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Minded to and final decision letters on complaints made to the Secretary of State that a local library authority is failing to carry out its statutory duty
Find out how you can help support local libraries, including taking on ownership and management.
This guidance is intended to help councils in England and others in considering library service provision as a statutory service.
A selection of design codes, chosen by the advisory board to the Office for Place, that demonstrate good practice.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
Sector-led benchmarking framework for library services
New independent review published on how to support and improve libraries in England.
Information on makerspaces in libraries
Implementing the Independent Library Report for England, providing leadership and helping to reinvigorate the public library service.
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.
Library book loan payment scheme updated to benefit authors enabling authors to earn up to £6,600 from loans of their books from libraries.
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