UK libraries in the news | 25 July 2018

Barnet children protest over libraries,

Final hearing to decide the fate of 21 Northamptonshire libraries,

 Volunteer-run library in Harrow due to open…

Save Barnet Libraries image – used with permission

UK libraries in the news | 13 Mar 2018

Northamptonshire Council meet to discuss future of libraries,

Groups wishing to take over one of Northamptonshire’s 21 libraries under threat have just two months to submit a bid,

Suffolk go ahead with plans to relocate Eye Library,

Grade II Listed Art Deco library in Harrow reopens following undergoing refurbishments for the past two months,

Redditch Library could also be demolished with the library moving to a new shared site and becoming a public services hub

UK libraries in the news | 1 Feb 2018

Harrow and Ealing libraries brought back in-house after Carillion collapse,

Somerset library usage stats called into question, 

Bristol’s library review challenged, 

How to object to cuts to Cullercoats Library in North Tyneside,

Walsall MP calls for libraries to be reopened while the town’s main library undergoes lengthy refurbished

Concerns about the lesser service offered by using volunteers and fears that libraries will not be returned to adequate staffing levels in the future,

Plans to relocate St Helens Central Library  to arts and culture centre unwelcome,

West Dunbartonshire slashes library opening hours despite largest-ever response to consultation….

UK libraries in the news | 30 Jan 2018

Harrow join Croydon and Ealing by bringing libraries in-house after the collapse of Carillion,

Decision on library cuts in West Dunbartonshire imminent,

Tony Robinson brands Bristol councillors ‘stupid bastards’ over library closures,

Unison advises members not to work at Lambeth’s Carnegie Library when it reopens.

And Whalley Library in Lancashire reopens….

UK libraries in the news | 24 Jan 2018

Strike face action in Bromley over outsourcing of libraries to GLL,

More on Carillion and Croydon libraries,

Singing protest to save a library in North Tyneside,

Barrowford Library reopens in Lancashire, 

Job Centre Plus, self-service access and machines for a library in Cornwall,

Rochdale consult on libraries with no mention of cuts,

Library ‘makeover’ in Hampshire includes a community room and self-service,

Somerset libraries at risk, 

Plans to move an Oxfordshire library to a ‘community hub’,

And Kirklees consult on cuts to libraries for the third year running….

UK libraries in the news | 21 Jan 2018

Fifteen Somerset libraries under threat,

Carillion & LS&S; the dangers of privatisation, 

And, a group in Staffordshire which has received Freemasons’ donation and Big Lottery Funding plan to open a volunteer-run library in community building…

UK libraries in the news | 17 Jan 2018

London libraries assess the impact of Carillion collapse and there are calls for an inquiry,

 MP brands proposed cuts to school libraries “educational vandalism”,

Shropshire approves new three-tier library strategy,

Save Barnet Libraries campaign calls for support to push for a public inquiry,

Revamp plans for a Greenwich library,

Plans for post office to move into a library in Herts, 

And plans to move the central library in St Helens….

Toddler book box at a library run by Carillion (CCS)

 

UK libraries in the news | 15 Jan 2018

Library closures a ‘disgrace’

Carillion collapses & library service swiftly taken back in-house in Croydon,

Libraries promote mental well-being,

Oxford Central Library revamp fails to accommodate wheelchair users,

Council websites fall short on e-lending, 

And a library reopens in Lancashire…

Croydon libraries under Carillion

Libraries in the news | 5 Jan 2018

Could two of the five libraries in Cheshire East threatened with closure stay open?

Plans to cease purchase of new books for Islington libraries to save funds,

A Harrow library closes for refurbishment,

And two Bradford libraries reduce opening hours due to antisocial behaviour…