Each description provides information on the partnership, its benefits, how to make it happen, how to integrate learning experiences into library programs, and how to grow the library program, with examples and suggested modifications.

It is the school librarian's constellation of dispositions that ensures a successful school library program. Of course, skills and knowledge are important, but it is that extra something--dispositions--that causes students to clamor for hall passes to check in at the library, teachers to collaborate willingly on inquiry projects, and principals to provide the resources necessary to grow the program.

Taler created and developed the Maryland Legal Aid's Lawyer in the Library program in response to the civil unrest in Baltimore in April 2015.

Given the emphasis on literacy and reading in many libraries, it makes intuitive sense that students' reading and writing scores would be better in schools with a strong library program. What may be more surprising is that, in a 2015 Washington state study, the presence of a certified school librarian was also a predictor of higher elementary and middle school math scores.

Joyce Backus, Associate Director for Library Operations, gave an update on the Regional Medical Library Program and MEDLINE indexing; and Ms.

The grant funds provided by the MoneyGram Foundation allow LitWorld to expand its key library program in Port-au-Prince, which provides the local community with urgently needed literacy education and access to quality books in Haitian Creole and French.

Technology is applied throughout our library program, Avid readers use Edmodo and Destiny Quest to discover new titles, share ideas, and recommend books.

The assumption is made, however, that the new school librarian will have the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that will enable him/her to manage a complex school library program from the first day on the job, usually as the only school library professional in the school.

The Sara Jaffarian School Library Program Award recognizes an elementary or middle school library that has conducted an exemplary program or program series in the humanities during the prior school year.

Extending TextLink into a textbook management system helped align the existing library program and new textbook program, so administrators could glimpse all book-related activity in one report.