LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION recognizing April 2016, as National School
Library Month

WHEREAS, The quest for knowledge and achievement by students is stimu-
lated and developed through the use of educational resources and
instruction provided by school library programs that are staffed by
professional certified school librarians; and
WHEREAS, School library programs provide the means for students to
gain cultural understanding and enhance global communication skills; and
WHEREAS, Lifelong learning begins and is systematically developed
through the school library curriculum of the elementary and secondary
schools; and
WHEREAS, The school library program contributes to the individual
growth and development of all students, while fostering both excellence
and equity in education; and
WHEREAS, School library programs teach the skills of effectively
locating and ethically using information through traditional resources
and new technologies to provide literature appreciation activities and
to guide and encourage informational and recreational reading to every
student; and
WHEREAS, School libraries provide materials that will develop liter-
ary, cultural, aesthetic appreciation, and ethical standards; and
WHEREAS, The school library program helps students learn to find texts
on any topic of interest across a range of complexity, so they are
engaged at a level that is challenging to them; and
WHEREAS, School librarians teach students to inquire, think crit-
ically, draw conclusions, make informed decisions, and create and share
knowledge in preparation for advanced study and the workplace; and
WHEREAS, The American Association of School Libraries (AASL) will
celebrate the 31st Anniversary of School Library Month in 2016 with the
theme, "School Libraries Transform Learning"; and
WHEREAS, It is both fitting and proper that special recognition be
given to school library programs and the role of certified school
librarians in education throughout the State of New York; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
recognize April 2016, as National School Library Month; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the American Association of School Libraries.