Welcome to the Schools Library Service

The Schools Library Service (SLS) provides teachers working in primary, special and secondary schools within the county with a loan service of books, artefact collections, and other materials. All Items requested by schools will be delivered and collected by SLS’s own delivery van. SLS also provides advice, training and professional support to assist schools in making the best use of their own library facilities.

Membership of the SLS will provide schools with the benefits of:

access to a far greater range of the latest published books and other resources than any single school could buy for itself;

the support of a team of experienced professional librarians who have specialised in work with schools and children.

These benefits will be made available through just some of the following services:

Library Book Hire – Books can be hired for your school library and exchanged and refreshed through the academic year. The books at SLS have been specially selected by library staff that are aware of schools’ changing and specialist needs, and who are familiar with both the publishing market and the national curriculum.  New materials are bought on a weekly basis to ensure that there is a constant supply of new stock.

Project Collection Service - Project collections can be requested on specific topics and hired for a term. They will be made up of a selection of materials that are tailor made to the needs of the teachers and the age-range and ability level of pupils. Each project will contain on average 20 books and poster packs where appropriate. Books can be non-fiction, fiction or an amalgamation of the two

Artefact collections  -  Artefact collections available to hire include WWII, Victorians, the history of toys, seaside holidays past and present, the Tudors, Ancient Egypt and many more

      Professional Support -  the SLS can offer both practical and advisory support on all library related matters, such as weeding out old books, help with organising your library, assistance with self evaluation assessment of your school library    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Training Courses

We offer a variety of training courses. You can find out when they are by looking at the calendar on the right or downloading the flyers below.