Here are some suggested quotes from Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning Prepared by the American Association of School Librarians and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Chicago: American Library Association, 1998. Every library media teacher should have their own well-read copy.

These should be used with attribution in whatever publication you produce.

The focus of the school library media programs has moved from resources to students to creating a community of lifelong learners. (p. v)

Profound changes in society and technology during the past decade have reluted in massive changes in education and school library media programs. (p. vi)

Information literacy - understanding how to access and use information - is at the core of lifelong learning. (p. vii)

Information literacy - the ability to find and use information - is the keystone of lifelong learning. (p. 1)

Helping students flouris in this learning community is the central concern of student-centered library media programs. The goal is to assist all students in becoming active and creative locators, evaluators, and users of information to solve problems and to satisfy their own curiosity. Withy these abilities, students can become independent, ethcal, lifelong learners who achieve personal satisfaction and who contribute responsibly and productively to the learning community and to society as a whole. (p. 2-3)

Now, as the keystone of a student-centerd library media program, the library media specialist is poised to work collaboratevely with teachers, administrators, and others to facilitate students' entry into the communication age. (p. 3)

The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. (p. 6)

The nine information literacy standards are at: http://www.ala.org/aasl/ip_nine.html

Using sound principles of instructional design, school library media specialists and teachers analyze learner need, design and implement infrustion to meet that need, and evaluate and revise plans for future improvement. (p. 128)

We must teach students to be learners, because in theri lifetimes so much new knowledge will be generated that they cannot expect to stop learning when they leave school. What are learners? They are people who inquire, who seek information, evaluate it, apply it to new problems, questions, or decisions, and assess how well the information has met their needs. (p. 131)

A well-run, student-centered school library media program that is carefully planned, appropriately staffed, and imaginatively and efficiently managed is essential for meeting contemporary learning needs. (p. 101)

The library media specialist has both the responsibility and the expertise for guiding an effective school library media program. (p. 101)

In every swchool, a minimum of one full-time, certified/licensed library media specialist supported by qualified staff is fundamentla to the implementation of an effective library media program at the building level. (p. 103

Creating an information literate society is an expensive task. The school library media program requires a level of funding that will give all students adequate opportunities. In an era when access to inormation defines the difference between wealth and povery, the library media program must provide access to all the information and instruction that students and others need for active, authentic, information-based learning. (p. 109)

The school library media specialist is the chief advocate for the library media program and documents its effectiveness so that the full learning community recognizes its value and supports its role. (p. 113)