Purpose. To study the attitudes of UK head-teachers and of librarians to the view that secondary school librarians should have the status of a head-of-department (HOD).Design/methodology/approach. Questionnaires sent to 77 secondary schools in Cheshire, UK had response rates of 58% from the librarians and of 49% from the head-teachers, with follow-up interviews being conducted with 15 of the librarians.Findings. Most librarians were employed as support staff, although many of them were doing a HOD's job; even when a librarian had this title, they did not often receive the recognition appropriate to such a role. Librarians were more likely to have HOD status in the independent schools sector than in the state-maintained sector, and there was some evidence that head-teachers and librarians have different views as to what a librarian's responsibilities should be.Originality/value. There has been no previous study of this topic in the UK
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