Thus these librarians likely will not have as much input as the teachers who are in the same buildings all five days of the week. Since a librarian deals with the entire student body, the librarian often has a broad view of the school community while many classroom teacher often have a narrower view of the school. Due to this broad knowledge, librarians can be valuable to the FTF planning team. There's only so much time in each day. Librarians already are involved in many activities which promote reading and research.
Librarians do a significant amount of repackaging of information for classroom teachers.
USD 500 does not have substitutes for the librarians. The district's technology plan cites the implementation of Information Power , the national standards for school libraries. The technology plan recognizes the increased use of computers for research, which will require librarians and classroom teachers to collaborate in the teaching of how to use electronic databases as resources and how to judge the authority and usefulness of these sources. Librarians are not opposed to teaching students with a purpose in mind when reading and information skills are involved. Librarians are expected to promote books, media and electronic resources.