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growing body of research that demonstrates the positive effect of school libraries and school librarians on student reading abilities and academic achievement

virtual environment.

uber information experts.

no good reasons to design school libraries that are based on an outdated model

nnovative design

school officials will strive for a philosophical, functional, and physical merger of the school library with the IT program, with a faculty center and spaces for staff development, as well as spaces where teachers can work with (and learn from) students, school librarians, and IT staff; and

beyond the library walls

viewed primarily as a cost, rather than as an investment,

trying to create a good program by simply redesigning space without paying attention to staffing.

Teaching people to effectively find and use information to meet their needs.”

the 21st century school library must look beyond tradition to the future, to what is needed to help fulfill the educational mission, goals, and objectives of the school.

he library will be a sacred space dedicated to honoring those who use the library to meet whatever informational, educational, socialization and personal needs they might have.

broadest mission

Today’s library is a learning place, not a warehouse space.

fluid

Libraries must be spaces where multiple activities can take place simultaneously.

ifferent types of environments

ook at places where kids DO want to be

brary staff and a library program in place before facility planning

help as you can from an experienced, reputable school library facility design consultant—

Involve the stakeholders

Be adventurous,

complex

And I always say, design for the technologies that are available NOW, not those just over the horizon. The horizon might be further away than you anticipate.

libraries and librarians are needed now more than ever

a mix of print and non-print materials

consider providing more space for instructional purposes.

he emphasis must be on the quality of the collection, not the quantity.

quiet reflection will remain a need of humans for a very long time.

The glut of information that keeps expanding overwhelms most people, and libraries and librarians are needed to help guide and teach students and teachers to cope.

November 2nd, 2006

knowledge production areas.

Comfort and aesthetics are increasingly important

“learning groups” in which participants collaboratively construct personal meaning

content studied is the most important factor in college students being successful.3

school libraries also fit the description of a “third place”-

specially before and after school. Allowing gaming, research on topics of personal

learning ‘commons” i

the place, either physical or virtual, that is the hub of the school where exemplary teaching and learning are show cased; where all professional development, teaching and learning experimentation and action research happens; and where various specialists of the school have offices, physical or virtual.5

schools with good library programs are more successful than those without, v