The portal www.schulmediothek.de strives to offer reliable and comprehensive information about school libraries as well as the services public libraries provide for schools. The portal targets all those interested in school libraries, including school librarians, teachers, students, and parents.
Main subject areas covered:
Organization and management
Use of computers and the Internet
Library collection development
Role of school libraries in teaching and school life
Ideas for reading promotion
Information literacy training
Services for schools by public libraries
Address data bases on school libraries and relevant institutions
Research literature on school libraries and on the cooperation of libraries and schools
Recent news on libraries and reading promotion
The portal www.schulmediothek.de has been conceived and is being updated regularly by the standing committee “Library and School” (Bibliothek und Schule) of the “German Library Association” (Deutscher Bibliotheksverband) with the assistance of the German Education Server (Deutscher Bildungsserver).