Publiclibrariesnews.com Website Review

CILIP are going through a major change, with 11 out of 54 posts being lost. Library services have had ample experience of that sort of thing so we all know what that feels like. Wishing them all the best for the future. Surrey are also having a major, major, major cut – with a cut in usage of 25% since 2010 being used – get this – to justify an over 50% cut in funding and ignoring all the other cuts there since other hand, from Scottish libraries, with £450k for various library projects and from Libraries Connected who have got £75k from ACE for regional work. I have no idea what the latter means but the press release makes it sound like a good thing so here’s hoping. from £8.7m to £4m: merge libraries. 25% drop in use since 2010. More volunteers to replace paid expected. Consultation. – Press and Journal. “Successful bids were announced by Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Tourism and External Affairs, Fiona Hyslop, at Haddington library as part of the Public Library Improvement Fund (PLIF). A total of £238,107 has been allocated to support the nine projects, five of which are collaborative bids involving more than one library service and partners. The remaining funds will be used for national library initiatives, such as Every Child A Library Member, One Card and Book Week Scotland” – BookSeller. “Spending by public libraries in England on printed books fell 20% year-on-year in the 12 months to end March 2018 to “safeguarding” of libraries. Walliams, author of Mr Stink and Gangsta Granny, said that “access to reading” should be improved. Imagining what he would do if he were prime minister, Walliams, 47, told Radio Times magazine: “I’d … introduce new laws on children’s literacy.” … ““I used to go to the library every couple of weeks with my mum and dad and get out books like Stig of the Dump and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” he said.” … “His comments come after an an*lysis of government figures revealed that