Guiding Principles

• Everyone who enters the Rocky Run Library is entitled to a safe, welcoming space where their interests, identities, and beliefs are respected, encouraged, supported, and celebrated.
• We are committed to providing access to learning in a variety of ways: through lessons, hands-on activities, print and digital resources, as well as offering an inviting space for students to collaborate, study, explore, create, and grow.
• The library is a community space and everyone is welcome, whether you are a reader or not.
• We believe in Ranganathan’s (1932) 5 Laws of Library Science:
  • Books are for use.
  • Every reader his or her book.
  • Every book its reader.
  • Save the time of the reader.
  • A library is a growing organism.

Vision

School: Together we create opportunities for personal growth and positive impact on our dynamic world.

What does this look like in our library?

• Teaching lessons about plagiarism, citations, sources, and copyright, among other topics
• Supporting students in exploring interests and demonstrating knowledge in unique ways using the Inspiration Studio and Tech Den 
• Creating and maintaining meaningful collaborative partnerships with teachers, administrators, and the school community
• Providing timely, relevant professional development for staff
• Establishing the “why” at the onset of lessons with students and relevance of library skills to content they are learning
• Supporting and promoting Portrait of a Graduate skills
• Modeling innovative, best practice strategies and engagement techniques for staff

Mission

As a school, we are committed to: 

• resiliency and lifelong learning 
• engaging, relevant, and purposeful instruction
• supportive relationships that create a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment
• goal setting and reflection that develop individual strengths
• personal and academic integrity

What does this look like in our library?

• Developing genuine, positive relationships with students and staff
• Purchasing both fiction and nonfiction titles on a variety of topics
• Weeding outdated titles to keep the print collection accessible, relevant, and engaging
• Offering a variety of programming, contests, and other events to engage the school community
• Promoting and celebrating student voice through recommendations, displays, service hour opportunities, and more
• Designing meaningful, engaging collaborative lessons with all departments, aligning content, students' needs, information literacy skills and Portrait of a Graduate attributes 
• Including formal and informal goal setting and reflection activities within and outside of collaborative instruction
• Raising awareness and accountability in ethical use of information and sharing of knowledge
• Cultivating responsibility when students lose and/or damage library books 

Want to learn more or have feedback? Contact Mrs. Grover ([email protected]).