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Last updated 29-Apr-2008
This page provides links to a range of policies useful to school libraries.
Policy development
A Manual for Developing Policies and Procedures in Australian School Library Resource Centres. It is the result of a joint working party of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) Schools and the Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians (VCTL) and has been published to support the professional practice of staff in school library resource centres.
The collaborative nature of this document and the spirit of cooperation in which the work was performed has enabled this document to not only be completed but also to be made available to all school library resource centres in Australia at no cost. The document is only available electronically.
http://www.alia.org.au/groups/aliaschools/policies.procedures.pdf
CMIS Cataloguing policy
For information of what CMIS does and doesn't catalogue and your requirements when submitting items for cataloguing go to
http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/cat/policy.htm
DET policies
Duty of care for students
http://policies.det.wa.edu.au/our_policies/ti_view?uid=01b68179c7ccf5539554511a7572e994&iview=summary_view
Staff conduct
http://policies.det.wa.edu.au/our_policies/ti_view?uid=aa7b64f5405351864b4ffa78280c72e9&iview=summary_view
Statement on video classifications
http://policies.det.wa.edu.au/our_policies/ti_view?uid=fb94640381cb0d23a666509a9a2ddfd0&iview=summary_view
All DET policies
To search for all policies applicable to the Department of Education and Training go to the
DET Our Policies website at http://policies.det.wa.edu.au/
A Collection Development Policy, written in collaboration with the whole school staff, provides a set of guiding principles to ensure that the school library develops and maintains a 'balanced, relevant and dynamic collection' that satisfies the needs of its users. It should reflect the school philosophy and the School Development Plan.
A Challenge Policy should also be incorporated to provide guidelines in the rare occasion that a resource may be considered controversial or offensive to some members of the school community.
Information is available from the following websites.
See also publications:
- Learning for the future : developing information services in Australian schools, 2nd ed. ISBN 1863667105.
Published as a joint venture of ASLA and ALIA, this essential reference explains how to develop information services for schools. The chapter on Resourcing the Curriculum provides a framework for resource selection.
Order from: Curriculum Council
http://www.curriculum.edu.au/catalogue/product.php?cat_id=202
- Providing more with less : collection management for school libraries 2nd ed., ISBN 0 9490 6099 2
Order from: Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University
http://www.csu.edu.au/faculty/educat/sis/CIS/4858/index.htm
- Managing for learning : issues for primary school libraries / editor Marianne Punshon. 2006, ISBN 0 9099 7830 1
Published by: School Library Association of Victoria, 150 Palmerston St, Carlton, Vic.
http://www.slav.schools.net.au/public.html#books
Group space
- Other useful information can be obtained from the edna website on their Library Policies and Procedures page. This page is a Group space for all library staff. Members are encouraged to share templates, documents and ideas about library administration, procedures, policies and systems.
http://www.groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=618 .
