The media center is a
               place for students,
               teachers, parents, and
               community members.
               It is our mission to ensure access 
               to the ideas of the past,
               the concepts of the present,
               and the possibilities of the
               future so that members of the
               school community 
               will become effective
               users of ideas and information.
               Creating a foundation for lifelong 
               learning is at the
               heart of the school library 
               media program.
               Just as the school library media center
               has moved far beyond a room with
               books to become
               an active, technology-rich learning
               environment with an
               array of information resources, the
               media specialist today focuses 
               on the process of 
               learning rather than the 
              dissemination of information.
                                                                                      (Information Power, 1998)