Round up

Ayrshire Post : 5th January
South Ayrshire libraries leap into futurehttp://www.ayrshirepost.net/ayrshire-news/local-news-ayrshire/ayr-news/2012/01/06/south-ayrshire-libraries-leap-into-future-102545-30053229/This Is South Devon : 5th January
Friends step up in fight to save library in face of funding cuts


Torbay Council has confirmed it is currently consulting on the best way to ‘meet the target reductions allocated to this service’.

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/Friends-step-fight-save-library-face-funding-cuts/story-14333643-detail/story.html
THE BOOKSELLER : 5th January
Councillors say Somerset Library cuts should halt

http://www.thebookseller.com/node/89951
Information Twist : 4th January
Thoughts On Library Membership Charges

The article about the introduction of membership charges at Bexley Village Library has caught Gary Gree’s eye.

http://informationtwist.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/thoughts-on-library-membership-charges/BBC News : 5th January
Essex library fines to be chased by debt collection agency

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-16425479
London Evening Standard : 5th January
Writer Maggie Gee vows to carry on libraries fight

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-24025421-writer-maggie-gee-vows-to-carry-on-libraries-fight.doWestminster Chronicle : 5th January
One Stop services move into communities

http://westminster.londoninformer.co.uk/2012/01/one-stop-services-move-into-co.htmlCaroline’s Woodbridge Page : 5th January
Your Library – Pain Ahead?

Very informative blog on the latest re. Suffolk libraries

http://carolinepage.blog.suffolk.libdems.org/2012/01/05/your-library-%E2%80%93-pain-ahead/THE GUARDIAN : 5th January
Wandsworth opens the competition to save London’s libraries

 

Could councils save their library services by joining forces and making providers compete to win contracts?

The article’s author, Jonathan Cook, is the Deputy Leader of Wandsworth Council

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/local-government-network/2012/jan/05/wandsworth-council-library-tender?newsfeed=true

Yeovil Express : 5th January
Somerset library services to be reinstated

Article includes quotes from FoSL campaign spokesman, John Irven

http://www.yeovilexpress.co.uk/news/9451597.Somerset_library_services_to_be_reinstated/Burnham-On-Sea.com : 5th January 
Reprieve on the cards for Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge libraries

http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2012/library-cuts-05-01-12.php

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