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26 January 2009
CILIP Council declares Wirral library cuts plan 'a serious concern'

Wirral's story is vitally topical. It presses most of the red-button issues for 2009. For a full analysis, see Update , digital edition out today (it's on p. 7: 'Wirral to halve its network despite vigorous protests'). Wirral council aims to do just what government is telling them all to do: Save money... Read More...

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Filed under: public libraries, DCMS, Laura Swaffield, Caroline Moss-Gibbons, Council Matters, CILIP Council, Wirral

27 October 2008
'Controversy not allowed in libraries' - CILIP attacks library ban on author

Leader of CILIP Council Caroline Moss-Gibbons has written letters to the Guardian (published today) and The Times (not yet published online but check at: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article4988250.ece ) criticising Hackney Council in London for ‘banning free speech... Read More...

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Filed under: public libraries libraries, Hackney, Caroline Moss-Gibbons, Stoke Newington, Iain Sinclair