Inside the Library

Emory Anderson
Staff Writer
  Trenton Guthrie has been a librarian for the last 26 years and has spent half of his career here at Bonneville High School (BHS). He is in charge of all things that take place in the library.
  Guthrie is endorsed to teach fine arts and library science. He also has a library science endorsement which allows someone to work as a librarian at a school or library. While the librarian used to spend most of his time cataloging books, he now has extra work with standardized testing and student Chromebooks. According to Guthrie, the benefit of working in the library is the quiet environment, but he grows tired of inventory and book collection. Over the years, Guthrie has witnessed many trends come and go, such as hard copies slowly turning into digital copies. He noted that many students do not engage with the non-fiction section, which includes science, religion, and art because those topics are so readily available online.
  Because Chromebook screens are so easy to crack, Guthrie often works with students who need device repairs. When a student comes in saying they have lost their charger Guthrie wants to make sure that it is actually lost. He asks them if they possibly left it at home or if they just misplaced it. 
  Guthrie did not originally want to be a librarian back when he was in high school; he wanted to be a graphic artist. He was halfway through the graphic arts program at BYU when he realized that was not what he wanted to do and ended up becoming an art teacher after graduating from ISU. Guthrie later ended up shifting over to librarian because a library assignment was at the school. 
  Leaving behind garbage and disrespecting others are two of Guthrie's library pet peeves. Something that Guthrie would change about the library is the location of it because it “seems to be further out then it should be [making it] harder to get to.” Other schools are putting their libraries near the entrance while BHS’s is further from the front entrance to the school. The reason for the locations for libraries is that they are often meeting spaces. Another reason for this is that it makes it easier for different groups to get to it, rather than navigating through the school to find it. Guthrie has had many different experiences throughout his life after graduating high school in 1981.

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