Comments on: List of withdrawn libraries (no longer updated) https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com What's happening to your library? Mon, 04 Nov 2019 18:47:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Anthony Melling https://www.publiclibrariesnews.com/users/old-lists-arranged-by-uk-library-service/news-topics#comment-5961 Sat, 15 Mar 2014 18:03:26 +0000 http://83.170.89.36/~publicli/?page_id=107#comment-5961 I am a trustee of a volunteer run charity called Book-Cycle, we primarily send free books to schools and orphanages around the world and plant trees across the U.K. We have also reopened two former libraries as Free Bookshops, where the customer donates whatever they wish for up to 3 books, trees or packets of seeds per day. The donations are enough to cover the utilities and running costs as well as generating funds to send books abroad and plant trees. Last year we helped open over 70 libraries in rural Ghana as well as plant fruit trees with many of the local schools near Wigan.

We are certainly not in favour of libraries closing, but where their fate is sealed our method seems to have taken on well. Not only do we offer a wider selection of books, as the interests and passions of local people circulate through a central hub but they are run by the community for the community.

Book-Cycle is not the only alternative to a closing library but if you feel that this might be a way forward for your group then i would be happy to offer any advice i can.

ant@book-cycle.org

or visit http://www.book-cycle.org

http://www.facebook.com/bookcycle.beechhill

https://www.facebook.com/bookcycle.orrell

The bottom two are the facebook groups for the two reopened libraries.

regards,

Ant

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