School Libraries
Information about school libraries in the UK.
Booktrust School Libraries Research
Booktrust believes that effective school libraries provide the most socially inclusive means of giving all children the opportunity to enjoy books.
Yet there is no statutory requirement for schools in England to have a library, and anecdotal evidence suggests that provision of books in schools is patchy.
With this in mind, Booktrust commissioned a survey of head teachers in state primary schools and librarians in state secondary schools in England.
The survey was carried out on Booktrust’s behalf by the Institute of Public Finance Ltd (IPF) and the results were interpreted in further detail by the Library and Information Statistics Unit, Loughborough University (LISU).
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Institute of Public Finance research (Adobe Acrobat .pdf format 315Kb)
Recommended spending levels by Claire Creaser Director LISU (Microsoft Word .doc format 39Kb)
Summary document (Microsoft Word .doc format 54Kb)
