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Community Managed Libraries Conference: The Changing Landscape

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  13th Feb 2018
The first national conference of the Community Managed Libraries Network is to be held in Sheffield on 20 March 2018.

Would you expect library staff and volunteers to be DBS checked?

I am developing safeguarding policy for a community library. I wondered whether it is considered good practice to ...

New research on the effectiveness and sustainability of community managed libraries released

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  29th Sep 2017
A new piece of research on community libraries, commissioned by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and the Libraries Taskforce and conducted by SERIO has just been released.

Legal and Governance workshop for Community-led Libraries

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  25th Sep 2017
This half day workshop hosted by Anthony Collins Solicitors focuses on legal and governance issues pertaining to community managed libraries, and looks at trustees.

Update on the Community Libraries Network

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  20th Sep 2017
Members of the existing Community Libraries Network met in July and agreed to re-invigorate the network by taking forward a range of priority actions that will benefit community managed libraries in England.

Join us at the first meeting of the Community-managed Libraries Peer Network

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  29th Jun 2017
Following on from the recent peer network survey, the Upper Norwood Library Hub, Locality, the Libraries Taskforce and the Society of Chief Librarians are pleased to announce the first national Community-managed Libraries Peer Network meeting.

Libraries Taskforce blog

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  20th Jun 2017
The Libraries Taskforce blog helps you stay in touch with national developments and local opportunities.

Results from the Libraries Peer Network Survey released

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  11th May 2017
A new piece of research, conducted during March-April 2017 amongst members of the Community Library Peer Network.

Community-managed Libraries Peer Network Survey

Posted by Bec Speidel  |  15th Mar 2017
As a member of the existing Locality-managed Peer Network for community libraries, we would like your help in completing a short survey about its future.