Protests in Oxford Street
354 libraries plus 26 mobiles currently under threat or recently closed (List below “News”)
Being the list below represents around a third of authorities in the UK, the final figure could be from 800 to 1000.
Changes to the total
– plus one – Bury – Unsworth Library to be closed and sold
– plus two – Wakefield – at least 2 under threat (previously not counted as cuts too vague)
News
The impact of the heavier-than-expected cuts in urban areas is being felt with a number of media reports recently featuring reports saying that one of the ways to save money is to close libraries. Meanwhile, several rural areas that have received better-than-expected settlements are still pushing forward with cuts, including most notably Dorset (whose income will increase .25%), Gloucestershire (-2.5%) and Oxfordshire (-1.87%). The good-tempered Oxford Street protest at the flagship Vodafone shop will be an interesting one to watch – will the national media notice it? Could it point the way as to how to campaign? It puts the current crisis in some relief that if Vodafone paid the £6bn taxes it owed, there would not be a need for any of the cuts in the public sector.
Bury – Unsworth Library to be sold, reduced hours in Prestwich in first wave of cuts – Manchester Evening N
Durham – closures imminent – Durham Times
Gloucestershire – Prestwich “double standards” – This is Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire – council “meeting the challenge” facebook group about library cuts – Facebook
Manchester – Rochdale MP angry at Eric Pickles for cuts, including libraries – Manchester Evening News
Northampton – local radio covers library closures – BBC
Oxfordshire – Headington protests against closure, despite snow – Demotix
Plymouth – new library to be built at Plympton, two years after last one burnt down – This is Plymouth
Somerset – Cheddar and Highbridge could close – Weston Mercury
Somerset – 20 libraries offered to groups – This is Somerset
Wakefield – libraries to be offered to community groups in biggest cuts since WW2 – Wakefield Express
Wakefield – fight for Hemsworth and Kinsley libraries – Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express
Worcestershire – libraries amongst first in line for cuts – Redditch Standard
Protests against library closures upsets Christmas shopping – Daily Telegraph
Report on Oxford Street Vodaphone “Library Bloc” protest – Helenic
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about 14 years ago
fyi:
http://savesomersetslibraries.blogspot.com/
glastonbury-based library action group blog
on facebook too:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Glastonbury-Library/161821913862882
great blog – thanks
about 14 years ago
Thank you for letting me know. The very best of wishes to you and to Glastonbury Library.