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Nottingham City Council confirms discussions over volunteer-run libraries

It is understood the council will come to a compromise

Nottingham Post

Tory climate deniers are feeling the heat

Brief letters: Conservative leadership and the climate crisis | Born in the Baedeker raids | Wildlife at Sandringham | Using libraries | Yorkshire Fettle cheese

The Guardian - UK

Greater Manchester council plans 'warm banks' in libraries to help struggling residents survive the winter

The plans have alarmed many

Manchester Evening News

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Libraries are about 'people, not books' as they survive and thrive in digital age

Chris Jones has spent 35 years working in libraries and remembers being warned in the late 1980s — just as the internet was emerging — that libraries would be "dead in five years".

ABC News

Historic building to be transformed as six libraries marked for closure

The closures are an attempt to offer a more central and "modernised" service

Liverpool Echo

Nottingham library campaign group concerned as councillors 'discussing' running them with volunteers

More councillors have joined the campaign group to discuss concerns however

Nottingham Post

Ukrainian cultural artifacts are at risk during the Russian invasion, but digitizing them may offer some protection

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the possibility of a cyberwar has been a constant threat. The consequences of a breach extend far beyond a threat to national security. They extend and threaten cultural and artistic production — galleries, libraries, archives, museums and universities must be protected.

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Creative Ageing project breathes new life into senior citizens

Last month Harold Franks, age 92, found himself at Newcastle's Digital Library because "they wanted volunteers, and I'm one to volunteer for anything". He had heard they were looking to give a podcast, and he had no idea what they were talking about. He is one of several participants who…

Newcastle Herald

The Dangerous Lesson of Book Bans in Public School Libraries

An obscure Supreme Court case provides a roadmap through the curricular culture war.

Reason

Twilight of the Libraries: What Gets Lost When Books Go Off-Site and Online

Libraries can't escape the push for digitization, but we still need actual books on shelves

The Walrus

Dundee primary schools among first in UK to get hi-tech libraries

Three city schools have had underused areas transformed into flagship reading hubs.

Daily Record

Beijing Mandates COVID Vaccines to Enter Some Public Spaces

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries, drawing concern from city residents over the sudden policy announcement and its impact on their daily lives. The health app that shows a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Beijing mandates COVID vaccines to enter some public spaces

The Chinese capital has issued a mandate requiring people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination before they can enter some public spaces including gyms, museums and libraries

The Independent UK

Children’s authors and Duchess of Cornwall unveil school library in Wales

Millbrook primary in Newport among first to be revamped as part of campaign

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Liverpool Echo

Fears Merseyside village will 'suffer' as libraries earmarked for closure

Proposed changes would see the closure of several libraries across St Helens

Glasgow Live

Glasgow libraries to abolish all late book charges and outstanding fines

Glasgow Life will be removing charges for overdue books and clearing outstanding fines for items yet to be returned across all 33 public libraries to ensure they are accessible to everyone.

Reuters

Shanghai orders city's karaoke venues to shut after new outbreak

Shanghai has suspended operations of KTV karaoke venues in the city as it tries to stem a recent outbreak from one such location, but other recently reopened cultural venues like libraries will be allowed to stay open, a city official said.

Chicago Sun-Times

One for the books: Next secretary of state should continue to champion libraries

Retiring incumbent Jesse White is widely regarded as having used his position to help libraries, readers, writers and lifelong learners.

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The Independent UK

From book bans to armed Proud Boys militia, US libraries bear the brunt of LGBT+ ‘culture war’

‘Your attendance at Pride is not mandatory’, campaigner tells Gino Spocchia after spate of attacks

Reason

Who Controls What Books You Can Read?

Welcome to Reason's summer banned books issue.

Nottingham Post

Nottingham City Council confirms it will not remove Julie Bindel books from library

The books are at several libraries across Nottinghamshire

AAP

Photos capture strength after fires, COVID

Rural Victoria's resilience is captured in a State Library of Victoria photography exhibition, which will tour regional libraries.

Daily Record

North Lanarkshire Libraries launch new service to help locals with health and fitness

FITStop, which kicked-off last week, is a mobile library especially equipped with children’s and adult books around sports and fitness.

Liverpool Echo

Wirral library thrown a lifeline' by new councillor

Bromborough Library was one of two libraries earmarked for closure

Asharq Al-Awsat

Raqqa Hosts First Book Fair in 10 Years

After a 10-year hiatus during which all publishing houses, libraries, and newspaper kiosks closed, and all cultural activities and events were suspended under the terrorist rule of ISIS, the first book fair in Raqqa, Syria, has been opened by the cultural authority of the Autonomous Administration of North and East…

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