Reinventing the School Library
“What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it feels about education.” – Harold Howe
A poster with this powerful quote adorns the bulletin board in the library at The Somaiya School (TSS), where I work. My journey as a Library Educator began in 2017. It was a new role, very different from teaching in a classroom. I was eager to dive into the job. My opinion of school libraries before this was heavily influenced by my own experience in school where books were stuffed inside cupboards; guarded under the watchful eye of the librarian behind the desk. We were allowed to issue books only during the weekly library period. As we picked an old magazine from a neglected pile, ‘pin drop’ silence prevailed. Library period became a time to catch up on incomplete work. Ultimately, the...