Services offered 2012/13 - Sunderland Learning Hub

• Membership of a regular forum for non-teaching secondary school library staffMeetings are held twice within a term for non-teaching secondary library staff toexchange ideas and share good practise. Topics covered include retrieval of overduebooks, ICT in the library, use of periodicals, supervision of pupils, updates about coursesand other library developments or new initiatives.• Pupil Librarian schemeSecondary school librarians encourage pupils interested in working in the school libraryto engage in the Pupil Librarians Scheme. Pupils can then follow a structured courseadministered through the Schools Library Service over the autumn and spring terms,culminating in a presentation event. The staff from the Schools Library Service and theschool librarians act as mentors to the pupils throughout the scheme. The scheme hascontinued to grow in popularity and 2010 saw 77 Pupil Librarians complete the courseand receive their certificates from author Alan Gibbons at a celebration event.It is proposed to run a trial scheme for pupils in primary schools during the academic year2012/2013.• The following service can be purchased in addition to the core service:Northern Children’s Book Festival author visitsNorthern Children’s Book Festival (NCBF) is a regional event run every year over twoweeks in November. All 12 local authorities in the North East are involved. The SchoolsLibrary Service administers the involvement from Sunderland. A member of SchoolLibrary Service staff attends regular regional committee meetings and arranges theauthor visits to Sunderland schools. The administration of the programme includes: -a) circulation of information to all schools about the authors visiting the city andallocating schools visits by the authors.b) providing a collection of the author’s books for the children to use prior to the visitc) hosting a teacher’s meeting at the Sandhill Centre to identify and manage theexpectation around the visitsd) liaising with the festival author programme administrator, over author timetablese) providing books for sale for teachers and pupils on the day of the visitf) organising transport for the author to and from the schoolg) organising the return of all the books sent to the school for the festivalThe school is charged an amount towards the author’s fee. This is a subsidised amountdue to the sharing of costs with 11 other authorities to get better value for money. Allvisits are subject to availability.SERVICE DELIVERY MECHANISM:Project box requests are dealt with on a first-come-first served basis. On average a standardrequest takes 15 minutes per box including packing. 1200 boxes are issued at the beginning ofevery term.Stock loans are selected by Schools Library Service staff averaging 2 hours work includingpacking and adding to a database.97