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Library Climate

Libraries play a crucial role in promoting literacy and 21st-century skills, fostering independent learners within a safe and welcoming environment. Strong library programs should be accessible, culturally relevant, and student-oriented, encouraging emotional well-being while setting high expectations. Libraries must provide flexible spaces for various learning needs, along with diverse and relevant collections. Policies around circulation, access, and collection development must support inclusive practices and community involvement, ensuring all users benefit from library resources. Technology integration further enhances learning experiences.

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Library Climate

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  1. Library Climate

  2. Roles of the Library • Promote and support achievement (reading, writing, 21st Century Skills) • Create confident, independent learners

  3. Descriptions of Strong Library Programs: • Welcoming and accessible for everyone • Warm • Safe both physically and emotionally • Student oriented • Engaging • Productive • Culturally relevant

  4. Library Management • Clear, high expectations • Modeling appropriate ways to engage in learning in the library • Positive messages • Policies that encourage engagement

  5. Physical Space • Warm and Welcoming to school community • Equitable virtual and physical access • Clean, organized • Lighting

  6. Resources • Attractive, relevant collection • Easy to find categories with developmentally appropriate labels/systems • Featured materials

  7. Physical Space Flexible learning spaces to accommodate multiple user needs • Instructional space (comfortable and usable) • Reading space (comfortable and usable) • Small group space (comfortable and usable)

  8. Policies • Circulation: • Who can check out? (all students? Families?) • What happens when students forget books? • What happens when students lose/damage books? • Access: • When can students/teachers/families visit the library? • What kinds of services will be available?

  9. Policies • Collection: • What kinds of books are purchased? Topic? Reading level? Format? Language? Culture of characters, information? • How are the materials displayed?

  10. Technology • Connectivity • Hardware

  11. Adams 50 Library Grants • Library Resources Grants (4) • $2000 each for high quality resources for the library • Library Technology Grant (1) • Set of Google Chrome books for a library

  12. Library Resources Rubric • Library Staffing & Access: • minutes and days library is open consecutively, open library time, check out policies, fee policies • Library Collection & Funding: • average age of resources, responsive collection development, current library budget, fundraisers • Connecting Libraries and Users: • School-wide reading programs, working with teachers, communicating with staff/students/families

  13. Library Technology Rubric • Library Staffing & Access: • minutes and days library is open consecutively, open library time • Library Funding: • current library budget, fundraisers • Building Support for Technology: • Current level of technology and digital resources in library • Connecting Instructional Tech with Users: • Integration with learning standards, electronic searching in the library, promoting to school

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