[5] It supports activists with training and resource development,through what Hammond describes as "gathering, curating, and distributing collective wisdom for social change.
[9] In 2023 and 2024 the library produced two series of podcasts entitled Commons Conversations in which campaigners shared their experiences and insights into activism, learning in movements, and radical history.
First aired on Community Radio 3CR, guests have included novelist and ACT-UP historian Sarah Schulman, co-founder of Women's Environmental Leadership Australia Judy Lambert, activist and researcher Laurence Cox, Australian Youth Climate Coalition Climate & Racial Justice Director Mille Telford, poet Laniyuk, and disability campaigners El Gibbs and Elly Desmarchelier.
[10][11] It has resources on different topics[12] such as on arts and creativity[13][14] campaign strategy, community organising, digital campaigning, communications and media, working effectively in groups, fundraising, diversity and inclusion, activist history and well-being.
[19][20] It is a registered charity and has tax Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status.