Secondary Library Service

Key Benefits

• Four terms for the price of three – we will extend your subscription until July 2013 and give you a 33% extra allocation of books.
• A school or academy with 1000 pupils can borrow resources worth £33,500 per year (£44,000 for this year’s extra allocation).
• Fiction to support the Accelerated Reading scheme.
• 20% discount on book purchases from our specialist supplier.

Testimonials

At Willingdon Community School we make good use of the topic loan service. Due to curriculum changes it is sometimes difficult to source appropriate books and borrowing from Schools Library Service enables me to maintain a good service to teachers by supplementing my own stock.

Librarian, Willingdon Community School

Service Details

Extra books for your money – following consultation with schools and academies, from 2012–13 we are changing the pattern of service delivery to fit with the academic year.

To provide continuity, all schools and academies who subscribed in 2011–12 will continue to receive our loan services for terms 5 and 6. Subscriptions for 2012–13 will run from September to July 2013. If you are a new subscriber we can supply books for terms 5 and 6 in 2012 at no extra cost.

Instant displays – these consist of a box of books and two to three artefacts on a theme. Subscribing schools and academies can select an instant display instead of one their regular topics.

A full subscriptions offers:

Topic books

You can borrow one volume per pupil (up to Year 11) three times a year. These may be renewed or exchanged at the end of term.

Loans contain both fiction and non-fiction books to support the curriculum. Find out more about topic books requests for secondary schools.

We deliver topic collections to schools and academies during the first two weeks of terms 1, 3 and 5. We collect them during the last two weeks of terms 2, 4 and 6.

Fiction loans

We can lend one volume per three pupils (up to Year 11) three times a year. If you are not using your full allocation of non-fiction we can offer additional fiction loans.

You can exchange books by visiting our resource centre or by asking our librarians to make a selection on your behalf.

Advisory service

Individual schools and academies have different needs and we can be flexible in fulfilling your requirements. At your request, we can visit you at least once a year to talk about your library provision. We can also give you practical help with:

• library budgeting
• efficient library organisation
• selecting and purchasing stock
• maintaining and promoting stock
• library policy and development plans, including planning a new library or enhancing your existing provision
• training for library staff and helpers (including student librarians)
• advice on ICT developments for your library
• help with setting up an information literacy programme

• issues arising from Ofsted inspections

• promoting the love of reading, including books talks, storytelling, advice on author visits and help with running your Book Week
• Support for Reading Connects and other literacy initiatives.

Book purchase scheme

Subscribing schools and academies can benefit from a 20% discount on purchases of books. Choose the books from the website of our library supplier, who will deliver them to your school or academy and supply protective jackets for a small extra charge.

The website has detailed descriptions of the books, including reading ability, guidance on content and a colour illustration of the centrefold of the book.

Customer information service

A range of support for your school library, including:

• telephone and email advice
• discounted places on SLAMS courses
• user group meetings for schools and academies with electronic library management systems
• fortnightly e-bulletin
• INSET training (discounts are available for subscribing schools and academies)
• book lists and information.

Pricing

Full subscription

The cost of a full subscription for secondary schools is based on a charge of £6.49 per pupil. This will entitle you to all the above services.

Special offer: If your school has bought one of our library services you will receive a 15% discount on the price of your subscription to LM02-A Museum Service.

Pay as you use

Alternatively, you can buy from a menu of services or put together your own package. We offer:

• topic loans – £84 per loan (10% discount on prearranged bulk orders with minimum order specified – contact for details)
• instant display boxes - £84
• fiction loans - £2.78 per volume
• advisory service – £300 per day, £175 per half day
• customer information service – £102

Please contact us for a quotation.

Funded Support

Getting The Most From Your Service

Make sure that you circulate the topic order form to teachers and submit them in plenty of time for your orders to be assembled and delivered.

What Your School Needs To Do

Quality Assurance

Terms & Conditions

If you decide to withdraw from the service we will ask you to return all books on loan. We will charge £3 for fiction and £6 for non-fiction books not returned within 10 weeks of the request.

If topics are made up in response to a request that is subsequently cancelled, you will be charged 50% of the PAYU fee. You will also be charged for the cost of delivery.

Fee bearing courses: the full fee is payable for delegates who cancel within two weeks of the course date or fail to show up on the day.

Support