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Category Archives: Libraries
Can Community Groups Save Libraries?
In Warwickshire, council leaders are moving ahead with plans to sell off library buildings. Will community groups be able to take over as local government steps back? More
Posted in Funding Cuts, Libraries, Local, News & Events
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Vigilant support for village libraries
At least in some areas, community groups do seem to be stepping up to the plate to save their libraries: More
Posted in Community Involvement, Examples, Funding Cuts, Libraries, Local, Support
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Winslow Library to Close
We’ve heard a lot about threatened library cuts – how will a community volunteer run library function in practice More
Posted in Community Involvement, Criticism, Funding Cuts, Libraries
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Big Society and Localism at odds?
This article in the Spectator sees Big Society spending cuts in a clash with localism reforms. More
Library Read-Ins
School teacher Martin Powell-Davies describes the “read-in”at his local library to protest threatened closures More
Posted in Criticism, Funding Cuts, Libraries, Local, Protests
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