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Reading Books Will Ruin Your Life

Hayley Morgan | Posted 26.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Literature, Humour, Libraries, Books, Bookshop, Bookshops, Children's Literature, Reality, Reading, Fantasy, Writing, Amazon.com, Waterstones, Kindle, UK Entertainment News
Hayley Morgan

One day, books will be like antiques. A standard paperback will cost hundreds of pounds depending on the year and edition. War and Peace will be out of print. And I will be an old lady with only dreams of ghosts of cats, telling the illiterate kids on the block how these same streets were once paved in books, each one costing less than a halfpenny.

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Open Access - Breaking the Monopoly of Large Academic Publishers

Ann McKechin | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Transparency, Open Access, Open Access Publishing, Procurement, Business Select Committee, Libraries, Academic Journals, UK Business, UK Economy, UK Politics News
Ann McKechin

Breaking the stranglehold which the handful of large corporate publishers currently have over academics and university libraries is not only important because of the public money at stake, but also because genuine open access allows research to be utilised by those outside the close confines of academia.

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Shh! About Saving Libraries

Dave Clements | Posted 30.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Spending Cuts, Budget Cuts, Public Libraries, Libraries, UK Conservative Party, George Osborne, UK Economy, Austerity, UK Entertainment News
Dave Clements

These rebranded community 'hubs' are teeming with activity that is hardly conducive to book-related endeavours at all. Between the parents with their gaggles of noisy kids, support groups and 'stalls' of all things, not to mention the so-called students getting on my bloody nerves chatting on their mobiles - God I sound old - libraries just aren't libraries any more.

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Possibly The Most Overdue Library Book Of All Time

Posted 10.04.2013 | Home
Read More: Library Book, Fire of Francis Xavier, New York, Libraries, Culture, Francis Xvaier, Home News

There’s honesty, and then there’s madness. Quite where this story falls, we’ll let you decide. A library in New York was shocked this month w...

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Possibly The Most Overdue Library Book Of All Time

Posted 10.04.2013 | Home
Read More: Fire of Francis Xavier, New York, Library Book, Culture, Libraries, Francis Xvaier, Home News

There's honesty, and then there's madness. Quite where this story falls, we'll let you decide. A library in New York was shocked this month when a ...

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The Year's Most Borrowed Author Is...

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | Home
Read More: Lee Child, Most Borrowed Books, James Patterson, Libraries, Books, Cuture, Home News

Publishing phenomenon James Patterson has tightened his stranglehold on UK libraries as the year's most borrowed author with the most popular title, n...

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British Libraries Are Fighting Back! And It's Children Who Are Leading the Charge

Hilary Robinson | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Society of Authors, Authors, Illustrators, Publishers, Plr, Children's Books, Libraries, Library, Library Closures, UK Universities & Education News
Hilary Robinson

At last great news for libraries! And it's the children who are putting their giant stamp of authority on the matter. Not only are there six writers of children's books amongst the top ten most borrowed authors of 2011/12 but children's fictions titles were borrowed a staggering 81.8 million times over that period.

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How Can We Get Children Reading?

Jonathan Douglas | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Education, Literacy, Children, Books, Libraries, Schools, Families, Reading, Family, UK Impact, UK Students, Modern Parenting, UK Universities & Education News
Jonathan Douglas

In recent years, children's reading across all formats from books and magazines to websites has dropped significantly. Our research published last September revealed that only three young people in 10 read daily in their own time, compared with four young people in 10 in 2005.

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Volunteers Cannot Continue Being Used as Sticking Plasters in the Library Service

Ruth Bond | Posted 24.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: National Federation of Women's Institutes, Women, Big Society, UK-Volunteering, UK Impact, Women's Issues, Women's Institute, Libraries, Future of Libraries, UK Lifestyle News
Ruth Bond

As the demand for volunteers grows, we must look at what can be realistically expected of our volunteers. People volunteer for a wide range of reasons; they might care passionately about a cause, it might be the sense of affirmation that they get, others might volunteer in order to gain new experiences or to meet new people.

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Pole Dancing Lessons To Be Offered At Local Library

Posted 23.03.2013 | Home
Read More: Love Your Libraries, Spending Cuts, Midlothian Council, Books, Libraries, Bob Constable, Scotland, Poll Dancing, Library Cuts, Culture, Home News

Council bosses in Scotland have devised a series of news ways to attract people to public libraries: including offering free pole-dancing lessons. ...

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Ten Commandments Go Digital

PA | Posted 10.02.2013 | Home
Read More: Religious Texts, 10 Commandments, Cambridge University, Libraries, Digital Publishing, Religious Document, Home News

Digital versions of some of the most significant religious manuscripts in the world - including a 2,000-year-old copy of the Ten Commandments - have b...

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Ten Commandments Go Digital

PA | Posted 10.02.2013 | Home
Read More: Religious Texts, 10 Commandments, Digital Publishing, Cambridge University, Libraries, Religious Document, Home News

Digital versions of some of the most significant religious manuscripts in the world - including a 2,000-year-old copy of the Ten Commandments - have b...

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Future Of Libraries 'Drastic' Says Union

PA | Posted 12.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Dave Prentis, Unison, Government Cuts, Library, Unions, Books, Libraries, Home News

The future of libraries in the UK is in jeopardy because of "drastic" cuts and the "looming threat" of privatisation, a leading union warned today. ...

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Word Up

PA | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Department for Education, Education, Secondary Schools, UK News, Libraries, Books, UK Education News, Campaign, Westminster, UK Universities & Education News

Campaigners will call on the Government tomorrow to ensure that every child has access to a good school library. They are raising concerns that whi...

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We Cannot Risk Losing Entire Generations of Readers to Film and Social Media

Tim Coates | Posted 10.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Ebook, Public Libraries, Libraries, Books, Frankfurt Book Fair, Ebooks, Home News
Tim Coates

Today at a speech to Frankfurt Book Fair I issued a stark warning to libraries and the publishing industry, telling them that they risk losing entire generations of readers to film and social media by limiting the use of ebooks in libraries

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Library Matters: if it's not Broke Don't Fix It

Hilary Robinson | Posted 08.12.2012 | Home
Read More: Society of Authors, Public Lending Right, Hilary Robinson, Libraries, Dcms, Plr, Home News
Hilary Robinson

The jury may still be out on the future of ebooks v tree books and the world of publishing is facing its biggest challenges ever but the government has now waded in on whether to transfer the administration of the annual lifeline for many writers, the PLR cheque, to another body - and, as I write, we are awaiting the verdict.

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Queen Opens New Library Housing A Million Books And Rare Manuscripts

PA | Posted 24.11.2012 | Home
Read More: Queen, Dundee University, Royal Family, Books, Libraries, Dundee University Library, Home News

The Queen has officially opened a new university library which houses more than a million books and collections of rare manuscripts. A crowd of stu...

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HuffPost Meets Shadow Culture Minister Dan Jarvis..

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 21.04.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Playstation, X-Box, Dcms, UK News, Ed Vaizey, Libraries, UK Diary, Dan Jarvis, UK Culture, Video Games, UK Politics News

Fierce thunderstorms are rolling over Westminster on the afternoon I meet Dan Jarvis; so I arrive at his office late, and slightly wet. Jarvis says i...

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Volunteer-Run Libraries Ruled 'Unlawful'

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 03.06.2012 | Home
Read More: Lucy Williams, Books, Libraries, Surrey County Council, Government Cuts, Nicholas Dorrington, Library Cuts, High Court, Home News

A county council's plan for 10 libraries to be run by volunteers was ruled unlawful by the High Court today. Surrey County Council planned the comm...

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Library Cuts: The Future's Bleak

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 13.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Cuts, Libraries, Books, Speak Up for Libraries, Home News

Libraries face a "bleak future" because of cuts and underfunding, campaigners will warn the Government today. A new alliance, Speak up for Librarie...

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Why We Need to Lobby to Save Our Libraries

Tim Coates | Posted 12.05.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Parliament, UK Politics, Libraries, New Labour, E-Books, Ed Vaizey, Government Cuts, UK Books, Library Lobby, UK Schools, Library Closures, UK Culture, Recession, UK Politics News
Tim Coates

Today hundreds of people will march on Parliament to protest the closure and diminished service of their public libraries all over the country. Public officials simply do not understand why libraries are important - and that is because they are all of an age and an income which, for some reason, makes them believe that libraries are a thing of the ancient past.

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Jeremy Hunt Under Fire For Failing To Stem Library Closures

Posted 21.02.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Education, UK News, Jeremy Hunt, Library Closures, Libraries, Department of Culture Media and Sport, UK Economy, UK Politics News

Officials have attacked the government for failing to support libraries - amid accusations that ministers don't understand exactly what it is they do....

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Sam Parker

The Real Cost Of Library Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Parker | Posted 04.02.2012 | Home
Read More: Libraries in Crisis, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Libraries, Books, David Cameron, Save the Libraries, Newbiggin Hall Estate, Newcastle City Council, Big Society, National Library Day, Home News

To mark National Libraries Day, The Huffington Post UK travels to Newcastle upon Tyne where a soon-to-be demolished local library plays a vital role i...

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And The Most Borrowed Book Of The Year Is...

PA | Posted 03.04.2012 | Home
Read More: Most-Borrowed Books, Books, James Patterson, Libraries, Dan Brown, Home News

The location is the library, the victim is romance and the weapon is a well-thumbed hardback book. Crime tales and thrillers appear to have killed ...

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Overdue Library Book? That'll Be £50m, Please

PA | Posted 09.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: UK-Libraries, UK News, Freedom of Information, UK Universities, UK Universities & Education News

Universities have raised nearly £50 million from fining students for overdue library books, figures have revealed. Top of the pile was Leeds Unive...

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