Special Schools Library Service

Key Benefits

• Four terms for the price of three – we will extend your subscription until July 2013.
• Each teacher receives books worth at least £1000 per year to use in their classroom – includes bespoke boxes to support and enhance lesson planning.
• Practical help for hard-pressed teachers, from planning a new library to sorting out old books.
• Bag Book sessions on request.
• Visits from our fantastic wheelchair accessible mobile library.

Testimonials

Just to say thank you once again for a perfect selection of books to support our topic and the needs of our boys. So much appreciated.

Bowden House School

Service Details

Extra books for your money – following consultation with schools, 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 will 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 subscription offers:

Topic books

You can borrow one topic collection per teacher three times a year. The size and scope of the collection can be tailored to your school or academy’s needs.

These loans contain both fiction and non-fiction books to support the curriculum.

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.

Reading for pleasure

We can make up a box of books to encourage reading for pleasure. These include picture books, tactile books, fiction, illustrated non-fiction, high interest/low ability books and text to support children with dyslexia.

Our mobile library is crammed with tempting books to encourage reading for pleasure. If you would like a visit please contact us to discuss options.

We now have a member of staff with Bag Books training: call to arrange a visit to your school or academy.

Advisory

Does your library need a make-over?

We can:

• advise on library design and suggest suppliers for furniture and fittings
• sort out your books and get rid of the out of date and tatty ones
• classify your books and label them
• train your own staff, parents or pupils to help in the library to keep it looking good
• write a stock report detailing areas that need improvement
• help you to select and purchase books
• help you develop a library policy and development plan
• advise on ICT developments for your library
• visit post-Ofsted to support your library and reading
• support Reading Connects and other literacy initiatives
• information literacy – activities to help children become independent researchers.

Customer information service

A range of support for your library, including:

• telephone and email advice
• user group meetings for schools and academies with computerised library management systems
• three newsletters a year
• INSET training
• booklists and information
• discounted places on SLAMS courses.

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 annotations including reading ability, Accelerated Reading levels, guidance on content and a colour illustration of the centrefold of the book.

Pricing

Full subscription

The cost of a full subscription for special schools is based on a flat rate of £318 plus a charge of £10.09 per pupil. This will entitle you to all the above services.

Special offer: If your school or academy 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 (PAYU)

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 us 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

• Submit your topic order forms by our deadline to guarantee delivery within the first two weeks of term.
• Give us as much information as possible about the ability levels of your pupils.

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 of £3 for fiction and £6 for non-fiction books that are 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