Library Media Centers

     The Library Media Center staff collaborates with the faculty to integrate the American Library Association's Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning, to provide a wide variety of reading materials, and to develop learning activities that align with the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner and the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards by providing:

equitable access to information through learning activities that develop effective cognitive strategies for selecting, retrieving, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, creating, and communicating information in all formats and in all content areas of the curriculum

scheduling that enables all students to have access to the school Library Media Center, its staff, and resources

technology that enables access to electronic databases for remote information retrieval

carefully selected resources that represent a wide range of subjects, levels of difficulty, and formats organized systematically

leadership and expertise in acquiring and evaluating information resources in all formats

opportunities for an active collaboration and partnership with teachers and administrators in working toward shared instructional goals

a program that functions as the information center of the school by providing resources that extend beyond the confines of a textbook

Excerpted from Chapter 1, "The Vision," of Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. Copyright © 1998 American Library Association and Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

 Certified School Library Media Specialists/Associate School Library Media Specialists effectively manage the library facilities, select print, nonprint, and electronic resources, and implement programs that support and enhance each school’s expectations for student learning. Support staff are available on a rotating basis.  Parent volunteers are always welcome.