Public libraries in London are celebrating a year of success, having welcomed almost 32 million people through their doors in 2023 to 2024. The 2023-24 report from London Libraries also reveals almost 33 million issues (physical and digital combined) were made last year.

Amidst a difficult financial climate for public libraries, services across the region met with a high level of success in obtaining external funding and embarking on ambitious new projects. These included: 

• Read On
  
  London Libraries were successful in applying for more than £25,000 from the LibraryOn funding programme to develop ReadOn, a groundbreaking reading app for London.
   

• Visual Impairment Ambassadors

  After working in partnership with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), each library service now has a Visual Impairment Ambassador responsible for supporting the service in being more inclusive to blind and partially-sighted customers. 

You can read much more about London Libraries' projects from the past year in the full Annual Report attached below.