Library Power matches city and state funds allocated for library materials and provides other incentives for building beautiful and useful collections. Library Power encourages collaborative teaching by providing mini-grants for special projects. Once the program is underway, parents, community members, and children help with tutoring and read-aloud activities. They also participate in programs and book discussions, and help with processing, circulating and shelving materials. Students and parents are computer aides and technology experts.
Children help and teach other children, their parents and teachers.
The librarian works with individual children, small groups, and whole classes to help foster a love of reading, and to develop information skills. Reading aloud, book discussions, storytelling, puppetry, drama, dance, art, bookmaking, and live performances all enhance skills and develop content learning. Children pursue research projects to meet class needs and personal interests. They share what they have learned through written and oral reports, docu-dramas, performances, media productions, and demonstrations. They work alone and in groups, coming to the library throughout the day as needed to locate and use resources and practice information skills.