Guidance and regulation

Buy multiple licences for Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) driving theory e-learning for all of the learner drivers you teach or drivers you employ.

• From: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
• Updated: 25 March 2024

Toolkit and case studies to support those looking at alternative delivery models for their library services.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 28 March 2017

• Introduction to alternative delivery models toolkit

  1. Introduction to the toolkit This toolkit is designed to support library…

• Why consider an alternative delivery model?

  1. Overview The significant pressures facing councils and library services…

• Alternative delivery models explained

  1. Overview Most councils no longer rely solely on in-house operations to…

• A staged approach to investigation and establishment

  1. Overview While the benefits associated with establishing the right…

• Important considerations before starting the investigation process

  1. Overview Before starting the investigation process, open discussions…

• Stage 1: defining your function

  1. Overview The investigation process should always start with defining…

• Stage 2: the case for change

  1. Overview Libraries provide exciting opportunities to act as hubs at the…

• Stage 3: the case for externalisation

  1. Overview Should the analysis undertaken during stage 1 and stage 2…

• Stage 4: portfolio analysis

  1. Overview Assuming that the cases for change and externalisation are…

• Stage 5: options appraisal

  1. Overview The options appraisal stage allows a number of different…

Support and resources for councils in England and the public libraries sector in England and its partners provided through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 11 August 2023

This good practice guide, produced by the Libraries Taskforce, (with contributions from community managed libraries) is for people who are running, or considering establishing community libraries.

• From: Closed organisation: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Updated: 5 June 2018

This is the privacy notice for the face to face interview component of the Taking Part survey.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 4 December 2018

This guidance is intended to help councils in England and others in considering library service provision as a statutory service.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 1 April 2022

Sector-led benchmarking framework for library services

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 15 September 2017

Information on makerspaces in libraries

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 4 October 2019

DCMS guidance to help publishers and deposit libraries to understand their obligations under the new legal deposit regulations.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 5 April 2013

Our first combined Annual Report and our Resource Accounts cover the year ended 31 March 2009.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 10 August 2009

Business Plans are a key part of the Government’s reform programme

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 6 July 2012

The Taskforce was active between 2015 to 2020. This is a collection of documents relating to the Libraries Taskforce.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
• Updated: 11 August 2023

Information for libraries on applying for funding

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 9 May 2018

A review into the implementation of the Legal Deposit libraries (Non-print Works) Regulations 2013

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 8 April 2019

Business Plans are a key part of the Government’s reform programme.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 8 July 2011

Department for Culture, Media and Sport Resource Accounts 2007-08 (for the year ended 31 March 2008)

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 18 August 2008

DCMS Resource Accounts 2005 - 2006 PDF (210kb)

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 31 March 2008

Department for Culture, Media and Sport Resource Accounts 2006-07 (for the year ended 31 March 2007). Management commentary. Remuneration…

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 31 March 2008

This is a best practice guide, produced by the Libraries Taskforce, for chief executives and library portfolio holders, including how library services can support local authority priorities.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and 1 others
• Updated: 28 March 2017