A General Election is just round the corner and its outcome will affect us all, with a new government and potentially hundreds of new MPs taking their seats in the House of Commons.

Trust Libraries: Our pledge to the public and the next government is CILIP’s call to incoming politicians to trust libraries to deliver ten key pledges, whatever political parties are represented in the Government of tomorrow.

Trust Libraries Pledges:

1. To deliver trustworthy information and access to culture
2. To inform better decisions (including in business, health and government)
3. To offer a warm welcome and a safe place for all
4. To champion the right to read and intellectual freedom
5. To enable learning at the heart of communities and institutions (from high streets, online, and in prisons, to schools, colleges and universities)
6. To open a world of opportunities, inspiration and ideas
7. To fuel the future green economy with data and skills
8. To support diverse and resilient start-ups
9. To help unlock new research and innovation
10. To be ethical partners committed to social justice

Find out more about the pledges and what libraries are doing right now to make sure they are kept.

Trust Libraries highlights 10 areas where you and your services can support policy development and delivery, and places librarians, information professionals and knowledge managers at the heart of positive change to empower sector professionals to join the political conversation.

CILIP Chief Executive Louis Coiffait-Gunn said:

“The election is just the start, of all those who end up being elected to Parliament on the 4 July many will be brand new to Westminster and new to the wonderful world of knowledge and information professionals. Our job will be to find advocates and help demonstrate how the sector can help them achieve benefits for the public.”