Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	annotated bibliography consisting of 10 electronic resources	60%
Semester Assessment	essay approx 1,500 words	40%

After completing this module you should be able to:

explain how school libraries have developed in the context of recent educational changes;
describe the information needs of the school community;
discuss the significance of the learning characteristics of different materials available to support teaching and learning;
assess the role which the school library could play in support of the school curriculum - particularly in relation to information skills;
outline the main issues of managing learning resources in the school context - particularly the task of marketing these resources effectively explain the role and competencies of school library staff.

The aims of this module are to:

describe the role that school libraries can play in support of teaching and learning;
identify the range of services and resources needed to enable a school library to perform this role effectively;
discuss the major issues of managing a school library resource centre.