The school library program improves and enhances teaching and learning for the entire school community through its qualified school library professionals, collections and, and active collaborations for literacies, thinking, and global citizenship in inclusive and equitable education.
The school library program and its qualified school library professionals focus on student growth by providing equitable access for learning experiences, resources, and learning spaces that enable all members of the school community to become engaged critical thinkers, effective readers, and responsible users, evaluators, and creators of information in multiple formats.
Equitable access to the learning commons in primary and secondary school library environments, resources, and differentiated instructional opportunities for all learner needs and abilities must be ensured, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or identity, disability, nationality, language, professional, economic, or social status. Specific access must be provided for those who are unable to use mainstream library services and materials.
Access to school library program services and collections should be based on the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and should not be subject to any form of ideological, political, religious censorship, or to commercial pressures.
School libraries link to public libraries and the wider information network, in accordance with the IFLA Public Library Manifesto.
Setting Up and Running a School Library by