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Libraries Connected Awards 2025 winners revealed
Our Awards celebrate the achievements of library workers who have had an exceptional impact on their library service.
Libraries Connected responds to Lords report on digital exclusion
Libraries Connected has welcomed the Lords Communications and Digital Committee’s report into digital exclusion.
Libraries Connected seeks evaluation partner for Know Your Neighbourhood project
Arts Council England (ACE) is delivering Part One (Strand 1) of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Know Your Neighbourhood fund designed to widen participation in volunteering and tackle loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England. Libraries Connected is procuring and commissioning an evaluation on behalf of ACE to measure the success of the project.
ACE is working with three cultural partners:
● Libraries Connected
● Association of Independent Museums
● Creative Lives
Libraries Connected Awards 2023 winners revealed!
The librarians behind a family-friendly tech festival, an innovative prison library and a scheme to inspire young entrepreneurs are among this year’s winners of the Libraries Connected Awards.
The Awards celebrate the achievements of library workers who have had an exceptional impact on their library service, users or their local communities. The Awards have six categories reflecting the core services that modern library services provide.
Join us to develop our regional public library networks
Join us to help develop our regional public library networks as strategic partnerships.
Use libraries to help get children "school ready", say teachers
A vast majority of teachers say libraries help children prepare for the classroom.
Libraries receive £165,000 for Coronation celebrations
The funds will be shared out by Libraries Connected amongst each of England’s public library services.
Read our submission to the House of Lords on digital exclusion
This submission is based on the experience of our members and particularly the work of the Information and Digital Universal Library Offer group.
Libraries Connected welcomes £4.9m Libraries Improvement Fund investment
This is the second round of the £20.5 million Fund, which supports library services in England by helping them upgrade their buildings and improve digital infrastructure.
Public libraries secure £2.5 million to tackle loneliness, increase volunteering
We are pleased to announce that we will be managing part of a new government programme that will fund library projects reducing loneliness and widening volunteering opportunities.
The scheme is part of the Know Your Neighbourhood (KYN) Fund, a £29 million package of funding from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), designed to widen participation in volunteering and tackle loneliness in 27 disadvantaged areas across England.
Libraries Connected seeks Projects and Finance Administrator
Libraries Connected is seeking a Projects and Finance Administrator to support the successful delivery of projects and financial processes.
Shortlist announced for Libraries Connected Awards 2023
Twenty-six library services are shortlisted for the prestigious national awards.
Libraries vital for new and growing businesses, briefing reveals
Through Business & IP Centres and other localised services, the library network has become one of the country’s most effective and accessible sources of support for new and growing businesses.