Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Key recommendations
- Introduction
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- 1 The school librarian and learning: CILIP's vision
- 2 Staffing and management
- 3 Policies and planning
- 4 The library environment
- 5 Management of learning resources
- 6 Information literacy
- 7 Developing students as readers
- 8 Marketing, promotion and advocacy
- 9 Evaluation
- 10 Partnerships
- References
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Example job description and person specification for a school librarian
- Appendix 2 Example job description and person specification for an assistant school librarian
- Appendix 3 Example job description and person specification for a school library assistant
- Appendix 4 Model questions and answers for recruitment interviews
- Appendix 5 Example school library staff progression framework and case studies
- Appendix 6 Example budget for setting up a new secondary school library
- Appendix 7 Example school improvement plan 2013–14
- Appendix 8 Library policy template
- Appendix 9 Example procedures policies
- Appendix 10 Facilities checklist
- Index
Appendix 2 - Example job description and person specification for an assistant school librarian
from Appendices
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2018
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Key recommendations
- Introduction
- Notes
- Abbreviations
- 1 The school librarian and learning: CILIP's vision
- 2 Staffing and management
- 3 Policies and planning
- 4 The library environment
- 5 Management of learning resources
- 6 Information literacy
- 7 Developing students as readers
- 8 Marketing, promotion and advocacy
- 9 Evaluation
- 10 Partnerships
- References
- Appendices
- Appendix 1 Example job description and person specification for a school librarian
- Appendix 2 Example job description and person specification for an assistant school librarian
- Appendix 3 Example job description and person specification for a school library assistant
- Appendix 4 Model questions and answers for recruitment interviews
- Appendix 5 Example school library staff progression framework and case studies
- Appendix 6 Example budget for setting up a new secondary school library
- Appendix 7 Example school improvement plan 2013–14
- Appendix 8 Library policy template
- Appendix 9 Example procedures policies
- Appendix 10 Facilities checklist
- Index
Summary
The Assistant School Librarian deputizes for the School Librarian in the daytoday management of the school library. The Assistant School Librarian is responsible for ensuring that appropriate print and online resources are available at all times to support the teaching and learning within the school and that the whole school community has access to these resources. The Assistant School Librarian, in conjunction with the School Librarian, is responsible for the acquisition, organization, dissemination and exploitation of the resources and facilities (real and virtual) in efficient and costeffective ways.
Post title: Assistant School Librarian
Responsible to: School Librarian
Responsible for: library assistants, student library assistants, work placement trainees/students studying library and information services, volunteers
Internal contacts: all school staff and students
External contacts: School Library Service (SLS) [if there is one in the area], local feeder schools and FE institutions, colleagues in local and regional secondary schools, publishers, public libraries, suppliers and professional organizations
Prime objectives:
• to ensure that the school library supports and enhances the key goals and objectives of the whole school as defined by the school's senior management
• to ensure that the school library is an integral component of the school' learning and teaching priorities
• to support the promotion and development of critical thinking and effective research/study skills for all students so that they can become ethical users of information
• to support initiatives which instil a love of reading and learning in all students, thereby developing their potential as lifelong and independent learners
• to ensure equitable access to information, both physical and virtual, for the whole school community
• to implement and support initiatives which create a wholeschool environment that encourages reading for pleasure.
Main functions: the Assistant School Librarian will:
Deputize for the School Librarian in the daytoday management of the school library.
Liaise with the School Librarian on policies and planning for the provision of learning resources across the curriculum that support and enhance the key educational aims and objectives of the school.
Support the School Librarian in the evaluation and monitoring of the effectiveness of the library's contribution to teaching and learning.
Manage, in conjunction with the School Librarian, the library budget, ensuring that it provides good value for money and costeffectiveness.
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- CILIP Guidelines for Secondary School Libraries , pp. 117 - 120Publisher: FacetPrint publication year: 2014