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We're seeking a training and skills development agency to deliver a commercial skills programme for libraries.

Today Libraries Connected publishes its toolkit to help libraries to reopen in July and to reintroduce their services gradually, in line with the latest public health advice.

Libraries Connected believes that Black Lives Matter. We condemn racism and discrimination in all its forms. We want to look back at this moment as the time when racial injustice is finally eradicated.

Carol Stump, from Kirklees Libraries, has become the new President of Libraries Connected. Carol has worked in public libraries her entire career. She began as a library assistant after leaving school with few qualifications and worked her way up to become Chief Librarian at Kirklees Council. Carol takes over the position from Mark Freeman, Head of Stockton Libraries, whose tenure covered Libraries Connected’s first two years as a charity and sector support organisation for libraries after it changed from SCL in 2018.

Libraries Connected have appointed Creative Arts East to develop a new culture and creativity online learning module for library staff across England.

Libraries Connected today launches #LibrariesFromHome, an online resource to showcase the fantastic remote services that libraries are delivering to people across the country

Libraries Connected has today written to government ministers to request that public libraries be added to the list of public venues that the government has asked to close.

Given the central role of libraries in their communities and their support to the most vulnerable, any decision taken to close buildings should not be taken lightly. We are calling on government to make a clear decision about closing libraries.

Libraries Connected is pleased to announce the appointment of two new trustees to the board, Anthony Hopkins, BEM from Merton and Kathryn Harrison from Wakefield.

As part of our commitment to supporting the development of future library leaders, we are offering two sponsored places at our 2020 seminar.

Libraries Connected is closely monitoring this situation and its implications for library services. This includes hosting an ongoing discussion between Heads of Library services to share approaches and ways of managing the evolving situation as new NHS and government advice is released.

We are looking for an independent evaluator to evaluate our Leading Libraries programme and make recommendations about potential future activity.