240 libraries plus 17 mobiles currently under threat or recently closed 

For the first time in a while, I can find no new cuts in library provision today.  News of note is that an MP spoke in the House of Commons about the Public Libraries and Museums Act and that the MLA has announced it welcomes significant library closures.

Wirral MP argues in Parliament  for amendment ot the Public Libraries and Museum Act – the Ayes have it – four Labour MPs (inc David Milliband) to propose Bill  – Alison McGovern MP
MLA comes out strongly in favour of closing libraries – BookSeller
Chief Exec of RSA pro giving libraries to volunteers – Walk You Home
List of predictable anti-library comments – Walk You Home
Gloucestershire – 4 Labour Councillors sign up against the cuts – Friends of Gloucestershire
Wandsworth – campaign to save York Gardens – Battersea Society
Lewisham – hundreds against the cuts – Guardian
Barnsley – storm of protest against cut at Darfield – South Yorkshire Times
Nottinghamshire – your chance to comment on the cuts – Nottinghamshire Council
Oxfordshire – library possibly run by volunteers, opposition “hopeless” – Banbury Cake
Libraries and Waterstones to work together -Bookseller
UK public libraries cost 0.084% of GDP – Use Libraries and Learn Stuff
Opponents of libraries focus too much on short-term economics – Library Workers for a Brighter Future
A great place to start your business – the library – EnterpriseQuest

USA
Spending Cuts Gut Library Budgets in UK – Library Journal
2011 Crucial Library Trends – American Libraries
What Librarians Make – School Library Journal
Tired of books? Try model aeroplanes – Star Telegram