school library

collocation in English

meaningsofschoolandlibrary

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school
noun
uk
/skuːl/us
/skuːl/
a place where children go to ...
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library
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlaɪ.brər.i/us
/ˈlaɪ.brer.i/
a building, room, or organization that has a collection of books, documents, music, and sometimes things such as tools or artwork, for people to borrow, usually ...
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(Definition ofschoolandlibraryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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And if education is, in part, about building on a -icker of interest and broadening horizons, then this book should be in every singleschoollibraryin the country.
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Information onschoollibrarybooks is not collected separately, but is contained within a figure for local education authority spending on text and library books.
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She obviously appreciates the good that theschoollibraryservice can do.
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Therefore, the importance of aschoollibraryservice in each education authority is all the greater.
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There is really no substitute for an interview and an adequateschoollibrary.
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I preferred to serve in theschoollibrary.
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We have the generality of theschoollibrarybooks and the possibility of a wide range of choice.
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There is noschoollibraryservice but different people provide the service in different ways.
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Theschoollibraryservices are often provided on an agency basis by the public library service.
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Theschoollibrarywas particularly run down.
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Every library should be adequately staffed by qualified librarians, and every local education authority should have aschoollibraryservice.
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In both primary and secondary schools their libraries need to be supplemented by theschoollibraryservice, organised centrally by the local education authority.
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She wrote to express her concern about the possible changes to theschoollibraryservices.
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Some 12 months on, the report to that sub-committee reported a further deterioration in theschoollibrarystock.
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However, he simply could not get through on the basis of the books in hisschoollibrary.
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That point underlines the importance of having aschoollibraryas well as a good teacher.
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I speak here from my regular experience at entrance interviews of asking candidates about theirschoollibrary.
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Largely because of his efforts theschoollibraryhas been built up.
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Its role as a community school is very important to it: theschoollibraryis shared with the community at large.
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As school libraries decline, the need forschoollibraryservices becomes more acute.
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