The New Market Elementary School library program is an integral part of the school curriculum.  Kindergarten students attend two thirty-minute library classes each week, while students in grades 1-5 attend library class for forty minutes once per week.  During class, students participate in story time, literature response activities, lessons geared toward library skills and research, and self-selected reading. They also learn to select, locate, and care for the books they are checking out.  Students in grades 2-5 learn to use the library's computerized search program to locate books that will support classroom lessons or simply provide for their own reading enjoyment.  Kindergarten and first grade students become accustomed to the library's layout and procedures as they experience both the excitement and responsibility associated with choosing, borrowing, and returning their own library books.