South Ayrshire libraries leap into futurehttp://www.ayrshirepost.net/
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.
THE BOOKSELLER : 5th January
Councillors say Somerset Library cuts should halt
http://www.thebookseller.com/
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.
Essex library fines to be chased by debt collection agency
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-
London Evening Standard : 5th January
Writer Maggie Gee vows to carry on libraries fight
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/
One Stop services move into communities
http://westminster.
Your Library – Pain Ahead?
Very informative blog on the latest re. Suffolk libraries
http://carolinepage.blog.
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
Yeovil Express : 5th January
Somerset library services to be reinstated
Article includes quotes from FoSL campaign spokesman, John Irven
http://www.yeovilexpress.co.
Reprieve on the cards for Burnham-On-Sea and Highbridge libraries
http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/