Dear Library Lover Barnet Council have released their final consultation to allow you to give your views on the final proposals for our library. A reminder that for East Finchley this means: Reduction from 40 staffed hours per week to 16 Unstaffed opening will be introduced which makes the library inaccessible to unaccompanied young people and vulnerable users. Floorspace will be reduced from 5081 sq ft to 2153 sq ft The document is available here:

Dear Library Lover Please join us to protest the cuts to our library service from 6:30 outside Hendon Town Hall on Tuesday 20th October. The Conservative administration in Barnet have a majority of only one so the result is not a foregone conclusion. The recently published proposals, If implemented, will mean a terrible hollowing-out of our library service: - The council is planning to spend hundreds of thousands of pounds on a system that makes

  Residents forced open the doors to the Council chamber to demand the resignation of Mayor Hugh Rayner after he changed one of his many tie-breaking votes at last night’s council meeting. Under the Mayor’s watchful eye Cllr Alison Moore had read her motion calling ‘for a halt in plans to cut the library service until LB Barnet has re-consulted residents on a full range of options in order to secure the long-term future of a full professional

A public meeting hosted by Save Mill Hill Library group. On the panel will be authors Deborah Moggach and SF Said alongside Andrew Dismore AM, Matthew Offord MP and other local politicians. RVSP here. SIGN THE PETITION NO TO CLOSURE OF BARNET LIBRARIES With a current total of 6,383 signatures online and on paper, we are almost at that Golden 7,000. If reached we will be able to dominate proceedings at the Full Council Meeting ensuring Councillors

Take a leaf out of our book – Saturday 15 October, 2-5pm Join Save Friern Barnet Library Campaign on their celebration of the library. “When? 15th October from 2pm Where? On the green next to Friern Barnet Library Why? We want to enjoy and celebrate our much loved and cherished local library and we hope we can keep it open! “   Activities: Apple bobbing Pumpkin faces Leaf bookmarks 'We Love FBL' board JOIN IN! More details on the Save

Library Love-In... come along On 29 March Barnet Council’s Cabinet meets to decide the fate of Barnet’s Libraries. On 19 March, Barnet Alliance for Public Services, the Barnet Eye, Barnet UNISON and the East Finchley Library Users’ Group are inviting the residents of Barnet to take part in a Library Love-In. We are inviting residents to show the Council how much they love their local library and what it means to them. They can do this by emulating

Campaigners Voices for the Library have declared this Saturday 5 February a day of action for libraries. Up and down the country, library users will stage protests and read-ins against library cuts. And Barnet is getting in on the act! We know of two events - in East Finchley and Edgware - please support one or both of the following, and let us know about any more. East Finchley Library Users Group says: Dear Library lover, We will be joining in

The official consultation for the libraries strategic review closes on 17th December. The petition against cuts coordinated by Roger Tichborne of the Barnet Eye blog is going strong. You can still sign the petition online at http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39319/signatures.htm. The petition will be given to councillor Robert Rams on 16th or 17th December (although we will keep collecting signatures) as a contribution to the consultation. Signatures

Councillor Robert Rams, architect of Barnet council's library cuts, will be the guest speaker at Chipping Barnet Conservatives on Wednesday 8 December. We are holding a protest against library cuts outside the venue. Please spread the word and come along if you can. Please, also, sign the libraries petition: http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39319/sign.html Protest against library cuts - Wednesday 8th December at 7.30pm at Chipping Barnet Conservative

Save our libraries - Saturday 20 November - 10.30-12 noon Barnet Alliance for Public Services has organised a demonstration outside the surgery of Councillor Robert Rams. He is the architect of the Strategic Libraries Review that is likely to lead to cuts in the library service, and possible closure of libraries. The demonstration is on Saturday 20 November from 10.30-12 noon at East Barnet library, 85 Brookhill Road, East Barnet, EN4. Please join