Worcester libraries avoid the axe

Hive-Worcester
From The Standard, Worcester, Friday June 3 2011
The future of Worcester's libraries looks to have been secured after a countrywide review of the service recommended they should remain open.
The main Worcester Library on Foregate Street is already set to move into the multi-million pound History and Library Centre The Hive next year. Although Warndon Library was ranked 18th out of the 21 libraries around the county, it has been saved because the review recognised it was serving a disadvantaged community, and is part of a range of other services at the Fairfield Centre, including adult learning, a health centre, a children's centre and a nursery.
St John's library was saved because it has recently been refurbished using Lottery funding, and could link into a range of other services offered by Worcester City Council and the University of Worcester. more here...