Newfoundland and Labrador Library Closures

April 27, 2016

Updated: May 10, 2016

Take Action to save our Public Libraries!

Via Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association

Send a message to Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development, Dale Kirby regarding the recent announcement of the closure of 54 of our public library branches. Stress the importance of all of our library branches and library workers, and their value in these troubling times.

We have created the following template message that you can email to Minister Kirbyand your local MHA.  Or, fill out this form if you’d prefer us to send it to Dale Kirby and your local MHA on your behalf.

Subject line: Save our Public Libraries!

Dear Minister,

I urge you to reconsider the devastating cuts to the Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries. During times like these, public libraries are more needed in our province than ever.

Please get back to let me know what you have done in response to my message.

Sincerely, 

Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA)’s Response to NLPL Budget Cuts

Download “Save NL Public Libraries” Facebook Cover Photo & Profile Pic

CLA Urges Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to Reconsider Cuts to Public Libraries (Canadian Library Association)

Letter to Dale Kirby, Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development (British Columbia Library Association)

APLA Urges NL Government to Reconsider Library Closures (Atlantic Provinces Library Association)

News

May 10, 2016

Fogo Islanders pack library in protest of government cuts (CBC)

May 9, 2016

Keeping books in schools (The Gulf News)

May 6, 2016

Government ‘union busting’ with library jobs, says CUPE (CBC)

May 5, 2016

Save the libraries campaign (The Western Star)

Martha Muzychka: No one asked for library cuts (The Telegram)

Officials confused over library decision (The Telegram)

Closing libraries sends a terrible message (The Nor’wester)

‘Very discouraging, very disturbing’ (The Nor’wester)

Library closures “more symbolic than economically driven” (The Independent)

May 4, 2016

Minister vows to renegotiate $430K library leases in Corner Brook, C.B.S. (CBC)

Fermeture de bibliothèques à T.-N.-L. : un dur coup pour la communauté (Radio-Canada)

Kirby accuses Tories of signing ‘rotten’ library deals (The Telegram)

Minister has ‘Buyer’s Remorse’ for Library Deals Signed by Tories (VOCM)

Demonstration Planned to Save Fogo Island Public Library (VOCM)

They stopped just short of burning the books (Wetaskiwin Times)

May 3, 2016

Seven-Year-Old’s Letter Catches Premier’s Attention (VOCM)

Liberal MHA Scott Reid speaks out against library closures (CBC)

2 west coast communities challenge Liberal logic in library closures (CBC)

Local communities cope with library closures (The Packet)

Joseph Clouter Memorial Library in Catalina slated to shut (The Packet)

EDITORIAL: Checking out on libraries (Penticton Western News)

May 2, 2016

Library closures not imminent, towns could take some over, says Dale Kirby (CBC)

Kirby defends library cuts (The Telegram)

Library cuts will have ‘huge repercussions,’ says author Lisa Moore (CBC)

May 1, 2016

Closing 54 Libraries Won’t Impact Literacy Rates: Kirby (VOCM)

Online Petition Aims to Save Fogo’s Only Library (VOCM)

April 30, 2016

‘A stupid judgment’: Western Newfoundland mayors say regional library use not an option (The Western Star)

Editorial: Books to go (The Telegram)

Pam Frampton: For the love of libraries (The Telegram)

April 29, 2016

It’s brutal news: Rick Mercer on Newfoundland library cuts (CBC)

Closing libraries have heavy use, show numbers released Friday (CBC)

Concerns over information access as N.L. libraries set to close (CTV)

‘Just devastated’ by library closures, say rural residents (CBC)

Newfoundland and Labrador to close 54 public-library branches (Quill and Quire)

Outrage as Library Closures Target Rural Newfoundland (VOCM)

How well is your library used? (The Telegram)

Don’t make libraries out of our reach (The Western Star)

Bishop’s Falls library loss ‘devastating’ : resident (The Telegram)

April 28, 2016

Library Board Chair Hopes Cuts Will Help Improve Service (VOCM)

Opposition Slams Library Cuts (VOCM)

Opposition words come back to haunt new Liberal government (CBC)

Library closures will hit children, rural areas hardest, says association (CBC)

Newfoundland Liberals cut libraries, tax books (Globe and Mail)

Many jobs lost in library closures could be done through attrition: board (680 News)

Public libraries board releases list of 54 libraries to close (CBC)

Stocking the shelves of knowledge (National Post)

Which N.L. libraries are closing (and which aren’t) (The Telegram)

April 27, 2016

Provincial Information and Library Resources Board: Regional Library Model to be Adopted (News Release)

More than half of N.L. libraries closing in wake of budget cuts (CBC)

Newfoundland Libraries To Be Closed As Part Of New Regional Model (Huffington Post)

Over Half of NL Libraries Closing Over Next Two Years (VOCM)

54 libraries closing in N.L. (The Telegram)

Government faces backlash over library cuts (The Telegram)

High Illiteracy Rates are Reason to Make Changes: Dale Kirby (VOCM)

Commentary

Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA)’s Response to NLPL Budget Cuts

The Shortsighted Closure of 54 Public Library Locations in Newfoundland (Michael Steelworthy)

Why I care about cuts to libraries in Newfoundland and Labrador (Dale Jarvis)

The Little Picture About Libraries (Tina Chaulk)

CUPE devastated by extreme cuts to libraries board in NL (CUPE 2544)

CUPE NL to fight cuts to Libraries (CUPE NL)