Wipe Out in Warwickshire
468 libraries (414 buildings and 54 mobiles) currently under threat or recently closed (List below “News”)
– plus one mobile – Essex
– plus 16 (out of 34) – Warwickshire
Summary
This is a rushed out blog (not as comprehensive as normal due to my other commitments) simply to update all about the dire state in Warwickshire where nearly half of the libraries are due to close by 2014, cutting the budget by £2 million. It’s Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset …. all over again.
For more complete news over the next few days, please see Alan Gibbon’s blog
News (full list of library closures starts below links
Bolton – mass rally to fight library closures – Bolton News
Cambridgeshire – people come first, not statistics – Cambridge News
Croydon – 1000s petition council – Sutton Guardian
Cumbria – it’s your job, Ed Vaizey, to save libraries – News & Star
Dorset – fight to keep Beaminster open – Bridport News
Dorset – centenarian against closures – Dorset Echo
Haringey – Graham Marks at read-in – Highgate People
Lewisham – 41% cut and closures are “against the law”, 20000 petition– South London Press
Milton Keynes – Library saving “Keep calm and carry on reading” merchandise at Stony Stratford – Milton Keynes Citizen
Rotherham – save our libraries on Saturday – Rotherham Advertiser
Somerset – don’t celebrate too soon – This is the West Country
Warwickshire – nearly half to close – Mercia
Warwickshire – nearly half to close – Mercia
Community library calls on Government support – Amersham and Little Chalfont
Save our libraries says Kate Mosse, “this is not a party political issue” – BBC – film here
Save Libraries – Digitalist
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about 13 years ago
Useful if depressing list; and there will be more names on it soon.