EasyLibrary in Bury?
521 libraries (461 buildings and 60 mobiles) currently under threat or recently closed/left council control (List below) out of 4517 in the UK (CILIP figures)
Summary
Bury – Libraries to be removed from council control
City of London – 15.9% cut to Libraries/Archibes/Art Gallery budget – opening hours cut at London
Metropolitan Archives (Saturdays and one other day) – LAGAG update (email lagagconsult@cityoflondon.gov.uk. for copy)
Northumberland – no closures, libraries “protected from cuts”
Sandwell – no libraries to close, previously thought that some would.
Surrey – scrutiny committee ignored, 11 libraries and 5 mobiles to close without further consultation – Get Surrey
Bury – Libraries to be removed from council control
City of London – 15.9% cut to Libraries/Archibes/Art Gallery budget – opening hours cut at London
Metropolitan Archives (Saturdays and one other day) – LAGAG update (email lagagconsult@cityoflondon.gov.uk. for copy)
Northumberland – no closures, libraries “protected from cuts”
Sandwell – no libraries to close, previously thought that some would.
Surrey – scrutiny committee ignored, 11 libraries and 5 mobiles to close without further consultation – Get Surrey
Local News – all news is representative and not comprehensive
Bury – Bury council could give up control of all services – Manchester Evening News
Bury – a bold gamble but a massive one – Manchester Evening News (blog) “Cash-stretched councils should think twice before being tempted into a dangerous gamble of putting a For Sale sign on everything they do.”
Croydon – lies, damned lies and Croydon’s library statistics – Inside Croydon
Derby – decision day for city – This is Derbyshire “We have not proposed the closure of all of our libraries”
Doncaster – Next Time Vote Libraries – Save Doncaster Libraries
Edinburgh – public pc access stops for a week after virus attack – Scotsman
Isle of Wight – £236k is the cost of keeping all libraries open as they are (0.2% of budget) – Ventnor Blog
Isle of Wight – Cllr George Brown’s library presentation at cabinet – Ventnor Blog – the DCMS is considering inviting the council, which is halving its library service, “to take part in a national study of innovative approaches to library provision”
Isle of Wight – severe changes to library service – Isle of Wight Radio
North Yorkshire – Opposition to merger of Malton and Norton Libraries – Gazette & Herald
North Yorkshire – fight continues to stop final chapter at Hunmanby – Filey Mercury “proposals for volunteers to replace professional staff were still not an acceptable means of going forward”
Northumberland – We will still deliver what people expect – Berwick Advertiser
Salford – Salford library protests continue – Salford Star
Somerset – campaign to save mobile libraries inc Tessa Munt MP – Burnham on Sea.com
Suffolk – Is it US cost cutters and Bob the Builder in contention to run Suffolk libraries? – Wordblog
Surrey – council presses ahead with library closures – Get Surrey
Thurrock – alternative budget savings of more than £800k in council – Thurrock Gazette
West Sussex – Details of job losses inc in libraries – This is Sussex
National News
Community organisers learn power of persuasion – Guardian (inc how Goodmayes Library was saved)
Council cuts – into the eye of the storm – Daily Telegraph (discusses Eye Library in Suffolk “I heard of a Down’s syndrome child for whom it is the only place he can walk to by himself”)
Council staff volunteer for pay cuts – Channel 4 News “by slashing the wage bill, they will have to make far fewer redundancies and could protect services such as libraries and Sure Start centres.”
Diary – Independent – Anne Robinson lends support to legal challenge to save libraries
Economic slowdown – six London councils making cuts – BBC
I’d cut benefits, but we must treasure libraries says Lionel Shriver – EADT “OK, I want to see government pared back – bloody hell: 53% of the economy?! I think that’s insane! – but I think you have to be cautious about destroying institutions and even buildings that would take huge amounts of money to replace.”
I’d cut benefits, but we must treasure libraries says Lionel Shriver – EADT “OK, I want to see government pared back – bloody hell: 53% of the economy?! I think that’s insane! – but I think you have to be cautious about destroying institutions and even buildings that would take huge amounts of money to replace.”
Is there anyone who can help us? – Daily Telegraph
Michael Morpurgo answers your questions – Guardian “I am horrified by the proposals to close libraries. Libraries are central to a civilised world and for the future of our society and our children. We all know that reading can transform people and change lives, and libraries play a vital role, especially for those children who don’t have books at home. And for old people too libraries are so important.”
Thank you HarperCollins (for making the path ahead clearer) – Tame the Web
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