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With local libraries, it’s quality that matters, not quantity

Letter: James Powney on how London’s Brent borough improved opening hours and services

The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2022

Libraries across South Lanarkshire launch 'welly swap' to help locals with cost of living

Nine libraries across the area are taking part in the scheme

Daily Record · Dec 6, 2022

The Guardian view on local libraries: a resource that must be protected

Editorial: The cost of living crisis has cast new light on their role as places not only to read and learn, but to keep warm. They cannot be allowed to dwindle

The Guardian - UK · Dec 4, 2022

Little free libraries become pantries to address growing hunger, cost of food

With some regional Victorians "going whole days without food", a local charity has set up little free pantries to help families survive hard times.

ABC News · Nov 27, 2022

Seven lost Manchester buildings we wish had been treasured, not demolished

Seven of Manchester's lost architectural gems that are sadly no longer part of the city's landscape

Manchester Evening News · Nov 25, 2022

Bristol's Central Library could move to former Debenhams building, say council chiefs

Bristol City Council's libraries budget is being slashed by a third as authority faces massive cuts to balance its books

Bristol Post · Nov 23, 2022

Ten public libraries used as ‘warm spaces’ for people seeking relief from cold homes

Bolton Council said those on tight budgets may soon have to make difficult choices and the warm spaces may offer valuable support to some people

Manchester Evening News · Nov 23, 2022

Tyneside libraries drop late fees as council encourages people to come in out of the cold

All libraries run by North Tyneside Council are scrapping late fees from December as the cold sets in

Chronicle Live · Nov 22, 2022

Voters in fast-growing suburbs have some of Melbourne’s worst access to services, analysis shows

Safe seats are more likely to lack social infrastructure such as libraries, childcare and sports facilities, researchers say

The Guardian - AU · Nov 20, 2022

More than 750,000 kids don't have a library in their primary school, survey says

The National Libraries Trust is calling on every child to have a school library by 2026 after a survey revealed one in seven state primary schools have no designated space

Daily Mirror · Nov 19, 2022