Alan Gibbons Blog : details of Somerset Injunction : 21st July 2011
|
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 |
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CILIP : Blog - 'Visibility, Value and Volunteers' :
21st July 2011 |
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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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Bournemouth Echo : 'D-Day for Nine of Dorset's Libraries' :
20th July 2011 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
BBC News : 'Wakefield Plans to Cut Cash to 12 Libraries' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Gazette & Herald : 'Deadline Appeal over Libraries Decision' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Gazette Live : 'Meeting to Save Under-Threat Great Ayton Library' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Worcester News : 'Councillor Backs Shared Buildings' :
19th July 2011 |
|
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 |
|
Ventnor Blog : Date of 26th July given for Library Judicial Review Leave
Hearing - Isle of Wight |
|
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 |
|
Henley Standard : 'Libraries Must Change to Survive' :
18th July 2011 |
|
Henley Standard : Watlington - 'Public Meeting on Threat to Library' :
19th July 2011 |
|
Elmbridge Today : Surrey - 'Campaigners Set to Protest Against Library
Plans' : 18th July 2011 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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Northern Echo : 'Revised Plans for Library Cuts Approved by Council' :
15th June 2011 |
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Socialist Worker : 'Campaign Stops Library Closures in Ealing' :
15th June 2011 |
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Guardian Series : Waltham Forest - 'Cabinet Agrees to Library Closure
Consultation' : 15th June 2011 |
Northampton Chronicle : 'Mergers Planned for Northamptonshire Libraries' :
15th June 2011 |
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Coventry Telegraph : 'Thousands Give Views on Warwickshire Library Closures' :
15th June 2011 |
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Ealing Gazette : 'Public Pressure Saves Ealing Libraries from Axe' :
15th June 2011 |
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Ealing Today : 'Library Closure Threat Halted' :
15th June 2011 |
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Ealing Today : 'People Power Saves Ealing's Libraries' :
15th June 2011 |
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York Press : Revamped Libraries' Plan is Approved :
15th June 2011 |
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Northern Echo : 'Council Approves Changes to Library Cuts Plans' :
15th June 2011 |
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View Online : 'Beaminster - Library Deadline Looms' :
15th June 2011 |
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South London Press : 'Library Campaigners Hailed as Our Heroes' :
14th June 2011 |
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FalseEconomy.org : Ed Vaizey You Can Run But You Can't Hide (from the
Women's Institute) : 15th June 2011 |
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London24 : 'Peter Andre and Boris Johnson Launch Children's Literacy
Project' : 14th June 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Northern Leaders Call for a Culture of Collaboration and
Dialogue' : 14th June 2011 |
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Local Government Chronicle : 'Shared Service Push Saves Libraries' :
14th June 2011 |
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Witney Gazette : Letters - 'Rural Communities Suffer the Most' :
14th June 2011 |
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Harrow Observer : 'Library Campaigners Raise Cash for Legal Battle' :
14th June 2011 |
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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 |
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EADT : 'Library Campaigners have the Chance Today to Put their Views to
Suffolk CC's Scrutiny Committee' : 14th June 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Warwickshire Libraries Attract Community Groups' :
14th June 2011 |
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Politics.co.uk : Ian Anstice - 'Suicides, Literacy and Space Hoppers' :
13th June 2011 |
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Liverpool Daily Post : 'Wirral Libraries Future Threatened Again by Council
Job Cuts' : 13th June 2011 |
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Wirral Globe : 'Impossible' to Run Wirral Libraries as Staff Cuts Take their
Toll' : 13th June 2011 |
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Gazette & Herald : 'Volunteers Set to Man Wiltshire Libraries' :
13th June 2011 |
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Henley Standard : 'Friends Group Vow to Fight Reworked Library Funding
Cuts' : 13th June 2011 |
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Northampton Chronicle : 'Community may be Asked to Volunteer or Donate Cash
to Help Northampton's Libraries Survive' : 13th June 2011 |
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About My Area : Northamptonshire - 'First Stage of Library Review Begins with
Possibility of Sunday Opening Considered' : 13th June 2011 |
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This Is Croydon Today : 'Message Clear at Labour's Open Meeting - Privatising
Libraries Will Not Work' : 11th June 2011 |
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ESSU : Report - 'The Case Against Leisure Trusts':
June 2011 |
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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 |
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Haverhill Echo : Suffolk - 'Libraries: Air Your Views on Future' :
11th June 2011 |
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Crawley Observer : 'Mobile Library Cut to Balance Council Books' :
11th June 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Review of Northamptonshire Library Service Begins' :
11th June 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Views Sought on Cumbria Library Shake-up' :
11th June 2011 |
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BBC News : Self-service Machines for Carlisle Library' :
11th June 2011 |
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The Guardian : MBE Awarded to Jim Brooks for services to Libraries, Little
Chalfont, Buckinghamshire : 11th June 2011 |
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Islington Tribune : 'Islington Library Service could be Run by Charity
Trusts to Save Thousands in Taxes' : 10th June 2011 |
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Get Wokingham : 'Council Consulted No-one' Claim as Libraries Row Rages
On : 10th June 2011 |
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Manchester Evening News : 'Homework Clubs Axed at Manchester Libraries in
Council Budget Cuts' : 10th June 2011 |
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Whitby Gazette : 'End of Road for Mobile Libraries' :
10th June 2011 |
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Londonist : Save Our Libraries : 'The Fight Goes to the High Court' :
10th June 2011 |
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USA City Journal : 'Don't Privatize That Book !' : 9th June 2011 |
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Bexley Times : 'Bexley Mobile Library Service Faces Axe' :
9th June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Women's Institute to Campaign for Libraries' :
8th June 2011 |
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CILIP : Annie Mauger's Speech to the W.I : 8th June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Gloucestershire Libraries "Invoice Row" Continues' :
8th June 2011 |
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The Independent : Letter - from Helen Dymond : 8th June 2011 |
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Daily Telegraph : Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson - 'Ditch the Internet
and Visit your Library Instead' : 8th June 2011 |
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News Shopper : Bromley Council and Bexley Council Sharing Library Services
will Cause 'Jobs Massacre' : 8th June 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Pushy Parents can Put Children Off Reading for Life,
says new Laureate' : 8th June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Government Intervention Crucial for Literacy - Rosen' :
8th June 2011 |
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This Is Local London : Waltham Forest - 'Proposed Library Closures Slammed'
: 8th June 2011 |
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Milton Keynes Citizen : 'New Chapter in Library Dispute' :
8th June 2011 |
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Croydon Council : Report on offering their libraries to the private sector :
8th June 2011 |
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EADT : Suffolk - 'Public to have Say on Future of Libraries' :
8th June 2011 |
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Herald Scotland : 'Too Many Computers in Libraries, says new Children's
Laureate' : 8th June 2011 |
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School Library Journal : 'Julia Donaldson, UK's New Children's Laureate,
Vows to Campaign for Libraries' : 8th June |
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Dunstable Today : No Whispering - Say It Loud in Library Debate ! :
7th June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Donaldson puts Libraries Centre Stage' :
7th June 2011 |
The Guardian : 'Gruffalo Creator Julia Donaldson is New
Children's Laureate' :
7th June 2011 |
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Burnham-on-Sea.com : 'Fresh Fears Raised over Viability of Highbridge
Library' : 7th June 2011 |
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Northern Echo : 'Council Set to Debate Changes to Library Service' :
7th June 2011 |
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Coventry Telegraph : 'Warwickshire Libraries Talks Set to Finish' :
7th June 2011 |
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Get Wokingham : 'Libraries Will Not Close says Council' :
7th June 2011 |
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My Nottingham : 'Children Give Libraries the Thumbs Up' :
7th June 2011 |
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Fenland Citizen : Cambridgeshire : 'Have Your Say on Library Cuts' :
7th June 2011 |
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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'
|
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Wales Online : 'Pullman's Plea to Save Libraries' :
6th June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : Browne Warns 'Society will Pay' for Library Closures :
6th June 2011 |
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London24 : 'Camden Library Closure Plan a Sham Say Users' :
6th June 2011 |
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London Evening Standard : 'Prisons must by Law have Libraries - So Why
Don't Schools ?' : 6th June 2011 |
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About My Area : 'Inviting Ideas on Libraries in Milton Keynes' :
6th June 2011 |
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Reading Post : 'Private Firm could Run Wokingham Library Service' :
6th June 2011 |
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Henley Standard : 'Staff Fear for Jobs as Library is Privatised to Prevent
Closure' : 6th June 2011 |
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner : Birmingham City Council's Outsourcing of
Services is a Worrying Trend' : 6th June 2011 |
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Cotswold Journal : Warwickshire - 'Residents Step Up Library Fight' :
6th June 2011 |
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Wiltshire Times : 'Wiltshire Cutting Library Positions' :
5th June 2011 |
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The Independent : Children's Laureate - Cuts are 'outrageous' :
Sunday, 5th June 2011 |
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Sunday Telegraph : Councils that Can't Afford Libraries are Still Recruiting Highly Paid 'Sustainability'
Officers : 5th June 2011 |
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The Independent : 'The People Versus the Cuts (and, as ever, the Lawyers
will be the Winners) ' : 5th June 2011 |
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Reading Chronicle : Wokingham - 'Controversial Library Plans Approved' :
4th June 2011 |
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Leamington Spa Courier : 'Horrific' Plans to Cut Hours at Lillington Library
Face Criticism' : 4th June 2011 |
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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 |
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Banbury Guardian : 'Libraries Facing Uncertain Future' :
3rd June 2011 |
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The Independent : Boyd Tonkin 'Overdue - A Shot of the Public Spirit' :
3rd June 2011 |
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The Independent : Terence Blacker 'There's More to a Book than Just the
Text' : 3rd June 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Shoot First' Policy over Arts Funding - Sir Andrew Motion
on library closures : 3rd June 2011 |
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i-volunteer.org.uk : 'Volunteers to Save the PM's Libraries' :
3rd June 2011 |
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BBC News : Politics - 'Outsourcing Plans Shelved at 'Trailblazing' Council' :
3rd June 2011 |
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Wetherby News : 'Tadcaster Library's Future Assured' :
3rd June 2011 |
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Isle of Wight County Press : 'New Chapter as Libraries Battle Goes to
Government' : 3rd June 2011 |
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London Evening Standard : Michael Morpurgo - Parents must pass on their
Passion for Books to Children' : 3rd June 2011 |
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The Guardian : 'Oxfordshire Cuts Test Big Society as Librarians are Replaced
with Volunteers' : 2nd June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Gloucestershire Library Campaigners Invoice DCMS' :
2nd June 2011 |
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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 |
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Hackney Gazette : Jobs Cuts Spell 'Slow Death' for Hackney's Libraries :
2nd June 2011 |
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Camden New Journal : 'Three Libraries are Told to Go It Alone' :
2nd June 2011 |
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Malvern Gazette : 'Library Under Threat' : 2nd June 2011 |
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Coventry Telegraph : 'Final Days for Library Cuts Views' :
2nd June 2011 |
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Craven Herald & Pioneer : 'North Yorkshire County Council to Retain Ingleton
and Bentham Libraries' : 2nd June 2011 |
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Times & Star : Cumbria - 'Campaign Grows to Save More Libraries' :
2nd June 2011 |
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London Evening Standard : 'Words of Caution about the Great eBook Revolution' :
1st June 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Three in 10 Households do Not Contain a Book' :
1st June 2011 |
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Northern Echo : 'Reprieve for Libraries After Public Outcry' :
1st June 2011 |
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London Evening Standard : 'A City of Children who Cannot Read' :
31st May 2011 |
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The Scotsman : 'Strong Libraries can Co-exist with New Technologies' :
31st May 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Council Shuts New Cross Library 24 Hours Early' :
31st May 2011 |
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Daily Telegraph : Hay Festival - Children's Literacy : a Childhood Cause
Close to Camilla's Heart : 31st May 2011 |
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BBC News : 'Wiltshire Libraries to get Automated Service' :
31st May 2011 |
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Henley Standard : 'Libraries Consultation Delayed for Fourth Time' :
31st May 2011 |
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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 |
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Peterborough Today : 'Cuts to Peterborough Library Hours to Take Effect
Despite Opposition' : 31st May 2011 |
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Bournemouth Daily Echo : 'Poor Response to Libraries' Rescue' :
30th May 2011 |
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The Independent : 'Pint of Bitter and a Juicy Murder Story, Please,
Librarian' : Sunday, 29th May 2011 |
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The Independent : Christine Patterson - 'Why Can't Intelligent Writers Talk
Sense about Politics ?' : 28th May 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Huge U-turn by Council' : 28th May 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Campaigners Cautiously Optimistic' :
28th May 2011 |
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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 |
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The Bookseller : 'Hard Line on Legal Aid for Library Battles' :
27th May 2011 |
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The Bookseller : Ofsted - Libraries the Key for 'Keen Readers' :
27th May 2011 |
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This Is Gloucestershire : Prestbury Library will be used as a 'guinea pig'
to Road Test the New Volunteer-run Services : 27th May 2011 |
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The Star : Doncaster - Consultation over Library Cuts 'Biased' Row :
27th May 2011 |
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Camden New Journal : 'Help !' Ed Vaizey Refuses to Answer Library
Questions : 26th May 2011 |
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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 |
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Daily Telegraph : Alan Bennett: Closing Libraries is Tantamount to 'Child
Abuse': 25th May 2011 |
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Daily Express : Computers 'Harm Reading' :
25th May 2011 |
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Get Wokingham : 'Private Libraries Row Hots Up' :
25th May 2011 |
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View Online : 'Beaminster - Not Going without a Fight' :
25th May 2011 |
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View Online : 'Lyme Regis - Councillors Opposed to Take Over the Town's
Library Service' : 25th May 2011 |
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BBC 2 Newsnight video : Alan Bennett fundraiser :
24th May 2011 |
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The Bookseller : 'Mauger to Urge WI to Campaign for Libraries' :
24th May 2011 |
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Oxford Mail : 'Libraries Get a Stay of Execution' :
23rd May 2011 |
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The Independent : Leading Article - 'Communities Need Money not Gimmicks' :
23rd May 2011 |
|
Bolton News : '15,000 Join Fight to Save Libraries' :
21st May 2011 |
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The Bookseller : "Unlawful" Library Closures Head for Court :
20th May 2011 |
|
GetWokingham : 'Wokingham Libraries Set to be Privately Managed' :
20th May 2011 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Alan Gibbons Blog : 'Save Bolton Libraries' - Campaign
|