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Meet the three Green Library Hubs joining in Year 2
THREE new libraries will be joining CILIP’s Green Library Hubs project from September this year. The project, which is funded by the National Lottery Com- mission and developed and managed by CILIP, inducted its second cohort of hubs following an application process earlier this year. The Green Library Hubs project has been designed to develop and pilot sustainable, scalable initiatives that connect to local communities and build environmental awareness and literacy. Gateshead Libraries, Redruth Library, and Western Isles Library Service, will joining year one’s cohort. A third appli- cation process will be launched to find four more hubs to run next year. Eve Wilson ,Green Libraries Hub Project Manager at CILIP, said: “We are delighted to welcome three new Green Library Hubs to this innovative project. We received over 30 applications in total showing the dedication and passion of public libraries to support their users to take positive climate action in their communities. The new Green Library Hubs
will join Blackburn with Darwen Libraries, Guildford Library and Pancras Square Library”. Gateshead Libraries activities will include a programme of workshops and sustainable creative activities, using the library garden and other outdoor spaces to host sessions. They will be working with users to explore technologies such as podcasting to share sustainability messages and explore the impact of AI on climate change. Redruth Library will deliver local activity that reflects seasonal challenges, across urban, rural and coastal communities. This will feature a programme of community outreach including a mobile Climate Information Hub. Western Isles Libraries will root their activity in the islands’ Gaelic culture, taking climate action activity to residents in some of the UK’s most rural areas, through outreach and mobile libraries. For more information on the Green Library Hubs visit www.
cilip.org.uk/greenlibraryhubs.
Redruth Library team, Cornwall.
Share your talents as a CILIP New Professional Trustee
CILIP will be recruiting a New Pro- fessional Trustee to take up the post in January 2027 and invites eligible candidates to put themselves for- ward.
Candidates wishing to stand for elec- tion as a New Professional Trustee must,
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at the time of submitting their nomina- tion, be ordinary members of CILIP or be willing to join within one month of appointment. Candidates must not be disqualified from serving as a Trustee. The New Professional Trustee should be within the first five years of their
professional employment as a librarian, information specialist, or knowledge specialist. Please send your details in the first instance to
Denise.Hawkes@cilip.org.uk no later than 5pm on 28 August 2026. l
www.cilip.org.uk/boardelections26
June-July 2026
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