Whether you’re a bookworm or you just love beautiful buildings, there’s something special about libraries. The UK is home to plenty of these peaceful, book-lined sanctuaries, filled with cosy nooks ...
I just finished a LibQUAL+ project comparing the Georgia Consortium libraries with other systems: OhioLINK, Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL), and the Wisconsin System. When looking ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — One hundred years from now, UK Libraries is ensuring people will understand what it was like to live in Kentucky during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, the library is asking for ...
Librarians are facing growing calls for LGBT+ books to be removed from shelves, industry leaders have warned, as the influence of US pressure groups is felt in the UK. Some library workers who fight ...
Software tycoon Bill Gates has given a £2.6m handout to public libraries within deprived areas of the UK to help turn them into technology learning centres. Each library benefiting from the grant will ...
Hundreds of the UK’s public libraries have been closed since 2010, as revealed by a BBC News Freedom of Information request. A report compiled by the BBC’s data team shows that 343 libraries across ...
In an article for The Bookseller, Joshua Farrington reported on a recent gathering of library decision makers over the amount of volunteer and community support for public libraries in the UK. This ...
London is calling! Actually, it’s Westbury-sub-Mendip’s new 24-hour phone booth library! After witnessing their weekly mobile library disappear, this wee town in the south of England town wasn’t going ...
Last week a massive new report was released in the United Kingdom that looked at remote e-book lending. The study found e-Book loans are roughly 5% in the UK and 39% of e-book borrowers said that they ...
A new report from the MLA and Wi-Fi specialist RegenerateIT anticipates that by 2009 half of all libraries will offer some form of Wi-Fi (wireless technology). The report estimates that there are ...
Queen Mary University of London students and staff have access to a range of libraries in London and across the UK. If you are looking for information on visiting Queen Mary University libraries, see ...