The Nature of the School Library Media Program

Dr. Dania BilalIS 551

Fall 2005

Definition

A school library media program is a program that exists at K-12 school library media centers.

Mission & Goals

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

This can be accomplished by:

Mission

“working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students,”

“providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats,” and

Mission

providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.”

The detailed mission and goals are found at:– http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?

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The School Library Media Specialist’s Roles & Responsibilities

Teacher Instructional partner Information specialist Program administrator

– Visit this site for detail on each role: http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?

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Standards & Program Administration

http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html– The nine Information Power Standards.

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/ipprogramadmin.htm

– Program Administration: Principles of the SLMS.

Principles of the SLM Program

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/iplearningteaching.htm

– Learning and Teaching Principles of the SLM Program. http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools/informationpower/

ipaccessdelivery.htm– Information Access and Delivery: Principles of the SLM Program.