New library opens

Kids books are relocated

The Jerry Falwell Library opened in January of 2014, and since its opening, it has a been a relocation center for various other departments and smaller library collections.

One of these collections is the Curriculum Library, where all children’s books and other curriculum material for education majors at the university are housed.

Walking into this smaller library, it looks exactly like any library at an elementary or middle school, complete with shelves of children’s books, interactive stations and seating areas.

Located on the ground floor level of The Jerry Falwell Library, the Curriculum Library is full of nec-essary books and services designed to help education majors, according to the library’s website

Books located in the Curriculum Library include winners of major literary awards such as the Calde-cott Award and the Newberry Medal Award.

According to Lauren Paige Cornett, a senior education major, the Curriculum Library supports the School of Education by providing access to a variety of instructional resources, such as textbooks and teaching materials for children from preschool through grade 12, as well as standardized test material.

“It provides a multitude of educational resources that we can use in our education classes and in our practicums,” Cornett said. “By also providing access to education tests … education majors are able to practice administering and scoring tests in order to find out what level their student is at.”

The Curriculum Library not only offers education majors the opportunity to use the resources for their teaching material, it also provides them with resources such as photocopiers, laminators, bulletin board paper and construction paper.

“The curriculum library is great as it provides an abundance of resources for prospective teachers to explore and utilize,” Caroline Hamblen, a junior special education major, said. “Each time I go in, I am excited to enjoy the cheerful and friendly environment and discover new ideas I can incorporate in my lesson plans and future classroom.”

Additional resources provided by the Curriculum Library include textbook teaching guides, a collec-tion of materials used in the English as a second language program and standardized tests designed to measure aptitude, achievement and learning styles.

“Education majors use this department to help supplement their lesson plans that they are required to construct as a part of their major,” Anderson said. “Almost everything in this room is designed to help them with resources that equip them to become teachers, although this library is also open to the general public.”

The Curriculum Library is open Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. For more information about the Curriculum Library, visit liberty.edu/library/curriculum.