Resource selection begins both with the teacher librarian (myself) and the classroom teacher. Throughout the year I am adding titles to an ongoing order list of non-fiction books. This list is updated regularly to reflect what has recently won awards, what other librarians recommend and what I am reading.

In my current school in Saudi Arabia, we are entering our last week of term 3. Recently I sent an email asking staff to reflect on the past units of study and requesting their input on resource selection for the upcoming academic year (September-May). I have asked this as orders take quite some time to fulfil, and even although we do get ‘last minute orders’, generally our orders take 6-12 weeks to fulfil, and rarely arrive in time for the ‘last minute planner’ teacher.