Fit for the Future engagement - How we deliver our services now

Cumberland Council library services

316 SLAs (267 primary school “entitlements” plus 49 agreements with academies/ independent schools) across Cumbria.

Hosting a shared stock services, logistics, digital offer and performance management with Westmorland & Furness.

3 delivery vans and 3 school buses.

125 full and part time posts plus 7 in ‘back office’ hosted service.

65,000 active library members (full), 3,000 library members (digital only), 900,000 visits per year and rising.

3 main libraries, 13 branches, 7 library links, 1 prison library and 1 schools library service building.

c.£2.5m net revenue budget.

Existing physical stock - 1.2m items in circulation. c.670k investment in physical and digital stock across Cumbria managed through a Stock Share Agreement.