Program Rationale
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Library supports the mission and the instructional program of the school while ensuring that students and faculty are effective users of ideas and information.  The library assists in preparing students to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to function in the “Information Age” and provides a positive learning environment in which all students can become independent, lifelong learners.  The library also promotes literacy and reading for enjoyment by providing a variety of materials and programs.

Program Goals
Information Literacy Standards for Grades 9-12
The Homewood-Flossmoor High School Library strives to be a critical component of the school’s total educational program.  Through the instructional activities, resources, facilities, and technologies provided in the program, students become effective and efficient users and creators of ideas and information.  The library works toward meeting the following information literacy standards set forth in the book, Developing an Information Literacy Program K-12:

The 9-12 student:
Understands scope, depth and potential usefulness of more advanced and diverse resources;
Develops and executes successful strategies to effectively access information;
Examines and evaluates information;
Extracts relevant and essential information from sources;
Organizes and synthesizes information from multiple sources;
Creates and effectively communicates information and ideas to others;
Selects resources based on interest, need and appropriateness;
Seeks information related to personal interests;
Understands and respects the concepts of intellectual freedom, intellectual property and plagiarism.
Uses library media center and computer resources productively, responsibly, independently and ethically

Special points of interest:

Students and teachers check out over 15,000 books per year.

The library contains over 35,000 items.

Approximately 70 classes per month visit the library.

The H-F Library has 16 subscription databases and online catalog in its “Virtual Library” and is accessible at www.hfhighschool.org

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