Library Mission Statement

In all academic disciplines, HCC students regularly engage with information from various sources, developing skills essential to their success in this Information Age. Through collaboration with academic teachers in designing research tasks, instructing students on strategies for using information tools, maintaining a collection of useful and current library resources including appealing reading material, and providing teachers with resources to enrich the curriculum, the library promotes students’ construction of meaningful, dynamic understandings of the world.

Research* conducted across the nation over the past two decades shows students score higher on standardized reading tests (regardless of student income level, and even when schoolwide staffing levels decline) when school libraries are:

• staffed by certified school librarians.
• have extended hours.
• have larger & newer collections.
• have more frequent visits by students.
• are funded at a higher rate.
  
  and when certified school librarians:
• teach information literacy to students**.
• plan collaboratively with teachers.
• provide in-service training to teachers.
• have flexible scheduling.

*See school library impact studies at:
http://www.lrs.org/data-tools/school-libraries/impact-studies/