Library services
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Guidance and regulation
- Libraries as a statutory service
- Libraries: alternative delivery models toolkit
- Taking Part Privacy Notice
- 2009 DCMS annual report
- Community managed libraries: good practice toolkit
News and communications
- The Secretary of State has approved the appointment of Venki Ramakrishnan as a Board Member of the British Library.
- Final decision letter on public library provision in Swindon
- Final decision letter on public library provision in Lambeth
- 'Minded to' letter on public library provision in Lambeth
Research and statistics
- Taking Part 2019/20: statistical release
- Taking Part 2019/20: annual child release
- Ad-hoc statistical analysis: 2020/21 Quarter 2
- DCMS Sectors Economic Estimates: Business Births and Deaths
- Ad-hoc statistical analysis: 2020/21 Quarter 1
Policy papers and consultations
- Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2018 to 2019 consultation
- Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2017 to 2018 consultation
- Consultation on technical amendments to the Public Lending Right Scheme
- Public Lending Right: Rate Per Loan 2016 to 2017 consultation
- Annual Report to Parliament on public libraries activities from January 2017 to March 2018
Transparency and freedom of information releases
- Annual Report to Parliament on public libraries activities from April 2019 to March 2020
- Twenty-sixth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
- Libraries Taskforce: six-monthly progress report (April to September 2019)
- Twenty-fifth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce
- Twenty-fourth meeting of the Libraries Taskforce