The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished:
· by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats
· by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas
· by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students.
--Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1988), p.1