Universities raise £50m in library fines
Universities have raised nearly £50 million from fining students for overdue library books, figures have revealed. Top of the pile was Leeds University, which has raised more than £1.8 million in the last six years. In second place was Manchester University, which collected alm ...
- Library closures were unlawful, says High Court judge
A decision which could see 21 libraries close in Somerset and Gloucestershire has been ruled "unlawful". Somerset County Council wanted to withdraw funding for 11 libraries and Gloucestershire County Council wanted to stop funding 10 libraries. At the High Court, Judge Martin McKenna said the c ...
- Court Hears Library closures appeal
An urgent hearing of an appeal against a landmark decision giving the go-ahead for the closure of six libraries in London is set to take place. The move follows the recent ruling of a High Court judge rejecting claims that decisions to close the "treasured" libraries in Brent, north-west London ...
- Library books defaced by prankster playwright Joe Orton go on show Orton and his boyfriend, Kenneth Halliwell, went to jail for adding surreal gags to dustjackets in guerrilla protest
As crimes go it was not the most heinous of offences, but Islington council's principal law clerk, Sidney Porrett, made it his mission to nab the perpetrators. "I had to catch these two monkeys," he said. "They were a couple of darlings, make no mistake." The darlings in question were the playw ...
- Library closure councils 'neglecting the vulnerable' Anti-cuts campaigners take Gloucestershire and Somerset to judicial review
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 27 September 2011- Lizzy Davis Gloucestershire and Somerset county councils failed to take into account the needs of the most vulnerable in society when they announced plans to withdraw funding from local libraries, a court has heard. On the first day of a judicial revie ...
- Row over proposed library shake-up
The Times - Tuesday 6th September 2011 By Mark Stead » Political Reporter YORK’S political leaders have been accused of wasting money over a proposed library shake-up. City of York Council is looking at turning three more libraries into Explore centres by expanding an initiat ...
- Mr Vaizey, in the library, with the axe
Mr Vaizey, in the library, with the axe The Guardian, Tuesday 11 January 2011 According to your article (Libraries seen as easy touch when it comes to balancing the books, 8 January), the minister responsible for public libraries, Ed Vaizey, last year thought closing them "outrageous and of ...
- 'Ate' or 'Et'? New British Library project charts the way pronunciation is changing.
By Jill Lawless (CP) – Oct 28, 2010 LONDON — If you say tomato, and I say tomahto, the British Library wants to know. The research institution is inviting people to have their voices recorded as part of a project to chart the way pronunciation and accents in English are changing. T ...
- Bouncers Hired For Library
One library has had to hire bouncers after young thugs tore through the premises, 'terrorising and tormenting' two female staff and intimidating visitors. Security staff were also needed to deal with groups drinking near the entrance of the premises. Hundreds of pounds have been spent on boun ...
- Threats to libraries
Jeanette Winterson speaking at the Edinburgh international book festival at an event marking 25 years since the publication of her bestselling novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Winterson said that when she was growing up, she would escape to her local library in Acrington, Lancashire, where ...
- County Durham man jailed over Shakespeare folio
Antiques dealer Raymond Scott has been jailed for eight years for handling a stolen copy of Shakespeare's First Folio. The 53-year-old from County Durham was cleared of stealing the treasure, but found guilty of handling stolen goods at a trial in June. The 1623 work was taken from a display ca ...
- How thieves target rare books
A book thief who served a four-year jail sentence should have turned over a new leaf. Instead, he has been sent back to prison after targeting one of Britain's most distinguished libraries. The case highlights a little known, but widespread crime. When William Jacques pilfered books from a Lond ...
- Libraries in Wales see borrowing rise, against UK trend
Book borrowing from public libraries in Wales is on the rise, according to latest figures. Welsh libraries enjoyed the biggest percentage increase in visitors and book issues in the UK last year. In 2008/09 there were almost 14m visits to Welsh libraries, an increase of 3.7% on the previous yea ...
- A librarian takes on Google Books
What's the point of a library or a librarian in the digital era? Who needs a physical space for books and archives, and librarians to police their use, when all that material will soon be available to anyone with a decent internet connection at the click of a mouse? On a visit to the National ...
- Warming boost in children’s book borrowing
A sharp increase in book lending to children and a massive surge in online use highlights the continuing relevance of England's public libraries. A sharp increase in book lending to children and a massive surge in online use, as reported in the CIPFA public library survey (2008/09), highlights ...
- Full range of bar code labels now available
Our library barcode labels have been supplied to libraries around the country and through listening to our customers needs, we have developed a range of pre-printed labels to suit all requirements. Digitally printed with a protective coating, these labels have an excellent read rate & red ...
- George Washington's $300,000 library book fine
Librarians in New York's oldest library have uncovered a surprising borrower with overdue books: George Washington. The first president of the United States of America borrowed two books from the New York Society Library in 1789 but failed to return them. Adjusted for inflation, he has since ra ...
- New library security system for Featherstone High School Sixth Form.
Intrepid Security's Library division have recently installed a Dialoc Ellipse EM security system at Featherstone high School in Southall as part of their new Sixth form building. New head teacher at Featherstone High School in Southall says he's excited to be taking the reins and continuing t ...
- Intrepid Security now supplying Intelitag products
We have recently acquired the rights to the Intelitag name and are now able to assist their former customers in the maintenance of their library security systems, supply of security pockets and labels. In many cases we have individual library logos on file resulting in a seamless transition of ...
- 06-04-09 Valuable medical exhibits at the Gordon Medical Museum, Guys Hospital ...con't
Valuable medical exhibits at the Gordon Medical Museum, Guys Hospital Campus, King’s College London are being protected by an acousto - magnetic security system installed by Intrepid Security’s library and museum division. Security labels supplied by Intrepid Security have been enc ...
