Curating for Clarity: Ensuring Age-appropriate Book Stock in Secondary School Libraries

12 November 2024, 2 - 2:30 pm

Follow up to the 2024 SLS Secondary Seminar on censorship and challenges, join this webinar to discover strategies for selecting exciting and diverse stock to create balanced collections, whilst supporting diversity and inclusion needs alongside safeguarding responsibilities.

Secondary ELSA

12 December 2024, 3:30 - 4 pm

An opportunity for staff in secondary schools with ELSA responsibilities, to see some new texts published over the last year. The books will cover a range of themes and will support a booklist which will be available to subscribing SLS schools after the event.

Help! How Do I Run a School Library?

13 January 2025, 2 - 2:30 pm

This webinar will cover the basics of running a school library and include library arrangement, where to find things, different types of books, routine tasks and other questions that are often asked. This webinar would be useful for a new school librarian or someone just wanting to remind themselves of the basics.

Secondary Seminar Follow-up and Next Steps

25 February 2025, 1 - 1:30 pm

Join this webinar for a summary of the speakers and further discussion of the SLS Secondary Seminar held on 22 January 2025.

ELSA for Primary

27 March 2025, 12 - 12:30 pm

An opportunity for school staff with ELSA responsibility to discover some new texts that might be suitable for the work they do in schools. We will be introducing a variety of books that have been published over the last year as well as introducing our latest ELSA booklist

Classification Made Easy

29 April 2025, 3:30 - 4 pm

School libraries will use the Dewey Decimal Classification System to organise non-fiction books in their library. But how do you know what number to attach to each book? Join the SLS Stock & Systems Librarian for a simplified approach to classification and discover the tools SLS provides its subscribing schools to make classification easy!

Library Design

17 June 2025, 2:00 - 2:30 pm

What makes a good school library? The design and layout of the space needs to be considered and well planned for the library to meet the needs of all the users. Whether you are planning a library re-design, a full refurb or moving the library to a new space, this Webinar will provide some do's and don'ts to think about before you begin the process.