1. What We Believe:
Philosophy of
The Unquiet Relationships are at the core of successful libraries, and like a garden,
they need constant care and nurturing. By framing libraries as sites of
participatory culture and playful learning, the library is better
Library positioned to empower people in our learning community to participate
in and/or create learning communities around information literacy and
content area standards as well as the passions, wonderings, and
interests of students and faculty.
We collaborate with teachers and students to establish and nurture a
learning-centric library program grounded in practices of participation
that embrace and encourage formal and informal communities of
learning. The learning experiences and contributions of our learning
community continually inform the library’s understanding of the
community and consequently impact the library’s strategies for
innovation which are then integrated into our annual program design
and evaluation plan.
Through these collaborative partnerships, an organic and compelling
narrative of the library experience is communally constructed by
students and teachers and shared with a global audience. We invite
you to participate and contribute to the experience we call “library.”
Buffy J. Hamilton, 2012