Library Media Program By providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats
Proudly offered by the combined campuses of
The University of Montana Western
and
The University of Montana - Missoula School of Education
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Library K-12 Program Description
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 instruction to foster competence and stumulate 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: Building Partnerships for Learning (1998), p.6
The school library media specialist who administers this program has many roles. These include teacher, instructional consultant, information facilitator, administrator. Through these roles, the school library medial specialist provides: access to information, instruction in information skills, and recommendations for instructional planning. (AASL & AECT, 1998)
MISSION
The mission of the newly combined library media program at The University of Montana is to prepare teachers who will comfortably fill all of the roles in the library. Three tracks are available:
K_12 library media endorsement
non-teaching library minor
Masters in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Library Media Services
University of Montana School of Education
University of Montana Western
