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The roles of the Library Media Specialist include:

Teaching
Collaborating with colleagues
Checking out books
Ordering and cataloging books
Providing Professional Development
Leadership
Promote Reading
Technology support
Partner with Public Library
Teach Internet Safety
Instructional Partner
Team Builder
Program Administrator
Informational Specialist
Develop Curriculum

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Over the years, when we had a Library Media Specialist in our building,  I would discuss the content I was teaching and I would ask for assistance to locate materials.   During Common Planning time we would collaborate and plan lessons together. Last year, my school Library Media Specialist implemented several school wide reading programs to encourage children to read more in school and at home.  I also worked with the Library Media Specialist to help organizing our Kindergarten Literacy Night with the Librarian at the Public Library.  It was a great way to connect the community and the school to build a strong partnership together.

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Based on my 20 year experience at my school, I perceive the librarian as someone that reads stories to my class and checks out books for them. Unfortunately, my school has not always had a Library Media Specialist. There were several years where we (the classroom teachers) were allowed to take our own classes to the library to read and check out books with them. I remember, there were several years where we had  a part time  Paraprofessional reading and checking out books. My district only recently purchased a smart board for the library and the part time LMS would use it on occasion to implement lessons.

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Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Every School

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Teacher Librarians at the Heart of Every School

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Teacher Librarians at The Heart of Student Learning

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School Libraries Matter:  The Changing Role of the School Librarian

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School Libraries Matter:  The Changing Role of the School Librarian

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Collaboration with teachers and Library Media Specialists - 

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Collaboration with teachers and Library Media Specialists - 

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Making a Real Difference

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provide collaboration with teachers, technology support, and Maker Space learning opportunities.

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Researching and Fact Finding with the use of local newspapers

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Librarians in the 1900's taught children basic library skills and provided time for children to read and learn about writing reports and book talks. Librarians taught basic skills such as, learning how to use the card catalog.

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Library Media Specialists Wearing Many Hats!

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Library Media Specialists Wearing Many Hats!

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Librarians in the 1800's provided assistance when checking out materials and researching information.

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Teacher - Librarian definition from Wikipedia!

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Teacher - Librarian definition from Wikipedia!

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I included the definition

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia,

A teacher-librarian (TL), school librarian, or school library media specialist (SLMS), is a certified librarian who also has training in teaching. According to the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), the official title for a certified librarian who works in a school in the United States is school librarian.

The roles of the school librarian

The school librarian performs four main leadership roles: teacher, instructional partner, information specialist, and program administrator. In the teacher role, the school librarian develops and implements curricula relating to information literacy and inquiry. School librarians may read to children, assist them in selecting books, and assist with schoolwork. Some school librarians see classes on a "flexible schedule". A flexible schedule means that rather than having students come to the library for instruction at a fixed time every week, the classroom teacher schedules library time when the expertise of the school librarian, library and information skills, or materials are needed as part of a learning experience.

In the instructional partner role, school librarians collaborate with classroom teachers to create independent learners by fostering students' research, information literacy, technology, communication, and critical thinking skills.

As information specialists, school librarians develop a resource base for the school by using the curriculum and student interests to identify and obtain library materials, organize and maintain the library collection in order to promote independent reading and lifelong learning. Materials in the library collection can be located using an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)

This role also encompasses many activities relating to technology including the integration of resources in a variety of formats: periodical databases; Web sites; digital video segments; podcasts; blog and wiki content; digital images; virtual classrooms, etc. School librarians are often responsible for audio-visual equipment and are sometimes in charge of school computers and computer networks.

As program administrators, school librarians define, lead, and manage school library media programs by establishing library policies; overseeing the library budget; planning the physical and virtual library space; and maintaining a welcoming, positive, and innovative learning atmosphere.

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Learning about Card Catalogs

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Based on your experience, how do you perceive the librarian in your school?  

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Based on your experience, how do you perceive the librarian in your school?  

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How have you worked with your school's librarian?

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How have you worked with your school's librarian?

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How are the Library Media Specialists perceived by themselves and their fellow colleagues, principals, students and others in their community? 

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How are the Library Media Specialists perceived by themselves and their fellow colleagues, principals, students and others in their community? 

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I feel Library Media Specialists perceive themselves as someone who wears many hats. They are a teacher, a leader in technology, and a researcher. Fellow colleagues perceive them as someone they can collaborate with and lean on when they need support finding materials in the library and assistance with technology. I feel that principals view Library Media Specialists as a an important leader in the school community. Helping to collaborate with colleagues to coordinate lesson planning and curriculum. Students and others in the community perceive Library Media Specialists as the person to seek out when they need help finding books, using technology equipment and when they are researching information for an assignment.

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Now...and then- how has the role changed?  How has it stayed the same?  Historical perspective.

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Now...and then- how has the role changed?  How has it stayed the same?  Historical perspective.

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The role of Library Media Specialist changed starting with its name. Todays Library Media Specialist once know as far back in the 1800's as the Librarian, has changed tremendously in some ways and at the same time hasn't changed much at all. Library Media Specialist and Librarians still check out books, research information and provide a service that requires them to have many strengths in a wide range of areas. The Library Media Specialists job description has expanded to include more experience with the use of technology and instructional strategies and knowledge with the new Common Core Curriculum.

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2. Are these roles shifting?   How? And, Why?

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2. Are these roles shifting?   How? And, Why?

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Yes, the roles of the Library Media Specialists are shifting to keep up with the increasingly fast information era. Technology is changing everyday making it hard to keep with the shift in the role of the Library Media Specialist in the 21st Century. The roles are changing for Library Media Specialists because social media influences the shift in the Information Literacy Movement in the school Library Media field.

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1.  What are the roles of the Library     Media Specialists?

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1.  What are the roles of the Library     Media Specialists?