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libraries - News
Last updated 23.07.08
Libraries booming in Canada
Business is booming at Canada's major public libraries, which credit everything from the high price of buying books to social...
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MLA to redraft its stock advice
The Museums, Libraries & Archives Council is to redraft its guidance to libraries on...
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Olympic effort from libraries
Libraries are to begin their lead-up to the 2012 Olympics with a programme of activities set...
libraries - In Depth
Last updated 11.02.08
There's more to libraries than lending
The headline figures for library visits and book issues for 2006–07, released last month by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA), are not encouraging. The overall pattern is one of declining numbers both in...
Opening shots from the Admiral
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council is used to talking in optimistic PR terms about "engagement", "leadership"and "innovation"—but its new chief executive Roy Clare will not brook any blather.When...
Local hero?
New culture minister Margaret Hodge has backed away from her right to seize control of failing libraries, saying that any use of her powers under the 1964 Public Libraries & Museums Act would be “short-sighted”.Speaking to...
libraries - Blogs
Last updated 20.05.08
Desmond Clarke
Libraries: beware of aggregation
For many local communities 'aggregation' of libraries and 'super libraries' are not acceptable.
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Neill Denny
A neutral space
If libraries become arenas of surveillance or censorship their role as a community-wide hub is...
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Jake Hope
Age range or deranged?
Not everyone agrees with age guidance - just ask the libraries.
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