News

Libraries news stories:

• 09Dec2010
  Arts Council to take on MLA tasks

  Arts Council England has confirmed it will take on responsibilities previously assumed by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, which is set to close down by March 2012.

  Posted by Farah Pasha

• 23Nov2010
  The Ashes - new free Tom Palmer resources available

  To celebrate the Ashes, 25 November 2010 - 7 January 2011, children's author Tom Palmer has written a free story for teachers to download and read to their classes.

  Posted by Jim Sells

• 22Nov2010
  Writers Philip Pullman, Kate Mosse and Will Self criticise government cuts to library services

  Government cuts could see up to a quarter of librarians lose their jobs over the next year.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 19Nov2010
  Young carers services to run National Young Readers’ Programme

  The National Young Readers’ Programme, active in schools and libraries for 15 years, will be run by five young carers services from January.

  Posted by Lizzie Poulton

• 12Nov2010
  Authors condemn London library cuts

  Writers including Charlie Higson, Will Self and Helen Dunmore have joined former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion in condemning plans by councils that could see 130 London libraries closed.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 21Oct2010
  Protests begin over library cuts in Nottinghamshire

  One hundred writers, academics, publishers and booksellers have put their names to a letter of protest to Nottinghamshire County Council over its planned reductions in library staffing, opening hours and a 75% cut in its book fund.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay

• 21Sep2010
  Tom Palmer's Foul Play blog

  Tom Palmer (author of Puffin’s Foul Play and Football Academy books) will be writing a weekly blog during the time his National Literacy Trust competition is running this autumn.

  Posted by Jim Sells

• 18Aug2010
  Libraries could face privatisation

  Hundreds of libraries could face privatisation according to recently published proposals in the new library support initiative called “Future Libraries Programme” championed by Culture Minister Ed Vaizey.

  Posted by Farah Pasha

• 02Aug2010
  Fears for school libraries as secondary schools cut book budgets

  One in three secondary schools has cut their library budget in the last year, according to a survey carried out by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP).

  Posted by Volunteer

• 28Jul2010
  “Literacy in a digital age” debate raises vital issues

  On Tuesday this week a New Statesman and Starbucks Coffee House debate, in association with the National Literacy Trust, took place at Starbucks in Oxford Street.

  Posted by Anna Lindsay