Advice and Support
New library at Isbourne Valley School
Library Services for Education provides the following services to help you create a school library that is attractive and easy to use.
Book Banding
LSE provides a banding service for school books that have not been banded by publishers, including:
- KS1 reading schemes, guided reading, general fiction
- KS2 fiction, group readers, guided reading
Book banding brings all schemes together under one colour and therefore limits confusion for staff, parents and children.
Cost
The initial consultation visit costs £50 to include travel* and a full report with recommendations. A full day costs £315 including travel* and provision of all stationery labels.
*added charge for travel over 20 miles from Cheltenham.
What is book banding?
Book banding is used in schools to level books although the scheme was not devised by official educational sources. Many children’s book publishers e.g. OUP (Oxford Reading Tree) now send reading schemes and guided reading books ready banded; each band is given a colour. The advantage of ready banded books is that it takes the ‘guess work’ away from sorting your new books and makes choosing books easier for staff and pupils.
School Library ‘Makeover’ package
Need help with your library? LSE offers a professional library development and support service. We will work with you to create a library that is attractive and easy to use. Our services include:
- Editing stock
- Auditing fiction and non-fiction
- Identifying stock gaps
- Creating stock check lists
Cost
The initial consultation visit costs £50 to include travel* and a full report with recommendations. A full day costs £315 including travel* and provision of all stationery labels.
*added charge for travel over 20 miles from Cheltenham.
School Library Stationery
Library Services for Education can provide a range of stationery for your school library.
To place a stationery order please complete a copy of our stationery request form and email this to us: lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Professional Book Buying Service
For help selecting books for your class collection or library please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Schools Library Services (SLS) School Library Award
This is a national award to recognise the work of the school library, to support pupils and raise achievement. For more information please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Onsite Advice, Support and Training
Receive a 1 day, onsite advice visit from a professionally qualified and experienced librarian, who will advise and help with any aspect of running and managing a school library from set up to promotion. Suitable for any members of staff or volunteers with responsibility for the school library. Can be run as a 1:1 or with a small group.
For more information please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk
One hour onsite advice visit with report
Receive a no obligation advice visit of up to 1 hour from a professionally qualified, experienced librarian and then receive a full follow up report with recommendations and a quote.
Cost
The initial consultation visit costs £50 to include travel* and a full report with recommendations. A full day costs £315 including travel* and provision of all stationery labels.
*added charge for travel over 20 miles from Cheltenham.
If you would like more information about any of these services or have any queries please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk