1. Community managed and supported libraries
Nicky Morgan, Director Libraries
Arts Council England
7 Nov 2012
Pendleton Library, Salford
Photo: courtesy of Salford Community Leisure Limited
2. Great art and
culture for
everyone
Our expanded remit will see us
championing, developing and
investing in libraries, so that
people’s lives can be shaped and
enriched by artistic and cultural
experiences and knowledge
Deptford Lounge, Lewisham
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
3. Championing
Central Regional
Government Government
Arts Council DCMS CLG Local authorities LGA CLOA
England
Department of
BIS Education
Libraries
ASCEL
stakeholders
NLT SCL CILIP
The Reading The British
Other national Agency Library
Arts stakeholders Esmee
Wellcome Trust
Fairbairn
organisations JISC BBC TNA
NESTA
Bridge
organisations Commercial
NPOs bodies Publishers Charitable
trusts
Commercial Technology
LMSs
broadcasters providers
4. Development - action research
Libraries Development Initiative
• The Arts Council’s first specific funding initiative
• Looking at innovative and sustainable new models of service delivery
• 13 grants of up to £20k awarded in Feb 2012 and due to complete in March 2013
• Applications were invited under the following four themes:
New delivery models for arts Co-ordinating partnerships to
achieve wider community
and culture working together outcomes
Books and reading Commercial partnerships
5. Development - research into Envisioning the library
of the future
This is a programme of research and
consultation which will help the Arts
Council develop a long-term vision for
public libraries in England
• The first phases of the consultation
consisted of:
• Trends and innovation reviews
• Delphi survey
• Online conversation
– www.librariesconversation.wordpress.com
• 5 regional workshops with stakeholders
• Currently in the last phase of the
consultation, holding workshops and
online conversation with the public
Dalston Library, Hackney
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
6. Emerging findings
Core offer remains the same;
how this is discharged will shift
• working with communities
• digital technologies
• leadership, innovation Canada Water Library, London
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
•Core
7. Research –
community managed and supported libraries
• mapping current activity
• determining a typology
• ten case studies
Oadby Library, Leicestershire
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
8. Community managed and supported libraries –
emerging findings
• growing movement
• variation in practice
• part of a strategic, long term
framework
• much more than volunteers
Stamford Library, Lincolnshire
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
9. Next steps
Children playing on stepping stones outside
Hamworth Library, Dorset.
Photo: Michael Cameron Photography
