Libraries Connected

@librariesconnected.org.uk

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We are an independent charity that supports, promotes and represents public libraries. Our work is driven and led by our membership, which includes almost every library service in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.

A woman speaks to people in a library.
A photograph of the Quilt of Welcome at Redbridge Library.
A woman is seen writing at a Know Your Neighbourhood Conference.
A man replaces books on a library shelf. Credit: Nicola Tree.
Speaker presenting at a Libraries Connected event, standing at a lectern with slides displayed behind.
Screengrab of the Read On app
The Libraries Connected Awards winners for 2026.
Libraries Connected Awards winners for 2026 smile with their trophies.
Amanda Jones and Isobel Hunter are seen smiling standing in front of a Libraries Connected banner.
Libraries Connected Chief Executive Isobel Hunter MBE.
Two men are seen in discussion in the foreground.
Libraries Connected President Ed Jewell smiles into the camera, dressed in a white shirt and blue blazer.
A female librarian replaces book stock on shelf.
A woman shows a picture book to a young person in a library.
Two women sit talking to each other in a library. A man sits behind them working on a laptop.
The writer Kate Mosse smiles into the camera.
Two librarians speak at an information desk.
A local history group in Halton Library.
A book possibly from the medieval period lies open on a table in a library.
Librarians are seen speaking at an event.
A photo of the Sun with a thermometer next to it.
A female librarian shows a book to a man in a library.
Two young men sit in a library room working on laptops.
A man wheels a pushchair inside a library.
A librarian talks to a customer at an information desk.
A Reading Well for Dementia poster.
Bobby Seagull is seen advertising the Number Heroes competition for National Numeracy Day.
A group of children sits listening in a library.
A quote from Westhoughton Library librarians explaining how the library has acted as a refuge for those going through difficult times.
A librarian reads to a group of young children.
A quote from Isobel Hunter explaining the importance of pan-European library collaboration.
An older woman looks at a painting in a library. Another woman is seated working on a laptop.
New Libraries Connected President James Pearson is seen wearing glasses and smiling into the camera as he stands in front of some leafy trees.
A woman reads a picture book to a child in a library.
An alpaca trek on Baildon Moor.
An image of a child's writing saying 'My grandad died I loved him sooo much'.
A woman smiles as she holds a mug in a library.
An infographic showing what we learned from the Know Your Neighbourhood project.
A graphic for the Get the Nation Learning Awards.
A graphic for the Take Five to Stop Fraud campaign asking people to 'think like a detective'.
Two women sit talking whilst drinking from orange cups in a library.
A woman reads a story to a child in a library.