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  1. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    Shhhhh... 🤫 #UK - #Librarians told not to express views on cuts

    by John Wimperis, 8/8/2025

    "Librarians have been asked not to express their views on cuts to the service while at work or within a #library.

    "All libraries run by #NorthSomerset Council are under threat of reduced hours and three have been earmarked for closure.

    "The move comes after the council announced it was axing its annual spending on libraries by £433k.

    "When asked why librarians were being told not to talk to journalists about the cuts, North Somerset Council said librarians were just following the standard practice."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cev200y3

    #LibrariesRule #LibrariesAreEssential #LibraryCuts #LibraryServices #UKPol #ScotlandPol #LoveOfReading #BuildingCommunity #Literacy #SupportingResearch #CriticalThinkingSkills

    #uk #librarians #library #northsomerset #librariesrule #librariesareessential
  2. DoomsdaysCW @[email protected] ·

    #Scotland - #Librarian cuts at #Glasgow schools will 'rob kids of opportunities' as #SNP Government urged to intervene

    EXCLUSIVE: #Labour warned library cuts on Scotland's largest local authority risked worsening the country's 'shameful attainment gap'.

    Chris McCall Deputy Political Editor, 02 Aug 2025

    Excerpt: "Glasgow Life, which manages the library service for the council, is proposing to take 16 librarians out of the city's education system. The plans would see the school service headed up by a principal librarian along with three area-based librarians, while an 'assistant' would be placed in high schools.

    "An online petition against the cuts and shared among parents has since been signed more than 1,300 times.

    "Joy McLean said she was concerned about how a decline in #LibraryServices would impact her daughter and other pupils. '#Librarians are essential #educators who foster a love of #reading, support research and #DigitalLiteracy, and help students thrive #academically and personally,' she added."

    Read more:
    dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic

    #LibrariesRule! #EducationCuts #ScotlandPol #LoveOfReading #BuildingCommunity #Literacy #SupportingResearch #CriticalThinkingSkills

    #scotland #librarian #glasgow #snp #labour #libraryservices