In addition to providing support in person, teaching and co-teaching lessons, and ensuring that students have access to print and online sources before, during, and after school (the library is open from 6:45 to 4:00 Monday-Thursday and 6:45-2:18 Friday), my partner librarian and I work to keep our website up-to-date and useful for students and staff. One important area is the Research Zone, which is a collection of links to all sorts of resources: our lessons, other websites, citation builders, pathfinders, and tutorials. We check the Research Zone often, both to ensure links are working and to add new content.

During our lessons and in one-on-one consultations with students, we show them the Research Zone and explain how to use it. Many of our students return to it often, with noticeable dips in visits when school is not in session, such as during winter and spring breaks. While most of the resources are intended directly for student use, teachers also find valuable resources there, such as guidelines on teaching research in the content areas. We add resources in response to student and staff requests, such as the resource evaluation lesson, which was added after several teachers requested we teach it to their classes and make it accessible online for later review. The Research Zone also includes a link to our new Ask a Librarian feature, which records a student's question on a Google form so that one of the two librarians can respond within 24 hours. We are piloting a chat feature for instant responses during work hours.