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Libraries News Round-up: 1 June 2014
BBC News : 1st June Save Lincolnshire Libraries establishes fighting fund http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-27655027 Herts & Essex Observer : 1st June Essex | £1m new fund to...
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Libraries News Round-up: 3 June 2014
ITV News : 3rd June Leicestershire | Council consults public as it looks to cut library budget It will continue to run 16 of the most used libraries but are asking people if they would be willing to...
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Libraries News Round-up: 5 June 2014
BBC Radio 4 - tomorrow night The writer A L Kennedy will be talking about cuts to libraries and the importance of books Radio Four, at 8.50pm on Friday’s “A Point of View” Voices for The Library : 5th...
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Libraries News Round-up: 29 June 2014
BBC One Midlands : 29th June On iPlayer : BBC Sunday Politics Show Libraries > @ 47.12 mins in – & continues with Alan Gibbons’s interview @ 50.15 mins in...
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Libraries News Round-up: 30 June 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 30th June Authors speak out on Staffordshire libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/authors-speak-out-staffordshire-libraries.html THE GUARDIAN : 30th June Warnings over public...
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Libraries News Round-up: 4 July 2014
To everyone : There’s a Thunderclap for Lincolnshire Libraries here > Please join in! https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/13483-can-you-savelibraries-today?locale=en BookBrunch: 4th July Impassioned...
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Libraries News Round-up: 7 July 2014
THE BOOKSELLER : 7th July ‘Thunderclap’ for Lincolnshire Libraries http://www.thebookseller.com/news/thunderclap-lincolnshire-libraries.html Save Lincolnshire Libraries : 7th July Rallying Cry | And so...
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Libraries News Round-up: 8 July 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 8th July School libraries must be ‘fit for purpose’ says cross-party report from MPs Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group says ‘it is vital that all schools have a good library to...
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Libraries News Round-up: 14 July 2014
Bromsgrove Advertiser : 12th JulyCulture Secretary visits Worcester to salute £60m world class HiveHe also said the current review of libraries being commissioned by the Government is coming to an end...
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Libraries News Round-up: 18 July 2014
Malvern Gazette : 18th JulyRaft of library changes revealed by Worcestershire County CouncilAmong the other changes to Worcestershire’s libraries are a review of opening hours and staffing levels at...
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Libraries News Round-up: 28 August 2014
BBC News : 28th AugustBorrowing and visitor numbers double at the Library of Birmingham in first yearhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-28939274Grimsby Telegraph : 28th AugustPlan launched...
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Newsflash from Lincolnshire, where brilliant campaigners had to mount a judicial review as the only way to make the county reconsider its drastic pan to close most of its libraries – and offer them to...
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Libraries News Round-up: 2 September 2014
Hold The Front Page : 2nd September‘Treat newspapers like pubs (and libraries)’ says unionhttp://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2014/news/treat-newspapers-like-pubs-says-union/Grantham Journal : 2nd...
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Libraries News Round-up: 10 September 2014
Left Foot Forward : 10th September‘If at first you don’t succeed, you don’t succeed’ – How the government is failing adult...
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Libraries News Round-up: 12 September 2014
THE GUARDIAN : 12th SeptemberYoung read more books than older generation, research finds“It’s vital that libraries aren’t written off as irrelevant...
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Libraries News Round-up: 14 September 2014
Steve Halliday Local Digital Insights from librariescomment from Shirley Burnham and reply from authorLocal Government now has a Library Renewals Digital Dashboard with...
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Libraries News Round-up: 17 September 2014
Facebook : 17th SeptemberLetter from Ed Vaizey to Sheffield Councilhttps://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.386268241527465.1073741832.267181170102840&type=1 BBC News : 17th SeptemberDevon |...
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Libraries News Round-up: 20 September 2014
CILIP’s Big Day and AGM : 20th SeptemberSieghart warns that libraries are at a “Beeching moment”...
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Libraries News Round-up: 26 September 2014
THE TIMES : 26th SeptemberRichard Morrison: ‘It is myopic and middle-class to claim libraries are redundant’behind ££Paywall and under Copyright. Includes Vaizey’s contact with Sheffield...
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Libraries News Round up: 30 September 2014
BBC News : 30th SeptemberPlans to close 28 Devon libraries are shelvedCampaigners have given a cautious welcome to the new plans.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-29423237Torquay Herald...
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