It was extremely interesting reading this section as it clearly outlined the best possible way to achieve positive and effective outcomes in school libraries.

I particularly enjoyed completing the ‘personal strategic plan.’ What a fabulous idea! Being on maternity leave, this was the perfect opportunity to do this and establish clear goals and objectives for myself. Following on from this was an example of a strategic plan for a library. I have not seen a document like this before and it was extremely interesting and intriguing to look at and consider how I would use this document in a library.

I really liked how it began with the vision and mission statement as these outline what an institution wants to achieve and from here the strategies implemented should be in line with these. This document is broken up into three sections of: Teaching and learning, environment and policy and procedures which makes it very clear, explicit and easy to read. I also liked the way it was divided into year levels because it is impossible to cover the above topics for the whole school. If it is broken up into levels the strategic planning is much more accurate as it actually addresses the needs for those year levels quite specifically.

I will definitely suggest implementing a document like this into a school library when I get back into the workforce if there is not one that already exists. A document like this enables everyone working there to have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities and from here they would hopefully be on the ‘same page’ and work together collaboratively.