Beyond the sword of Damocles: challenges facing school library services

Abstract

School library services (SLSs) have faced a tremendous period of change since the late 1980s, much of it resulting from the Education Reform Act which brought about the national curriculum and shifted management and financial responsibilities to schools themselves. Changes, developments and challenges seem likely to continue through the 1990s and include continuing budget cuts and reductions, the varying effects of local government review, the importance of recognition of customer needs, implications of service provision to grant‐maintained schools (possibly trading “beyond the margins”), enhanced range of skills needed by SLS staff and imminent, detrimental effects of budget reductions on school libraries.

Citation

Dickins, G. (1995), "Beyond the sword of Damocles: challenges facing school library services", New Library World, Vol. 96 No. 3, pp. 16-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809510085280