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Libraries, Literacy, and Learning

‘Literacy’ and ‘librarian’ are words that are often associated with one another, especially when discussing school libraries. The connection is clear, the association is apparent, but a true understanding of what literacy is and the school librarian’s role regarding literacy is often more ambiguous. Standards provide a way to not only guide school librarians and their stakeholders, but also assist in providing greater clarity on librarians’ literacy roles. The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) both provide standards that are integral to empowering librarians to communicate and demonstrate their multifaceted literacy roles.  In Engaging Adolescent Literacies with the Standards , Jenna Spiering (2019) discusses how the new AASL standards provide librarians with an important opportunity to better establish their meaningful place in the curriculum and in student learning. As Spiering (2019) stat...