足球买球 John Gearen Library is dedicated to assisting students and faculty members in their educational growth. Named after 足球买球 first valedictorian, John J. Gearen '32, the Library offers access to:
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Print books (fiction and nonfiction)
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Desktop computers and printers
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A faculty workspace for class preparation
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A Digital Resource Room for student collaboration and for school and instructional programming
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Online resources and research databases, including JSTOR and EBSCO.
足球买球APP John Gearen Library is committed to supporting the school's mission by providing a safe, welcoming environment in which all students, staff, and faculty have equal access to diverse academic resources and materials required to fulfill their educational, personal, and recreational needs.
The Library utilizes the I-SAIL Framework for its instructional curriculum. These standards, developed by the Association for Illinois School Library Educators, address four key literacies: information, media, digital, and individual. The framework provides a basis for the knowledge and skills that high school students should walk away with upon graduation. The Library aims to empower 足球买球 students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical consumers & creators of information.
ALA Bill of Rights
On January 1, 2024, Public Act 103–0100 went into effect at the state level. This law requires that each Illinois library that receives State grants, which may include 足球买球, establish an anti-censorship policy. The John Gearen Library at 足球买球 adopts and upholds the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights, available
here.