News

• Shout about schools library services
  The School Library Association (SLA) works in partnership with many schools library services (SLS) across the country and has been concerned for some time now about the ongoing erosion of SLS services.
  [Posted 12.10 Fri 02 Dec 2011]

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• England's 15-year-olds' reading is more than a year behind the best
  The Department for Education (DfE) has published its analysis of the latest international PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) study.
  [Posted 14.01 Mon 07 Nov 2011]

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• Encouraging reading for pleasure
  The Coalition Government is strongly committed to improving literacy, and knows the importance in this of reading for pleasure.
  [Posted 14.20 Tue 01 Nov 2011]

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• Booktrust's Best Book Guide 2011
  Booktrust's Best Book Guide 2011 brings together reviews of favourite books published during the last year.
  [Posted 09.37 Fri 30 Sep 2011]

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• The Reads and the Read-Nots
  New National Literacy Trust research of 18,141 children reveals a polarised nation of young readers with one in six reporting that they don’t read a single book in a month, while one in 10 say they read more than 10 books in a month.
  [Posted 10.35 Mon 26 Sep 2011]

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• Ebooks
  Ebooks is a live topic in School Libraries at present and in Lambeth, NELL (Network of Educational Librarians in Lambeth) has been investigating the possible platforms for purchasing these to be available via the Library Management System or Virtual Learning Environment for whole school use.
  [Posted 11.15 Thu 22 Sep 2011]

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• Reading fiction 'improves empathy', study finds
  "The findings (from the University of Buffalo's study of 140 undergraduates) could, Oatley believes, have significant implications, particularly in a climate where arts funding is under threat."
  [Posted 17.22 Tue 20 Sep 2011]

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• Youth and Schools Information Literacy Task Force
  In her new role as member of the School Libraries Group (SLG) national committee and SLG rep on the Youth and Schools Information Literacy Task Force, Elizabeth Bentley has been asked to put together a database of case studies on the teaching of information literacy in schools.
  [Posted 10.02 Thu 15 Sep 2011]

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• Schools should make reading skills their top priority
  Whatever else we do for children and young people in classrooms, we must give them the dignity of being able to speak, read and write with fluency.
  [Posted 10.18 Wed 07 Sep 2011]

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• National poetry day
  National Poetry Day 2011 is on Thursday 6 October, the theme this year is games.
  [Posted 10.15 Tue 30 Aug 2011]

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