Skadi Nova's List: school library collection development

The teacher-librarian is:

 
• a member of the school's total teaching staff and as such is actively involved in collaborative teaching and learning, school curriculum planning and in program development
 

 
• involved in the provision of the information-related resources integral to the planning, implementation and evaluation of the curriculum of the school
  
• a specialist teacher who develops, manages and evaluates, on behalf of the Principal, systems and procedures which include:   
   
  • library budgeting
    
  • selection and culling
    
  • ordering and acquisitions
    
  • cataloguing and classification using the Schools Catalogue Information Service
    
  • processing of materials
    
  • circulation
    
  • stock control.
   
   
 

The principal and the teacher-librarian together are responsible for implementing the school's library policy.