Find out about the range of work DCMS's Libraries team deals with, from supporting ministers and working with the British Library to writing superintendence guidance.
As we Rediscover Summer, we celebrate Reading Week from 26 July to 1 August. From reading your favourite books to visiting the places that inspired them, where will reading take you this summer?
Caroline Dinenage MP, Minister for Digital and Culture marks the start of Reading Week for Rediscover Summer
Read, Talk, Share – How the Reading Agency helped libraries tackle loneliness.
Guest post from Karen Napier, Chief Executive of The Reading Agency
The future of our High Streets is a very live conversation at the moment, thrown into even more sharp relief by the COVID pandemic. But way before this last extraordinary year, there was much debate about how our shopping habits …
Congratulations to the 6 people working in or with the public libraries sector in England who were awarded honours last week in recognition of their contribution to libraries. Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Mark Freeman, President …
On 6 October, the British Library launched Reset. Restart, a new bounce back business support service. Our aim? To support small businesses and entrepreneurs in navigating their way through the pandemic towards the next normal. The new service will be …
Congratulations to the 9 people working in or with the public libraries sector in England who were awarded honours last week in recognition of their contribution to libraries. The awards were announced on 10 October – a great end to …
Claire Back, Business Analyst at Plymouth City Council gives an update on work to create a core dataset for public libraries.
Find out more about Public Lending Right in the UK.
Behind the scenes at the British Library featuring digitisation, emergency response vehicles and Second World War munitions buildings.