Services to high and upper schools

Our High and Upper School Standard Service consists of the following services:

  • loan collection of one book per pupil (years seven to 11), either chosen from our mobile library, which visits each school once per year, or from your local SLS centre;
  • topic loans - 10 topic loans per term. Each topic box contains 20 books and is loaned for one term, with delivery and collection free;
  • library card - enabling your librarian to borrow up to 50 books at any one time from Suffolk libraries;
  • our team of professional librarians offer an Advisory Service to support school librarians in developing any aspect of their school libraries, and to help to develop pupils' information handling skills;
  • book ordering facilities are available to help schools to order good quality new resources at 22 per cent discount;
  • Training for your school librarian - six meetings each year;
  • free entry to our Book Mastermind competition for pupils in years seven, eight and nine.

Our Standard Service for 2008-2009 is worked out using a formula which includes both an amount per school and an amount per student.

Read the terms and conditions for our Standard Service.

To check if your school has subscribed to our Standard Service, contact your local SLS Resource Centre.

Schools who choose not to subscribe to our Standard Service can purchase individual services on a Menu or Pay-as-You-Use basis. Contact your local SLS Resource Centre to discuss the options available.