Constructing documents in schools can be daunting because of the fact that time is always in short supply in a school setting. Furthermore, doing anything for the first time can also be a little overwhelming. As a person in the process of training to be a Teacher Librarian, I definitely feel like writing a Collection development policy for my school would be quite stressful if there was no supporting material available. This supporting material includes a number of templates and guidelines that are designed to streamline this process. The Australian Library and Information Association School & Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians (2017) have a manual for this purpose. This encourages the development of policies to occur because it gives TLs greater confidence and assurance to make it easier for this to happen.

 

References

Australian Library and Information Association School, & Victorian Catholic Teacher Librarians. (2017). A manual for developing policies and procedures in Australian school library resource centres.  https://www.alia.org.au/sites/default/files/ALIA%20Schools%20policies%20and%20procedures%20manual_FINAL.pdf