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Make a shared library with your department or team. Everyone in it can use the sessions and questions there, and add their own.

Updated 25 October 2026

A shared library is a collection of library items that a group of colleagues builds together, such as a department’s starters or a year team’s exit tickets. Everyone in it can use what’s there and add their own.

**When to use it:** Your department wants one place for the sessions and questions you all reuse, rather than each of you sending links around.

Only teachers can see shared libraries. Students never see them, or anything in them, including answer keys.

New to the Library? Start with [saving and sharing sessions in the Library](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/creating-sessions/saving-and-sharing-sessions-in-the-library.md), which covers saving a session as a library item.

## Make a shared library

1.  Open **Library** in the sidebar and choose the **Shared libraries** tab.
2.  Choose **New shared library**.
3.  Give it a **Name**, such as “Year 9 Maths”, and, if you like, a description of who it’s for and what goes in it.
4.  Under **Who can find it**, choose:
    -   **Members only:** only the people you add can see it.
    -   **Anyone at my organisation:** any teacher at your school can find it and join it.
5.  Choose **Create shared library**.

If **Anyone at my organisation** is greyed out, your account isn’t linked to your school’s organisation yet. Contact your Nurture team and they’ll set it up.

It appears on your **Shared libraries** tab with how many items and people are in it. You’re its **Manager**.

## Add your colleagues

1.  Open the shared library and choose **People**.
2.  Enter their **Name** and **Email**. They must be at your school, with an email address at your school’s domain.
3.  Choose a **Role**:
    -   **Member:** uses items and adds their own.
    -   **Manager:** also manages people and removes items.
4.  Choose **Add teacher**, then add anyone else, and choose **Done**.

No email is sent. The library appears in their Library the next time they sign in, so let them know it’s there.

## Share a session into it

1.  Open the **My library** tab.
2.  Open the three dots menu on the library item you want to share.
3.  Choose **Shared libraries** and tick the shared library (or several).
4.  Choose **Done**.

The item is then in the shared library for everyone in it. Anyone in the library can do the same with their own items.

## Using a shared library

Your colleagues find it on their **Shared libraries** tab.

![Year 9 Maths as a colleague sees it on their Shared libraries tab: Members only, 1 item, 2 people, Member](https://www.gonurture.com/images/tutorials/sharing-a-library-with-colleagues/shared-library.webp)

They open it, find the item they want and use it to start a fresh session, just as they would with one of their own. What they run is their own copy, so nothing they change affects the library item or anyone else.

A library open to **Anyone at my organisation** that you’re not in yet is listed under **Open to everyone at** your school’s domain, with a **Join** button.

## Change or delete it

Managers can choose **Edit** on the shared library to rename it, change its description or change who can find it, and delete it from the same place. Managers can also remove items and people, and change someone’s role.

## Tips

-   **Name it for who it’s for.** “Year 9 Maths” or “Science department” tells colleagues straight away whether it’s theirs.
-   **Describe what goes in it.** A line such as “Starters and exit tickets for the Year 9 team” keeps a shared library from becoming a dumping ground.
-   **Have more than one manager.** If the only manager moves on, nobody can add people or tidy up.

[Previous Saving and sharing sessions in the Library](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/creating-sessions/saving-and-sharing-sessions-in-the-library.md) [Next Prepare questions ahead, then release them one at a time](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/creating-sessions/prepare-questions-and-release-one-at-a-time.md)

Related articles

-   [Saving and sharing sessions in the Library](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/creating-sessions/saving-and-sharing-sessions-in-the-library.md)
-   [Duplicate a session](https://www.gonurture.com/tutorials/signal/creating-sessions/duplicate-a-session.md)

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