Author Archives: CILIP SLG

As World Book Day approaches, we reached out to the exceptional school librarian, Lucas Maxwell, seeking his insights on engaging ideas for your libraries to actively involve students. World Book Day can be a fun, exciting event for a school. It can also be stressful to plan. In my experience, the programmes that have beenContinue reading “World Book Day Ideas”

Professional Registration is a way for school librarians to engage with the wider profession, access CPD and further develop our skills as information professionals. The benefits of Certification, Chartership and Fellowship have been the subject of much discussion on social media this week. The nights are drawing in, so what better time to look atContinue reading “Are you considering Professional Registration?”

Year 10 student, Megan Urmston from Abbeyfield School in Chippenham, along with 7 shortlisted pupils from across the UK, was honoured at a special ceremony for the National Pupil Library Assistant Award, hosted by digital media learning company, Pearson, in London on Friday 30th June. Thank you to @PeasonSchools for releasing this wonderful video ofContinue reading “UK Pupil Library Assistant of the Year Awards 2023”

In July the Department for Education released its updated Reading Framework. This recognises that reading is fundamental to education, and that students who find it difficult to learn to read are likely to struggle across the curriculum. It is a 176 page document that Barbara Band @bcb567 has condensed into a really useful summary in her blog post TheContinue reading “The DfE Reading Framework and school librarians”

CILIP CEO, Nick Poole joined leading writer, poet, former Children’s Laureate, broadcaster and columnist Michael Rosen and Margaret Greenwood MP (Wirral West, LAB) in the first of a series of events to engage MPs and make sure every child has access to a great school library. The activities began with a Parliamentary drop-in session inContinue reading “CILIP and Michael Rosen bring Great School Library Campaign to Parliament”

BookFlicks is a youth led scheme that showcases and promotes literature through creative short TikTok style films. The project aims to address the growing issue of young people struggling to engage with literature and is giving aspiring creatives the opportunity to create unique, exciting, and captivating online content about the novels that resonate with themContinue reading “BookFlicks: Engaging young people with literature through TikTok”

Great School Libraries is a three year evidenced-based campaign led by CILIP, the UK library and information association, CILIP School Libraries Group (SLG), and the School Library Association (SLA). Its aim is to bring back libraries and access to librarians in every school in the UK. The guiding principle of the campaign is a firmContinue reading “Great School Libraries – Key finding published”