The Educational Library Services Division
The Educational Library Services Division delivers and supports library services to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) Centres, Primary and Secondary Schools, the National Open School of Trinidad and Tobago (NOSTT) and the Corporate Ministry of Education. The Division also partners with the National Training Agency OJT programme.
The School Library Services Unit forms part of the Ministry of Education, and is managed by the Educational Library Services Division of NALIS. It was first set up in 1978 to promote and coordinate the development of the libraries in sixth form schools. Over the years, the mandate was expanded to include a service to all secondary schools. The Unit currently supervises the school libraries in 497 primary schools and over 137 secondary schools.
Responsibilities of the unit include:
- The training and re-training of professional and para-professional staff in school libraries
- The selection, acquisition, and organisation of school library media by the technical services department
- Assisting with planning and development at both the national and local levels
- Drafting standards for personnel, resources, furniture and equipment for School Library Media Centres
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