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Libraries Connected is excited to announce that nominations are now open for the 2023 Libraries Connected awards. Now in their second year, the awards celebrate outstanding achievement in public libraries.

Libraries Connected, the independent charity representing public libraries, has outlined how libraries plan to help those struggling with household bills this winter.

Ayub Khan MBE has reached 100 days as Libraries Connected President. Here he gives us a snapshot of what he has been up to.

Libraries Connected is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty the Queen. During her 70-year reign, the Queen visited hundreds of public libraries and formally opened many, including Mansfield Library in her silver jubilee year and most recently Chester’s Storyhouse in 2018. This support - which reflects the vital role libraries play in our communities - has been hugely appreciated by library workers and users alike. On behalf of everyone at Libraries Connected, we send our sincere condolences to the Royal Family for their loss.

Libraries Connected responds to discussion of using libraries as warm refuges for those experiencing fuel poverty.

Libraries Connected is seeking nominations for President Elect, to serve from November 2022 to June 2024 and thereafter as President from June 2024-2026, and for one more year as Past President.

Public libraries are playing a vital role in welcoming, settling and integrating Ukrainian refugees in Britain, according to a new briefing note by Libraries Connected.

Libraries Connected is pleased to announce the publication of the evaluation report for the Novels that Shaped our World libraries programme

Libraries Connected is pleased to announce the publication of our Leading Libraries Summative Evaluation Report.

A new online training programme will address issues of diversity, inclusion and resilience among library leaders. The Leading Libraries programme - developed by Libraries Connected in partnership with CILIP - emphasises the value of diversity and the need for new, more collaborative styles of leadership within the libraries sector. These new styles recognise different types of lived experience and personal motivations, rather than relying on traditional “heroic” leadership models.

Public libraries “must be vital partners in the mission to break the link between social background and literacy”, according to a new research report.

Starting out as a Saturday assistant in Birmingham libraries, Ayub spent his early career in education and children’s services and was later Project Officer for the award-winning new Library of Birmingham.