Mission Statement:  An effective school library media program ensures that opportunities will be provided for students, faculty, and staff to become effective users of ideas and information and to acquire life-long patterns of learning.  To accomplish this mission every school must have a library media center which is staffed and funded according to the guidelines below.

1.  The staffing of the school library media center at the elementary level will be in accordance with the following: 

Enrollment	Professional Staff	Clerical Staff
Under 199	.5-1.0	0
200-499	1.0-1.5	0
500-749	1.0-1.5	.5-1.0
750-999	1.5-2.0	.5-1.0

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Evidence of:

• district-wide compliance with the Basic Educational Program 
•  superintendentís Strategic Plan
• building-based plans including but not limited to technology plan, professional development plan and building strategic plan
•  Rhode Island Educational Media Association committee observations and visit reports
•  responses to SALT survey 
•  SALT visits and observations
•  completion of RI School Technology Survey
•  adequate funding allocation and use through district budget
•  locally generated documents and statistics in support of standard.

2.  The staffing of the school library at the middle and high school level will be in accordance with the following: 
 

Enrollment	Professional Staff	Clerical Staff
Under 199	.5-1.0	0
200-499	1.0	.5 - 1.0
500-749	1.0-1.5	1.0
750-999	1.5-2.0	1.0
1000-1399	2.0-2.5	1.0
1400-1849	2.5	1.0-1.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Evidence of:

• district-wide compliance with the Basic Educational  Program 
•  superintendentís Strategic Plan
•  building-based plans including but not limited to technology plan, professional development plan and building strategic plan
•  Rhode Island Educational Media Association committee observations and visit reports
•  responses to SALT survey 
•  SALT visits and observations
•  completion of RI School Technology Survey
•  adequate funding allocation and use through district budget
•  locally generated documents and statistics in support of standard.

3. a. The library media collection in each school will provide a broad range of fully cataloged and processed media representing a balanced point of view.

b. The library media center and its collection will be equally accessible to all and will meet the requirements of all curricula areas. 

c. The library media center will be designed and maintained to provide for a full range of services, programs, and information sources.  The center should be of adequate size and arrangement to accommodate 8-12 percent of the school population at one time. 

d. The initial collection will contain substantive materials in ample supply to meet the diverse curricula and recreational needs/demands of the school population. 

e. The collection will be continually re-evaluated, weeded, inventoried and updated to meet current needs.

Evidence of:

•  district-wide compliance with the Basic Educational Program 
•  superintendentís Strategic Plan
•  collaboration with faculty
• movement toward a fully flexible schedule
•  building-based plans including but not limited to technology plan, professional development plan and building strategic plan
•  access to the Internet for students and staff
•  Rhode Island Educational Media Association committee observations and visit reports
•  responses to SALT survey 
•  SALT visits and observations
•  completion of RI School Technology Survey
•  adequate funding allocation and use through district budget
•  library resource purchases generated by professional library staff
•  locally generated documents and statistics in support of standard.

4. There will be a written mission statement supported by clearly stated goals and objectives and an action plan.

Evidence of:

•  copies of library media center's mission statement, goals and objectives and action plan.

Evidence of:

• copy of district school committee approved policy.

Evidence of:

• memo or other forms of written communication between administrators or curriculum development teams and library media specialist.  

Evidence of:

• funding allocation and use through district budget
• library resource purchases generated by professional library staff.

Rhode Island State Standards for Information Literacy:

1.  Student will exhibit lifelong reading and lifelong learning skills.
 

2. Students will demonstrate information-seeking strategies to identify, locate, access and retrieve information in all formats.
 

3. Students will demonstrate an ability to synthesize and analyze information in all formats.
 

4. Students will demonstrate an ability to organize and evaluate information in all formats.
 

5. Students will demonstrate an ability to communicate ideas and information through the use of various media.
 

6. Students will communicate an understanding of responsible and ethical practices related to the use of ideas and information.