Libraries in the news | 5 Sept 2017

Includes..

Will self-service be introduced in Staffordshire libraries?

A volunteer-run library opens in Fife following 18 months of fundraising and collecting donated books,

Library in Cornwall to be replaced by fortnightly mobile library,

Half of Bristol’s libraries to close,

Research & analysis of the effectiveness and sustainability of volunteer-managed libraries – The report, a blog & the Libraries Taskforce’s response….

 

Libraries in the news | 4 August 2017

 

Unison’s Day of action #SOSlibraries,

Library consultation in South Tyneside extended,

More on Lancashire libraries, 

9 year old Kiki Ambrose speaks up about access concerns if Bath Library is to move to Lewis House,

Disgust that Salford’s library home delivery service is to cease,

And extensive article on the situation in Bristol with quotes from Val Cobbin and Love Bristol Libraries campaign…