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SpeakUp4Libraries

@SpeakUp4Libs

Speak Up For Libraries - a coalition of organisations and campaigners working to protect libraries and library staff, now and in the future.

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Joined February 2012
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The libraries situation is worsening by the day but we may need to take a short break from Twitter. Bear with! In the meantime...
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BBC News - Carillion scrambles to stay afloat bbc.co.uk/news/business-4259…
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Elizabeth Ash (she/her)@ElizCro18 Dec 2017
The good, the bad and the downright ugly! Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates - December 2017, reproduced with permission uklibrarynews.wordpress.com/… via @ElizCro #savelibraries
Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates – December 2017

Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates – December 2017

The following analysis of CIPFA data is shared with permission of Tim Coates, who described the situation as ‘catastrophic’.   Download a copy of Tim Coates’ presentation her…

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Alan Wylie@wylie_alan18 Dec 2017
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.
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Latest CIPFA figures reveal scale of library closures thebookseller.com/news/cipfa… via @thebookseller
Latest CIPFA figures reveal 'catastrophic' scale of library closures

Latest CIPFA figures reveal 'catastrophic' scale of library closures

Fresh figures have shown the scale of library closures in Great Britain continues unabated, with 105 closed last year.

thebookseller.com
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Campaigners: Libraries Taskforce is 'major presence' but 'hamstrung' thebookseller.com/news/campa… via @thebookseller
Campaigners: Libraries Taskforce is 'major presence' but 'hamstrung'

Campaigners: Libraries Taskforce is 'major presence' but 'hamstrung'

Ahead of a consultation into the progress of the Libraries Taskforce, campaigners have praised the "hard work" done by the body but have criticised the exclusion of campaigners and frontline staff...

thebookseller.com
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... you might like to follow @UnisonTweets @LibraryCampaign @lswaffield1 @mygibbo @wylie_alan @ElizCro #savelibraries
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LadyDi@KearnsDiane1 Nov 2017
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Calderdale council 'looking at' libraries for budget cuts (new Central library only opened last month).
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Grim illustration why forcing the One Stop Shop into Bath Central Library will damage both services theguardian.com/society/2017…
Why are privatised probation services using public libraries to see clients?

Why are privatised probation services using public libraries to see clients?

A lack of adequate meeting rooms means ex-offenders in Weston-super-Mare have to meet their probation officers while sharing a table with library users

theguardian.com
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Manchester named UNESCO city of literature thebookseller.com/news/manch… via @thebookseller
Manchester named UNESCO City of Literature

Manchester named UNESCO City of Literature

Manchester has been named as a UNESCO City of Literature and will develop a programme of cultural events and projects across the city in celebration.

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Bucks consults on mobile library service as cost of mobile libraries 'no longer sustainable' mix96.co.uk/news/local/24186… Closes 31 Dec
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Library closing Lambeth Council asks residents to back 'Borough of Culture' bid brixtonbuzz.com/2017/11/libr… via @brixtonbuzz
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Letter to the Editor: Bournemouth council is paving the way for privatisation of public libraries bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/1…
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MP urges residents to write to East Sussex County Council to save Pevensey Bay Library eastbourneherald.co.uk/news/…
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Cumbria | Public have a say on museum expansion which they fear may encroach on space at Windermere Library thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/…
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‘Northants | Disaster’: Group slams plan to close Middleton Cheney Library as consultation opens banburyguardian.co.uk/news/d… #savelibraries
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Lancs | Online petition started to reopen Lytham Library blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/… #savelibraries
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Libraries in the news | 24 Oct 2017 uklibrarynews.wordpress.com/… via @ElizCro #savelibraries
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Andre Walker on Twitter xitter.gq/andrejpwalker/status/9…
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Wigan | Library set to welcome customer services centre into its building leighjournal.co.uk/news/1561…
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