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Independent School Libraries: Perspectives on Excellence
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Contributing Schools
Librarian names appear in the printed book, but here on this website only the school name, location and website URL.

The Altamont School
Birmingham, AL  35222

Annunciation Orthodox School
Houston, TX 77006

Castle Hills First Baptist School
San Antonio, TX  78213

Cornerstone Christian Schools
San Antonio, TX  78230

Dana Hall School
Helen Temple Cooke Library
Wellesley, MA 02482

Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, TX 75229

Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School
Washington, DC 20007

Gill St. Bernard's School
Gladstone NJ 07934

Flintridge Preparatory School
La Canada, CA 91011
 
The John Cooper School
The Woodlands, TX 77381

Keystone School
San Antonio, TX  78212

Northfield Mount Hermon School
Mount Hermon, MA  01354

Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
Summit, NJ 07901

Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Selma, TX  78154

The Overlake School
Redmond, WA 98053

Pembroke Hill School
Kansas City, MO  64112

Providence Catholic School
San Antonio, TX 78215

Saint Mary's Hall
San Antonio, TX 78217

San Antonio Academy
San Antonio, TX 78212

San Antonio Christian Middle
School/High School

San Antonio, TX 78259

St. George Episcopal School
San Antonio, TX 78213

St. Luke’s Episcopal School
San Antonio, TX  78209

Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program
Providence, RI 02903

Women’s Storybook Project of Texas
c/o Austin Community Foundation
P.O. Box 5159
Austin, TX 78763

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Looking Back to the Future: Traditions Reflected

by Hannah Pickworth
Roland Park Country School, Bethesda MD

I have been a Public, School, and University Librarian and have taught children's literature at Towson University in Baltimore.  I am a member of ALA, MLA, AISL, IBBY and Beta PHi Mu.  I am co-founder of the Peace Study Center, a non-profit resource center of peace materials to encourage teachers, caregivers, parents, and all educators to include teaching peace skills to young children ages 3-8 through stories, songs, books, and professional programs.  Presently I am at Roland Park Country School, a k-12 independent girls’ school in Baltimore.


 
ESSAY ABSTRACT

Librarians on the ISS (Independent School Section), AISL (Association of Independent School Librarians) and AIMS (Association of Independent Maryland Schools) listservs were asked to respond to a short-answer (as opposed to multiple choice)  survey about traditions/archives in their school libraries.  Respondents were self-selected and the questions respondents chose to answer were also self-selected and self described.  A large variety of independent school librarians responded giving answers representing large and small, co-educational  and single-sex; boarding and day schools; religious and non-religious, long-time established and newly established , urban and rural and heavily endowed and less heavily endowed schools.  Some of the responses were shared with the chapter on programs while this chapter focused on traditions connecting the library with the larger community.  The answers all displayed a passion for sharing and promoting libraries, reading, books, research and school history.  The traditions shared in this chapter show librarians and their communities as advocates for strong  school libraries .   While many of the traditions required planning, financial resources, space allocations, etc.  most all of the respondents wanted to include an element of fun and joy in their school library traditions as well as simply describing what their tradition was.

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NAIS Independent School Archivists

If you’d like to participate in this NAIS email discussion group for independent school archivists, please email Blake Major with your name and email address.  NAIS membership is not a requirement for participation but if your school is a NAIS member, NAIS would like you to set up a profile on their site. 

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