AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner

The new AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner are now available for download from the AASL site.  The standards are based on the following beliefs:

• Reading is a window to the world.


• Inquiry provides a framework for learning.


• Ethical behavior in the use of information must be taught.


• Technology skills are crucial for future employment needs.


• Equitable access is a key component for education.


• The definition of information literacy has become more complex as resources and technologies have changed.


• The continuing expansion of information demands that all individuals acquire the thinking skills that will enable them to learn on their own.


• Learning has a social context.


• School libraries are essential to the development of learning skills.

In order to provide services at school library/media centers to meet the new standards, do operating procedures need to be changed?  Resources? 

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