The Bonaventura Hall Library (K-6) and Hope Memorial Library (7-12) are integral parts of the academic life of Oak Knoll. Our library media program seeks to develop information literacy skills in a sequential program for grades K-12 and to foster a life-long love of reading. Scheduled classes and one-on-one instruction are provided in two professionally-staffed library media centers that are open to students and the Oak Knoll community. The work of the libraries continues beyond the walls of our school through remote access to our resources via the Internet.
Oak Knoll adheres to the mission and goals of a school library media program as articulated by the American Association of School Libraries in Information Power in 1998. The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished by:
- Providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats;
- Providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing and using information and ideas;
- Working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students;
- Requiring that the acquisition of current print and electronic materials are made available to all, both for use in the library and classrooms.