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Planting the Seeds of Change: How Access to Research supports Green Libraries

This October, libraries across the UK will celebrate Green Libraries Week 2025, 27th October to 2nd November.

The theme, “Seeds of Change – Make a Difference with Your Library”, is all about how libraries can empower communities to build a greener, more sustainable future.

So, what part can Access to Research play in paving the way to this greener future?

Research plays a critical role in shaping how communities, businesses, and governments respond to environmental issues. Access to Research provides free, on-demand access to millions of academic articles in UK public libraries. It makes it easy for anyone to read high quality, world-leading research, and helps publishers share content with researchers, students and others who might benefit from it. With support from leading publishers, the service makes over 45 million scholarly articles available to the public, free of charge, through thousands of UK public libraries.

 

Planting seeds for the future

Helen Jennings, Product Manager at Publishers' Licensing Services explains:

“Green Libraries Week is a fantastic opportunity to shine a light on the power of research. Whether you’re a student working on a project, a community group campaigning for cleaner air, or simply someone who wants to understand more about climate change, Access to Research makes high-quality studies available to everyone.”

Access to Research opens the door to vital research, helping people discover the knowledge they need to understand the big environmental challenges of our time, from the climate crisis to biodiversity, renewable energy to sustainable food systems.

As communities come together this Green Libraries Week to explore sustainability, we’re excited to see how Access to Research can inspire new ideas, new conversations, and new action.

 

Explore Access to Research for yourself

During Green Libraries Week, why not discover Access to Research for yourself?

You can search the catalogue at www.accesstoresearch.org.uk from home, then head into your local library to read full-text articles.

 

If you would like to learn more about the service and how it can help with your research needs, please visit the Access to Research website or email the team at accesstoresearch@pls.org.uk.