica Steps Up Bid to Save Libraries' :
16th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian - Leeds : 'Campaign Group Fights to Save Leeds Library from
Cuts' : 16th March 2011 |
|
Wigan Today : 'Hands Off !' : 16th March |
Rugby & Lutterworth Observer : 'Fight to Save Village Library from Chop' :
16th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Government Denies Library Statutory Protection is Under
Threat' : 15th March 2011 |
|
Daily Mirror : 'Government Threat to Universal Library Service' :
15th March 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'Legal Challenge to Library Closures' :
15th March 2011 |
|
Welwyn Hatfield Times : 'Joanna Trollope Slams Library Cuts on Visit to
Welwyn Garden City' : 15th March 2011 |
|
Coventry Telegraph : 'Save Bulkington Library Petition Signed by More than
3,000' : 15th March 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Threat to 1964 Act's Protection of Libraries' :
14th March 2011 |
|
This Is Wiltshire : 'Voters to Decide on Fate of Aldbourne Library' :
14th March 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Michael Partington to Play Charity Concert to Save
Puddletown’s Library' : 14th March 2011 |
|
Norwich Evening News : 'Could US-Style Management be the Future for
Libraries ?' : 14th March 2011 |
|
Malaysia Star : 'Libraries Remain Relevant in Digital Age' :
14th March 2011 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times : 'Villagers Protest at Library Closure Plans' :
14th March 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'Libraries - More Views are Needed' :
14th March 2011 |
|
Girl in the Moon : 'Letter to Julian Huppert MP re 1964 Act' :
13th March 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Don't Privatise Our Libraries' : 12th March 2011 |
|
Craven Herald : 'Playwright Alan Bennett Speaks out in Support of Craven
Libraries' : 12th March 2011 |
|
This Is Staffordshire : 'Please Don't Shut our Local Libraries' :
12th March 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Can Libraries Survive in a Digital World ?' :
12th March 2011 |
EDP : 'Is the Future for Norfolk's Libraries an All-Singing and Dancing One ?' :
12th March 2011 |
|
Weston Mercury : 'Residents in Save Our Mobile Library Plea' :
12th March 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Council Spends £1,000 on Away Day for Staff' :
12th March 2011 |
Alan Gibbons Blog : Campaigners' Letters re Attempt to Neuter the 1964 Act :
11th March 2011 |
|
Ealing Gazette : 'Three Libraries could Face their Final Chapter' :
11th March 2011 |
|
Redditch Standard : 'Councillors Lead Fight to Save Studley Library' :
11th March 2011 |
|
Pontefract & Castleford Express : 'Catalyst for Change ?' :
11th March 2011 |
|
Bridport News : 'Charmouth: Library Campaigners Plan for the Worst' :
11th March 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Threat to Wardens and Libraries Fuels Anger over Mayor's
Savings' : 11th March 2011 |
|
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Villagers Rally Together to Stop Library from
Closing' : 11th March 2011 |
|
Malton & Pickering Mercury : 'Huge Response to Libraries Plan' :
10th March 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Evidence Please' : 10th March 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Women's Institute to Debate Support for Local
Libraries' : 10th March 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Lawyers Demand Hunt Inquiry into Lewisham Libraries' :
10th March 2011 |
|
Camden New Journal : 'Children are Joined by Writers, Actor and Politicians
at Highgate Library as they Fight to Prevent Closure' :
10th March 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Forget Council Cuts, We're on the Riviera' :
10th March 2011 |
|
Falmouth Packet : 'Councillors Protest over Library Changes' :
10th March 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Call for More Feedback over Libraries Review' :
10th March 2011 |
|
This Is Lancashire : '600-name Petition to Back Fight for Library' :
10th March 2011 |
| Harrow Observer : 'Brent Council Faces Legal Challenge over Libraries' :
9th March 2011 |
|
EADT : Suffolk - Referendum Call on Suffolk County Council New
Strategic Direction' : 9th March 2011 |
|
Enfield Independent : 'Budget Cuts could Lead to Enfield Library Closures,
says Councillor' : 9th March 2011 |
|
Bradford Telegraph & Argus : 'There was No Reason for Labour to Propose Closing
Facilities' : 9th March 2011 |
|
This Is Local London : 'Surrey Libraries Face Uncertain Future Following
Council Decision' : 9th March 2011 |
|
South Yorkshire Times : 'Library Comes Off Hit List' :
9th March 2011 |
|
Wandsworth Guardian : 'Campaigners Question Plan to Save York Gardens
Library, in Battersea' : 9th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'The Curse of the Cult of the Amateur' :
9th March 2011 |
|
Whitby Gazette : 'Huge Response to Libraries Consultation' :
8th March 2011 |
|
Salisbury Journal : 'Library Services could be Saved' :
8th March 2011 |
|
Eagle Radio : 'Cuts to Hampshire's Mobile Library Service' :
8th March 2011 |
|
The Leader : 'Call for Rethink to Keep Third Library in Flintshire' :
7th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Ssshhh! The Noisy US Revolution Coming to British
Libraries' : 7th March 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post 'Special report: The £1 Billion Cost of Council Cuts in
Yorkshire' : 5th March 2011 |
|
EADT : 'Suffolk - Top Authors Urge Libraries Rethink' :
5th March 2011 |
|
Biggleswade Today : 'Sadness at Libraries Axing' :
5th March 2011 |
|
UK Indymedia : 'Sheffield Trade Union Rally against Council Cuts' :
4th March 2011 |
|
London Evening Standard : Philip Pullman : 'Cameron and Clegg have
probably never been inside a Public Library' :
4th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Friendly Books Fall on Slough' :
4th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Our View of Libraries is Sepia-Tinted' :
4th March 2011 |
|
Eastern Daily Press : 'Crowd Gathers for Beccles Library Protest' :
4th March 2011 |
|
Evesham Observer : 'Volunteers could Run Broadway Library' :
4th March 2011 |
|
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News : Elderly and Housebound 'Hit by Mobile
Library Cuts' : 4th March 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Diary - No Love Lost at BBC for Oliver' [Anne
Robinson lends her support to a legal challenge to library
closures] : 2nd March 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Library Campaigners Mount Legal Challenges to Closures' :
1st March 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'Severe Changes to Library Service Approved' :
1st March 2011 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times : 'Suffolk - US Firm Interested in Running
County's Libraries' : 1st March 2011 |
|
EDP24 : 'Protest Groups Join Forces over Suffolk Library Cuts' :
1st March 2011 |
|
This Is Local London : 'Ray of Hope for Libraries as Croydon Council Passes
Budget' : 1st March 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Go-Ahead for Consultation on Surrey Library Changes' :
1st March 2011 |
|
EDP24 : 'Protest Groups Join Forces over Suffolk Library Cuts' :
1st March 2011 |
|
Financial Times : 'Doubts Cast on Back-Office Savings Levels' :
1st March 2011 |
Calderdale Evening Courier : 'Libraries Shake-Up to Save £250,000' :
28th February 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : Janet Street Porter : 'I'll Tell You What Happiness Is,
Dave. Keeping Libraries Open' : 28th February 2011 |
East London Advertiser : 'Tower Hamlets Head of Libraries says ...' :
28th February 2011 |
Scotland on Sunday : 'I Found More than I Ever Imagined in Libraries ...'
:
27th February 2011 |
|
New York Post : 'True Brit - What David Cameron can Teach American
Conservatives' : 27th February 2011 |
Hunts Post24 : 'Huntingdonshire Libraries at Risk - 'Change is Inevitable' :
26th February 2011 |
|
The Guardian [Blogs] : 'Libraries Chief Apologises to Schoolgirl over Cuts
Protest' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Caledonian Mercury : 'In the Age of the iPad and Kindle, Libraries are to
be Defended, not Emptied' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Wales Online : 'Library Sees Surge in Users after Reopening' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Vision Critical : 'Britons Start to Turn Against Cameron's Big Society
Policy' : 25th February |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Campaigners Against Cuts have Their Say' :
25th February |
|
This Is Kent : 'Say Hello to the New Librarian - as KCC Cuts Jobs to Save
Cash' : 25th February |
|
Liverpool Echo : 'Thousands of People Join Fight to Save Woolton Library' :
25th February |
|
This Is Wiltshire : 'Show of Force in Aldbourne Library Fight' :
24th February |
|
The Bookseller : 'Gibbons Proposes National Libraries Day' :
24th February |
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Launch Legal Challenge to Library Closures' :
24th February 2011 |
|
to read Daily Mail : 'Human Rights Lawyer who Pursued British
Soldiers Fights Coalition Cuts' : 24th February 2011 |
|
Doncaster Free Press : 'I'd Rather Put Off Repairing Roads than Close a
Library' : 24th February 2011 |
|
The Guardian [Blogs] : 'Libraries Chief Apologises to Schoolgirl over Cuts
Protest' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Caledonian Mercury : 'In the Age of the iPad and Kindle, Libraries are to
be Defended, not Emptied' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Wales Online : 'Library Sees Surge in Users after Reopening' :
25th February 2011 |
Vision Critical : 'Britons Start to Turn Against Cameron's Big Society
Policy' :
25th February 2011 |
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Campaigners Against Cuts have Their Say' :
25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Kent : 'Say Hello to the New Librarian - as KCC Cuts Jobs to Save
Cash' : 25th February 2011 |
Liverpool Echo : 'Thousands of People Join Fight to Save Woolton Library' :
25th February |
BBC News : 'Library Borrowing Up Again in Wales amid Closure Fears' :
25th February 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Booktrust Funding Cut by 50%' : 25th February 2011 |
|
About My Area : 'Northants County Council's New Budget Agreed' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Manchester Evening News : 'Thousands of Protesters to Take to the Streets in
Second Cuts Demonstration' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Manchester Evening News : '£64m Budget Cuts Approved by Rochdale Council' :
25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Scunthorpe : 'Vote : Libraries, Leisure Centres and Sweepers All Hit
in Council Budget' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Redditch & Alcester Standard : 'County review Threatens Woodrow Library' :
Worcestershire : 25th February 2011 |
Harrow Observer : 'Opposition's alternative Budget to Save Libraries' :
25th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Jobs to be Cut as York Council Agrees New Budget' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Express & Star : 'Job Cuts Revealed at Walsall Council' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Clitheroe Advertiser & Times : 'Ribble Valley Welcomes 0% Rise in Lancashire
Council Tax Bills' : 25th February 2011 |
Dorset Echo : 'Dorset Library Service Celebrates World Book Week' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Get Surrey :'Future of Mobile Libraries Remains in Doubt' :
25th February 2011 |
BBC News : 'Central Bedfordshire Council Asked to Cut Allowances' :
25th February 2011 |
|
Islington Tribune : 'Islington Council Leader Blames 'Vindictive'
Coalition as $52m Axe Falls' : 25th February 2011 |
BBC News - Kent : 'Medway Council Approves Budget and 157 Job Losses' :
25th February 2011 |
|
BBC News - Northern Ireland : 'New library opens in Dungiven' :
25th February 2011 |
BBC News : 'Stoke-on-Trent Council to Cut 710 Jobs' :
25th February 2011 |
|
BBC News London : 'Protesters Arrested at Haringey Council Cuts
Meeting' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'If David Cameron's Coalition Wants the Savings, It Needs
to Get On with the Reforms' : 25th February 2011 |
Liverpool Leader : 'Liverpool Election Candidates in Spotlight' :
25th February 2011 |
The Independent : Boyd Tonkin : 'A King Behind the Beat of History' :
25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Croydon Today : 'Damaging Cuts can be Averted' claims Labour in
Alternative Budget' : 25th February 2011 |
|
Daily Mirror : 'David Cameron is No Messiah with his Big Society' :
25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Bath : 'Fair Taxes for Caring Society' :
25th February 2011 |
|
from The Washington Post : 'Britain's 'Volunteer' Program requires Police
Applicants to Work a Year for Free' : 25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Nottingham : County Council's 'Ruthless' Cuts will Total £150m
over Three Years : 25th February 2011 |
|
This Is Wiltshire : 'Show of Force in Aldbourne Library Fight' :
24th February 2011 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Gibbons Proposes National Libraries Day' :
24th February 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Campaigners Launch Legal Challenge to Library Closures' :
24th February 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : 'Human Rights Lawyer who Pursued British Soldiers Fights
Coalition Cuts' : 24th February 2011 |
|
Doncaster Free Press : 'I'd Rather Put Off Repairing Roads than Close a
Library' : 24th February 2011 |
|
Cotswold Journal : 'Lawyers Launch Challenge to Gloucestershire Library
Cuts' : 24th February 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : OAPs to Bear Brunt of County Cuts' :
24th February 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : Cuts - Council leader’s argument is 'pathetic' :
24th February 2011 |
|
Bicester Advertiser : 'Isolation Risk to Elderly of Library Cuts' :
24th February 2011 |
|
View Online : 'West Dorset : Reprieve for Libraries' :
24th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Back Office v Front Line in Liverpool' :
24th February 2011 |
Camden New Journal : 'Town Hall insiders - "The biggest ever response to a
council questionnaire" - Huge Response to Money-Saving Choices Document' :
24th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Budget Cuts on Isle of Wight Lead to 500 Job Losses' :
24th February 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Cllr David Pugh's Budget Speech' :
24th February 2011 |
|
This Is Retford : 'Library Earns Reprieve as Closure Plan is Deferred :
24th February 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Protesters Occupy Lambeth Town Hall to Make Voices Heard
about Cuts' [and U-Tube clip] : 24th February 2011 |
|
About My Area : "As long as I am a councillor there will be a library in
Kings Heath" : 24th February 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'IW Council Agrees Budget Cuts to Public Services' :
24th February 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Use Homes Cash Boost to Save County Libraries -
Lib Dems say' : 24th February 2011 |
|
This Is the West Country : 'Cornwall Council Slammed for Spending £50K on
Plymouth World Cup bid' : 24th February 2011 |
|
Progress Magazine : 'Library Closures and the Law' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
News Post Leader : 'Library Closures Row at High Court' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Library Cuts in Somerset and Gloucestershire Challenged' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
This Is Somerset : 'Library Protest Could End Up in High Court' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Three London Councils to Cut Services to Save Millions' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
Morning Star : 'Close Libraries ? Not on Our Watch' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Saxmundham Protest over Library Closure Plan [and video] :
23rd February 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight Radio : 'Library Staff in Mass Walkout' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'Island's Libraries Shut as Staff Walk Out' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
Bridport News 'Lyme Regis: Library Cuts Feared Despite Pledges' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
View Online : 'Lyme Regis: Why Library Strategy is Wrong' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
this Is Plymouth : 'Two Plymouth Libraries will Close, claim Labour
Councillors' : 23rd February 2011 |
|
Eastbourne Herald : 'Keith Newbery: Beware Politicians with a Mission' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
North Yorkshire Gazette & Herald : 'Ryedale Library Campaigners Earn
Reprieve from County Hall' : 23rd February 2011 |
|
Essex Echo : 'Council to Shut Libraries on Mondays in Cash Cut' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
Southern Daily Echo : 'Huge Rise in Cost of Leisure Services' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Protest over Durham County Council's £125m Cuts Plan' :
23rd February 2011 |
|
South London Press Today : Lewisham: 'Taking to Streets' :
22nd February 2011 |
|
News Post Leader : 'Library Closures Row at High Court' :
22nd February 2011 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Exchange over a Schoolgirl's Protest' :
21st February 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'David Cameron Urged by No 10 Newcomer to Widen Services
Shakeup' : 21st February 2011 |
|
The Independent Blogs : 'What Wandsworth Reveals about the Big Society' :
21st February |
|
The Guardian : 'Big Society Bank aims to Boost Social Enterprise' :
22nd February |
|
Get Surrey : 'Library Cutback Proposals Put on Hold' :
22nd February 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Cheltenham MP Hits Back over Leaflet Campaign' :
22nd February |
|
BBC News : ' Essex County Council to Cut 450 Jobs' :
22nd February 2011 |
|
Ventnor Blog : 'Over 1,500 People Responded on Library Consultation' :
22nd february 2011 |
|
Financial times : 'Time for the Big Society to Get Down to the Nitty-Gritty' :
22nd February |
Henley Standard : 'It’s Volunteer-Run Libraries or Nothing, Warn
Protesters' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Spend Matters UK/Europe : David Cameron Says 'We Want Lots More
Procurement' : 21st February 2011 |
BBC News : Cornwall Council reduces Library Hours to Save £1.5m' :
21st February 2011 |
|
The Guardian : 'Oxfordshire Reprieves 20 Threatened Libraries' :
21st February 2011 |
The Guardian : 'RBS was Nicely Bailed Out – Now it's Time to Bail In' :
21st February 2011 |
|
|
Banbury Cake : 'Society Funds Up for Grabs' : 21st February 2011 |
|
This Is Lancashire : 'Library Battle Goes to Banks' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Fleetwood Weekly News : 'Assurances Given on Wyre Libraries' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : Boris Johnson : 'What Ski Helmets can Teach Us
about Keeping Libraries Open' : 21st February 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph [Letters] : 'Libraries Died Years Ago' :
21st February 2011 |
Yorkshire Post : 'Cull of Libraries brings Cries of Protest Throughout
Region' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Daily Mail : Janet Street Porter : 'Big Society? For Cameron and Co,
It's a Big Cop-Out' : 21st February 2011 |
|
Financial Times : 'Clarke Rebuff for Rightwing Critics' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Harrow Observer : 'Children's Author Backs Barham Library Battle' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Thurrock Gazette : 'All Libraries will Close One Day a Week' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Essex Enquirer : 'Libraries Survive Thurrock Cuts but are Forced to Close
for One Day a Week' : 21st February 2011 |
|
Bucks Free Press : 'Five Council Bosses Cost £670k per Year' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Bucks County Council Must Find £56m Savings' :
21st February 2011 |
|
Wales Online : 'Council's Cutacks Set to Hit South Wales Hard' :
21st February 2011 |
Independent on Sunday [Leading Article] : 'Cameron's Shaky Grip' :
20th February 2011 |
|
This Is Croydon Today : 'Legal Hitch may Save Broad Green Library from
Closures' : 20th February 2011 |
|
Independent on Sunday : 'Nimby ? Cameron Accused after his Council Halts
Library Closures' : 20th February 2011 |
|
Sunday Express : 'Councils Shun £500m
Windfall' : 20th February |
|
Express & Star : '2,800 Midlands Council Jobs could Go in Cuts' :
19th February 2011 |
|
The Good Library Blog : 'Oxfordshire' : 19th February 2011 |
|
Maidenhead Advertiser : 'Slough Libraries will Take Unwanted Books from
Closing Facilities' : 19th February 2011 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Outcry as a Fifth of Yorkshire Libraries Face Axe' :
19th February 2011 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Cuts Agreed' :
19th February 2011 |
Daily Telegraph : 'The Council 'Fat Cat’ Earning £570,000' :
19th February 2011 |
|
News Shopper : 'Lewisham: Carnival of Cuts Protest Taking Place Today' :
19th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Lewisham Cuts - Protest over Council Budget' :
19th February 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'The Big Society and Libraries - How to Run a Library for
the Big Society' : 19th February 2011 |
|
Bury Free Press : 'County council Approves Budget' :
19th February 2011 |
|
The Guardian Editorial : 'Corporate Tax Avoidance - Impoverishing the
Public' : 19th February 2011 |
Harrogate Advertiser : 'Ready to Fight to Save Our Libraries' :
19th February 2011 |
|
Scarborough Evening News : 'Financial Boost for Library's Campaign' :
19th February 2011 |
Thame Gazette : 'Shock Boost Set to Save Library ?' :
19th February 2011 |
Cambridge News : 'Children's Books Fly Off the Shelves at County Libraries'
:
19th February 2011 |
BBC Radio 4 : 'Today' programme - 'Libraries 'wonderful places' for
children' :
18th February 2011 |
|
Save Doncaster Libraries : 'Good News' : 18th February 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Dorset Cuts Crisis : Ray of hope in battle for libraries' :
18th February 2011 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Dorset Cuts Crisis : 'County Council agrees on £31million
savings' : 18th February 2011 |
|
The Press Association : 'Children's Authors Dominate List' :
18th February 2011 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times 'Suffolk Council Votes through Huge Raft of
Controversial Cuts' : 18th February 2011 |
|
Taunton People : 'Somerset County Council Cuts' : 18th February 2011 |
|
Kirkintilloch Herald : 'Save Our Libraries' : 18th February 2011 |
|
Essex Echo : 'Bid to Cut Opening Hours for Libraries' :
18th February 2011 |
|
Isle of Wight County Press : 'People's Budget would use Reserves' :
18th February 2011 |
|
The Press Association : 'Explosion in Council 'Non-jobs'' :
18th February 2011 |
|
Kirriemuir Herald : 'All Essex Libraries to Remain Open' :
17th February 2011 |
|
About My Area : 'Library Grilling for Kings Heath Councillor' :
17th February 2011 |
|
Spiked Online : 'A Library Shouldn't be a Glorified Starbucks' :
10th February 2011 |
The Week magazine : 'Cameron's Agent Protests Against Library Closure' :
10th February 2011 |
Witney Gazette : 'Council Leader Joins Protest Against Library Funding Cuts'
:
9th February 2011 |
|
video and read : ePolitix : 'Miliband Attacks Cameron's Big Society'
: 9th February 2011 |
|
Manchester Evening News : 'Libraries Shut ...' :
8th February 2011 |
BBC News : 'Cuts "Destroying Big Society" Concept, says CSV Head' :
7th February 2011 |
|
Speech by HRH The Duchess of Cornwall at the National Literacy Trust reception, on 3rd February, at Clarence
House |
|
Independent On Sunday : 'The Day the Bookworm Turned' :
6th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Protesters Stage Overnight Sit-In at New Cross Library' :
6th February 2011 |
|
Sunday Express : 'Top Authors Fight Cuts' : 6th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Why Our Libraries Must Survive' : 5th February 2011 |
|
The Spectator : 'A Bad Week for the Big Society' : 5th February 2011 |
|
The Sun : Michael Rosen - 'Use Your Library because it's on Borrowed
Time' : 5th February 2011 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Minister Urges Library Campaigners to Offer Options' :
5th February 2011 |
|
The Scotsman : 'Why the Gruffalo got very, very cross with Edinburgh
City Council' : 5th February 2011 |
|
Daily Telegraph : 'Philip Pullman Leads Day of Protests at Planned Closure
of Libraries' : 5th February 2011 |
The Guardian [Editorial] : 'Unthinkable ? Eric Pickles Saves the Libraries'
:
5th February 2011 |
|
BBC News : 'Go-Ahead to Close 14 of 26 Libraries in Doncaster' :
4th February 2011 |
|
Daily Express : Library Cuts 'Hurt Young' : 4th February 2011 |
|
The Independent : 'Pity Those who are Too Busy to Read' :
4th February 2011 |
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BBC Radio 4 on iPlayer - 10 mins 40 secs in :
'You and Yours' - School Libraries feature : 3rd February 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Authors to Lobby Scottish Parliament on Save our Libraries
Day' : 3rd February 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Authors to Lobby Scottish Parliament on Save our Libraries
Day' : 3rd February 2011 |
BBC News : 'Liverpool Withdraws from Government 'big society' Pilot' :
3rd February 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Doncaster Mayor Walks Out of Library Cuts Meeting' :
3rd February 2011 |
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Coventry Telegraph : 'Sixteen Warwickshire Libraries Set to Close' :
3rd February 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Warwickshire Libraries Facing Closure due to Cuts' :
2nd February 2011 |
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London Evening Standard : 'High Court Judge Quashes Cuts in Services for
London's Most Needy' : 2nd February 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser [Letters] : 'Letter from Sherry Waldon' :
1st February 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Save Our Libraries Day - Find your nearest protest' :
1st February 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Petition over Dorset Libraries Closures to be Handed In':
31st January 2011 |
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Sheffield Bans Ian McMillan Children's Writing Workshop : 31st January 2011 |
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New York Times : 'Mr Pullman's Compass' : 31st January 2011 |
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View a Film made by independent filmmakers Garfield Kennedy, Kevin Redpath,
and Ken Kutsch : 'We Love Libraries' |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries Disappointed
with Council Concessions' : 31st January 2011 |
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The Independent [Opinion] Janet Street Porter : 'Never mind
the old and ill, Protect the sacred wheelie bin' : 30th January 2011 |
Good Library Guide : 'How Somerset library authority spends its funds' :
29th January 2011 |
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Progress Online : 'The Importance of the Public Library' :
29th January 2011 |
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Daily Telegraph : 'Dear bankers, give us your bonuses, pleads council' :
29th January 2011 |
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Taunton People : 'Protests against Taunton Library Closures' :
29th January 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Library is a Meeting Point [Shaun Smith,
Swindon Library Service] : 28th January 2011 |
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Weston Mercury : 'Village Library Saved from closure' :
28th January 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Market Fanatics will Kill what Makes Our Libraries Precious' :
28th January 2011 |
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Channel 4 News : 'Lib Dem Minister in Library Row' :
28th January 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Library Campaigners Plan Court Action over closures' :
28th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Warnock Condemns Library Closure 'Barbarism' :
28th January 2011 |
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The Guardian Series - The Northerner : 'Alan Bennett Defends the Common
Reader' : 28th January 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Mitchell Grilled over Library Plans' :
28th January 2011 |
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The Independent : 'The Struggle on the Shelves' : 28th January 2011 |
The New Statesman : 'Time for a Quiet Rebellion over Library Closures' :
27th January 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Foley Hits Out at Library Rumours' :
26th January 2011 |
BBC News : 'Library Closure Threats Spark Campaigns Across England' :
26th January 2011 |
Alan Gibbons Blog : Alan comments on Westminster Hall Debate on Libraries :
26th January 2011 |
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Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Dorset campaigner's Letter to Ed Vaizey' :
26th January 2011 |
| Go to 'Access Documents' to request a copy of the transcript : Westminster Hall
Debate - Libraries : 25th January 2011 |
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iPlayer - ITV West Country-East : 'Hope for Libraries' : 25th January 2011 |
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iPlayer - ITV West Country-West : 'What's in a Library ?' : 25th January 2011 |
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BBC iPlayer : 'Points West' [12 minutes 50 seconds in] : 25th January 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'New Chapter for Libraries' :
25th January 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Wigan Labour MP Condemns Library Cuts' : 25th January 2011 |
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Shirley Burnham's Blog : 'Whose Library Is It Anyway ?' :
25th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Somerset Backtracks on Library Closures' :
25th January 2011 |
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This Is the West Country : 'Should Highbridge Library be Saved ?' :
25th January 2011 |
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The Daily Mail : 'Cuts are "hitting the wrong targets" - Axeing services
risks social unrest, ministers warned' : 24th January 2011 |
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The Sunday Mirror : 'A Third of all Britain's Libraries to Close in ConDem
Cuts' : 23rd January 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Libraries - Hands Off Our Doors to Learning' :
23rd January 2011 |
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The Independent [Opinion] : 'Tim Lott - The Local library, a Beacon of
Civilization' : 23rd January 2011 |
The Independent [Letters] : letters from Demelza Jones, Cheltenham and
L J Atterbury, Szydlowo, Poland : 23rd January 2011 |
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The Bookseller [Blogs] : Steve Ross - 'The Full Story' : 22nd
January 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Author Backs Bid to Save Libraries' - "You don't know the
value of what you are looking after" : 22nd January 2011 |
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Cambridge News : '13 of 25 Libraries are Placed Under Review' :
22nd January 2011 |
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The Bookseller [Blogs] : Kenneth Kutsch - 'And Action !' :
21st January 2011 |
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The Daily Telegraph : 'Watch Out - Our Libraries are Living on Borrowed
Time' : 21st January 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Hours will be Cut at Libraries' :
21st January 2011 |
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Banbury Cake [Oxforshire] : 'Authors and Council Leader in War of Words over
Libraries' : 21st January 2011 |
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This Is the West Country : 'Library Fightback is Under Way' :
21st January 2011 |
Hounslow Chronicle : 'Council Told to Think Again on Axing Libraries' :
21st January 2011 |
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Harrogate Advertiser : 'Join our Fight to Keep Them Open' :
21st January 2011 |
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Wales Online : 'Vital for Communities' : 21st January 2011 |
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David Crystal Blogspot : Professor David Crystal - 'On Caring About
Libraries' : 20th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Rebuffs Library Inquiry Call' :
20th January 2011 |
This Is Wiltshire : 'Pewsey and Marlborough Libraries Face Cut in Hours' :
20th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : Trade Rallies to 'Fight for Libraries' Campaign :
20th January 2011 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Library to Close for Three Weeks' [Moredon &
Rodbourne Cheney Library] : 20th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller [Blogs] : Steve Ross - 'The Last Battle' :
19th January 2011 |
East Anglian Daily Times : 'Suffolk Top Authors Condemn Libraries Axe' :
19th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Rendell and Horowitz Condemn Library Cuts' :
19th January 2011 |
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East Anglian Daily Times : 'Suffolk: Two-thirds of County's Libraries
Facing the Axe - Full List' : 18th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Gibbons Calls for Public Debate on Libraries' :
18th January 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Campaign Grows Against Cuts that would Shut 375
Libraries' : 18th January 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Twitter Support for Libraries Snowballs Worldwide' :
17th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'The Bookseller Launches Site to Oppose Library Closures' :
17th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Donaldson Slams Library Closures' : 17th January 2011 |
BBC News : 'Anglesey Campaigners Celebrate as Four Libraries Saved' :
17th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : Library Campaigns on the Rise, Vaizey is dubbed "Evaizive"
:
17th January 2011 |
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Henley Standard : 'Don't Close Our Library' : 17th January 2011 |
Oxford Times : 'Berinsfield Villagers Form Action Group to Save their
Library' :
17th January 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Overdue ! The fight to Save our Libraries Begins' :
16th January 2011 |
The Independent : Leading article : 'Books for all, Not Just the Wealthy' :
16th January 2011 |
The Observer : 'Labour's Fury as Users are Labelled White and Middle Class' :
16th January 2011 |
ABC News : 'People Power Empties Threatened Library' [Stony Stratford,
Bucks] : 16th January 2011 |
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Daily Mail : 'Libraries are just for the privileged white middle class... says white middle-class
Quango chief' : 15th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Trade Backs Call for Library Inquiry' :
14th January 2011 |
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BBC Radio 4 : 'You and Yours' - Libraries
item, featuring Steve Ross of Somerset and the author, Michael Morpurgo :
13th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Urge Government to Stand Up for Libraries' :
13th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller [Blogs] : Steve Ross - 'Saving Public Libraries' :
13th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Boris Set to Save London Libraries with Private Trust' :
13th January 2011 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Blackmail' Claim over Planned Library Cuts :
13th January 2011 |
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The Star [South Yorks] : 'Library Protests Step Up' :
13th January 2011 |
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York Press : 'North Yorkshire Library Closure Plans Unveiled' :
13th January 2011 |
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North Wales Weekly News : 'Public Not Being Consulted Properly over
Threatened Conwy Libraries' : 13th January 2011 |
This Is Walsall : 'Next Chapter for Libraries is Uncertain as Six Set to
Close' :
13th January 2011 |
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BBC News : Shropshire Mobile Library Service "Should Be Cut" :
12th January 2011 |
Norwich Evening News : 'Opposition to Norfolk Cuts Made Very Clear' :
12th January 2011 |
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The Guardian [John Harris] : Librarians - "We do so much more than shelve
books and say shhh" : 11th January 2011 |
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a video by John Harris : The Guardian [online] : 'North Yorkshire -
Libraries Under Threat' : 11th January 2011 |
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The Guardian [Letters] : 'Mr Vaizey, In the Library, with the Axe' :
11th January 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Call for National Inquiry into Library Service' :
11th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'further Legal Challenges to Library Closures Planned' :
10th January 2011 |
The Bookseller : 'Library Campaigners in Somerset Threaten Legal Action' :
10th January 2011 |
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Oxford Times : 'Libraries - Closures could be Illegal' : 8th January 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Comment - Time to Sit Up and Take Notice' :
8th January 2011 |
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The Daily Mirror : 'Corrie Star's Outcry over Library Cuts' :
8th January 2011 |
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The Guardian : Joanna Trollope - 'The Library Cuts in Gloucestershire go
Beyond Necessity or Common Sense' : 7th January 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Libraries Seen as Easy Touch when it Comes to Balancing the
Books' : 7th January 2011 |
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Swindon Library Service : 'Update on Old Town Library' : 7th January 2011 |
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Londonist : 'Mapped - London's Threatened Libraries' : 7th January 2011 |
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Isle of Wight Radio : 'MP Heckled at Libraries Meeting' :
7th January 2011 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Gloucestershire Library Campaigners Raise Legal
Concerns over Closures' : 6th January 2011 |
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Extract from Private Eye : 'Library News' : 6th January 2011 |
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Prestwich & Whitefield Guide : Letter : 'The Many Reasons to Save our Local
Library' : 6th January 2011 |
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Barnet & Potters Bar Times : 'Campaigners Battling to Save Barnet's
Libraries Angry at Snub' : 6th January 2011 |
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Burnham-On-Sea.com : 'Council's "Pathetic Excuses" for Highbridge Library
Closure Attacked' : 5th January |
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Burnham-On-Sea.com : 'Angry Residents Urge Council "Don't Shut Highbridge
Library"' : 5th January |
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The Star [South Yorks] : 'Council Plan to Axe 14 Libraries' : 5th January |
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Shirley Burnham's Blog : The 'Con' in Consultation' [Dorset] :
4th January |
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The Guardian : 'As Cuts Bite in Cameron's Constituency, Is his Big Idea just
a Slogan ?' [ "funding will go from 20 libraries" ] : 3rd January 2011 |
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Daily Mail : 'Stop Playing with Children's Future, Teachers Warn, over Plans
for Free Schools' : 3rd January 2011 |
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Your Canterbury : 'Union Slams Self-Serve Library Plans' : 2nd January 2011 |
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Bournemouth Echo : 'Criticism over Dorset County Council's Use of Volunteers' :
2nd January 2011 |
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Eastwood Advertiser [Notts] : 'Are Library Opening Cuts Fair ?' :
1st January 2011 |
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Gazette & Herald : 'North Yorkshire County Council's £35 Million Funding
Black Hole' : 1st January 2011 |
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Halesowen News : 'Cost Cutting Review' : 1st January 2011 |
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This Is Staffordshire : 'Business Backs Children's Services' :
1st January 2011 |
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Burnley Citizen : 'Amnesty Planned for East Lancashire Library Books' :
1st January 2011 |
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The Independent [Books] : 'How to Make Scrooge Repent' :
31st December 2010 |
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Shirley Burnham Blog : 'A Deception of Madoff Proportions' :
December 2010 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : '4,000 Residents Sign Library Petition' :
31st December 2010 |
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Petitions Gather Pace to Save Hester's Way
Library' :
31st December 2010 |
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Sheffield Telegraph : 'New Era Sought for Central Library' :
31st December 2010 |
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View Online : 'Charmouth Library Faces Closure' : 31st December 2010 |
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Isle of Wight County Press : Letters to the Editor : 31st December 2010 |
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Quote from Ed Vaizey, MP for Wantage and Didcot Witney Gazette : '2010 -
Year of Change' : 30th December 2010 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Authors Call for U-turn over Library Closures' :
30th December 2010 |
Letter to Bury Times : 'Saddened by Decision to Sell our Great Library' :
30th December 2010 |
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Buckinghamshire Advertiser : Government Funding Cut is "In Line" with Council
Plans : 30th December 2010 |
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Letter to : Kidderminster Shuttle : 'Misjudging the Voluntary Role' :
30th December 2010 |
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This Is Somerset : 'South Somerset Residents Urged to Have Say on Plans to
Cut Library Funding' : 30th December 2010 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Sign up to Campaign or Libraries will be Lost
Forever' : 30th December 2010 |
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GMB Press Release [Sunderland Echo] : 'Councils Looking to Volunteers to Run
Libraries' : 29th December 2010 |
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Telegraph [Blog] : 'Governments Run Things Badly; Saying So Doesn't Make You
a Brute' : 29th December 2010 |
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Guardian Series : 'Redbridge Council Workers Come Up with Their Suggestions
on Where the Spending Cuts Should Fall' : 29th December 2010 |
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This Is Exeter : 'Book Dealer Accuses Library Service of Selling Off the
County's Heritage' : 29th December 2010 |
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East London & West Essex Guardian Series : 'Redbridge Council Workers Come
Up with Their Suggestions on Where the Spending Cuts Should Fall' : 29th December
2010 |
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Teesdale Mercury : 'Libraries and Sports Centres Under Threat' : 28th
December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Views Sought on Darlington Library Use' : 28th December 2010 |
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This Is Hampshire : Localism Bill "will hand more power to the community"
[Basingstoke MP] : 28th December 2010 |
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Henley Standard : 'Meeting to Discuss Library Axe Threat' :
27th December 2010 |
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The Independent [Leading Article] : 'Cuts that Smack More of Desperation
than Strategy' : 27th December 2010 |
BBC News : video and read : 'Philip Pullman Welcomes Free Book Scheme
U-Turn' : 26th December 2010 |
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The Independent : 'Miliband Condemns Bookstart Funding Cut' :
26th December 2010 |
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Thurrock Gazette : 'Talking Books Funding Cut Plan Slammed' :
26th December 2010 |
Selby Times : 'Campaigning Councillor Petition Aims to Save Library Services' :
24th December 2010 |
Wells People : 'Wells Library Set to Expand' [20 closures proposed] :
24th December 2010 |
The Guardian : 'This Government has Set Its Face Against Reading' :
24th December 2010 |
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Cotswold Journal : 'More than 20 Community Groups Express Interest in
Running Libraries and Youth Clubs' : 24th December 2010 |
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Craven Herald & Pioneer[N. Yorks]: 'Libraries Closure Plan Sparks Fury Across
District' : 24th December 2010 |
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The Press Association : 'Miliband Condemns Bookstart Cuts' :
23rd December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Oxfordshire Council Defends Communications Job Salary' :
23rd December 2010 |
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This Is Somerset : 'Cuts to Cripple Region's Libraries' :
23rd December 2010 |
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London Evening Standard : Lewisham - 'Ex-City Man's Plan for Eco-Libraries' :
23rd December 2010 |
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Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle : 'Listed Library Saved but Barons Court will
be in Hands of Community' : 23rd December 2010 |
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This Is Somerset : 'Cuts to Cripple Region's Libraries' :
23rd December 2010 |
North Wales Weekly News : 'Conwy Councils Condemn Library Proposals' :
23rd December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Oxfordshire Council Defends Communications Job Salary' :
23rd December 2010 |
Haringey Independent : 'Council leader angry at cuts 'forced' on Haringey' :
23rd December 2010 |
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Flintshire Chronicle : 'Flintshire County Council must Cut ‘Front-line
Services’ to save £12m' : 23rd December 2010 |
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Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle : 'Listed Library Saved but Barons Court
will be in Hands of Community' : 23rd December 2010 |
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Kent On Line : 'Library Workers Check Out' : 22nd December 2010 |
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Manchester Evening News : 'Libraries are Hit as Town Hall Chiefs Bid to
Claw Back £9m' : 22nd December 2010 |
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Bridport News : 'West Dorset - Council Cuts to Bite Deep' :
22nd December 2010 |
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Burnham Weekly News [Somerset] : 'More Cuts Coming But Burnham Library
Saved' : 22nd December 2010 |
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The Art Newspaper : 'Arts Council England Takes Over Most MLA Functions' :
22nd December 2010 |
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Northern Echo : 'Achieve Cuts by Taking Out Wasteful Managers, says Pickles' :
22nd December 2010 |
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Daily Post - North Wales News : 'Frontline Services at Risk as
Flintshire Council Tries to Save £12m' : 22nd December 2010 |
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The Bookseller [Blogs] : Alan Gibbons : 'Booked Out' : 21st December 2010 |
An extract from the Christmas Issue of : Private Eye - 'Library News'
:
21st December 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Day of Protest Planned Against Library Closures' :
21st December 2010 |
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Uxbridge Gazette : Councillor Ray Puddifoot, Leader of Conservative Group,
Hillingdon Council : 21st December 2010 |
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eGov Monitor : 'Local Government's Response to the Cuts' : 21st December 2010 |
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Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Oxfordshire Author's Library Protest Letter' :
21st December 2010 |
Buckinghamshire Advertiser : 'Chalfont Library to Run Advice Sessions' :
21st December 2010 |
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This Is Lincolnshire : '1,000 Jobs Under Threat as County Council looks to
Save £87.5m within Two Years' : 21st December 2010 |
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Yorkshire Post : 'Final Chapter Looms for Local Libraries as Councils Try
to Balance their Books' : 21st December 2010 |
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This Is Bristol : 'Cuts will Create Shockwaves in Our Society' :
21st December 2010 |
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Northants Evening Telegraph : 'Fears Expressed over Council's £68m Budget
Cuts' : 21st December 2010 |
This Is the West Country : 'More Cuts to Come as Councils to Lose £millions' :
21st December 2010 |
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Library Users Gather over Cuts Concerns' :
21st December 2010 |
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Press and Journal (Scotland)< : 'Delight as Moray Leisure Services are
Spared the Axe in Budget Cuts' : 21st December 2010 |
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The Daily Telegraph : 'Leading Authors Including Kate Mosse Warn about
Library Closures' : 20th December 2010 |
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Save Somerset Libraries : Glastonbury Library and short video :
20th December 2010 |
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Worcester Standard : 'Fears for Services after Cuts Worsen' :
20th December 2010 |
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Scarborough Evening News : 'New Moves in Libraries Fight' :
20th December 2010 |
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News Shopper : 'Libraries would be Handed Over to Trust under Greenwich
Council Cuts Plans' : 20th December 2010 |
BBC News Scotland : 'Moray Council Aiming to Protect Leisure Facilities' :
20th December 2010 |
Northants Evening Telegraph : 'Irchester Library's Fight to Survive' :
20th December 2010 |
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Portadown Times, NI : 'Concern as Richhill Library Faces Closure' :
20th December 2010 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Sparks Fly as Prestbury Residents Confront
Library Bosses' : 18th December 2010 |
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Weston Mercury : 'Libraries Could Close as Council Cuts Back' :
18th December 2010 |
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This Is Somerset : 'Residents Could Run Own Library Services' :
18th December 2010 |
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Hemsworth & South Elmsall Express : 'Town Council to Fight for Libraries' :
18th December 2010 |
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Demotix : 'Headington Residents Protest Against Library Closure' :
18th December 2010 |
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Manchester Evening News : 'MP Lashes out at "Brutal" Government Funding
Cuts' : 18th December 2010 |
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Wakefield Express : '"Damaging" Cuts Worse than Feared' :
18th December 2010 |
Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard : 'Locals Battle Lechlade Library
Plans' :
17th December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Nine of 11 Isle of Wight Libraries Set to Close' :
17th December 2010 |
Stroud News and Journal : 'Children's author signs up to libraries protest' :
17th December 2010 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Fresh Bid to Save Tuffley Library' :
17th December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Herefordshire and Worcestershire Councils Consider Cuts' :
17th December 2010 |
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This is Kent - Thanet : 'Isle in Top 12 of the Hardest Hit by Cuts' :
17th December 2010 |
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This Is Walsall : 'Threatened Library will Remain Open Part-Time after
Negotiations' : 17th December 2010 |
The Bookseller : '"Efficient" Library Service Means Change, says Vaizey'
:
16th December 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Six Weeks to Save the Library Sector, Campaigners Warn' :
16th December 2010 |
Marlborough People : 'Council Leader to Open New Library in Pewsey' :
16th December 2010 |
This Is Plymouth : 'Lib Dems Attack Councils for 'Too Tough' Spending Cuts' :
16th December 2010 |
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Guardian - Leeds : 'Leeds Libraries Consultation Agreed' :
16th December 2010 |
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This Is Local London : 'Cuts Announced for Libraries in Raynes Park and
Colliers Wood' : 16th December 2010 |
Flintshire Chronicle : 'Petition Launched to Protect Queensferry Library' :
16th December 2010 |
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This Is Croydon Today : 'Council Looks at Volunteers to Run Libraries in a
Bid to Avoid Shutting Them Down' : 16th December 2010 |
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View On Line : 'Dorchester - Funding Increase Won't Stop Cuts' : 16th December 2010 |
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Alan Gibbons Blog : Alan Gibbons' Response to the Ed Vaizey's reply to
his Open Letter : 15th December 2010 |
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Alan Biggons Blog: Reply from Ed Vaizey, Culture Minister, to
Alan's Open Letter 2010 |
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Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Report of Philip Pullman and Kate Mosse's meeting with
Culture Minister Ed Vaizey' on 13/12 : 15th December 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Pickles says Cut Back-Office Functions before Libraries' :
15th December 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'CILIP asks MPs to Monitor Library Cuts' : 15th December 2010 |
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CILIP's Letter to all MPs : December 2010 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Conwy Council Latest to Vote for Library Closures' :
15th December 2010 |
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Bridport News : 'West Dorset: Volunteers Fear Libraries will Close under
Council Cuts' : 15th December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Plans to cut Somerset Libraries Considered by Council' :
15th December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Durham council cuts 1,600 jobs to save £100m' :
15th December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Devon County Council Funding Cuts prompt 900 Job Losses' :
15th December 2010 |
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Croydon Today : 'Branch libraries at Croydon District are Facing Closure in
Cost Cuts' : 15th December 2010 |
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Daily Gazette : 'Control of Essex Libraries could be Transferred' :
15th December 2010 |
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Paisley Daily Express : 'Fury over Lochwinnoch Library Plans' :
15th December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Conwy Council Plans to Close 5 or 7 Libraries' :
14th December 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Axed Libraries Disproportionate as Council Cuts Capped' :
14th December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Seven of Conwy's Twelve Libraries could Close' :
14th December 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Tension as Lewisham's 'Difficult' Cuts get Under Way' :
14th December 2010 |
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Yorkshire Post : 'Front-line Losses 'Inevitable' as Council Budgets Slashed by 23%' :
14th December 2010 |
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Northampton Chronicle : '600 People to Lose their Jobs as Massive Cuts are
Announced at County Hall' : 14th December 2010 |
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Birmingham Mail : '£170 million Cost of Birmingham City Council Funding Cut'
[includes Pickles quote] : 14th December 2010 |
Local News : Northamptonshire : 'Libraries Proposal to Save £790,000' :
14th December 2010 |
Wirral Globe : 'Wirral MP Slams 'Savage' Government Spending Cuts' :
14th December 2010 |
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PS PublicService.co.uk : 'Libraries will still be Run by Librarians' :
13th December 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Oxford Literary Festival Hit by Council Cuts' :
13th December 2010 |
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Bucks Free Press : 'Library Plans not Illegal, Council Says' :
13th December 2010 |
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Basingstoke Gazette : 'Bozzes on Six-Figure Salaries Quit Council' :
13th December 2010 |
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Wigan Today : 'Battle On to Keep our Libraries ' : 13th December 2010 |
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Henley Standard : 'Residents are Urged to Fight 'Savage' Library Closures' :
13th December 2010 |
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Croydon Guardian : 'Six Libraries could Close in Croydon' :
13th December 2010 |
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The Lichfield Blog : 'Council Pledges to keep Lichfield and
Burntwood Libraries Open' : 13th December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Joanna Trollope Backs Gloucestershire Library Campaign' :
12th December 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Author, Kate Mosse - Libraries' : 11th December 2010 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : 'Matson Library Closing would be a Huge and
Devastating Loss to the Area' : 11th December 2010 |
This Is Gloucestershire : 'The Battle to Save Matson Library Rages On' :
11th December 2010 |
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner : 'Minister Wants Residents to Bid to Takeover
Shops, Pubs and Libraries' : 11th December 2010 |
|
Lutterworth Mail [Leicestershire] : 'Libraries and Museums Facing
Privatisation' : 11th December 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'How will the Cuts Affect our Libraries ?' :
10th December 2010 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Protesters Turn Up the Volume for Libraries' : 10th
December 2010 |
BBC News : 'Leicestershire Library Savings Plan Provokes concerns' :
10th December 2010 |
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Dorset Echo : 'Dorset Cuts - Consultation on Future of Libraries' :
10th December 2010 |
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John O'Groat Journal : 'Closing Wick Library would be Eroding our
Community' : 10th December 2010 |
Walsall Advertiser : 'Next Chapter Uncertain as Library Is Reviewed' :
10th December 2010 |
|
Craven Herald & Pioneer [North Yorkshire] : 'Gargrave and Grassington Libraries
could be Community Run' : 10th December 2010 |
|
The Guardian : Arts Council Takes Over Libraries, with Budgets Slashed' :
9th December 2010 |
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This Is South Devon : 'Elderly and Children to Suffer Hardest as Council
faces £9m Cuts' : 9th December 2010 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : '500 Jobs Could Go and the Vulnerable may be Hit Hardest
in Council Cuts' : 9th December 2010 |
Get Hampshire : 'Council Services could Merge to Create Library Hubs' :
9th December 2010 |
|
Flintshire Chronice : 'Flintshire Faces Library Closures ...' :
9th December 2010 |
|
Scarborough Evening News : 'Save Our Libraries !' : 9th December 2010 |
|
Sefton & West Lancs [Crosby Herald] : 'Cuts Threaten
our Most Vulnerable, Sefton Union Boss Warns' : 9th December 2010 |
Cambridge News : '450 Jobs to Go in £161 Million Public Sector Cuts' :
9th December 2010 |
|
Chichester Observer : 'West Sussex County Council Spending Cuts Announced' :
9th December 2010 |
|
New Technologies Interest Group's Blog [Australia] : 'Letter to Jeremy Hunt from Australian Library Workers' :
8th December 2010 |
The Weston Mercury : 'Major Cuts - Residents must Step In to Help' :
8th December 2010 |
|
Wilts & Gloucestershire Standard : 'Campaign Begins to Save Cotswold
Libraries' : 8th December 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Dorset County Council Job Losses could Top 500' : 8th December 2010 |
|
JournalLive [Northumberland County News] : 'Northumberland Library Strategy
to be Examined' : 8th December 2010 |
|
This Is Gloucestershire : 'Residents Demand Apology as Row Flares over
Libraries' : 7th December 2010 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Cuts Threat to Libraries' : 6th December 2010 |
LocalGov.co.uk : 'Lewisham Asks Community Groups to Run Libraries' :
6th December 2010 |
|
Gazette : 'Big Society Arrives in Gloucestershire' : 3rd December 2010 |
|
Oxford Times : 'Library Service Faces Slow Death' : 2nd December 2010 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Volunteer-run Libraries Plan branded Unworkable' : 2nd
December 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Clare Cautions Prudence over MLA Grants' : 2nd
December 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'MLA praises "Political Courage" of Oxfordshire Council'
:
1st December 2010 |
South Yorkshire Times : 'Storm of Protest Greets Darfield Library Cut'
:
1st December 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Massive Library Service Cuts may be Illegal' :
30th November 2010 |
|
Eastwood Advertiser [Nottinghamshire] : 'Groups Asked to Run Libraries to
Save on Cost' : 30th November 2010 |
|
This is Gloucestershire : 'Bid to Hand 11 Libraries to the Community could be
Illegal, say Campaigners' : 30th November 2010 |
|
Good Library Blog : 'CIPFA Analysis - It's the Overhead Costs that have
Ruined the Library Service ' : 30th November 2010 |
|
'CIPFA Analysis - Invest to Improve' : 29th November 2010 |
Oxford Mail : 'Cuts Protests Pointless says Council Leader Mitchell' :
29th November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Oxfordshire Council Proposes Stopping Funding Half its
Libraries' : 29th November 2010 |
|
Scarborough Evening News : 'Petition Starts to Save Library' :
29th November 2010 |
The Observer : 'Without Libraries we will Lose a Mark of Our Civilisation'
:
28th November 2010 |
|
Oxford Mail : 'Libraries and Youth Centres under Threat' : 27th November 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'MLA Response to Oxford Closures' : 26th November 2010 |
|
BBC Oxford : 'Summertown Library Users React to the Cuts' : 26th
November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : Massive Cutbacks to Library Services Begin' : 26th
November 2010 |
BBC News :'Axe May Fall on Half of Oxfordshire's Council Libraries' :
26th November 2010 |
|
Sutton Guardian : 'Libraries Face Cuts in Latest Round of Sutton Council
Savings' : 26th November 2010 |
|
Wharfedale & Airedale Observer : 'Rawdon Library, One of 20 Proposed for
Closure' : 26th November 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Campaign Group's FOI Findings on Threatened Leeds
Libraries' : 25th November 2010 |
|
The Guardian [Letters] : 'Library Cuts Hasten Cultural Decline' :
25th November 2010 |
Express & Star : '14 Councils in Midlands set to Merge Library Services' :
24th November 2010 |
|
Hillingdon & Uxbridge Times : 'Record Visitor Numbers at Hillingdon's
Libraries' : 24th November 2010 |
|
Camden Council :'Libraries Proposal' : 23rd November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'DCMS Makes Play for Arts Council to take on MLA's Library
Work' : 23rd November 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Fighting Library Closures in Leeds' : 23rd November 2010 |
|
BBC News Magazine : Joan Bakewell issues a rallying call for Libraries [Does
Reading Make Us Happier? 19/11] : 23rd November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Books Key to Libraries says MLA Survey' : 22nd November 2010 |
|
This is Gloucestershire : 'Dismay at Reduced Library Service Plan for
Bishop's Cleeve' : 22nd November 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Library Cuts and Job Losses Condemned by Leading Authors' :
22nd November 2010 |
Bucks Free Press : 'Villagers Told to "Get Act Together" to Save Library' :
22nd November 2010 |
|
Scarborough Evening News : 'We'll Fight to Save Library' : 20th November 2010 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Privatisation Move Agreed for Local Library Service' :
20th November 2010 |
|
Oxford Times : 'Self-Service Libraries Aim to Trim Costs' : 20th November 2010 |
|
Gazette Live - Teeside News : 'Public Libraries Under Threat under £2M Cuts'
: 20th November 2010 |
|
Weston Mercury : 'Libraries are Reprieved' : 20th November 2010 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Author Martina Cole - Closures will be Terrible
for Disadvantaged Children' : 19th November 2010 |
|
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Friends Delighted to Receive
Messages of Support' : 19th November 2010 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Council Spends £600,000 on Two Libraries, then
Axes Them' : 19th November 2010 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Fears for Rural Poor as Cuts Loom in Services' : 19th
November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Children Borrow More Titles, but Library Book Spend
Plummets' : 19th November 2010 |
|
Burnham-On-Sea News : 'MP Urges Residents to have their Say on Highbridge
Library's Future' : 19th November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Coates writes Good Library Manual' : 18th November 2010 |
|
East London Advertiser : 'Tower Hamlets Library Staff Made to Reapply for
their Own Jobs' : 17th November 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Libraries in Barnsley at Risk of Closure' : 17th November 2010 |
|
Wakefield Express : 'Run the Libraries or Lose Them' : 17th November 2010 |
|
Stroud News & Journal : '12 Libraries Face Chop if Volunteers do not Step
Forward' : 17th November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Protest at Gloucester Library Cuts' :
16th November 2010 |
|
This is Gloucestershire : 'Relying on Volunteers to Run Gloucestershire's
Libraries will mean Closures, say Campaigners': 16th November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Lewisham Libraries Earn Brief Reprieve' : 15th November 2010 |
London Evening Standard : 'Independence Shows Way to Save Libraries' :
15th
November 2010 |
|
The Press Association : 'Calls for Public Sector Sell-Off' : 14th November 2010 |
|
Hertfordshire Mercury : 'Hoddesdon Schoolgirl Campaigns Against Library Cuts' :
12th November 2010 |
News Shopper : 'Lewisham Library Closure Decisions Deferred by Mayor' :
12th November 2010 |
Friends of Gloucestershire Libraries : 'Extraordinary Meeting Called' :
12th November 2010 |
|
Cotswold Journal : 'Jobs, Libraries and Youth Service Targeted as Council
seeks to Slash Budgets' : 12th November 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Authors Condemn London Library Cuts' : 12th November 2010 |
London Evening Standard : 'Don't Axe our Libraries, say Top Authors' :
11th November 2010 |
|
Borehamwood Times : 'Poorest to Lose Most with Cuts to Library Opening
Hours' : 11th November 2010 |
|
Yorkshire Post : 'Library Service may go Private as City seeks to Slash
Budget' : 11th November 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Dumfries and Galloway Library Closures in Cut Proposals' :
11th November 2010 |
|
Harrow Times : 'Half Brent's Libraries Facing the Chop' : 10th November 2010 |
|
London Evening Standard : '130 Libraries in the Capital Face Axe in Spending
Cuts' : 10th November 2010 |
|
London Evening Standard : 'Save Our Libraries' : 10th November 2010 |
|
Bucks Free Press 'Public asked Views over Community Libraries as Bosses
Seek to Save Nearly £700k' : 10th November 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Hit in Hounslow, Bucks and Stoke-on-Trent' :
9th November 2010 |
|
Hounslow Chronicle : 'Housnlow Libraries take Jobs Hit' : 9th November 2010 |
|
The Croydon Advertiser : 'Public Libraries
may run from Schools as Council Bids to Save Money' : 8th November 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Public Lending Right - If it Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It' :
8th November 2010 |
|
The Washington Post : 'Technological and Economic Shifts have only made
Libraries More Valuable' [Roberta
Stevens is President of the American Library Association] : 8th November 2010 |
|
The Observer : 'How Children, the Old and the Lonely will Bear the Brunt of
Council spending Cuts' : 7th November 2010 |
|
The Observer : 'Borrowing eBooks Beyond a Library's Walls': 7th November 2010 |
|
Richmond & Twickenham Times : 'Conservatives Broke Promise to Consult on
Library Closure' : 5th November 2010 |
|
Warrington Guardian : 'Library Review a Smokescreen' : 5th November 2010 |
|
South London Today : 'Drive to Sign Up Kids to Doomed Libraries' :
5th November 2010 |
|
The Guardian [Leeds] : 'Council Watchdog Demands Answers over Future of 20
Leeds Libraries' : 3rd November 2010 |
Bournemouth Echo :'The Cuts Debate - Time for a New Chapter for Libraries'
:
2nd November 2010 |
|
South London Press : 'Demo Against Lewisham's
Library Closures' : 29th October 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : Report on the Lewisham Demo : 1st November 2010 |
Harrow Times : 'Council "Cares Passionately" after Axing Library
Posts' :
31st October 2010 |
|
Use Libraries and Learn Stuff Blog : 'Are Public Libraries Expensive to
Run?' : 31st October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'CIPFA Stats Show Visitors Down, Loans Down and Staff
Reduced' : 29th October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'BA Backs PA over e-Lending, CILIP calls it Restrictive' :
29th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Library Service Needs a Serota, TRA Debate Told' :
27th October 2010 |
|
Oldham Evening Chronicle : 'New Look for Libraries Facing 25% Funding Cut'
: 26th October 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Hertfordshire Library Hours Cut by Third - Plan' : 26th October 2010 |
The Guardian : 'E-book Restrictions Leave Libraries Facing Virtual Lockout'
:
26th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'CILIP to Close Membership Unit, Lose Four Staff' : 25th
October 2010 |
|
Sunday Express : 'Spending Cuts Will Hit Libraries Next' : 24th October 2010 |
|
Bridgwater Mercury : 'Somerset Libraries Face Cuts and Closures' :
22nd October 2010 |
|
The Independent [Books] : 'A County Fights the Cuts in True Robin Hood
Spirit' : 22nd October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Mollet Moves to Calm Unease over e-Book Lending' :
22nd October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Librarians Worried by Publisher e-book Restrictions' :
21st October 2010 |
|
Warrington Guardian : 'Unhappy Ending for Libraries' : 21st October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'PA sets out Restrictions on Library e-Book Lending'
:
21st October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'PLR Escapes Swingeing Cuts' : 21st October 2010 |
|
The Argus : 'Sussex Library Staff Face Axe' : 20th October 2010 |
Northwich Guardian : 'Government Responds in Battle to Save Libraries' :
20th October 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Spending Cuts put Libraries
at Risk, Authors Warn' : 20th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Mollet Warns over Library Funding following Spending
Review' : 20th October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Protests Begin over Library Cuts in Nottinghamshire' :
20th October 2010 |
|
BBC : 'Leaked Document suggests Cornwall Plans to Close 26 Libraries and
Anticipates Legal Challenge' : 19th October 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Urgent Warning over Cuts Threat to Libraries' : 19th
October 2010 |
BBC Nottingham : 'One Hundred Writers Protest at Notts Library Cuts' :
19th October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Trade Bodies Rally behind Library Cause ahead of Cuts' :
19th October 2010 |
|
MLA Joint Policy Statement : 'The Value, Impact and Potential of Public Library
Services' : 19th October 2010 |
|
The Good Library Guide : 'Should Public Libraries Stock The Grove
Dictionary of Music?' : 18th October 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Huge Cuts in Nottinghamshire' : 17th October 2010 |
|
Nottingham Post : 'Library Cutbacks will Hit Children and those Without
Computers say Visitors' : 16th October 2010 |
The Swindon Advertiser : 'School Celebrates Opening of School Library' :
15th October 2010 |
|
Fulham Chronicle : 'Campaigners Plead for Barons Court Library to be Saved' :
15th October 2010 |
|
Tim Coates' Speech to Conference at Burlington House : 14th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'A Public Charter for Libraries' : 14th October 2010 |
|
The Warrington Guardian : 'Final Chapter for Three Libraries' : 14th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Society of Authors Calls for Urgent Meeting after PLR Body
is Culled' : 14th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'PLR Administering Body to be Abolished' : 14th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller [in depth feature] : 'The Perpetual Library' : 14th October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'BA and PLR Sign Up to Trade-Wide Library Letter' :
14th
October 2010 |
|
Nottingham Post : 'Libraries Set to Lose Cash for New Books and
Opening Hours' [Notts CC slashes book fund by 75%] : 13th October 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Sherry Waldon' : published 9th October 2010 |
|
CILIP Update : 'Coates/Clare Ding-Dong Diverts Attention ...' : 8th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Plan for Industry-Wide Message on Libraries' : 7th October 2010 |
|
Yorkshire Evening Post : 20 Leeds Libraries Face Axe' : 7th October 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Clare and Coates in Bullying Row' : 7th October 2010 |
|
Richmond & Twickenham Times : 'Library Users Face Major Shake-up of Services' :
7th October 2010 |
|
The Independent : 'E-Books: the End of the Word as We Know It' :
7th October 2010 |
|
The Good Library Blog : 'The MLA' : 5th October 2010 |
|
Mature Times : 'Local Libraries Need Your Help !' : 5th October 2010 |
|
Burnham-on-Sea.com : 'Council's Dismay over Closure Threat to Highbridge Library'
: 4th October 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Booksellers Association Initiatives Gain Trade Support' :
2nd October 2010 |
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Library Hours Cut Due to Lack of Volunteers' :
1st October 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : further comments on 'Library Hours Cut' 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Mayor Apologises
to Elderly Woman after "Humiliating" Meeting' : 30th September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Sherry Waldon' : 28th September 2010 |
PCS : 'There is an Alternative - The Case Against Cuts in Public Services' :
[posted on] 28 September 2010 |
BBC News Washington : 'Why are Parents Banning School Books ?' :
27th
September 2010 |
News Shopper : 'Lewisham Mayor may Ignore 17,000 Loud Library Voices' :
24th September 2010 |
|
Shirley Burnham's letter to Mayor and Councillors : 24th September 2010 |
|
The Scotsman : 'Shake-up is on the Cards for Libraries' : 24th September 2010 |
Belfast Telegraph : 'Raft of Northern Ireland Libraries Face Closure Threat' :
23rd September 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'No Ban on Israeli Authors - says Dumbartonshire' :
22nd September 2010 |
The Wiltshire Times : 'Youngsters Quizzed over Wiltshire Library Services'
:
20th September 2010 |
|
Wigan Today : '18,000 Books Missing from Libraries' : 20th September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Call to Save our Libraries' : 14th September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Library's New Leaf' : 9th September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Literary Journey as Books Move - Old Town Library
on Way to its New Home' : 8th September 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Revamp Services to Save Libraries, says Swindon MP' :
7th September 2010 |
|
Text of Justin Tomlinson's speech when opening the Westminster Hall 'Libraries
Debate' : 7th September 2010 |
Spiked-Online : How 'Relevance' Killed the Public Library : 7th September 2010 |
The Bournemouth Echo : 'Library Services in Dorset Face Budget Cut' :
7th September 2010 |
|
Cambridge News : 'Plan for Community Trust to Save Libraries Under Threat' :
7th September 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Fiction First for Book Borrowers' : 6th September 2010 |
|
Cambridge News : '£17,000 Wasted Over Library Consultants' : 6th September 2010 |
|
Voices for the Library : 'Librarians and
Library Users Raise their Voices for Libraries' : 6th September 2010 |
|
The Guardian : Germaine Greer 'Reading Rooms are an Oasis' : 5th September 2010 |
|
The Daily Mail : 'Death Knell for School
Libraries as They Fall Victim to Cash Cuts' : 4th September 2010 |
|
Burnham-on-Sea.com : 'Burnham-on-Sea Library Escapes First Round of Council
Cutbacks' : 4th September 2010 |
Daily Telegraph [Education News] : 'Future of School Libraries in Doubt' :
3rd September 2010 |
|
CILIP's President's Blog : 'Everyone is an Expert' : 3rd September 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Up to 40 Libraries Affected in Birmingham Review' : 2nd September 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Bad News from Somerset' : 2nd September 2010 |
|
Manchester Evening News : Library Boom as Bookworms Help City Buck National
Trend' : 2nd September 2010 |
|
Northwich Guardian : 'Northwich Library Supporters Rally Round as Cuts Loom' :
2nd September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : Letter from Mrs Anthea Beaumont : 1st September 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : Letter from Shirley Burnham : 1st September 2010 |
|
The Birmingham Post : 'Community Libraries Under Review' : 1st September 2010 |
|
The Birmingham Mail : 'Birmingham City Council Spends 187m on New Library and Cuts Book Fund' : 1st September 2010 |
The Guardian : 'Frank Skinner's Attack on Free Libraries is a Bad Joke' :
1st September 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : £50m Could be Saved in London's Libraries' : 31st August 2010 |
|
This Is Local London : 'Barnet's Libraries Could be Sold Off
and Leased Back' : 31st August 2010 |
|
BBC Radio 4 : 'What's the Point of the Public Library ?' : 31st August 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Libraries - Open Books' [editorial] : 31st August 2010 |
|
CILIP Blog : 'Please Catch These Before They're Gone' : 31st August 2010 |
|
Daily Telegraph - Letters : 'The Lack of Silence
Spoils Libraries for Quiet Readers' : 30th August 2010 |
|
The Spectator : 'The Role of Libraries' : 30th August 2010 |
|
This is Lancashire : 'Accrington Author Laments State of Libraries' : 29th August 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons : Letter to the Editor : The Times : 28th August 2010 |
|
BBC Arts Editor, Will Gompertz : 'What Next for the Local Library ?' : 27th August 2010 |
|
This is Gloucestershire : 'Fears that County Libraries may Close' : 26th August 2010 |
|
The Fulham Chronicle : 'Residents Unite to Fight Closure of Barons
Court Library' : 26th August 2010 |
The Guardian : 'Authors Join Forces to Defend Public Lending Right Scheme' :
26th August 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'More People Visit Swindon's Libraries' : 25th
August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Must Not be a Soft Touch for Cuts' : 25th August 2010 |
|
The Daily Telegraph : 'A Pint of Best Bitter and a Cider With Rosie' : 25th
August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Up to 1000 Libraries Under Threat Claims Coates' :
25th August 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Libraries Need Investment to Thrive' : 24th August 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Swindon Council to Spend £50,000 on Leisure
Review' : 24th August 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Andy Burnham Signs Swindon Petition' : 23rd August 2010 |
|
MUMSNET [discussion] : "Am I being unreasonable to think that we NEED
libraries ? This is horrific !" : 21st August 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Building the Campaign' : 21st August 2010 |
|
The Independent : 'Hands Off our Public Libraries' : 20th August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Library Visitors Continue to Decrease' : 19th August 2010 |
|
The Guardian : Jeanette Winterson Hits Out at Threats
to Libraries' : 18th August 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Doncaster Library Cuts - A Catastrophe' : 18th August 2010 |
|
BBC Suffolk : 'Community-Run Libraries to be Tested in Suffolk' : 18th August 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Cambridgeshire Library Services to be Cut by 25 Per Cent' :
18th August 2010 |
|
The Scottish Herald : 'New Libraries will Deny Children Access to Classics,
fears Jeanette Winterson' : 17th August 2010 |
|
The Daily Mirror : 'Fears Coalition Plans to Flog our Libraries' : 17th August 2010 |
|
The Daily Mirror : 'Verdict' from Michael Rosen [re 'Fears Coalition Plans to Flog our Libraries'] : 17th August 2010 |
Cambridgeshire Times-24 : 'Library Users Told to Expect 25 per cent Cuts' :
17th August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Announces Authorities for Library Support Programme' : 17th August 2010 |
|
The DCMS 'Library Support Programme' Press Release : 16th August 2010 |
|
The Good Library Guide : 'Haringey to Close Nine Libraries out of Ten in the
Borough' : 15th August 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Exchanges between Shirley Burnham and Roy Clare' : 13th August 2010 |
|
UK Indymedia : 'Librarians Strike Back' : 12th August 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Sherry Waldon' : 11th August 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Mary Ratcliffe' : 10th August 2010 |
|
The Harrow Times : 'Outcry Over Threat to Harrow's Library Staff': 10th August 2010 |
Esk Valley Today : 'Mobile Library Service Future Still Uncertain' [Whitby] :
10th August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Gloucester to Cut Library Stock' : 9th August 2010 |
|
The Swindon Advertiser : 'Fears Council Cuts Could Hit Library
Service' [Petition Launched] : 6th August 2010 |
|
Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Shake-Up of Fulham Libraries' : 4th August 2010 |
|
The Spectator : 'SOS for the Public Library Service' : 3rd August 2010 |
|
This Is Local London : 'Job Cuts Loom at Harrow's Nine Libraries' :
3rd August 2010 |
|
East Anglian Daily Times : 'Rural Libraries Face Uncertain Future' : 2nd August 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Author Condemns Library Cuts' : 30th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Author Condemns Library Cuts' : 30th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Statutory Role of Culture Secretary for Libraries
is Not Being Discussed' : 28th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Clare Attacks CILIP Posturing over MLA Closure' : 28th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey must Speak Now over Library Concerns, says CILIP' :
27th July 2010 |
|
CILIP Update Blog : 'So, Farewell then, MLA' : 27th July 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Hunt Proposes Closure of MLA' : 26th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'MLA Set to be Abolished' : 26th July 2010 |
|
The Yorkshire Post : 'Spending Squeeze Fear for Region's Libraries' : 25th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Borrowed Time' : 23rd July 2010 |
|
Shropshire Star : 'Could Shropshire Libraries Go Self-Service? : 22nd July 2010 |
|
The Ministerial Meeting held at DCMS of 20th July : see Alan Gibbons Blog 2010 |
| John Holden : 'How Can Libraries Best
Demonstrate Value as Costs Come Under Pressure?' : [speech to recent CILIP Conference] 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Culture Department Braces Itself for Redundancies of Up
to 50%' : 20th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Libraries Under Siege as Never Before' : 16th July 2010 |
The Guardian : 'Cardiff Libraries Suffer as New City Centre Library
Opens' :
16th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Campaigners Call to End School Library Closures' : 16th July 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'We Still Need Libraries in the Digital Age' : 13th July 2010 |
| 'Andrew Wright - Cycling for
Africa - Visits Old Town Library, Swindon' : 13th July 2010 |
|
Cambridge News : 'Campaign is On to Save One of Region's Libraries' : 13th July 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Second Librarian Strike over Southampton Volunteer Plan' : 12th July 2010 |
|
Portsmouth News : 'Small Libraries could Close across Hampshire' : 12th July 2010 |
|
Hampshire UNISON [photographs and article on July 10 rally] : 'Save Our Libraries, Fight for the Right to Read' :
12th July 2010 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog
: 'Hampshire Anti Cuts Demonstration' : 10th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Crunch Time for Public Library Service' : 9th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'No Minister' : 9th July 2010 |
|
BBC News : 'Library Service Shake-up Planned in Cambridgeshire' :
8th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Five Libraries Under Threat in Lewisham' : 7th July 2010 |
|
Cambridge News : 'Cambridge Community Libraries may be Shelved ..' : 6th July 2010 |
Conservative Home Blogs : 'Hillingdon Triples Library Use and Cuts Costs
by 20%' : 5th July 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Want to Help Run your Local Library?' : 5th July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Lyn Brown MP Continues Campaign for Library Development Agency' : 5th July 2010 |
|
CILIP Update : 'Minister, Ed Vaizey, Shares his Vision for Libraries' : 2nd July 2010 |
|
CILIP Update : 'Remodel Service Delivery or Die' : 2nd July 2010 |
|
CILIP Update : 'Public Charter for Libraries Launched - What the Users Want' : 2nd July 2010 |
|
Taxpayers' Alliance : 'Free Libraries' : 1st July 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Ed Vaizey puts Libraries at Heart of Big Society' : 1st July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Wants Streamlined Library Service' : 1st July 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Alliance calls for Liberation of Librarians' : 1st July 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Introduce 15p per Book Library Scheme, Suggests Author' :
28th June 2010 |
|
The Daily Telegraph : 'Our Glorious Libraries Civilise Us All' : 27th June 2010 |
|
The Daily Telegraph : 'Neil Gaiman says Closing Libraries would be a Terrible Mistake' :
25th June 2010 |
|
The Bookseller : '(Unison) People's Inquiry Wants Commitment on Library Funding' : 23rd June 2010 |
|
The Guardian : 'Government Shelves Labour Projects' (Library Modernisation) : 17th June 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Campaigners to Unite in Support of Libraries' : 16th June 2010 |
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The Irish Times : 'Libraries in Disadvantaged Areas Will Not be Hit' : 16th June 2010 |
The Bookseller : 'Calls for Cross-Industry Campaign to Save Library Service' :
14th June 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Andrew Motion Attacks "Catastrophic" Plan for Volunteers to Run Libraries' : 11th June 2010 |
| CILIP Update : 'KPMG is a Red Herring' [on
Alan Gibbons Blog] : 10th June 2010 |
| The MLA's Press Release : 10th June 2010 |
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'New York Public Library Director Testifies re Budget Cuts' : 4th June 2010 |
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BBC News : 'Libraries in Wales see Borrowing Rise': 3rd June 2010 |
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The Bookseller : Desmond Clarke : 'The Sharpest Cut' : 2nd June 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'A Third of Belfast Libraries to Shut' : 28th May 2010 |
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The Swindon Advertiser : 'Library and Arts Scheme Unveiled' : 27th May 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Rough Ride Predicted for Libraries' : 24th May 2010 |
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The Good Library Blog : 'More, from James Christie...' : 23rd May 2010 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Hampshire's Yinnon Ezra Responds' : 17th May 2010 |
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BBC : 'Sixty Hampshire Library Service Jobs to be Cut' : 16th May 2010 |
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The Good Library Blog : 'James Christie' says ... : 13th May 2010 |
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The Bookseller (Blogs) : 'One Hell of a Change' : 12th May 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Southampton Library Workers Threaten Strike over Volunteers' : 11th May 2010 |
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Alan Gibbons : 'UNISON Ballots Southampton City Council Library Staff for Industrial Action' : 11th May 2010 |
| The full UNISON Press Release : 10th May 2010 |
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Edinburgh Evening News : 'Edinburgh's Libraries get set for Weekend Opening' : 23rd April 2010 |
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The Press and Journal : 'Residents Probe the Legality of Library Closure' (Edzell, Angus) : 17th April 2010 |
| Dimensions of the proposed 'flexible space' library
for Old Town. Read answers to queries from Swindon's Planning Department : 13th April. 2010 |
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The Swindon Advertiser : 'Plan for New Cultural Hub in Old Town' : 12th April 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Is the Mobile Library Dead?' : 7th April 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Tim Coates Elected Chair of London Library Group' : 6th April 2010 |
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The Sunday Times : 'It's only Books 'n' Shelves but I Like It' (Rolling Stone, Keith Richards) : 4th April 2010 |
'NUT Passes Motion supporting Reading for Pleasure' : Alan Gibbons
Blog :
3rd April 2010 |
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| Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Tim Coates elected to
Chair London Library Campaign Body' : 2nd April 2010 |
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Arbroath Herald : 'Battle to Keep Libraries Looks Lost' : 2nd April 2010 |
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The Times : Letter to the Editor from Roy Clare, CE Museums Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) : 1st April 2010 |
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The Times : Letter to the Editor from Shirley Burnham : 31st March 2010 |
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The Times : 'Libraries Stop Doing It By The Book' : 30th March 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Libraries are Crucial to our Digital Future' : 30th March 2010 |
|
Society of Chief Librarians : 'SCL publishes Manifesto' 2010 and
Tim Coates's comment : 29th March 2010 |
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The Good Library Guide : 'The Arts Council Calls for Books to be Removed from Libraries' : 26th March 2010 |
The Daily Telegraph : 'Cappuccinos in your Local
Library - It's all just Froth' : 23rd March 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Critics Pounce on Library Review' : 22nd March 2010 |
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'The Modernisation Review of Public Libraries - A Policy Statement' (DCMS) : 22nd March 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Key to Saving Libraries ....' : 22nd March 2010 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog : 'CILIP Manifesto Calls the Government to
Action' : 18th March 2010 |
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The Good Library Guide : 'Ministers in a Real Spin' : 18th March 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'Cutbacks at Councils could Wipe Libraries Off the Books' : 17th March (and view comments) 2010 |
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'Work Starts on Pewsey Library' (Wiltshire Council) : 16th March 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'First Rise in Library Borrowing for Twenty Years' : 16th March 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Hodge Asks : Should Library Authorities Merge?' : 16th March 2010 |
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Arbroath Herald : 'Villagers Protest over Proposed Closures' : 14th March 2010 |
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The Guardian : 'The Battle of Britain's Libraries' : (includes Swindon) and
read 75+ comments : 8th March 2010 |
The Good Library Guide : 'We Have Lost 1000 Libraries-worth of Books' :
8th March 2010 |
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The Swindon Advertiser 'Library Saviour is ...' (includes quotes from
Councillor Foley re the Arts Centre merger - "A public exhibition in April" and "work on Arts Centre - in the
summer") : 8th March 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Libraries Most Vulnerable to Public Service Cuts' : 1st March 2010 |
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The Daily Mail : 'Domesday Book 2010 - Strip Clubs Soaring, Libraries Disappearing' : 22nd February 2010 |
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The Daily Telegraph : 'Half of Children Don't Read Fiction' : 17th February 2010 |
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'Ambiguity remains over Library Service Status' : The Bookseller : 12th February (and view comments) 2010 |
| 'Let Them Eat Haggis' : The Good Library Blog :
12th February 2010 |
| 'International rebuttal letter to Gordon Brown on school libraries' :
12th February 2010 |
| Full Response to Campaign for the Book School Libraries Petition :
11th February 2010 |
'Libraries could Shut in Wave of Spending Cuts under Government Plans' :
The Daily Telegraph : 9th February 2010 |
|
'Vaizey and Hodge Clash over Library Future' : The Bookseller : 9th February 2010 |
|
'Jokes, Charm and Woolliness - Beware the Tory Way' : on Terence Blacker's Blog : 8th February 2010 |
The Good Library Blog : 'A Major Scandal in the Public Library Service' :
7th February 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Vaizey on Libraries - We can't go on like This !' :
7th February 2010 |
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| 'Ed Vaizey calls on Margaret Hodge to Come
Off Fence on Libraries' : 4th February 2010 |
'On-Line Renewals' (can they affect "issue" figures?) : Alan Gibbons Blog :
2nd February 2010 |
| The Good Library Guide : 'Lack of Leadership Costs Money' : 1st February 2010 |
The Argus : Council Plans Library Hours Cutback across West Sussex' :
29th January 2010 |
|
Press Release - 'Libraries Bridge the Digital Divide' : Museums, Libraries and Archive Council (MLA) :
26th January 2010 |
| 'Buckinghamshire Libraries Face 10% Opening Hours Cut' :
Alan Gibbons Blog : 25th January 2010 |
| Campaign for The Book's
'Open Letter to Ed Balls - Make School Libraries Statutory' : 23rd January 2010 |
| 'Is the Writing on the Wall for Cambridgeshire Libraries?' on
Alan Gibbons Blog : 22nd January 2010 |
'Northumberland Libraries - Closures Averted' : Press Release :
Museums,
Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) : 15th January. 2010 |
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The Independent : 'Time to Delete the Digital Drivel' : 15th January 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Aberdeen Library Closures Halted' : 11th January 2010 |
| BBC News Magazine : 'Page-Turning Passion' :
8th January 2010 |
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The Bookseller : 'Decade of the People' : 8th January 2010 |
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Deputy Leader is Standing Down' : 6th January 2010 |
The Good Library Guide : 'Margaret Hodge is Determined to Close Libraries' :
1st January 2010 |
Alan Gibbons Blog
Video of Channel 4 TV News item : 'Shelf Esteem' :
31st December 2009 |
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The Good Library Guide : 'Figures about Books' : [The Bookseller] 28th December 2009 |
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The Press and Journal (Aberdeen) : 'Four City Libraries Face Axe : 26th December 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Union to Hold People's Inquiry into Libraries' : 23rd December 2009 |
| 'MLA to Support an Independent Review of Northumberland’s
Library Service' : Alan Gibbons Blog : 23rd December 2009 |
| 'Funny Goings On in Rotherham' : Alan Gibbons Blog
featuring 'Library News', an extract from PRIVATE EYE22nd December 2009 |
| 'Desmond Clarke makes DCMS Submission on Libraries Review' :
Alan Gibbons Blog : 17th December 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Concern about London Libraries Cuts' : 10th December 2009 |
The Bookseller : 'Branch Library Closures Threatened in Northumberland' :
7th December 2009 |
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The Good Library Blog : 'Where are the Audit Commission and the Culture Select Committee?' : 6th December 2009 |
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The Observer : 'Is the Writing on the Wall for Our Public Libraries?' : Rachel Cooke : 6th December 2009 |
Laura Swaffield : CILIP Update : 'Public Libraries - Yaroo! Wirral Sensation!' :
4th December 2009 |
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Liverpool Daily Post : 'Wirral Library Closure would Disadvantage Deprived Communities' : 4th December 2009 |
'Twelve Libraries Under Threat in the North East' :
Alan Gibbons Blog :
3rd December |
| December 2009 Newsletter : Campaign For the Book |
| MLA's Press Release about its vision for the future of public libraries, with
comment from Tripp Babbit : December 1st 2009 |
| More dialogue between MLA's Chief
Executive and Tripp Babbitt : on Alan Gibbons Blog |
| Further dialogue between MLA, Tripp Babbitt and Others |
The Bookseller : 'Statutory Basis of Library Service Outdated Says LGA' :
2nd December 2009 |
|
Book2Book : Public Libraries, Public Despair': 2nd December 2009 |
Laura Swaffield : CILIP Update : 'Public Libraries - Stimulating? You Bet!' :
1st December 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Margaret Hodge Defends Late Review at Library Launch' : 1st December 2009 |
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The Guardian : Margaret Hodge - 'Why Shouldn't Libraries Sell Books?' : 1st December 2009 |
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Wirral Globe : 'Breaking News - Wirral Council's Lack of Transparency over Library Closures' : 30th November 2009 |
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Wirral Globe : 'Government to Publish its Findings on Monday' : 27th November 2009 |
Laura Swaffield's Blog in CILIP Update :
'It's CILIP's Fault ! (Library Modernisation Review
Latest)' : 27th November 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Spring Release for Library Review' : 25th November 2009 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Libraries : the state of play' : 24th November 2009 |
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Local Government Chronicle : 'Delays Hit Modernisation Review' : 19th November 2009 |
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Local Government Chronicle : 'LGA Names Britain's Worst Quangos' : 13th November 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Wirral U-turn Pre-empted Inquiry Findings' : 9th November 2009 |
Denbighshire Visitor : 'Denbighshire Libraries to be Hit by £90,000 Cuts' :
4th November 2009 |
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The Daily Mail : 'Libraries Ban Poppies' : 3rd November 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Judicial Review may Force Wirral Publication' :
3rd November 2009 |
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Times On Line : 'Do Schools Need Libraries and Librarians?' : 2nd November 2009 |
|
Radio 4's "You and Yours" Library Discussion : 30th October 2009 : on Alan Gibbons Blog. |
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The Good Library Blog : 'The End of the MLA' : 23rd October 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Library Review - Out in November' : 22nd October 2009 |
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Laura Swaffield's Blog in CILIP Update : 'Hot News - Absolutely Nothing is Happening !' : 19th October 2009 |
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The Sunday Telegraph : 'Literary Life' : 18th October 2009 |
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CILIP Update : 'A Plea to Margaret Hodge' : 15th October 2009 |
The Times : 'End of Bedtime Stories Leaves Children Lost for Words' :
15th October 2009 |
The Liverpool Echo : 'Wirral Lawyer Reveals Who Saw Top-Secret Letter' :
14th October 2009 |
The Guardian : 'Booksellers Hit Back at Plans for Libraries to Sell Books' :
9th October 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Wirral Campaigners demand Inquiry Publication' : 9th October 2009 |
The Bookseller : 'Arts Council England (ACE) Chair Asks for Library Stardust'
:
8th October 2009 |
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Camden New Journal : 'Angry Readers Shatter Library Silence' : 8th October 2009 |
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The Bookseller : 'Hodge Delays DCMS Library Review' : 8th October 2009 |
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The Daily Mail : 'Libraries could Join Forces with Amazon' : 8th October 2009 |
|
The Guardian : 'Librarians Fight Back Against Cuts with Good Libraries Guidelines' : 7th October 2009 |
|
The Observer : 'One Happy Ending, but Not the Last Chapter' (by Rachel Cooke) : 4th October 2009 |
| Alan Gibbons' response to Frank Field's letter to the 'Liverpool Echo' :
4th October 2009 |
|
The Daily Telegraph : 'Books In a Library - Are you Kidding?' : 2nd October 2009 |
|
The Bookseller :'Libraries Woefully Lacking Leadership says All Party Parliamentary Group Report' :
: 2nd October 2009 |
| Desmond Clarke in :
The Bookseller : 2nd October 2009 |
|
Liverpool Daily Post : 'Report to be Delayed' : 2nd October 2009 |
|
CILIP Update Blog : 'Public Libraries - Wirral Shocker' : 1st October 2009 |
| The Bookseller :
'Wirral Libraries Saved after Council U-Turn' : 1st October 2009 |
|
'Wirral Ditches Library Closures' : 30th September 2009 |
|
'All of Wirral's Closure-threatened Libraries to Stay Open, Council Leader Confirms' : 30th September 2009 |
|
'First Wirral MP's Reaction - Stunning Beyond Belief' |
|
The Independent : 'The Big Question - How are Public Libraries Changing and What does their Future Hold?' :
29th September 2009 |
|
CILIP Update Blog 'Is the Library a Dying Institution?' : 29th September 2009 |
|
The Bookseller 'Leicestershire Council Replaces Library Staff with Machines' : 29th September 2009 |
The Daily Telegraph : 'Public Libraries Throw Open their Doors to Everyone' :
28th September 2009 |
| The Sunday Times :
'Margaret Hodge Plans Home Delivery System to Rival Amazon' : 27th September 2009 |
The Bookseller : 'A Man of Conviction' (profiling the author, Tim Coates) :
25th September 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'No U-Turn on Arts Centre Library Move' : 24th September 2009 |
|
The Bookseller 'Libraries Under the DCMS Spotlight' : 22nd September 2009 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog : 'School
Libraries - an Endangered Species' : 19th September 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Stuart Macpherson' : 15th September 2009 |
|
CILIP Update (re Swindon) : September 2009 |
|
'Author Helps Save Local Library' (Appledore) : The Bookseller : 11th September 2009 |
|
The New York Times : 'Pick the Books You Like' : 29th August 2009 |
|
'Final Chapter for Library' (Gorse Hill) : Swindon Advertiser : 29th August 2009 |
|
CILIP Update : 'Public Libraries are News' : by Laura Swaffield : 12 August 2009 |
|
'Shirley makes MLA 'censorship' Complaint' : The Bookseller : 11th August 2009 |
|
'Library Opinions Ignored' : Swindon Advertiser : 29th July 2009 |
| Article on the BBC website quoting Councillor
Fionuala Foley : 23rd July 2009 |
|
'Old Town Library will Merge with Arts Centre' : Swindon Advertiser : 23rd July 2009 |
|
'Cuts to Library Services Split Cabinet' : Swindon Advertiser : 23rd July 2009 |
|
'Cuts to Libraries In the Spotlight' : Swindon Advertiser : 22nd July 2009 |
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'Swindon Libraries New Proposals' : Swindon Advertiser : 18th July 2009 |
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'Swindon Review Recommends No Library Closures' and comments : The Bookseller : 17th July 2009 |
| 'Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Alan Gibbons' Blog : 17th July 2009 |
| 'Charity's Lifeline to Threatened Library' : Swindon
Advertiser : 16th July 2009 |
| The Bookseller :
'Swindon's Old Town Library Saved' : 15th July 2009 |
| CILIP UPDATE : 'Swindon Battle Marks Time as Critics Turn on MLA' : July 2009
Issue |
|
| Swindon's statement to the Library Campaign AGM, London 11th July 2009 |
| Barbara Follett's letter to Anne Snelgrove MP and comments : Alan Gibbons' Blog. |
|
The Bookseller : 'Library Campaigners Doubt Clare on Mixed Economy' : 3rd July 2009 |
| Leader of CILIP Council
supports a plenary meeting in Swindon |
| Shirley addressed Society of Young Publishers, Oxford : 30th June 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Clare Defends MLA Response to Freedom of Information Request' : 26th June 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Clare Calls for Mixed Economy of Libraries' : 24th June 2009 |
| 'Whose Misunderstanding?' : Campaign for the Book : 14th June 2009 |
| 'Angry Tale of Two Libraries' : CILIP Update : June 2009 |
| 'Strange Goings On In Swindon' : Campaign for the Book : 5th June |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Fresh Study of Library Plans : £10,000 to pay for consultancy : 5th June 2009 |
|
Comments from the Taxpayers' Alliance and 'Library Soup' : 3rd June 2009 |
| Correspondence with Roy Clare, CEO of Museums Libraries & Archives
Council (MLA) : 1st June 2009: on Alan Gibbons' Blog |
| Alan Gibbons' letter to The Rt Hon David Cameron MP : Campaign for the
Book : 26th May 2009 |
| The Bookseller : 'Library Soup' :
26th May 2009 |
| Jenni Miles's (Swindon Green Party) Open Letter to Councillor Fionuala Foley
and comments : Campaign for the Book : 22nd May 2009 |
| 'Police Warn Shirley about Royal Protest' :
Swindon Advertiser : 22nd May 2009 |
| David Appleford's letter to The Rt Hon David Cameron MP : 21st May 2009 |
| David Appleford's letter to Councillor Rod Bluh, Leader : 21st May 2009 |
| Alan Gibbons' Letter to Councillor Fionuala Foley : 21st May |
| Robert Buckland's letter to Swindon Advertiser : 16th May 2009 |
| Anne Snelgrove MP's response to Shirley B re Robert Buckland's letter |
| 'DCMS reply to Campaign For The Book' : 12th May 2009 |
| The Bookseller :
'Swindon library boss removed' : 11th May 2009 |
| Text from Swindon Advertiser 'Martin is Axed from Tory Cabinet' : 7th May 2009 |
| 'MP Attacks Council Cuts' :
Swindon Advertiser : 7th May 2009 |
| Swindon Advertiser :
'Letter from Terry King' : 7th May 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Councillors Miss Library Meeting' : 4th May 2009 (22 comments) |
Swindon Advertiser : 'Scheme Aimed to Save
Libraries from Closure' : 2nd May 2009 |
|
Laura Swaffield (CILIP)'s visit to Old Town Swindon : 'Public Libraries Swindon Hoo-ha' : 30th April 2009 |
|
'Community Rejects Library Plans' : Swindon Advertiser : 30th April 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Swindon Library Battle Continues' : 29th April 2009 |
|
'Labour Councillors Want to Cut Allowances' : Swindon Advertiser : 29th April 2009 |
|
'We Can Save Our Libraries' : Swindon Advertiser : 28th April 2009 |
|
'Leadership Bid Splitting Party' : Swindon Advertiser : 27th April 2009 |
| Shirley B's letter to DCMS : 24th April 2009 |
|
CILIP : 'Swindon Libraries' : 20th April 2009 |
|
Campaign for the Book : 'Swindon IS about Cost Cutting' |
|
The Bookseller : Tim Coates, the MLA and Swindon : 15th April 2009 |
|
Laura Swaffield (CILIP) : 'Public Libraries - Huge Row Brewing?' |
|
The Bookseller : 'Burnham Urged to Intervene in Swindon' : 12th April 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Residents have their Say on Library's Fate' : 8th April 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : Stuart Macpherson's letter : 3rd April. |
| The Guardian :
an article referring to Swindon libraries: 3rd April 2009 |
| The Guardian :
another article referring to Swindon ! : 2nd April 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : Letter from Shirley Burnham : 26 March 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : Letter from Mary Ratcliffe : 25 March 2009 |
|
The Observer 'Saving British Libraries' : 22nd March 2009 |
|
The Observer 'Local Libraries Cut Budget' : comments on 22nd March article |
|
Swindon Advertiser : Letter from Mrs L Townsend : 24th March 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Swindon Libraries in Firing Line' : 20 March 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Reprieve gives New Hope for Library' :14th March 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser article, 'Final Chapter for Library' : 11th March 2009 |
| Ed Vaizey's speech : 5th March 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Slams Burnham' : 3rd March 2009 |
| Swindon Advertiser : Cuts spark fierce debate in council chamber : 24th February 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : Labour's plan to save the services' : 23rd February 2009 |
| Swindon
Advertiser : Ed Vaizey slams library users' hopes : 21 February 2009 |
|
Joan Bakewell : The Times : 20th February 2009 |
| Swindon Advertiser :
Letter from Ray Morse : 'Library Sacrifice will Save just 12p' : 19th February 2009 |
| Swindon
Advertiser : Letter from Margaret Anderson : 'I was appalled ... ' : 18th February 2009 |
| Alan Gibbons Blog - Campaign for the Book : daily updates on Swindon Closures Threat |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Council Wields the Axe Over Libraries' : 13th February 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Placard-carrying Fans Hand Petition to Mayor' : 11th February 2009 |
Sunday
Times : 'Our Children Won't Succeed if they Don't Read Books' :
8th February 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Library Closure will Hit Local Businesses' : 6th February 2009 |
|
Independent : Letter to the Editor : 'Bring them to book' : Saturday, 24th January 2009 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Vaizey Tables Early Day Motion on Wirral' : 23 January 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Letter from Mary Ratcliffe' : 22 January 2009 |
| Swindon Advertiser : 'Spending hike slammed by library campaigner' : 13 January 2009 |
| Swindon Advertiser : 'Traders Suffer if Library Shuts' : Letter from Louise Pevreal :
12 Jan 2009 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Campaign to save Old Town library on a roll' : 8 Jan 2009 |
Swindon Advertiser : 'Picture Tells Story of Old Town Library's History' :
30 Dec 2008 |
Swindon Advertiser : 'Thin End of the Wedge for Old Town - More Cuts !' :
20 Dec 2008 |
|
The Guardian : Andrew Motion (Old Town Library mentioned !) : 19 Dec 2008 |
|
The Bookseller : 'Andrew Motion Slams Short-Sighted Library Cuts' : 18 Dec 2008 |
|
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Swindon Advertiser : 'Old Town Library Cuts Under Fire' : 18 Dec 2008
|
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Swindon Advertiser : ' Letter - Three Cheers for Library Staff ' : 11 Dec 2008
|
Swindon Advertiser : 'Supporters Say Swindon Council Must Keep Its Word' :
5 Dec 2008
|
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Dorset Echo : 'Volunteer Librarians Set to Make History' : 23 Oct 2008 |
|
Dorset Echo : 'Library Savings may Cost £1.7m' : 20 Nov 2007 |
|
Swindon Advertiser : "Usage has rocketed by 36%" says Councillor Justin Tomlinson :
4 July 2008
|
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Swindon Advertiser: 'Use It or Lose It Test for Library' : 6 February 2008 |
|
Picture: Councillor M Bawden Outside OT Library: Councillor F Foley 'Old Town Library Saved !'
: Old Town and Lawn In Touch : 6 February 2008 |