Public services ever more stretched due to austerity,
Trafford to open a staffless library in Altrincham – Open+ promoted as a success,
Research finds growing up with books improves educational outcomes…
Tag: CIPFA
UK libraries in the news | 22 Aug 2018
Libraries Taskforce unhappy about CIPFA data but has done little to address the issue,
Chair of volunteer-run library in Sheffield believed their donated book offer is better than the library service when it was council-run and staffed,
Community Centre group take over Bury’s Dumers Lane Library,
The fight to save Wood Street Library in Waltham Forest continues…
UK libraries in the news | 17 Aug 2018
Library campaigners and Northamptonshire County Council could end up back at the High Court if they fail to come to an agreement about costs,
Save Barnet Libraries campaigner believes Northants JR ruling will have wider implications,
And a report on CIPFA stats,
UK libraries in the news | 10 Jul 2018
Hereford to explore outsourcing libraries,
Waltham Forest to replace one library with a new one and refurbish another – both to be multi-use spaces,
Reduction in opening hours for Reading libraries,
Borough council joins fight to save four libraries under threat in Northampton,
Sheffield library visitor numbers down,
7,000 respond to library consultation in Somerset,
St Helens gets book share in a shopping centre….
UK libraries in the news | 21 Feb 2018
Cuts to Welsh libraries including staffing down by 20%,
New research reveals that the number of toddlers being read to daily is in steep decline,
Walsall Central library works more costly than expected but the project to create a cafe, history centre, archives, library and computer lounge will still go ahead,
Protest to save Somerset’s Wiveliscombe Library from closure,
Huge support to stop Somerset closing Wellington Library,
Surrey cut newspapers to save money but will accept donated copies,
Reading consults on plans to cut library opening hours…
UK libraries in the news | 19 Jan 2018
The Bookseller’s Benedicte Page rounds up the latest issues for libraries, literacy and reading in an article I’d highly recommend,
Another library reopens in Lancashire as volunteers planning to take on the running of another are left waiting,
A Wakefield library could be moved permanently to the Town Hall,
Plans to replace the majority of mobile libraries with volunteer-led centres in Essex,
ACE consults on ten-year strategy for arts, museums and libraries,
And plans to build a new library in Renfrewshire on hold…
UK libraries in the news | 21 Dec 2017
Inc.
The Libraries Taskforce in Private Eye,
Bury’s plan to reduce opening hours in the remaining four libraries after closing ten,
More details on GLL’s bookish-gym deal in Lambeth,
And a library in Northumberland will stay in place until it is co-located……
UK libraries in the news | 19 Dec 2017
Inc,
More on data analysis of CIPFA stats undertaken by Tim Coates,
Full libraries dataset promised before Christmas,
Library book spend falls £45m in 10 years,
Volunteers in Wales to run library with promise of part-time support of librarian,
Library consultation over Christmas break on proposed cuts in West Dunbartonshire,
New hub in Pembrokeshire will include a library,
And a Manchester library is to be refurbished to include new IT and community rooms…
UK libraries in the news | 18 Dec 2017
Tim Coates’ analysis of CIPFA data,
The effects of library cuts on education, employment and the economy,
Delayed re-opening of Lambeth’s Carnegie Library now set for February, with access to professional library staff ‘at least 2 hours per day’
Warwickshire consider cutting Sunday opening for three libraries,
Protest against library cuts in Northamptonshire,
Dawn Finch’s library campaigning tweet goes viral,
Campaigners’ plans to ‘save’ a library in Anglesey,
And Rhydyfelin Library Support Group fought to save their library and now have a new library in its place…
Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates – December 2017
The following analysis of CIPFA data is shared with permission of Tim Coates, who described the situation as ‘catastrophic’.
Download a copy of Tim Coates’ presentation here: Public libraries GB 2016-17 TC report
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