National Library Week

It is National Library Week this week, and Olga Holmberg, Head Librarian at the Eaglebrook School Copley Library is very excited. “It has been a big research week in the library,” she said. “In the first three days of the week, we have had fourteen classes come into the library to do research, on topics ranging from Japanese History to modern sports icons.” National Library Week began in the 1950s to encourage people to read more. “School libraries have been proven through numerous statistical and reportorial studies to increase students’ achievement,” said Ms. Holmberg. “Libraries offer authoritative information through various sources,” she continued. “Having a trained librarian who knows the collection, knows how to search, knows how to figure out what a student or teacher is looking for, and believes in reading for pleasure is also important,” she added. Each new Eaglebrook student is given an orientation to the Copley Library when they arrive on campus, and Ms. Holmberg frequently provides refreshers on how to use a library to students, showing classes how to use the Dewey Decimal system, the card catalog, and accurately search on the Internet. Students at Eaglebrook have a free reading period on Wednesday evenings after the Hilly Chase Speaker Series. “The Copley Library is very well used,” said Ms. Holmberg.