Chamber and committees

Development of a national strategy for school libraries, due to be launched in Summer 2018, is well underway. This has included a literature review spanning the globe to ensure Scotland's strategy reflects global best practice. This has identified a number of different successful delivery models. A series of school library visits has taken place across Scotland to inform the baseline data to be included in the strategy and to take account of best practice in the Scottish context. A survey will be issued shortly to capture the wide range of governance models which exist for school libraries in Scotland. The Scottish Government looks forward to the announcement of the Chair for the National Strategy for School Libraries Advisory Group in the coming weeks. This is likely to coincide with the announcement of the successful applications in the first round of the School Library Improvement Fund.