249 libraries plus 17 mobiles currently under threat or recently closed

Fears for North Norfolk libraries and Sheffield are pre-emptive in nature but realistic. The campaign in Wigan gets going.  The Good Library Guide again raises controversy.

Gloucestershire – why Gloucestershire is not like Buckinghamshire – Friends of Glos Libraries
North Norfolk – fears for Cromer Library – £1m reduction – Eastern Daily Press
Sheffield – Library Workers for a Brighter Future – 30% cuts expected – Sheffield Telegraph
Wigan – don’t let us lose out library – 6 libraries to close, £1.1m cut – Wigan Today

Open Letter to Jeremy Hunt MP – JM Lockwood
Why libraries really, really matter – Philip Ardagh
Senior librarians at a national level are strongly to blame for the current state of affairs – Good Library Guide
Librarians today are nothing like in the 1970s but they’re still here, and needed – Information Today