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A student opens up a book as a whole new world overruns his imagination. The characters come to life as the plot immerses the reader into the book. The library here provides students with all of these experiences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The library is one of the greatest assets that the school has to offer. There are many different kinds of resources that are available for students to use. Librarian Ms. Carrey Reynolds does whatever she can to help students dive into the realm of books.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Reynolds would have never joined the Catholic High faculty if it wasn\u2019t for an ad. \u201cI was working as a librarian in Northeast Arkansas when a friend of mine who lived in Little Rock called me at work one day and told me to look at the want ads in the Democrat-Gazette,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cI looked through the ads that morning and stumbled on one that read, \u2018Catholic High School for Boys is looking for a librarian with a sense of humor and a spirit of adventure to work with 700 high-spirited but well-behaved boys. If interested, contact Fr. Tribou.\u2019 I read that ad and felt it was written just for me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking to make a change at that time and this looked like a real possibility,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cSo I took the ad down to my best friend who worked at the same school I did and asked her to read it. She looked up at me and said, \u2018You have to follow up.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Reynolds knew nothing about Catholic High before coming here, but that didn\u2019t stop her from pursuing the job offer. \u201cThe school was clearly an all-boys school,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn’t even know if they hired women teachers, but I made the call and spoke to Mrs. Barbara Pierce, who worked in the office at that time. She encouraged me to send a resum\u00e9, which I did. After that, Fr. Tribou contacted me, and we set up an interview, and he hired me on the spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a lot of work that goes into keeping the library up to date. \u201cYou don’t want to keep a lot of outdated books and materials, but you also can’t just throw things out willy-nilly,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cANSAA [Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association] requires school libraries to house a certain number of books based on enrollment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The school also has a budget for buying books. \u201cClassic novels are classic; they stand the test of time while non-fiction books need to be weeded periodically,\u201d said Mrs. Reynolds. \u201cA decision is made as to whether to replace the book with a newer title or not. But non-fiction books vary in how much they need to be weeded. Computers and internet access have definitely helped to keep current materials available, especially when it comes to research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The library has more to offer than just books. \u201cWe have a digital subscription to the <\/span>Arkansas Democrat-Gazette<\/span> and subscriptions to about 20 print magazines,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cWe also have fifty or so DVDs on various topics ranging from biographies like Martin Luther King and Mark Twain to the Crusades, the Civil War, the Salem witchcraft trials, and Auschwitz.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn addition to these in-house resources, we have access to thousands of digital resources through the Arkansas State Library in the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS). This gives our students free access to thousands of resources that I could not possibly provide otherwise,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CALS Tech card gives every student free access to all of the digital resources the library offers. \u201cIt’s like a virtual branch of the library, and all of our students can access it from school or from home,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cThis puts so much information right at your fingertips and it’s free.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior Michael Elser appreciates the many resources of the library. \u201cThe library is a change of scenery,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is a calm and relaxing environment where I can study, and if I need to, do some research.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Junior Nathan Ghidotti has some similar experiences with the library. \u201cI come to the library to do Mu Alpha Theta and for my computer science class,\u201d he said. \u201cI was doing a project for Coach [Todd] Ezzi\u2019s religion class on a saint of my choice. Ms. Reynolds helped me find great book sources for information on my project.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Not only does Ms. Reynolds help students find books in the library, but she also researches different sources to find the newest books for students.\u00a0 \u201cI subscribe to library journals that publish reviews of new books which are recommended for school libraries,\u201d she said. \u201cI read a lot of reviews and quite a few books before deciding on what new books to order. I also consult the Senior High Core Collection which contains curriculum-based recommendations for libraries.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNew books then come into the library in a variety of ways. I deal directly with a publishing house itself, though that’s rare,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cI order quite a few books from Amazon, especially if I want them quickly. I also accept preview books from companies who send boxes of books out for me to look at. I keep what I want, and return the rest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Another way Ms. Reynolds acquires books is by recommendations from teachers. \u201cThe English teachers, especially, are good at providing me with a list from their professional source they’d like to see their students read,\u201d said Ms. Reynolds. \u201cOur teachers are really good at letting me know about a book or books they think should be on our shelves.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Ms. Reynolds is so passionate about her job that she would do anything to get a book for a student. \u201cWhat I love the best is when a student comes in looking for a particular book that we might not have and is surprised to learn that I’ll get it for him (that is if I agree it’s a good one for us to have),\u201d she said. \u201cI’ve been known to make a quick run to Barnes & Noble and grab a book in order to get it into the hands of the boy who requested it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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