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NEW GUIDELINES HELP SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES PRESS FOR MORE RESOURCES

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News from CILIP
Tuesday 30 March 2004
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NEW GUIDELINES HELP SECONDARY SCHOOL LIBRARIES PRESS FOR MORE RESOURCES

School libraries have key role in realising vision for education says CILIP

Developing technologies and new resources are rewriting the parameters for school libraries, say the editors of new guidelines from CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.  Due for launch at the CILIP School Libraries Group Conference, to be held in Cambridge from April 2-4, The CILIP Guidelines for Secondary School Libraries make practical recommendations for the effective management of libraries in secondary schools.  They are also designed to help school librarians with advocacy in support of the services they provide.

“School libraries empower learning,” say the Guidelines’ editors Lynn Barrett and Jonathan Douglas.  “They give access to real and virtual environments where learners can discover resources that inspire and develop them.”  These learners may be students, their teachers, their families or the wider community, the editors continue, “yet they all share in the knowledge, information and works of the creative imagination to which the library provides access.”

Developing lifelong learners who are confident and capable users of information is at the heart of the Government’s vision for the future of education, the Guidelines say.  School libraries have a key role to play in realising the vision that the Government has outlined.

At the heart of the Guidelines are ten recommendations that form the basic foundation of excellent school library provision. The recommendations cover:

Drawn up by specialists in the field, these Guidelines are an essential tool for librarians and all those involved in generating and implementing a new vision for school libraries.

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Notes to Editors

The CILIP Guidelines for Secondary School Libraries 2nd edition are published by Facet Publishing in March 2004.  ISBN 1-85604-481-5.  Price: £19.95 (£15.96 to CILIP Members).  Copies purchased at the CILIP School Libraries Group Conference are available at a 25% discount and cost only £14.96.

About the Guidelines’ editors

Lynn Barrett BA MLS MCLIP is Information Services Manager, Dixons City Technology College, Bradford.
Jonathan Douglas BA(Hons) DipIS MCLIP is Head of Learning and Access at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. While editing these Guidelines he was the Youth and School Libraries Adviser at CILIP.

About Facet Publishing and CILIP

Facet Publishing is the publishing arm of CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals.  CILIP is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 22,000 members working in all sectors.  For more information about CILIP, please go to www.cilip.org.uk <http://www.cilip.org.uk>.  Personal CILIP members can claim an automatic 20% discount on any Facet Publishing book.  For details of all Facet Publishing titles, go to www.facetpublishing.co.uk <http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk>.

About the CILIP School Libraries Group

The School Libraries Group is a special interest group of CILIP.  It affirms that school libraries and school library services are fundamental to the development of a literate population able to participate fully in a thriving democracy, culture, civilization and economy.  Its 2004 annual conference takes place at New Hall, Cambridge, from April 2-4.

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