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customer.service@shropshire.gov.uk

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0345 678 9000

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Shropshire Council
Shirehall
Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND

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Library services for secondary schools

Selection of resources for schools

The School Library Service is dedicated to providing a range of resources and advice to secondary schools in the area covered by Shropshire Council and Telford & Wrekin Council. Each class in a subscribing school may borrow the resources described here. To place an order, please follow the link to "Request for resources from the School Library Service".

Advice and support

A good school library can have a real impact on learning and teaching. The School Library Service can help to make your library a vibrant, inspirational and enjoyable place where children and young people become independent learners and readers. Use School Library Service consultancy for:

  • Advice on library refurbishment, resources and policy development
  • Assessment of stock and advice on book purchase
  • Library and skills training for pupils/students
  • Effective provision for able, gifted and talented pupils
  • Training of school library staff and pupil librarians
  • Professional guidance on library staff recruitment, job descriptions, salaries and professional development.

Literacy

The School Library Service can provide a superb range of fiction, picture books for older readers and poetry. There are group reading sets, talking books and DVDs. Services include:

  • Block loan of fiction for the LRC to extend range and choice to promote reading for pleasure
  • Support for literacy summer schools, school book weeks, etc
  • Themed book boxes

Curriculum support

The School Library Service has information books, resource packs, posters and prints, videos and DVDs. There is also an Art/Design special collection. Services include:

  • Block loan of information books for the LRC
  • Topic boxes for the classroom
  • Information skills training
  • Input to course planning
  • Liaison with museums, libraries and other agencies

Further information

For further details of the services to secondary schools provided by the School Library Service, please see the leaflet attached to this page, or follow the contact details. Teachers working within Shropshire Council can access a Shropshire School Library Service section within SchoolsNet and on the Learning Gateway.

From your local library

Libraries in Shropshire provide a wealth of resources for children of secondary school age and their parents, carers and teachers. Each library has a good selection of books and other material to stimulate reading and learning. Special events and activities, such as the Summer Reading Challenge, are organised, and class visits made. Some libraries have homework clubs. Please contact your local library to find out more.

Online services and downloads

Contact

School Library Service
01743 255030
Fax: 01743 255050
Shropshire Council
Learning and Skills Group
School Library Service, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6ND
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