The document outlines the LSE Library's efforts to enhance connections with schools through a public program aimed at increasing engagement and participation. It highlights various educational sessions provided to students from different year groups, with a significant focus on social sciences and topics related to women's rights and political change. Key achievements include the engagement of over 800 school students, the implementation of a diverse curriculum, and positive feedback from attendees about their educational experiences.

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Case study: LSE Library
making connections
OCTOBER 2019 ARA SW
Maria Bell, Learning and Engagement
@bellmari
• lse.ac.uk/library
• @LSELibrary

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Today
Developing a schools and public
programme
 Why
 How
 Achieving with others
 What we are learning

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Looking back
LSE Library amazing collections in social sciences
Supporting 10,000+ students
External researchers
School visits – responsive, ad hoc
Long relationship with LSE Widening Participation
No exhibition space
No strategic programme for external school / public
programme

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What changed?
Getting started
Goals?
Audience?
Priorities

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momentum,
opportunity,
experimenting

6. Another Brick in the Wall
LSE Festival
https://vimeo.com/328149520

7. I came here to see the big wall and it was much more than I
expected. 10/10, I’d love to come back’. (child), Colindale
Primary School
Enjoyed the experience so much and enlightened to see the
creativity from the kids. Job well done. Colindale Primary
School Parent.
I like it because we got to sing and see the wall of our bricks.
(child)
I didn’t like it, I loved it. (child)
I loved it here and I love the weaving. (child)
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8. Who visits? • 821 school students, librarians and visitors
• 338 of them visiting the Library
• Sessions given in the schools were mainly
years 7 to 11.
• Majority of visitors to the library were for
Year 12 EPQ sessions or to use archive
material in their History A Levels.
• The Walls Project for the LSE Festival enabled
engagement with primary schools, and
feeder secondary schools for LSE Widening
Participation.
• 77% from state schools
• 23 % from the independent sector.
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School Year Groups - All Collections
School Teachers
Yr 2
Yr 3
Yr 4
5
6
7
8
Yr 9
Yr 10
Yr 11
Yr 12
Yr 13

9. Breakdown of collection / topic interest
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School Year Groups
All collections Women's Library
40%
20%
8%
16%
4%
4%
8%
School Sessions by Popularity
EPQ Suffrage Brexit LSE Festival Greenham Common Women in 1920s Intro to library

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2019 Schools
programme
Documenting
change in British
society and politics
http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-
on/learning-programme-for-schools

11. Schools programme
• Key Stage 1 - Famous People
• Key Stage 2 –Why we see a doctor,
The Children’s Charter, activists for
change
• Key stage 3 and 4 – women’s rights,
Boer War, welfare, protest and
change, equality
• Sixth form /FE – electoral systems
and elections, changing role of
women, protest, welfare

12. Secondary
Schools
Offer includes:
Women’s Rights /
Changing Role of
Women
The Peoples’ Health:
Welfare from the
Workhouse to the
NHS
Abroad and Home:
The Second Boer War
Protest and Change
such as Social
Reform, Nuclear
Disarmament
Equality, Diversity and
Rights
KS 3 & 4

13. Sixth Form /
FE topics
Offer includes:
Changing Role and Status of Women
in the Twentieth Century
Rise of Labour Party and Fabianism
The Beveridge Report: Social
Welfare and Public Health
Change and Protest: The Contagious
Diseases Act and Campaign for
Repeal 1862 – 1886
Electoral Systems: General Elections
and Referendums

14. School programme
EPQ, Extended Essay / Project
Support:
2 hour introduction sessions
• Introduction to LSE Library and resources
• Topic searches and evaluation of material
• Referencing and academic writing
Plus
Access to LSE Library for 16-18 students
Online Resources
https://www.tes.com/teaching-
resources/shop/d_challis

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What are we learning?
• Topics
• Schools
• Students
• Staff development needs
• Organisation and logistics

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Going forward
•Audience!
•Know our purpose
•Managing relationships
•Staff development

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LSE Library
• What’s on http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on
• Schools programme http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/whats-on/learning-programme-for-schools
Maria Bell m.bell@lse.ac.uk Debbie Challis d.challis@lse.ac.uk

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Resources and links
• LSE Festival Walls film https://vimeo.com/328149520
• Endell Street Deeds not Words https://www.digitaldrama.org/project/deeds-not-
words/?portfolioCats=179 & 100 Banners https://www.digitaldrama.org/project/100-
banners/?portfolioCats=179 – Digital Drama
• The Fight for Equality - Scarabeus Aerial Theatre https://vimeo.com/263330391
• School resources online https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/d_challis
• LSE Library Flickr incl. The Women’s Library https://www.flickr.com/photos/lselibrary/
• LSE Digital Library https://digital.library.lse.ac.uk/
• Google Arts and Culture LSE Library https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/lse-library