Every child deserves a great school library

How Whitchurch C Of E School library runs their Chatterbooks Book Club.

BookPenPals pairs UK authors and illustrators with UK schools to make book recommendations via postcards. Schools reply with a postcard of t

Library Insights - Engaging Pupils in Raising the Profile of Ibstock Place School Library

Sally Dring, Learning Resources Manager talks us through her role in teaching and supporting digital literacy in her school.

Library insight blog from Ros Harding SLA school librarian of the year 2019. talks about the Patron of Reading scheme and Book Bingo.

The school librarians role in Media Literacy

Reading week meant every student reading the same book. Read how we went about this and some of our outcomes.

From providing loans and advice on LMS's to organising author visits and supporting new technology an SLS' managers day is never dull.

School libraries are essential to our children’s education. School libraries increase our children’s academic attainment. Thankfully you...

We are delighted to announce the winners of our competitions who will be receiving a bundle of books for their school libraries. Drum...

As a literacy and literature adviser and university lecturer I have visited many primary schools and worked with many hundreds of...

There are two strands to collecting data for the Campaign. One is quantitative – that’s being done via the survey – and the other is...

Case Study – simple example School Librarians are constantly moving forward, thinking of new ideas and trying new things out. As Liz Free...

School libraries aren’t statutory, and in the UK no one knows how many there are, or if they are staffed or funded. The Great School...

Thank you to Softlink for making us this wonderful video for the Campaign!

“The active encouragement of reading for pleasure should be a core part of every child’s curriculum entitlement because extensive reading...

Christina Clark, Head of Research at the National Literacy Trust, is a member of the campaign working group. In this blog she introduces...

The School Library Data Group (SLDG), a sub-group of the Great School Libraries Campaign, has received a grant from the Foyle Foundation...

The relationship between reading attainment and reading for pleasure is dynamic and reciprocal, and school library staff can impact...

Last week saw the launch of the Great School Libraries campaign – a three year campaign spearheaded by SLA, CILIP SLG and CILIP. The...