The Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland has launched an online toolkit for headteachers, library managers and librarians. It is intended to help librarians focus on the impact they can have on A Curriculum for Excellence within their school and how they can help schools and individual departments to deliver the values, purposes and principles of A Curriculum for Excellence. School Library Service managers can use this kit to inform individual school librarians and help them to focus on what A Curriculum for Excellence means for them and how they can start to develop their role in delivering the new curriculum.

A Curriculum for Excellence sets out the Scottish Executive's vision for transforming Scottish education by 2007. It seeks to establish the values, purposes and principles of education in Scotland for children and young people between the ages of 3 and 18.

The curriculum should enable young people to become:

• successful learners
• confident individuals
• responsible citizens
• effective contributors

The purpose of the programme is to improve the learning, attainment and achievement of young people in Scotland. It's also about ensuring that pupils achieve on a broad front, not just in terms of examinations. It is important to ensure that children and young people are acquiring the full range of skills and abilities relevant to growing, living and working in the contemporary world. They will enjoy greater choice and opportunity to help them realise their individual talents.