Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network
Helping Community Managed Libraries thrive in their Communities.
The next Community Libraries Network Meeting will be held online on Thursday 23rd February at 11:00am.
In this meeting, we will be covering:
If there are any other topics which you would like to be covered, please email info@communitylibrariesnetwork.org.
Chris Brown, vice-chairman and the overall events lead at Greenhill Community Library, joined us at our January 23 Network meeting to tell us more about the Sheffield based community library.
As an “associate” library of Sheffield City Libraries, Greenhill is funded through a combination of a grant from the council, occasional smaller grants and awards, and their own fundraising.
They offer a range of services and events, from talks, cinema showings and coding to farmers markets and ‘open gardens’.
Book circulation is managed through Koha library management system and 60% of their issues are made up from “Yellow Sticker” books which are donated or bought from their own funds.
Greenhill Community Library has an excellent track record of engaging with their community, including through a Friends of Scheme which raises funds for the organisation also giving voting rights to “Friends” at Annual General Meetings.
The next Community Libraries Network Meeting will be held online on Monday 23rd January at 11:00am.
In this meeting, we will be covering:
If there are any other topics which you would like to be covered, please email info@communitylibrariesnetwork.org.
Community Managed Libraries National Peer Network 