When she arrived at PS 225, Ms. Rosalia faced a library packed with outdated titles--including some that described Germany as two nations and the Soviet Union as still in existence. Working with a budget that averaged $6.25 per student, Rosalia acquired updated titles and used grants to buy an interactive whiteboard and laptops.

Ms. Rosalia spends her day guiding students through the veritable ocean of digital information that they are exposed to daily. She uses sites such as www.allaboutexplorers.com (which is intentionally peppered with false facts) to teach her students that some of the information they find online is inaccurate. She educates students on how to assess the biases of a website's content and shows immigrant students how to access newspapers from their homelands.

This new breed of librarian collaborates with teachers on lessons and teaches students crucial skills they need in school--and will likely need on the job and in life. These librarians even (gasp!) encourage students to read for purpose.

It's important to stay current in a world exploding with information. That's why we work so hard at Reading A-Z and Science A-Z to use the digital delivery of our student materials to keep things fresh and current.