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Join 2155 others and get regular news briefings on public libraries via email and website available at https://t.co/aDwaIHGRED. By Ian Anstice BEM.

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RT @HallgreenSave: Keep Hall Green Library Open on Saturdays! - Sign the Petition! via @UKChange @BrumLibraryZine
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Rutland to close Ryhall Library as it does not have sufficient funds to bring it up to standard. Consultation.
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“Authors say plan to shut more than 20 public libraries could have devastating effect on Scotland’s cultural future”
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“The former child refugee learnt English in his local library and has said he will now do "everything in my power" to save Langley Library in Slough from closure.”
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“A Sarah Jessica Parker-produced documentary on the brave librarians fighting a wave of rightwing book bans has sparked conversation at Sundance”
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Argyll and Bute: three libraries under threat. “There is no money” says councillor
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Pembrokeshire: 20% library cut proposed, with opening hour cuts and reduction in library building expected
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Bristol removes threat to cut libraries: “We have listened to the public and prioritised certain services” says Council
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North East Lincolnshire Council was to spend £4.2m bringing Grimsby Central Library back into public use but spent it on the shopping centre instead.
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Argyll: “A councillor has admitted "there is no money" in the local authority's budget as fears grow over the future of a Helensburgh and Lomond library which has been closed for more than a fortnight.”
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“I want to pay my respects to these unique institutions. By planning readings up to a decade in advance, I’m being optimistic about the future of our libraries and challenging those authorities who would consider closing them down."
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Wakefield: The proposed library opening hours would mean a loss of 39 hours across library service
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Nottingham: Opening hours across all of Nottingham’s libraries will be cut by more than 200 hours a week, 36 full-time or equivalent job roles will be axed.
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RT @SeanJMcNamara1: Stirling Council urged to rethink 25 per cent library budget cuts @publiclibnews
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Newport plans to close 3 out of 8 libraries and to make a fourth volunteer.
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Bristol cuts may more than halve the library budget.
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“I was snowed in at Barnsley library and a policeman came to fetch me. I told him I was already home”Joanne Harris
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“This library has influenced generations of children around Walton," he said. "I am happy to say that – in many little ways – it helped me in the pathway that I have chosen in life."
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@Haitchb23 Yep, bit of an anti paid staff propaganda piece
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