Author and library campaigner Alan Gibbons has called for Terry Deary (pictured) to debate the...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library supporters have responded with anger to author Terry Deary"s comments that "...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Broadcaster Joan Bakewell has described library closures in areas including Liverpool and...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The growing use of libraries by children and young readers has once again been emphasised by...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A library in north London which was occupied by squatters will now be run by volunteers from the...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Government's official response to the Culture, Media and Sport's Select Committee...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
City of York Council has been given £100,000 by the cabinet office to help it form a mutual...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some volunteers working in a Lewisham Library are there under the “workfare” scheme...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Smiths News has moved to further increase Bertrams' library sales to Northern Europe and...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The staff of Westminster libraries have written an open letter to their council bosses, urging...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hardbound books, apparently, are soooo 20th century -- at least for the upcoming BiblioTech library in San Antonio, Texas' south side. When the shiny, new public library opens its doors to bookworms this fall, visitors will notice something important missing: actual books. Instead, the facility...
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[ Source: Engadget | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library volunteers are, in many cases, being left without sufficient support to deliver services...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Ann Cleeves has described herself as "furious" over Newcastle City Council's...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
TV presenter Chris Packham has spoken out in defence of library opening hours, calling...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Communities secretary Eric Pickles has described worries about the future of public libraries as...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than 1,000 library staff will lose their jobs in the next 12 months, according to a new...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Croydon Council has chosen the private company it wants to run its 13 libraries, with John...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
In Latin America, ebooks are a huge opportunity for governments to provide their citizens with access to quality content while overcoming the problem of distribution.
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[ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The largest children’s library in Mexico—Biblioteca BS-IBBY México—in Mexico City boasts some 25,000 titles, of which more than 3,000 are in digital format.
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[ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library campaigners have called government plans to scrap equalities assessments and...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]