The mission of the Lake Zurich Unit School District's Library Media Program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of the 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 learners.

***Credit to Information Power: Guidelines for School Media Programs (1988) p.1

  The LMC program incorporates three vital components to insure our students become continuous learners and to prepare them with the skills to achieve their goals and flourish as responsible, caring citizens in a global community.  The three components are:

  collaboration with staff members to enrich student learning. 

  instructional resources to support the curriculum. 

  direct instruction to students and staff to enable them to competently use these resources.

  To implement these components, the Library Media Specialist in cooperation with the classroom teachers offer programs to meet the challenges of a world with constantly increasing information and constantly changing technology.  The programs are based on the following beliefs:

  Library Media Specialists provide materials and assistance in integrating and enriching the curriculum.  

  Library Media Specialists provide leadership and expertise in the use of information, literature, and technology.

 Library Media Specialists provide programs which encourage students to access, evaluate, and utilize information.