- Highlights the potential of librarians to empower their students, their schools and their communities, and be learning leaders in the digital age.
- Includes stories of partnerships - from librarians and administrators - illustrating how they can collaborate to create change by harnessing the influence of the school library program to enhance the educational experience.
- Explores how librarians serve as mentors to their students, delving into many topics that define digital age literacy, including the librarian's role in reading advocacy and digital citizenship.
- Draws connections to the ISTE Standards, including the Student, Educator and Education Leader sections, in each chapter.
Through this book, librarians will discover the influence they can have on the school community as the library becomes the heart of the school, a place where problems are solved, content is explored, connections are made and discovery happens. Audience: Elementary and secondary school librarians/media specialists; education leaders