Mission and Goals of the School Library Media Program

The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished:

• by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats
• by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas
• by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.

Roles and Responsibilities of the School Library Media Specialist

• As teacher, the library media specialist collaborates with students and other members of the learning community to analyze learning and information needs.
• As instructional partner, the library media specialist joins with teachers and others to identify links across student information needs, curricular content, learning outcomes, and a wide variety of print, nonprint, and electronic information resources.
• As information specialist, the library media specialist provides leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats.
• As program administrator, the library media specialist works collaboratively with members of the learning community to define the policies of the library media program and to guide and direct all activities related to it.

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-Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1988), Chapter 1