Access to books and reading projects for young people in care - the librarian's training kit
The pack was produced by John Vincent and funded by The Paul Hamlyn Foundation. It was developed from surveys sent to the 32 partner library authorities, and includes a wide range of information including resources, sources of funding, contacts and an outline training programme. Contact: John Vincent, Wisteria Cottage, Nadderwater, Exeter EX4 2JQ. Tel/fax: 01392 256045. Email: john@nadder.freeserve.co.uk. 

Activities to support literacy skills development in a library context
A resource pack for Skills for Life literacy learners

Book-It! A kit for promoting reading to families that includes practical examples from the Eastern region's National Year of Reading projects.  Cost £6.75 plus £2.10 p&p. Contact Cambridgeshire Libraries Resources Unit on 01354 660 940.

Borrowers Recommend. Featuring 18 writers that library readers have borrowed, read and loved

Boys' literacy ploys for boys: selections, recollections and strategies to get boys reading. Published by Library Services for Education, this book is the work of two male librarians who identified and reviewed recent fiction that they thought would appeal to boys aged nine to 14 years. They also reflect on what motivated them to become readers, offering an insight into how to enthuse boys to read. To order this publication visit www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/lse, email lse@leics.gov.uk or call 0116 267 8000.

Breathing Places is the reading promotion that puts reading and libraries at the centre of the BBC's major UK-wide Breathing Places campaign which aims to get people involved in nature, wildlife and the environment. For more information visit http://www.readingagency.org.uk/adults/bbc-breathing-places/bbc-breathing-places/

Brilliant Books! Running a Successful School Library Book Event, part of the Guideline Plus series published by the School Library Association, is a book of advice and case studies, priced at £8.50 (£7.50 to SLA members). Visit www.sla.org.uk, or call 01793 791787.

Crossing the Divide: LRC Induction and Transition Strategies - Book for teachers by SLA Guidelines Plus, offering accessible strategies to introducing students of all ages to the Library Resource Centre (LRC), as well as easy the transfer from Primary to Secondary schools. www.SLA.org.uk

Developing a needs-based library service, John Pateman. ISBN: 1 86201 183 4. This booklet, available from NIACE, draws on current government thinking and extensive research to help local libraries put the needs of their communities at the centre of their service. For more information visit www.niace.org.uk.

Early years advocacy pack. Produced by the Library Association to support libraries in developing early years services. The pack has three components: background notes, presenting policy, partnership and research frameworks for libraries' early years work; a PowerPoint presentation, to allow all authorities to present to their local Early Years and Childcare Development Partnership or Sure Start to become permanent members of these partnerships; and an early years questionnaire, so that the LA can maintain on overall picture of libraries work in this area. The pack is available free online at www.la-hq.org.uk/directory/prof_issues/early.html

Empowering the learning community, March 2000, Library and Information Commission.

Enjoying Reading. Funded by the Department for Education and Skills and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Enjoying Reading is a pack for public and school library staff that draws together policy; identifies key research; provides case studies and information about inspiring initiatives; and gives practical ideas for working together. Two free copies of the pack have been sent to every public library service. It is available from the Reading Agency website www.readingagency.org.uk or call 0871 750 1207 for more information.

First Choice. Reading promotion resource for libraries' work with adults with low level reading ability. The promotion has been updated and revised for 2004 through feedback from librarians and basic skills providers. It now includes banners, posters, shelf pointers, stickers, reader response cards, generic postcards, reading diaries and advocacy leaflets. For ordering details visit www.readingagency.org.uk or email ruth.harrison@readingagency.org.uk.
First Choice was developed as part of the Vital Link project, run by the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency. Information on the Vital Link

Five Minutes - That's all it takes to read your child a story. Aimed at dads with low literacy (readability 9 - 14) Five Minutes is a Vital Link promotion that showcases the library as the place for dads to discover books they'll enjoy sharing with their children and for themselves. Five Minutes supports work on the family-focused part of BBC RaW, the Family Reading Campaign, Bookstart and Sure Start. For more information email: resources@readingagency.org.uk or visit www.readingagency.org.uk

Games Workshop gaming clubs. Games Workshop has a dedicated team that provides support to school and public librarians in setting up and sustaining gaming clubs. The aim is to attract large numbers of boys and young men who might not otherwise be regular library users, and provide them with information on related reading material. More

Got kids? Get reading! is a new family reading promotion for adults with a reading age of 9-14 years who have children aged between 0-7 years. Having children is a key motivator for adults to get back into reading and learning. Got kids? Get reading! promotes the message that it's good to share books with your children and for them to see you enjoying reading too. For further information on ordering please contact Alison Shakspeare on 0871 750 1207; email: alison.shakspeare@readingagency.org.uk

Guidelines for library-based literacy programmes: some practical suggestions was produced by the Reading Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, to encourage libraries to become involved in literacy programmes. It also serves as an informal checklist for evaluating library-based programmes that are already in place. Download free of charge from www.ifla.org/VII/s33/project/literacy.htm.

Inspiring Learning for All. Online resource that enables museums, libraries and archives to review and develop learning activities based on a framework of best practice and measure their impact on learners. Visit www.inspiringlearningforall.gov.uk.

Keytools- Social Inclusion and ICT Resources. Keywords provide Social Inclusion ICT resource packs and training. Tel: 02380 584314 Email: info@keytools.com Web: www.keytools.com.

Library Services for Visually Impaired People: a Manual of Best Practice. Originally published by Resource in October 2000, this manual was revised and updated in June 2002 to ensure that it is up-to-date and continues to be best practice. The updated edition is available at http://bpm.nlb-online.org.

Library Standards and Social Exclusion Handbook. Guide prepared by Shiraz Durrani (of the Social Exclusion Action Planning Network) for the training that took place in the wake of the publication of the 'Open to All' libraries and social exclusion research. Cost £10. 
Contact: John Vincent, Wisteria Cottage, Nadderwater, Exeter EX4 2JQ. Fax: 01392 256045. Email: john@nadder.freeserve.co.uk.

Listen 'Ear. A tape of reading recommendations and favourite extracts from housebound visually impaired and older library members, produced by the North West Book Promotion Partnership as a result of work with a radio journalist for a National Year of Reading funded project. It is intended for use by libraries, hospitals and social services in their reader development work with older clients. Cost £15 for 10 cassettes.
Contact Jane Evans on 0161 483 6437 for further information.

The Little Book of Public Libraries from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council is for people who love libraries and want to share their passion with others. For more information visit www.mla.gov.uk or call 020 7273 1444

Making the Vital Link. Toolkit to enable librarians and basic skills providers to work together to support adults with low level reading skills. Developed as part of the Vital Link project, run by the National Literacy Trust and The Reading Agency. It includes models of good practice, partnership building, mapping reading for pleasure against the adult literacy core curriculum, evaluation and key contacts. Cost: £15.00 (plus p&p).
Email ruth.harrison@readingagency.org.uk or visit www.readingagency.org.uk.
More information on the Vital Link

Manga Mania, for young people aged 13 to 16, taps into the big new trend in young people's reading - manga (Japanese comics). It has an instantly recognisable manga-style design and there are links to animated films and playstation games, and a free resource pack on all things manga. The promotion includes postcards, posters and a dedicated book collection. For information visit www.readingagency.org.uk or call 0871 750 1207.

The Manga Shakespeare Collection, published by Self Made Hero and illustrated by key Manga artisits. The series is targeted at 13-16 year olds (Key Stage 4) and uses visual language that 'speaks' to a generation brought up on video games and animation. It can also act as a useful primer and way of getting to grips with the language. The series is due to be published in the UK in January 2007, ISBN 978-0-9552856-1-5, and is available from library suppliers from December 2006.

Open to all? The public library and social exclusion. Report produced in August 2000 by the Public Libraries and Social Exclusion Action Planning Network, based at the School of Information Management, Leeds Metropolitan University. Follow link for more information. 

People's Network Enquire delivers information to the public by providing online access to library and information staff across England, the United States and Canada. Public Libraries already deliver essential information services in communities all over the country. The new Enquire service provides an online route to the expert staff. Enquire is available online at www.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk

Public libraries and the arts: pathways to partnership, Report to the Library Association and The Arts Council of England, December 1999

Reader promotions. Promotional Books produces a range of themed reader promotions for public libraries with accompanying book collections. It also works in partnership with The Reading Agency to support the Agency's programme of original promotions, including Manga Mania and the Summer Reading Challenge. Contact: Promotional Books, Unit 8, 25 Black Moor Road, Ebblake Industrial Estate, Verwood, Dorset BH31 6BE. Tel: 01202 822559. Email: admin@promotional-books.co.uk. Website:www.promotional-books.co.uk

Reading and Everyday Life: a collection of experience, ed. Jane Mace. A selection of writings by a wide range of people - all ages, races and abilities, both native English speakers and English learners -  who took part in a community writing in project in Lewisham as a celebration of what it means to be a reader. Contributors talk about the wide variety of reading they do - not just 'losing themselves in a book' but also recipes, newspapers from all over the world, appointment cards, and information on the Internet. Cost £3.50 (cheques payable to the Heather Spaulding Award A/C).
Contact: Lewisham Library Service, 3rd Floor, Laurence House, London SE6 4RJ.

Reading the Situation: book reading, buying and borrowing habits in Britain. The average adult reads books for 5.5 hours a week and 46% of those who sometimes borrow instead of buying a book do so because it enables them to try out new authors and subjects risk-free. These are just two of the statistics available from a report that offers a picture of the reading habits of a nation and gives libraries the chance to understand their customers. Cost £37.50 for libraries and public sector organisations and £75 for others. Published by Book Marketing and The Reading Partnership.
Contact: Book Marketing Ltd, 7a Bedford Square, London WC1B 3RA. Tel: 020 7580 7282. Email: bml@bookmarketing.co.uk

The Reading Kit. A pack for librarians and youth workers working in partnership to inspire and develop young people's reading, produced as a result of the NYR-funded BOOX For Us project. Contains background information; lessons from the project; tips on getting started, keeping going and measuring success; how to create a young-person-friendly library; and further contact details. Cost £7.50.  Contact: Eastgate House, 19-23 Humberstone Road, Leicester LE5 3GJ. Tel: 0116 242 7350 Fax 0116 242 7444. Website www.nya.org.uk. Email: nya@nya.org.uk  

The Summer Reading Challenge is run by The Reading Agency. Based in public libraries, it offers incentives for children to read six books in six weeks to hook children into books and libraries. They can choose their own reading material and progress at their own pace, often with the added encouragement of local schemes to target particular groups. Many public libraries work with schools to ensure maximum participation by children. Website: http://www.readingagency.org.uk/children/summer-reading-challenge/summer-reading-challenge/

Support for Adult Learners in Libraries, Stephen Drodge. Book first produced in 1988 and updated in 2000 by the Career Development Group of the Library Association. It offers practical guidance to librarians who are seeking to understand adult learning and provide support, setting out the main issues and giving examples based on current and past activity. It also reflects the massive (often technology-related changes) that have taken place in the public library sector since the guide was first written. Cost £25.  Contact: Remploy Ltd, Mail Order Department, Lightowler Road, Hanson Lane, Halifax HX1 5NB. Tel: 01422 365 575. Visit www.careerdevelopmentgroup.org.uk/pubishingorderform.htm.

Time to Read is a good practice guide from the North West library network of the same name, packed with ideas and contacts for reader development work edited by Anne Caldwell. For copies contact Jane Mathieson nwreader@libraries.manchester.gov.uk

Training and consultancy. Jerry Hurst is an experienced freelance trainer and consultant working across the UK with library staff, teachers, youth workers, parents and carers, and with readers and learners of all ages. He provides training courses, workshops and seminars designed to inspire and equip participants to put into action a wide range of reading, study support, planning and marketing ideas. Training options include activities and events; customer focus; marketing and promotion; planning, evaluation and advocacy; school class visits; stock selection and promotion; storytelling; study support - and a wide range of practical reader development areas including reading groups for families, children and teenagers. Jerry is also available on a consultancy basis to advise on and support strategic planning and to deliver practical reading and library programmes.
Contact: Jerry Hurst Training and Consultancy. Tel: 020 8364 6166. Mobile: 07950 408347. Email: jerry@jerryhurst.co.uk. Website: www.jerryhurst.co.uk.

txt. Reading promotion resource for libraries' with socially excluded young people, developed through hard-won experience in pilot YouthBOOX projects. The projects explored how to make reading accessible, relevant and fun for socially excluded young people with low literacy levels, and the resulting materials have been put together with young people's input. They include collectable postcards and wallets to be used in outreach work, and powerful display materials, all backed up by painstakingly compiled booklists. txt is aimed at 13 to 16-year-olds who have a reading age between six and 12 years.
Email ruth.harrison@readingagency.org.uk or visit www.readingagency.org.uk.
More informatioon YouthBOOX is at www.boox.org.uk.  

What's in London's Libraries is a website which provides information about every public library in London www.londonlibraries.org.uk/will/LibDefault.aspx
You can also search all the London borough catalogues from a single web page at www.londonlibraries.org.uk/will

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Advice on setting up a reading group. Guidance on How to set up a reading group has been produced by the National Reading Campaign and is available on this site. 

Anne Harding Training. Anne Harding provides training on reader development activity for children and young people, for both public and school library staff, and teachers. Training is also available on effective children's and school library provision more generally. 
Contact anne@anneharding.net or visit www.anneharding.net. 

Book Forager. As part of a project coordinated by Branching Out that has been working through 33 selected library authorities in the UK, the Book Forager computer program has been developed to help readers to choose something different. Choices are based on emotional responses and readers are asked to decide whether they would like a book to make them feel happy/sad, gentle/violent, conventional/weird and so on. Branching Out provides off-the-peg training on how libraries can promote and utilise Book Forager, as well as support materials and advice. For information see www.whichbook.net/index.jsp

Encompass is the British Council's worldwide online reading group for adults, teenagers and children. Take your pick from more than 5,000 books, search booklists and authors, and read or write reviews of them. There is also a web board and chatroom, plus an online reader in residence and a toolkit offering guidance for setting up a reading group. See www.encompassculture.com

Essential Guide for Reading Groups is a handbook published by A & C Black for reading groups and those interested in books. Covering 75 titles, this guide contains a summary of each book, along with an author biography and key discussion points, aswell as advice and further reading suggestions. Visit www.acblack.com/mustreads

newBOOKS.mag. Monthly magazine for readers and reading groups available only through participating libraries. Each issue features opening chapters from 6 or more new fiction titles as 'tasters' to help readers to identify what they might like to read without committing themselves to a whole book. A limited number of free copies of featured books will also be given away to readers each month (subject to a £1.95 charge for p&p). Minimum order 100, then in multiples of 100.
Contact: newBOOKS.mag, 4 Froxfield Close, Winchester, Hampshire SO22 6JW. Tel: 01962 620320. Email: guy@newbooksmag.com. Website: www.newbooksmag.com.

Opening the Book.  Reader development agency that produces a range of resources and has designed a programme of courses to help library professionals reach out to new readers.
Contact: Opening the Book, 181 Carleton Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 3NH. Tel: 01977 602188 / 602988. Fax: 01977 690621. Email: info@openingthebook.com. www.openingthebook.com

Peoples' Network reading group database. An online database of reading groups in England which is searchable by postcode. Currently 900 reading groups, in over 100 English authorities, are listed. Website:

http://www.readinggroups.peoplesnetwork.gov.uk/

Random House publishers reading groups website at www.randomhouse.co.uk/readersgroup is really keen for reading groups to contribute to give advice and help to other groups. The site also features an author on the hotspot, top tips for starting and running a reading group and downloadable reading guides.

Read Smarter, Not Harder: reading promotion in children's libraries, ed. Christine Hall. Handbook put together by the Library Association Youth Libraries Group to present an overview of innovative reader development work with children in public libraries. Cost £5 (£4 for LA members).
Contact the Norfolk Book Centre on 01263 761402.

The Reader. Journal of the English Association North that publishes both professional writers and complete beginners, welcoming submissions of poetry, fiction, essays, reading and thoughts. It is published twice a year, in spring and autumn, and aims itself at 'the intelligent but non-specialist reader'. Cost £4.50 per year or £2.50 per issue.
Contact: Carcanet Press, 4th Floor, Conavon Court, 12-16 Blackfriars Street, Manchester M3 5BQ. Tel: 0161 834 8730. Website: www.thereader.co.uk. 

Reader Development Network Scotland involves all 32 Scottish authorities. The Reader Development Network is a national project to train public library staff to become skilled promoters of contemporary literature and to engage with the reading audience in new ways. Contact Rhona Arthur: r.arthur@slainte.org.uk

Reading Group Toolbox.  A pack devised by reader development agency Opening the Book, for use as an aid to adult reading groups. Contents range from basic advice on what to read and how to run discussions to materials that will 'liven up' individual sessions. An exemplar CD of reading group discussion sessions is also included. You can borrow a copy from your local library or buy one of the few remaining copies cost £15 from Opening the Book, 181 Carleton Road, Pontefract, West Yorkshire WF8 3NH. Tel: 01977 602188 / 60298.

Reading Groups, Jenny Hartley. This book examines the recent development of reading groups and, through a survey of over 350 separate groups, seeks to answer questions such as 'is the reading really such a new phenomenon?'; 'how do they choose and use books?'; what kind of social protocols and rituals do they observe and what do they mean?'; and 'why are men less likely to be members?'.  It is full of lively comment and anecdotes from group members and includes a 'how to ...' guide to forming a reading group, including details of resources and the top ten books chosen. Cost £5.99.
Published by Oxford University Press, March 2001. ISBN 0-19-818778-5.

Running a book group. Pages from Radio 4's Bookclub programme offering advice about how to set up a reading group of your own. www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/arts/bookclub/running1.shtml. More information about the R4 Bookclub and the reading group phenomenon in general, is available on the Book Club pages of the BBC website.

TheReadingClub offers advice and tips on starting your own reading and book club. Website: www.thereadingclub.co.uk.

tBk mag. Quarterly reader development magazine aimed at eight to 12-year-olds who are either in a reading group, involved in shadowing schemes or simply regular library users. Produced by Peters Bookselling Service and Guide Marketing (see myBOOKS.mag and newBOOKS.mag above).
Contact: Peters Bookselling Service, 120 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham B5 6RJ. Tel: 0121 666 6646. Website: www.peters-books.co.uk.

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Self-evaluation toolkit for school librbaries (DCSF, 2004)
The following self-evaluation frameworks for primary and secondary school libraries/learning resource centres have been produced by the DCSF in conjunction with the School Libraries Working Group. They provide school librarians with a clear way of assessing the quality of what they provide and measuring outcomes, as well as providing evidence of achievement and identifying areas that could be improved. They also provide practical advice and suggestions for improving the way that the library supports pupil learning. For more information, visit
www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/schoollibraries/

The Activity Kit for young people's reading groups was developed by The Reading Agency and ContinYou, this kit will give you some of the best tried and tested reading activites for work with young people(11-14). To view a sample page, visit www.readingclub.org.uk or to order email alison.shakespeare@readingagency.org.uk

Beat That! Book-based card game for children that provides librarians and teachers with a simple activity to engage children in reading. It is available for two separate age groups, seven to 10 and 11 to 13, and each features a mixture of established favourites and newly published titles. The aim is to help children choose what to read next. Cost: £75 for 10 games (plus VAT). Email Opening the Book Promotions at info@openingthebook.com or order online at www.openingthebook.com.

Brilliant Books: Running a Successful School Library Book Event. Guidelines looking at the range of key issues involved in running such an event, including funding, planning and publicity, and finding authors and other guests. Cost £8.50 (£7.50 to SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

CILIP Primary School Library: guidelines (2002) and Guidelines for Secondary School Libraries (2004). Free practical guides to setting up and running a library in schools. These guidelines deal with details such as budgeting, funding, staffing and resources, as well as wider issues such as promoting reading and information literacy. Includes a list of contact organisations, book events and celebrations, further reading and examples of policy in practice. For more information visit www.teachernet.gov.uk/teachingandlearning/resourcematerials/schoollibraries/

Crossing the Divide: induction and transition in the secondary LRC. School Library Association publication that offers advice on strategies that library staff can use to introduce students, staff, parents and governors to the school library and its services, and to demonstrate the ways in which the library can support learning. Cost £8.50 (£7.50 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. 

Developing Information Skills through the Secondary School Library, Geoff Dubber. School Library Association guidelines examining essential library management issuesand providing three models for skills teaching. Guidance is given on ways to develop student research, use ICT effectively, and monitor and evaluate the library's contribution to the school. Cost £5 (£4 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. 

Fully Booked! Reader development and the secondary school library, Eileen Armstrong. School Library Association guide published May 2004. It provides an outline of the curriculum context and a multitude of ideas for promoting reading for pleasure and "taking reading out into the school". Eileen Armstrong is a school librarian who is at the forefront of developing whole school approaches to promoting reading to pupils. Cost £8.50 (£7.50 SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Games Workshop gaming clubs. Games Workshop has a dedicated team that provides support to school and public librarians in setting up and sustaining gaming clubs. The aim is to attract large numbers of boys and young men who might not otherwise be regular library users, and provide them with information on related reading material. More

Key stage three National Strategy training for School Librarians Topics covered include information literacy, creating and sustaining independent readers, as well as guided and shared reading. For more information, visit www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/secondary/keystage3/all/respub/en_library

Kids' Lit Quiz. The Kids' Lit Quiz is an annual literature competition in the UK, based on a model developed in New Zealand. In teams of four, Year 7 and 8 students work together to answer wide-ranging literary questions. The winning team from each region competes in the national final. Visit www.kidslitquiz.com. If you are interested in organising a regional heat, email earmstrong@cchsonline.co.uk.

Making the Most of the Library, The Library Book, and The Lively Library Book by Priscilla Bishop are lessons and puzzles to help children learn how to use a library efficiently in or out of school and include a comprehensive range of topics and tasks. They are available through Educational Printing Services at www.eprint.co.uk

Managing the Internet in the Primary and Secondary School Library, by Elspeth Scott. Publications that considers the management issues involved in the use of the Internet by both staff and pupils, such as cost implications, security, information skills and copyright. Includes practical appendices: an Internet Access Policy, a Surfer's Contract and an Acceptable Use Policy. Cost £6.00 (£5.00 to SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Manga Mania, for young people aged 13 to 16, taps into the big new trend in young people's reading - manga (Japanese comics). It has an instantly recognisable manga-style design and there are links to animated films and playstation games, and a free resource pack on all things manga. The promotion includes postcards, posters and a dedicated book collection. For information visit www.readingagency.org.uk or call 0871 750 1207.

Measuring Success: How effective is your school library resource centre?, Elspeth Scott. School Library Association publication to help measure the success of a primary or secondary school library, and devise practical strategies to bring about further improvements. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

More Books to Enjoy: 12-16, by Wendy Cooling. A School Librray Association publication listing a selection of titles that will appeal to secondary students. Cost £5 (£4 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Open all hours: out of hours learning and the secondary school LRC, Fiona Devoy. Produced by the School Library Association. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Paperwork Made Easy: Policy making and development planning for the secondary school library (July 2008)
Lynn Winkworth and Geoff Dubber. Produced by the School Library Association (SLA). Cost £12 (£9 to SLA members). ISBN 978-1-903446-47-8. Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 792052. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Policy making and development planning for the primary school library, Kay Harrison. Produced by the School Library Association. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 792052. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Policy making and development planning for the secondary school LRC, by Lynn Winkworth and Geoff Dubber. Produced by the School Library Association. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY; tel:01793 791787; email: publications@sla.org.uk.

Promoting the School Library: SLA guidlines, (2nd edition) by Eileen Elliott de Saez. Practical advice on how to maximum the benefits of a school library and the service that it offers. Cost £6 (£5 SLA members).
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Reads you need in your school library 2006: recent recommended fiction 3+ to 16+ is a booklist by the librarians of Library Services for Education at Leicestershire County Council, covering key stages 1 to 4. To find out more or to view the latest LSE recommendations, visit Books of the Month at www.leics.gov.uk/libraries/lse

Reading for a Reason. Guide produced by Devon School Library Service to help schools to use their libraries effectively. It was developed as a result of a project which considered how school libraries can enhance learning and raise standards. Issues covered include writing a library policy, accommodation, staffing, selecting stock, promotion and monitoring and evaluation. The guide comes with a CDRom containing detailed accounts of the eight case study schools for the project. Cost £15 for the guide, £15.50 plus VAT for the CDRom or £25 plus VAT for both. 
Contact: Publications, Devon Curriculum Services, Great Moor House, Bittern Road, Sowton, Exeter EX2 7NL. Tel: 01392 384839. Fax: 01392 384880. Email: vanderso@devon.gov.uk. 

Running a Succesful School Library Event. Geoff Dubber and Elspeth Scott, School Library Association, ISBN 0 900641 97 5 These guidelines look at range of issues involved in setting up an event including funding, planning and publicity, finding authors and other guests. It includes six case studies from primary and secondary school checklists and useful addresses. Website: www.sla.org.uk

School Librarian. Quarterly journal of the School Library Association containing articles, regular features, resources and book reviews. Cost £49.50 (or free with membership of the SLA). Can be purchased individually for £10 per edition.
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk.

School librarian of the year. Do you know a wonderful school librarian? The School Library Association School Librarian of the Year Award is given annually to an outstanding school librarian. For more information, visit www.sla.org.uk .

www.schoollibrariesadvocacy.org.uk
School libraries: making a difference This website supports Schools Library Services and school librarians in England and helps them assert the importance of their role and the significance of the school library.

Shelf Life, Shelf Matters: Managing Resources in the School Library (2nd edition). Guide to assist school library staff with the practical aspects of running a library, including stock editing, book selection, funding and purchase, shelving and security. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Standards for School Library Services in Scotland. Guidelines for Scottish school libraries, published by the Covention of Scottish Local Authorities.
Contact: COSLA, Rosebery House, 9 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh EH12 5XZ. Tel: 0131 474 9200. www.cosla.gov.uk

The Summer Reading Challenge is run by The Reading Agency. Based in public libraries, it offers incentives for children to read six books in six weeks to hook children into books and libraries. They can choose their own reading material and progress at their own pace, often with the added encouragement of local schemes to target particular groups. Many public libraries work with schools to ensure maximum participation by children. Website:
http://www.readingagency.org.uk/children/summer-reading-challenge/

Supporting Special Educational Needs in the Secondary School LRC. Guidelines produced by the School Library Association. Cost £6 (£5 to SLA members). 
Contact: School Library Association, Unit 2, Lotmead Business Village, Lotmead Farm, Wanborough, Swindon SN4 0UY. Tel: 01793 791787. Email: publications@sla.org.uk. 

Taking a Closer Look at the School Library Resource Centre: self-evaluation using performance indicators. Scottish Consultative Council on the Curriculum (SCCC) publication giving a framework to assess the quality of a school library and drawing attention to some of the good work going on. Price £2.75.
Contact: SCCC, Gardyne Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1NY. Tel: 01382 443600. Fax: 01382 443645. Website: www.ltscotland.org.uk

The Reading Game. Reader development game for pupils highly recommended by many school librarians. It is based on the idea of reading as a theme park with each genre (graphic novels, crime, fantasy, adventure, horror, etc) as a different attraction. At each 'zone' pupils are asked to discuss various elements of the books - covers, blurbs, openings - and to say which appeal to them. The game was initially developed by Brenda Conn, librarian at Harlaw Academy in Aberdeen, and made available within the authority by the Schools Library Service. It has since been developed further in partnership with Carel Press and made available nationally. Cost £29.95 plus VAT.
Contact: Carel Press Ltd, 4 Hewson Street, Carlisle CA2 5AU. Tel: 01228 538928. Email: info@carelpress.com. Website: www.carelpress.co.uk.

Posters

Free posters produced by the National Reading Campaign

Basic skills posters. The Basic Skills Agency produces a range of posters aimed at both schools and adult/family learning centres, promoting the benefits of reading, writing and numeracy skills. Some are free and some carry a small charge.
Contact Basic Skills Agency Publications on 0870 600 2400. A free publications catalogue shows the full range of publicity materials and other resources. Website: www.basic-skills.co.uk.

Dyslexia posters. The National Literacy Association produces a range of posters featuring dyslexic celebrities including Steve Redgrave, Benjamin Zephaniah, Eddie Izzard and Zoe Wanamaker. The posters are free but charges will be made to cover postage and packing.
Contact: National Literacy Association, First floor, Leonard House, 321 Bradford Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 6ET. Tel: 0121 622 5143. Email: email@nla.org.uk. Website: www.nla.org.uk.

Poems on the Underground posters. Sets of posters produced by Poems on the Underground featuring classic poems by Tennyson, Wordsworth, Milton, Burns and more. Cost £7.99 (including p&p).
Contact: The Poetry Society, 22 Betterton Street, London WC2H 9BX. Tel: 020 7420 9880. Website: www.poetrysociety.org.uk.

Poem posters. For libraries, schools and youth clubs who want to promote contemporary Black and Asian poetry, this set of six A3 poem posters features poems by: Benjamin Zephaniah, Jackie Kay, Debjani Chatterjee, Patience Agbabi, Jean 'Binta' Breeze and Raman Mundair.
Visit www.readingagency.org.uk or call 0871 750 1207.

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