TEACHING & LEARNING DEPARTMENT

EPISD Librarians strive to ensure that students and staff are influential users of information by:

Providing an atmosphere that encourages the exploration of information resources.
Nurturing the lifelong appreciation of the written word.
Acting as careful stewards of resources to provide the best possible collections.
Providing students with activities integrated into the school’s curriculum to foster information literacy skills.
Implementing current technological advances so that students and staff are effective information users in all formats.

The Primary Goals of the Library Services Department are:

To ensure that all students progress toward becoming information-literate citizens.
To support learning and discovery for all students and teachers.
To provide support, guidance, and professional learning opportunities to all librarians to meet District goals and objectives.
To provide copyright expertise.
To provide training and monitoring of classroom ibraries.
To provide support in the selection and procurement of library materials
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To provide campus wide digital citizenship lessons and training.
To ensure that all staff and students have access to credible online resources.
To provide students, staff, and parents and guardians access to the District library catalog.
To organize and promote District wide literacy initiatives: Read Across the District and It Starts With a Book.