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Future Ready Librarians
Future Ready Librarians Padlet
Future Ready Librarian Follett
Future Ready Schools

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FRL Slideshow by Shannon McClintock Miller
Advocacy Slideshow

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Access to Resources and Services in the School Library

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Access to Resources and Services in the School Library

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The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore these principles are affirmed: 1. To provide the broade…

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The American Library Association affirms that all libraries are forums for information and ideas, and that the following basic policies should guide their services. I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community…

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"At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better.”
~Barack Obama

Philosophy of School Library Service
We believe that the School Library should be a welcoming, student-centered, learning environment in which a dedicated, inspired, and highly-qualified School Librarian serves as the essential link between the school community, technology and information.

It is our belief that schools deserve true, Master’s-holding, fully-certified School Librarians, in a full-time capacity, to act as the Information Literacy and Educational Technology experts.  Information Literacy must be taught by a caring, intelligent, and motivated librarian who wishes to nurture the spark of curiosity within students.  School Librarians know that true learning begins with a genuine desire to know something.

The most valuable gift a School Librarian can give to students is the comprehensive understanding that is Information Literacy.  School Libraries enable students to become successful contributors to this world of information.

“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education.”  ~ Harold Howe, former US Commissioner of Education

Mission
Through librarian-led information literacy instruction, equitable access to resources for the school community, and collaboration with educators in planning curriculum that supports the needs of the school, the School Library ensures students and staff make effective use of information, ideas, technology and library services.

School Library programs are dedicated to providing accurate and objective library materials that represent many different cultures and ways of life in an equitably accessible manner.  Instructional materials of the highest quality are offered in many formats.  School Librarians promote active and analytical thinking, enabling students to become engaged, productive, and independent learners. Information Literacy curriculum that is created through collaboration with the educational staff ensures a deeper learning experience by placing information in the context of the real world.  School Library Services increase student literacy, promote critical thinking, foster an appreciation of reading, support competency with technology, and enable students to become life-long learners.

“The more that you read, the more things you will know.
The more that you learn,the more places you'll go.” ~Dr. Seuss

Vision
The role of the School Librarian is to be a collaborative educational partner, a leader and expert in the literary, and informational needs of students, and both the impetus and support of technological progress.  The School Library is the informational hub of the school providing a diverse, accurate, and objective collection, equal technological access, and an inviting learning environment.

For faculty and students, the School Library is the place where research materials, pleasure reading materials, and electronic resources can be equitably accessed.  The School Librarian is the expert on Youth Literature, research methods, and stays current with knowledge of technology.  The School Librarian manages the library and ensures that it is a place that promotes inquiring, thinking, learning, imagining and evolving.

“Information is the currency of democracy.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

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These robust, ready-to-use classroom lessons offer breadth and depth, spanning essential social justice topics and reinforcing critical social emotional learning skills. "Teaching Tolerance provides me with the means to promote social justice, challenge bias, and engage students in discussions about diversity that would perhaps not happen otherwise."