We’re back! Our 2021 Annual Seminar titled, Libraries: An essential part of local recovery, will take place on 19 – 20 October at Wyboston Lakes, a stunning new venue for us in Bedfordshire.

Learn more about what the library sector can do to encourage audiences to return to events when safety and restrictions permit.

Join us as we'll be sharing great examples of partnership working and explore together how we can grow links between libraries and LCEPs.

Claire Robe, the Relationship Manager for Libraries at Arts Council England. talks us through their National Lottery Project Grants.

Join us as we celebrate public libraries as cultural and creative spaces in their local communities and launch the new Culture and Creativity online learning module for library staff.

We are delighted to invite you to an afternoon run by Libraries Connected and Marion Tessier from Kingston Libraries and delivered by library services across the country.

Bestselling novelist Amanda Prowse knew how to resolve a fictional family crisis. But then her son, Josiah, came to her with a real one.

In this session, we will be reflecting on some of the issues that are raised by historical collections and buildings and discussing how libraries should interpret and present books and other resources from our past in relation to race and empire.

Education, primary care, and mental health experts are coming together to discuss the impact of the pandemic on children’s wellbeing and how public libraries could support recovery.

In this session, US librarian Jessica Bratt and actor and writer Obioma Ugoala talk about how they have been educating and encouraging people to talk about race.