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Solihull residents are being asked to return their library books – so they can be issued safely next month. All libraries will close on Wednesday 23 December and re-open again on Saturday 2 January 2021 for Click and Collect only on that day.. Knowle Society wanted to re-open the Library on Saturday afternoon using volunteers. From 1st April 2018 to March 2019, CIPFA reported 35 libraries closed cf 2017/2018 127 libraries lost. Please send any news, comment or thoughts to ianlibrarian@live.co.uk. Kent and Stockport, Arguments against libraries, arguments for libraries, Key challenges for public libraries and their solutions: library leaders speak, Stock management - A complete beginners guide, Pros: reasons for volunteer "community libraries", List of Staffless / "Open Plus" Libraries in the United Kingdom and beyond. As more and more public libraries reopen, the feedback is that the public are returning in manageable numbers, understand the need for the anti-covid measures in place and are grateful to see the service starting slowly to come back to normal. 2,966 were here. Some venues are showing on-line productions or outside productions - even a few covid safe internal ones and a number of tours and shows have been rescheduled for later in 2020 and throughout 2021. 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