Thursday
Aug132009
e-petition calls on the Westminster Government to acknowledge the value of school libraries by putting them on a statutory footing.'
Thursday, August 13, 2009 at 9:14AM
For those of you not on LIS-INFOLITERACY@JISCMAIL.AC.UK there was an email sent out asking for support in the campaign to make school libraries a statutory right for young people in this country by taking time to sign an e-petition on the 10 Downing Street website and help influence future education policy:
We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty’s Government to accept in principle that it will make school libraries, run by properly qualified staff, statutory and to prepare the necessary legislation in consultation with the appropriate professional associations and trade unions.
The email highlights that:
School libraries should be a statutory right because access to a library and a professional librarian
a.. helps raise reading levels,
b.. provides a range of cultural experiences
c.. develops their independent learning skills
d.. and ultimately helps them to have a better life.
and that
If you feel interested in making your MP do some work on your behalf, there is a message below from the author Alan Gibbons, (with the wording of the Early Day Motion that needs to be supported by them) and the following website will locate your MP's contact details for you:
http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/
This is the Early Day Motion 1939 Manifesto for Education Libraries
That this House notes the contribution made by more than 20,000 UNISON members working in libraries and resource centres in schools, colleges, universities and local authority settings; acknowledges that libraries are at the heart of learning; welcomes the publication of UNISON's manifesto for education libraries designed to keep libraries at the heart of learning; supports its key objectives to promote and enhance the role of library staff in teaching and learning and to campaign for well resourced libraries with modern facilities; encourages the education sector to prioritise professionally-run libraries; and calls on the Government to acknowledge the value of school libraries by putting them on a statutory footing.'
We, the undersigned, call on Her Majesty’s Government to accept in principle that it will make school libraries, run by properly qualified staff, statutory and to prepare the necessary legislation in consultation with the appropriate professional associations and trade unions.
The email highlights that:
School libraries should be a statutory right because access to a library and a professional librarian
a.. helps raise reading levels,
b.. provides a range of cultural experiences
c.. develops their independent learning skills
d.. and ultimately helps them to have a better life.
and that
If you feel interested in making your MP do some work on your behalf, there is a message below from the author Alan Gibbons, (with the wording of the Early Day Motion that needs to be supported by them) and the following website will locate your MP's contact details for you:
http://findyourmp.parliament.uk/
This is the Early Day Motion 1939 Manifesto for Education Libraries
That this House notes the contribution made by more than 20,000 UNISON members working in libraries and resource centres in schools, colleges, universities and local authority settings; acknowledges that libraries are at the heart of learning; welcomes the publication of UNISON's manifesto for education libraries designed to keep libraries at the heart of learning; supports its key objectives to promote and enhance the role of library staff in teaching and learning and to campaign for well resourced libraries with modern facilities; encourages the education sector to prioritise professionally-run libraries; and calls on the Government to acknowledge the value of school libraries by putting them on a statutory footing.'
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