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AASL Mission & Goals

Mission

The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field.

Goals

AASL works to ensure that all members of the school library media field collaborate to:

  • provide leadership in the total education program
  • participate as active partners in the teaching/learning process
  • connect learners with ideas and information, and
  • prepare students for life-long learning, informed decision-making, a love of reading, and the use of information technologies.
  


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