Comments on: Newcastle 10 https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/03/newcastle-10-swindon-1.html What's happening to your library? Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:24:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Ian Anstice https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/03/newcastle-10-swindon-1.html#comment-5694 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 11:13:26 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=4341#comment-5694 In reply to Aude.

Hi Aude, no worries. It was previously reported that two branches had been reprieved and so I reduced the figure, temporarily to eight;

10 libraries under threat (was 8): 10 libraries will close by 2016, with five of those possibily to be saved if taken over by volunteers. 2013/14: Cruddas Park, Denton Burn, Dinnington, Fenham, High Heaton, Jesmond and Moorside. 2015: Blakelaw, Fawdon and Newbiggin Hall will close (7/3/13). Previously, Fenham and Cruddas Park had been removed from the under threat list (16/2/13) – link is http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2013/02/16/newcastle-s-100m-cuts-package-will-not-be-the-end-of-the-pain-61634-32820055/2/

]]> By: Aude https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/03/newcastle-10-swindon-1.html#comment-5693 Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:45:21 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=4341#comment-5693 Regarding the Newcastle case: would you mind explaining why you wrote “10 libraries under threat (was 8)” please? I’m a bit confused by this sentence, as ever since the City Council published its budget proposals in November 2012, those 10 libraries (not 8) have been under threat. The proposals documentation is available at http://www.newcastle.gov.uk/your-council/budget-and-annual-report/local-services-services-people-access where the section on library network reduction mentions a “move to a network of 8 core libraries [down from 18] across the city”.

]]> By: Shirley Burnham https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/2013/03/newcastle-10-swindon-1.html#comment-5692 Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:06:41 +0000 http://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/?p=4341#comment-5692 You’ll note that the ‘Swindon Advertiser’ clip is from 2008 ! Thanks to residents (and a council that finally listened to them) we still have 18 staffed hours at Old Town Library. There are plans afoot, though, to regress to the old ideas next year – when I have it on good authority that all Swindon’s *small* libraries may be turned over to volunteers. Swindon residents have but a few months to martial their forces, so that a two-tier library service from 2014 is avoided.

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