Schools' Library Service
Our experienced team is here to support you in developing and getting the most out of your library and its resources. Through an advice visit we will look at your library and provide a professional report on its current condition and give a number of recommendations in order to improve and increase library use within your school. Through the School Library Association, the team has access to the latest guidelines, advice, support and up to date information about schools and their library provision.
Every school can use one of their loan credits for a three hour visit with a full written report. This report is a useful tool in helping you raise the profile of your school’s library. Any further or follow up visits will be charged at a cost of £26 per visit.
Some of the areas we cover in our advice visits are:
- Pre and Post OFSTED advice
- Training Programmes
- Strategies to promote your school library and encourage pupil use
- School library planning, design and refurbishment
- Computerised library systems
- Types of classification systems that work well in a school library
- Support for stock purchasing and management in school libraries
- Information on library suppliers
- Support for policy and development plans
- Reading Promotion
- Book/resource information
If you would like to arrange an Advice Visit or discuss the areas we cover, please contact the Schools’ Library Service on 01942 486987 or email schools.library@wlct.org.