SpeakUp4Libraries

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

[SpeakUp4Libraries @SpeakUp4Libs]

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 https://t.co/UzDrlukuwO

[Elizabeth Ash (she/her) @ElizCro]

The good, the bad and the downright ugly!
Initial CIPFA data analysis by Tim Coates - December 2017, reproduced with permission
https://t.co/XlC5bDREMJ via @ElizCro
#savelibraries

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

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.

[SpeakUp4Libraries @SpeakUp4Libs]

Latest CIPFA figures reveal scale of library closures https://t.co/QqT7h1QjPF via @thebookseller

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Campaigners: Libraries Taskforce is 'major presence' but 'hamstrung' https://t.co/9YhY9HzYEv via @thebookseller

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... you might like to follow @UnisonTweets @LibraryCampaign @lswaffield1 @mygibbo @wylie_alan @ElizCro #savelibraries

[LadyDi @KearnsDiane]

@SpeakUp4Libs @wylie_alan Calderdale council 'looking at' libraries for budget cuts (new Central library only opened last month).

[Save Bath Libraries @SaveBathLibrary]

Grim illustration why forcing the One Stop Shop into Bath Central Library will damage both services https://t.co/OTqi0vBjts

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Manchester named UNESCO city of literature https://t.co/WvWvTs1IEV via @thebookseller

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Bucks consults on mobile library service as cost of mobile libraries 'no longer sustainable' https://t.co/v5nuN8NPgH Closes 31 Dec

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Library closing Lambeth Council asks residents to back 'Borough of Culture' bid https://t.co/mi1NtYz2Ke via @brixtonbuzz

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Letter to the Editor: Bournemouth council is paving the way for privatisation of public libraries https://t.co/TdQi6Ialdq

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MP urges residents to write to East Sussex County Council to save Pevensey Bay Library https://t.co/BguKOeXxIM

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Cumbria | Public have a say on museum expansion which they fear may encroach on space at Windermere Library https://t.co/N1OEsSgrbi

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‘Northants | Disaster’: Group slams plan to close Middleton Cheney Library as consultation opens https://t.co/lTgkBrfbc5 #savelibraries

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Lancs | Online petition started to reopen Lytham Library https://t.co/T7V9aoWLI6 #savelibraries

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Libraries in the news | 24 Oct 2017 https://t.co/1N0nWtzBGL via @ElizCro #savelibraries

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Andre Walker on Twitter https://t.co/yrsBVNSIZd

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Wigan | Library set to welcome customer services centre into its building https://t.co/AyHlB85teR