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One of the many joys of doing the website is being recognised for the hard work which is put in. I won the IWR Information Professional of the Year 2011 award for Public Libraries News. See this video.
The British Library have chosen to archive Public Libraries News.
Of course, it’s not all about the website. For work at “my” public library I won the Winsford Customer Service Oscar 2012.
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Since 1st April 2014: 76 static libraries have been put under threat of closure/passing to volunteers. 2 mobile library to close. 0 new libraries opened. 1 refurbishment over £50k, 5 libraries passed to volunteers. 1 entirely new volunteer-run library. 493 libraries (411 buildings and 82 mobiles) are currently reported as either likely to be closed or passed to volunteers or have been closed/left council control from 1/4/13 to 31/3/14 out of c.4265 in the UK. This figure will shortly be reviewed and is here as an indicator only. The complete list is on "Tally by Local Authority" page as are other changes to budgets such as cuts to hours, bookfund and staffing. CIpfa have calculated that 74 service points were lost in 2012/13 and 201 library service points were lost in 2011/12. For a list of new and refurbished buildings see this page,
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