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The fourth school librarian interview I conducted focused on the Shared Foundation Explore. The librarian I interviewed for this interview is Lucye Magill, the school librarian at Lucy Beckham High School. Lucy Beckham High School (LBHS) is a new high school in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina that currently only has freshman and sophomore students. The library operates on a very flexible schedule and students use the library at all times throughout the day.  One way Mrs. Magill fosters learners' personal curiosity is through encouraging them to read widely and deeply across multiple formats. She does this through library displays. For example, for the month of November the library had multiple book displays for Hip Hop History Month, Native American Heritage Month, and Veterans Day. These displays were set up all over the library and included several different books and resources for each display. Mrs. Magill explained that these displays encourage students to read and explore these t...

This school librarian interview focused on the Shared Foundation Include. I interviewed Glenda Kern the school librarian at Haut Gap Middle School for this foundation. Haut Gap Middle School is a very diverse middle school located in Johns Island, South Carolina. Mrs. Kern strives to implement inclusive competencies in her library program. One way she does this is through providing opportunities for learners to experience diverse viewpoints. She does this through curating a very diverse collection that includes African American, Hispanic, Native American, White, and LGBTQ+ voices and perspectives. Mrs. Kern also promotes a library environment that helps learners feel empowered.  Through information literacy instruction, Mrs. Kern teaches students how to evaluate information in order to determine the author's viewpoint and perspective. This helps learners understand that not everything they read online is trustworthy and they must evaluate the information and determine their on view...

The second school librarian interview I conducted focused on the Shared Foundation Collaborate. The librarian interviewed was Jennifer Thrift, an elementary librarian. Mrs. Thrift is the librarian at Charles Pinckney Elementary School. She is known throughout the Charleston County School District for creating engaging lessons and library transformations that facilitate student collaboration. The main way Mrs. Thrift implements collaborative opportunities is by creating library transformations, STEM activities, and playing games. For example, one library transformation she created was a surgical room. Not only does she have the entire room set up like a surgical room, but students also received gloves, scrub caps, and masks. The students were presented a task of having to "diagnose" patients by cutting and putting together different text features. This provided students an opportunity to collaborate and challenged them to work together to complete the task.  All of the library...

The first school librarian interview I conducted focused on the Shared Foundation Inquire. The librarian interviewed is Jennifer Thrift, an elementary librarian that operates her library on a flexible schedule. This flexible schedule provides her the opportunity to truly create an environment that fosters student inquiry through collaborations with classroom teachers and larger inquiry projects that take longer than one class period to dive into.   Some examples of ways Mrs. Thrift implements curiosity, initiative, and promotes new knowledge is through providing students with opportunities for trial and error. Some of the ways she implements this in the library is through Breakout games and through makerspaces. She explained that Breakouts and makerspaces are dependent on student initiative, curiosity, and inquiry.  She often collaborates with classroom teachers to create Breakout games and activities that focus on grade level standards. Mrs. Thrift explained that she oft...