Become a member
Together, we’re co-creating the future library, a vibrant space where children and young people can connect, create, learn and grow.
Join our community of leaders in children’s, public and schools library services.
We’re here to support you in taking your library service into the future, with the tools, peer support and training you need.
Membership of Libraries Rising is “like having many peers where you can ask for help or information and know you will get a bundle of responses and support.”
Membership gives you:
- Peer-to-peer sharing networks – locally, regionally and nationally.
- In-person training and networking, including discounted tickets to our annual conference.
- Free access to live online webinars and a range of career-boosting on-demand content.
- Youth engagement opportunities, research and resources.
- Live forum for in-the-moment peer support and shared learning.
- Regular newsletters with sector news and training opportunities.
- Skills Development Pack – your one-stop for assessment, mapping and training planning.
- Advocacy for your library service – we champion support for libraries and school library services and advocate for their vital role locally, regionally and nationally.
- Partnership opportunities
- Funding opportunities
Become a member today
- Annual membership (2025/2026) is £120 per individual member.
- Membership is open to leaders in children and young people’s public library services and Schools Library Services.
- More than one person per library service can become a member.
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How membership can power up what you do
What our members say…
“The best, most essential resource for any children’s librarian – your work directly impacts and helps children across the country.”
“A support network than spans the country and yet it feels accessible and welcoming. Libraries Rising puts children’s futures at the centre of activity.”
“The ability to both learn from, and lean on, library colleagues from other services to my own is an invaluable part of the membership.”
“A vital cog in the public and school library system, which puts children and young people at the centre of their thinking.”
” A support network, with the accumulated wisdom of hundreds of years of experience and an abundance of enthusiasm. Immediate access to colleagues performing similar roles in other organisations, locally and nationally.”
Member Meet-ups
Time to connect online with other members from across the country, sparking conversation, ideas and best practice.
