The School Services Collection is situated in Reading Room 4 at Bulmershe Library. The collection is primarily intended for student teachers, both to provide material for them to use in schools and to provide a variety of material for them to critically evaluate. Those studying the history of children's literature may find some useful material here and in the Children's Collection at Main Library, Whiteknights . The collection is maintained for student teachers and items are acquired with them in mind. The collection policy, therefore, is not the same as for a children's library and some items may be considered unsuitable or offensive to children.
Material is acquired in part to develop the critical ability of teachers.
The room is not designed for children to use either. Children should be supervised at all times when in the Library. Borrowing items from the School Services Collection Most School Services items may be borrowed for the duration of the academic term. Registered library users may take out as many books as their borrowing rights allow. Non-fiction is arranged using the same Dewey Decimal Classification as the main collection, simplified in some cases.