"The experience of most SOLE_SaveOurLibrariesEssex members is that librarians have been told not to get involved with us at all.” cilip.org.uk/news/455374/Ho…

"an ‘obsession with secrecy’ had hindered the ability for constructive debate and the exchange of information" politicshome.com/news/uk/govern…

Liz Jolly, Chief Librarian British Library - Q&A on the state of the profession looking at diversity, collaboration, technology and the role of CILIP cilip.org.uk/news/457450/Th…

CILIP Government Information Group (GIG): we are a welcoming bunch!! CILIP Rob Mackinlay CILIP Events gig_cilip

“On the internet you find what you look for,” Franck Riester told his literary allies. “But only in a bookshop do you find what you were not looking for...” (and libraries too of course) economist.com/business/2019/…

Does mounting costs and complex vendor conditions presage a grim future for e-resources in libraries Jeff MacKie Mason UC Berkeley Library UC Berkeley Scholarly Comm & Information Policy American Library Association @rdlankes Rob Mackinlay University Library @CardiffUniLib Paul Ayris Times Higher Education publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/in…

“The library’s mission has always been to provide access to the world’s knowledge,” says UC Berkeley Librarian Jeff MacKie Mason. “No publisher — no matter how big — will stand in the way of that.” news.berkeley.edu/story_jump/pub…

"When I started, libraries took hardbacks mostly, and they would take books that maybe bookshops wouldn’t take – so if you’d written something a bit quirky and different, publishers could take a punt on it."

We had a magical morning taking photos and talking maths, libraries and lego with Bobby Seagull MBE and Rob Mackinlay at #EastHamLibrary this morning.

George (David's dad, 82) said: “David is 54 and his cognitive ability is beginning to diminish...He was very good at using the digitising software himself for many years but now needs prompting and assistance from me.” eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/video-dunde…

URGENT With less than 36 hours until Sajid Javid makes his Spending Round announcement, please sign, share & RT this open letter asking him to #FundLibraries

“They are taking their readers, their customers, their fans, and intentionally trying to frustrate them.” #eBooksForAll slate.com/business/2019/…

🎉It's #RoaldDahlDay today (& Friday 13th!) Try my BBC Radio 4 Today Matilda themed linguistics puzzle devised to trouble the Trunchbull. 🤔What's your favourite Roald Dahl book, character or bit of writing?📚 Mine has to be Matilda as she loves reading! #R4Today #PuzzleForToday

“Libraries serve the local needs of their communities,” Ghikas (Library Association Executive Director) said. “Macmillan’s embargo will make that impossible.” washingtonpost.com/national/libra…

"The number of patrons whose fines were forgiven amounted to almost a third of our city’s population!" Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez owed $287 saying "I know at least one patron who will be checking out books again for the first time in more than a decade... Me." sfexaminer.com/news-columnist…

Hope the rain isn't slowing you down today!

I guess it’s possible folk had other things than Twitter to do on Saturday when I tweeted about it, so once more, now you’re back at your desks: WE HAVE A PUBLIC LIBRARY in Aberdeen Uni Library ! How amazing is that? Thanks Fiona and Margaret from Aberdeen City Libraries for helping us today!

You were amazing Bobby Seagull MBE - the star of the event and a fantastic, passionate advocate for #libraries, learning, #literacy and #numeracy. The Manifesto is a real step forward in our conversation with Government and policymakers.

Dominic Cummings said libraries were "one of the few aspects of the civil service that, to me, obviously needs to be ‘permanent’" - does he still think so? And could it mean anything for public libraries? cilip.org.uk/news/486681/Do…