Find out about the Community Connect project and how it is going to help improve library services
Brighton & Hove Libraries are beginning an exciting new initiative, the Community Connect project, that aims to inspire new audiences and improve engagement with the library. They want to reach new audiences, which might be hard to reach otherwise and tell them about the services the library can offer.
Through the feedback of users and residents, our libraries also aim to develop services for the future adapted to members' needs, and improve their online presence.
Community Connect will also have a launch event featuring an interactive digital installation at Jubilee Library, which will take place in the new year.
Brighton and Hove Libraries are working with Brighton-based design studio Boyle & Perks, who specialise in creative communications for the arts, education and research. The project is funded by LibraryOn grant funding.
We heard from over 300 people living in Brighton & Hove about their engagement with our libraries through surveys and workshops with users, residents, and the local MET College. This highlighted the need to:
Boyle & Perks have been working to design a campaign that highlights this and aims to inspire new audiences to use our libraries, which we hope you’ll see popping up around the city.
Our vibrant libraries offer a range of services, from free books, to study spaces, to a great spot for catching up with friends. They are for everybody and mean different things to different people.
We want your help to inspire new audiences by sharing what the library means to you as part of an interactive digital installation at Jubilee Library which will run from 15 January to 28 January 2024.
Discover what the library can mean for you. Join the library now.
