The School Library and the Instructional Program

The primary role of the school library program is to support and enhance the curriculum of the campus by providing materials that enhance, extend, and support classroom teaching and by guiding students to become effective users of information. The program of the campus library will be shaped by the goals and objectives of the campus, the scope of the curriculum, the teaching patterns in the school, and the needs of the students and staff.

Information skills are essential components of the various curriculum areas. The campus instructional team has the responsibility to ensure that these information skills are addressed. The library media specialist, together with the classroom teacher, should teach information skills that help students to become information literate. Students should be able to locate, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize information to produce original products that communicate information to others. Such products might include papers, dramatizations, audiovisual productions, and oral reports, among others. An organized program to teach information skills should be included in all curriculum areas throughout the LMC.

(Adapted from FBISD - Practices and Procedures Online)