Classroom Libraries

Bookroom

School Library

Organization

Genre-friendly

Reading levels

Classified system

Literature Quality

Some are “junk”

New this year, selected by principal

Higher quality, fit curriculum and student interests

Accessibility

Student daily access

Teacher access only, send books home daily

Difficulties: No teacher librarian, no automated catalog, limited access to facility when computers are being used

• Teachers want student instruction in use of books, reference, and libraries in general
• Teachers want reading guidance and to send the class to get help choosing books
• Teachers state the Guided Reading program should include library research instruction for upper elementary students
• One experienced teacher recollects fondly about author and folktale units done years ago
• Teachers and administrators desire technology
• One principal has concern for students’ background knowledge, citing Marzano

• Administrators fear teachers wish to “lighten” their loads with a teacher librarian
• Reading Counts books (newer) were kept outside in the library in the school office
• The district has no teacher librarian to help students
• The nonfiction age is 80% > 10 years old
• There is no current library catalog
• The library is not associated with content instruction
• Teachers and administrators lack a library collaborative vision for student learning
• Stakeholders assume library skills develop without instruction
• Stakeholders see the library as a luxury
• The technology curriculum is assigned to associates
• The superintendent sees the current state as maintenance