Program Objectives

Marshall University School Library Media Program

During the certification program students will gain experience in the following areas, as required by ALA/AASL Program Standards:

Professionalism: The ability to demonstrate a commitment to personal professional growth.
Communication and Group Dynamics: The ability to communicate effectively with students, faculty, staff, administration, parents, other colleagues and the general public.
Collection Management: The ability to apply basic principles of evaluating and selecting resources and equipment to build and maintain a resource collection.
Collection Utilization: The ability to use resources to support the personal, developmental and curricular needs of students, and the instructional development needs of faculty.
Production Management: The ability to assist faculty and students to design and produce resources.
Organization: The ability to implement policies and procedures for effective and efficient acquisition, cataloging, processing, circulating and maintaining equipment and resources.
Administration: The ability to develop, implement, and evaluate school library media programs to meet educational goals, including the management of personnel, resources and facilities.
Instructional Leadership: The ability to serve as a learning facilitator within schools and as a leader of faculty, administration and students in the development of effective strategies for teaching and learning.
Access: The ability to develop a school library media program dedicated to providing access to information and ideas.