The viability of a small-scale performance hub and arts space at Leeds Central Library will be considered after the city's library and information service received £10,000 funding from the Arts Council.

The service will work with arts providers, community organisations, artists and practitioners to determine what is possible in the space, potential audiences, future programming policy and how it could support emerging artists.

Leeds City Council audience development manager Ann Day said the space would focus on performance work and the written word with the aim of engaging wider audiences beyond the library's existing customer base.

The library currently attracts 2m visitors a year.