The SLANSW Management Committee welcomes and supports the “Recommended Minimum Information Services Staffing Levels” published by ALIA Schools. These revised standards aim to ensure that the recommendations for library staff are in keeping with the trend towards the overall improvement in teaching staff to student ratios. The expertise of school library staff to support teaching and learning, as well as to provide for recreational reading were also key to the rationale behind these revisions. To read the full document download the PDF.