Libraries

Open Space #B Library – What are we doing with them? January 27, 2011
 * Books vs. non-fiction books?
 * Do we call them libraries of information/media centers
 * How is library used for research and to exchange ideas?
 * Lower school classroom libraries vs. library itself and who chooses where the books go?
 * Interdisciplinary curriculum that ties PS subjects to library books read
 * MS and US – with laptop program, less computers in the library
 * Taking down a few walls so that it isn’t as confined and exclusive
 * Changing furniture and getting kids’ input
 * Looking at creating nooks and having bean bag chairs
 * Do you need a big research desk or can kids check their own books out like at a grocery store
 * What makes a librarian successful in working with faculty? – personality of librarian, content knowledge, openness to taking feedback and suggestions; being a listener
 * Librarian has understanding of a classroom
 * A library with a café?
 * Having learning resource people in the library
 * Laptop schools and the impact on libraries
 * Libraries used for other things that do not include children – how do we navigate that?
 * Are teachers not using the library? Do you need a library?
 * If building a school, would you need a librarian? Esp. with tech programs
 * Has environment of librarian changed where they are not shushing kids?
 * Lower School – cozy place to read
 * Upper School – more of a study-based environment
 * Middle School – somewhere in between
 * Looking at a stack of rooms, not one room with mix of printed and tech resources