Wigan | Library set to welcome customer services centre into its building leighjournal.co.uk/news/15613514.…

Andre Walker on Twitter x.com/andrejpwalker/…

Libraries in the news | 24 Oct 2017 uklibrarynews.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/lib… via Elizabeth Ash (she/her) #savelibraries

Lancs | Online petition started to reopen Lytham Library blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/library-b… #savelibraries

‘Northants | Disaster’: Group slams plan to close Middleton Cheney Library as consultation opens banburyguardian.co.uk/news/disaster-… #savelibraries

Cumbria | Public have a say on museum expansion which they fear may encroach on space at Windermere Library thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/15618831.…

MP urges residents to write to East Sussex County Council to save Pevensey Bay Library eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/mp-urges-…

Letter to the Editor: Bournemouth council is paving the way for privatisation of public libraries bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/15629553.…

Grim illustration why forcing the One Stop Shop into Bath Central Library will damage both services theguardian.com/society/2017/n…

Library closing Lambeth Council asks residents to back 'Borough of Culture' bid brixtonbuzz.com/2017/11/librar… via Brixton Buzz

Bucks consults on mobile library service as cost of mobile libraries 'no longer sustainable' mix96.co.uk/news/local/241… Closes 31 Dec

SpeakUp4Libraries Alan Wylie Calderdale council 'looking at' libraries for budget cuts (new Central library only opened last month).

Manchester named UNESCO city of literature thebookseller.com/news/mancheste… via The Bookseller

... you might like to follow @UnisonTweets The Library Campaign Laura Swaffield Alan Gibbons Alan Wylie Elizabeth Ash (she/her) #savelibraries

Campaigners: Libraries Taskforce is 'major presence' but 'hamstrung' thebookseller.com/news/campaigne… via The Bookseller

Latest CIPFA figures reveal scale of library closures thebookseller.com/news/cipfa-lib… via The Bookseller

It's bloody tragic that before tweeting about a library I have to check first if it's staffed, volunteer-led and/or privatised. Instead of having a 'comprehensive & efficient' service we now have one that's fragmented, a postcode lottery of provision.

The good, the bad and the downright ugly! Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates - December 2017, reproduced with permission uklibrarynews.wordpress.com/2017/12/18/ini… via Elizabeth Ash (she/her) #savelibraries

BBC News - Carillion scrambles to stay afloat bbc.co.uk/news/business-…