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Ambrit-Rome International School
Via F.
Tajani 50, 00149 Rome, ITALY
Telephone:
(39) 06 5595305 Fax:
(39) 06
5595309 Email:
ambrit@ambrit-rome.com |
About the Ambrit Library
Ambrit
has two libraries to serve the needs of its students, staff, and parent
community.
The Atrium Library is
located in the airy central area of the school. It is designed with
older students in mind and houses fiction and non-fiction books for
students in Grade 4 through Grade 8, reference books, travel
guides, and teacher resources.
The Junior Library is
located near the gym on the way to the Early Childhood wing. It
is designed with younger students in mind and houses picture books,
easy readers, and fiction and non-fiction books for students in Nursery
through Grade 3.
As a whole, the library collection contains over
16,000 items: picture books, fiction, non-fiction,
reference materials, professional books and resources, DVDs and videos. The majority of the books are in English,
but both libraries also contain books in Italian and in other languages that
reflect our international school population.
Cataloguing
and
circulation are fully automated, and there are Mac computers for student
use. A free
video lending library is available for parents, and there is a cupboard
full of novels outside the Atrium Library for parents to borrow on an informal
basis.
All students from Nursery through
Middle School have a scheduled library lesson once a week with Mrs.
Ruth Viola or Mrs. Jill Wiebe. The children experience a broad range of
library learning activities appropriate to
their age group. Students are welcome to use the library during
their breaks and lunch times when they have the permission of a teacher
and when there is not a scheduled class taking place.
- At the Ambrit Library, our mission is
to:
- Support
the
curriculum and be a partner in the teaching and
learning process.
- Teach
library
and information skills throughout the school to promote
effective and independent use of the library.
- Provide information services for students, not only to
supplement and complement classroom learning, but to
encourage the development of individual interests.
- Encourage
a love
of books and reading by providing an attractive and
stimulating environment.
- Give
parents
access to resources.
Last
updated:
30 November 2009: jgw
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