# 23 Ill. Adm. Code 27.440: Section 27.440 Library Information Specialist

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## Section

- **Citation:** 23 Ill. Adm. Code 27.440
- **Heading:** Section 27.440 Library Information Specialist
- **Jurisdiction:** Illinois
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Illinois Administrative Code / Title 23 EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES / CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION / Part 27 STANDARDS FOR ENDORSEMENTS IN SPECIFIC TEACHING FIELDS / Section 27.440 Library Information Specialist

## Text

Section 27.440  Library Information Specialist
By October 1, 2024, all candidates for a Library Information
Specialist endorsement will be required to complete a program aligned to the
American Library Association/American Association of School Librarians, School
Librarian Preparation Standards (2019), published by the American Library
Association,  50 E. Huron St., Chicago IL 60611, and available at
https://www.ala.org/aasl/about/ed/caep/programs. (No later amendments to or
editions of these guidelines are incorporated.)  The standards effective until September
30, 2024 are as follows:
a)         Information Access and Delivery – The library information
specialist provides equitable intellectual and physical access to information
and ideas in support of the curriculum for a diverse community of learners.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        knows current and developmentally appropriate resources and the
strategies for guiding the intellectual access to information.
B)        recognizes the principles of flexible and equitable physical
access to information and resources at time and point of need.
C)        understands centralized systems for bibliographic control,
materials, equipment circulation, and information distribution.
D)        recognizes the need for policies and procedures and knows
strategies for developing and evaluating the collection of materials and
equipment needed to support a curriculum that meets the diverse learning needs
of students and teachers.
E)        is committed to intellectual freedom and recognizes legal
guidelines and professional ethics in regard to information access and use.
F)         recognizes the importance of a positive learning climate in
creating appropriate and attractive environments.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        anticipates and responds effectively to requests for assistance
in using ideas and information
gnizes legal
guidelines and professional ethics in regard to information access and use.
F)         recognizes the importance of a positive learning climate in
creating appropriate and attractive environments.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        anticipates and responds effectively to requests for assistance
in using ideas and information.
B)        works cooperatively with the technology coordinator and other
educators to provide flexible access to resources, spaces, and technology
systems to individuals and groups at time of need, within or outside of regular
classroom hours, as appropriate.
C)        catalogs, classifies, and arranges information resources in
various forms and media according to recognized standards.
D)        maintains centralized systems for bibliographic control of
materials, equipment, and electronic information distribution systems,
including computer networks and distance learning facilities.
E)        ensures that policies on information use and distribution are
reviewed and approved by appropriate governing bodies.
F)         creates and maintains inviting, attractive physical spaces
that encourage a positive learning climate.
b)         Information Access and Delivery – The library information
specialist plans and implements the access to and delivery of a full range of
information resources and services through the library media program.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        teaches and directs students' and staff's use of information
resources available within the library resource area, including print,
non-print, electronic retrieval storage systems, the Internet, on-line
databases, and access to the local and regional library collection holdings for
possible inter-library loan requests
wledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        teaches and directs students' and staff's use of information
resources available within the library resource area, including print,
non-print, electronic retrieval storage systems, the Internet, on-line
databases, and access to the local and regional library collection holdings for
possible inter-library loan requests.
B)        uses and implements distance learning delivery systems
including computer, audio and video conferencing, cable TV, and satellite
communications to instruct and inform.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        provides equitable access to multiple media resources with
current and appropriate equipment for all students, staff, and the community
through extended library hours before and after school.
B)        implements courses and content for students using distance
learning technologies as available.
c)         Teaching and Learning – The library information specialist
demonstrates knowledge and mastery of information literacy standards for
student learning by creating and maintaining a program for a broad learning
community.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        understands information literacy, efficient and effective
access to information, critical and competent evaluation of information, and
accurate and creative use of information.
B)        understands, encourages, and promotes opportunities for
independent learning and understands various learning styles.
C)        understands social and ethical behavior in regard to
information and information technology.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        teaches and demonstrates to students how to structure a search
across a variety of sources and formats to locate the best information to meet
a particular need
and understands various learning styles.
C)        understands social and ethical behavior in regard to
information and information technology.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        teaches and demonstrates to students how to structure a search
across a variety of sources and formats to locate the best information to meet
a particular need.
B)        guides the student to distinguish among facts, points of view,
and opinions.
C)        encourages and guides the student to produce and communicate
information and ideas in appropriate formats using critical thinking and
problem-solving skills.
D)        provides opportunities for students to seek information for
personal interest and self-improvement.
E)        presents information creatively in a variety of formats so that
students can learn to develop creative products in a variety of formats.
F)         provides an environment that assists students with multiple
learning styles.
G)        encourages and assists students to seek information from
diverse sources, contexts, disciplines, and cultures through equitable access
to information.
H)        teaches and encourages students to respect the principles of
intellectual freedom, to respect copyrights and intellectual property rights,
and to value the responsible use of technology.
I)         encourages collaboration with the technology specialist and
others, both in person and through the use of various technologies, to design,
develop, and evaluate information products and solutions.
d)         Teaching and Learning – The library information specialist
encourages and engages students in reading, viewing, and listening for
understanding and enjoyment. The collection and functions of the library media
program respond to various developmental levels, physical and intellectual
disabilities, special gifts and talents, diverse cultural backgrounds, and
different styles of accessing and processing information
g – The library information specialist
encourages and engages students in reading, viewing, and listening for
understanding and enjoyment. The collection and functions of the library media
program respond to various developmental levels, physical and intellectual
disabilities, special gifts and talents, diverse cultural backgrounds, and
different styles of accessing and processing information.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        knows methods of collaboration with the other members of the
learning community to ensure that the school library media program is able to
meet the individual learning needs of students.
B)        knows literature and methodologies to provide reading,
listening, and viewing guidance to students and others in the learning
community.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        recommends appropriate resources and activities to meet
individual learning needs.
B)        collaborates with other members of the learning community to
ensure that the school library information program is able to meet the
individual learning needs of students.
C)        models the effective and enthusiastic use of print and
non-print materials as sources of pleasure and information.
D)        facilitates students' development of information literacy
skills.
E)        provides reading, listening, and viewing guidance to students
and others in the learning community.
e)         Teaching and Learning – The library information specialist
will plan and provide instruction in the five cross-disciplinary abilities as
they apply to the Illinois Learning Standards (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.Appendix
D).
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        understands that the library media program is essential to
learning and teaching and must be fully integrated into the curriculum to
promote students' achievement of learning goals
the five cross-disciplinary abilities as
they apply to the Illinois Learning Standards (see 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.Appendix
D).
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        understands that the library media program is essential to
learning and teaching and must be fully integrated into the curriculum to
promote students' achievement of learning goals.
B)        models and promotes collaborative planning and curriculum
development that includes creative, effective, and collaborative teaching.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        creates and implements the library media program.
B)        contributes to the school curriculum by attending school and
district curriculum meetings.
C)        collaborates with classroom teachers in the creation of
integrated classroom assignments and projects.
D)        plans and teaches the latest research techniques and strategies
that are applicable to the content area and assignment.
E)        co-teaches and mentors along with the classroom teacher on
projects and assignments for students.
F)         serves as a reference person, teacher, and mentor who may help
students with issues relating to learning.
G)        collaborates with classroom teachers in the creation and
implementation of their content-area standards, goals, and visions.
f)         Teaching and Learning – The library information specialist is
knowledgeable about information, instruction, and production-based technologies
that enhance learning and teaching. He or she is knowledgeable about both the
access to information and the operation of the devices that deliver, produce,
and manage that information.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        has knowledge of selection, installation, management, and
maintenance of technologies applicable to the library information center and
the larger learning community
e is knowledgeable about both the
access to information and the operation of the devices that deliver, produce,
and manage that information.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        has knowledge of selection, installation, management, and
maintenance of technologies applicable to the library information center and
the larger learning community.
B)        understands how to use word processing, databases,
spreadsheets, presentation software, graphics, and production software to
support students' learning.
C)        understands the importance of appropriate planning and
purchasing to address issues of software and hardware compatibility.
D)        applies effective methods and strategies for teaching the use
of technological tools.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        communicates effectively with the technology specialist and
other educators about learning technology needs of the students who use the
library information center.
B)        collaborates with the technology specialist on issues of
software and hardware compatibility.
C)        develops facility plans to include learning technology systems
to meet students' needs in the library information center.  These include but
are not limited to video/playback production units, CD-ROM towers and servers,
electronic card catalogues, and on-line reference resources.
D)        works with student learners, assisting them with production
application questions and resource analysis, for use in word processing and
graphic presentations.
E)        collaborates with the technology specialist to plan budgets and
purchases software and hardware that meet the school curriculum needs and
support the library information center, the classroom, and individual learning
needs of students.
F)         teaches uses of computers and other technological tools and
the application of technology-based resources to support instruction
entations.
E)        collaborates with the technology specialist to plan budgets and
purchases software and hardware that meet the school curriculum needs and
support the library information center, the classroom, and individual learning
needs of students.
F)         teaches uses of computers and other technological tools and
the application of technology-based resources to support instruction.
g)         Teaching and Learning – The library information specialist
demonstrates leadership in curricular planning and assessment.
1)         Knowledge Indicator – The competent library information
specialist has knowledge of curriculum in all subject areas and levels, State
and national learning standards, and a variety of assessment strategies.
2)         Performance Indicators – The competent library information
specialist:
A)        assists teachers and other educational staff in developing
connections among subjects, standards, and strategies for learning.
B)        assists teachers in developing interdisciplinary connections
using a variety of resources and technologies.
C)        assists teachers and learners in developing appropriate
activities for assessing the effectiveness of the curriculum.
h)         Communication – The library information specialist
communicates effectively with students, faculty, staff, administrators,
parents, and the community.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        is aware of a variety of strategies for communicating with
various constituencies.
B)        understands the relationship between school climate and
effective teaching and learning.
C)        understands the role of the central administration and the
school board in communicating the importance of the library information program
to teaching and learning.
D)        recognizes the role that parents play in developing students'
lifelong learning skills
various constituencies.
B)        understands the relationship between school climate and
effective teaching and learning.
C)        understands the role of the central administration and the
school board in communicating the importance of the library information program
to teaching and learning.
D)        recognizes the role that parents play in developing students'
lifelong learning skills.
E)        is aware of the importance of community groups in maintaining
support for the library information program.
2)         Performance Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        uses a variety of strategies to build collaborative teams for
interdisciplinary teaching and learning.
B)        identifies examples that demonstrate the library information
program's relationship to improved student achievement.
C)        builds support for the role of the library media program in
teaching and learning through the effective use of influence strategies.
D)        regularly communicates to the central administration and the
board the involvement of the library information program in the school
curriculum.
E)        maintains a positive teaching and learning climate in the
library media center.
F)         involves parents in library information center activities,
suggests learning activities for parents and children to do together, and uses
a variety of communication devices to keep parents informed about the program.
G)        communicates with the community the relationship of library
media programs to students' achievement and lifelong learning for everyone.
H)        establishes and maintains ties with information resources and
services within the wider community.
i)          Communication – The library information specialist uses
active listening skills to assist learners in locating, evaluating, and using
information
icates with the community the relationship of library
media programs to students' achievement and lifelong learning for everyone.
H)        establishes and maintains ties with information resources and
services within the wider community.
i)          Communication – The library information specialist uses
active listening skills to assist learners in locating, evaluating, and using
information.
1)         Knowledge Indicators –  the competent library information
specialist:
A)        knows strategies for eliciting information needs from students
and other learners.
B)        is aware of developmental growth patterns of children and youth
and their influence upon reference and search processes.
2)         Performance Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        uses probing questions to clarify information needs.
B)        uses reflective listening strategies to help students develop
metacognitive skills.
C)        uses appropriate strategies to guide reference and search
processes with students and learners of all ages.
j)          Communication – The library information specialist plans
instruction collaboratively with teachers and other members of the learning
community.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        is aware of elements essential to collaborative work, including
time, trust, climate, and resources.
B)        knows the differences among coordination, cooperation, and
collaboration.
2)         Performance Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        establishes effective interpersonal relationships that
demonstrate an understanding of curriculum objectives, effective listening, and
negotiation of responsibility for activities.
B)        participates in collaborative planning of interdisciplinary
instruction and uses the level of involvement appropriate to the learning
activity and goal
competent library information
specialist:
A)        establishes effective interpersonal relationships that
demonstrate an understanding of curriculum objectives, effective listening, and
negotiation of responsibility for activities.
B)        participates in collaborative planning of interdisciplinary
instruction and uses the level of involvement appropriate to the learning
activity and goal.
k)         Communication  – The library information specialist serves as
an educational leader and as a catalyst for improving the learning community.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        understands the structure of the school learning community and
the leverage points for influence.
B)        understands the process of reforming educational systems and
structures and the needs of the individual in relation to these processes.
C)        understands the variety of motivational, coaching, and guidance
strategies necessary to assist in school reform efforts.
2)         Performance Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        uses knowledge of schools' mission, goals, and policies along
with their structure and culture to advocate for necessary change.
B)        participates as a partner and change agent in curriculum
development at the building and district levels.
C)        demonstrates leadership in evaluating the effectiveness of the
library media program in improving teaching and learning.
l)          Administration – The library information specialist plans and
efficiently administers a program that makes a significant contribution to students'
learning.  He or she leads, collaborates, and applies technology skills in
designing and managing a program that is integrated into the school's
curriculum and supports the development of effective users and communicators of
ideas and information within a lifelong, independent learning process
alist plans and
efficiently administers a program that makes a significant contribution to students'
learning.  He or she leads, collaborates, and applies technology skills in
designing and managing a program that is integrated into the school's
curriculum and supports the development of effective users and communicators of
ideas and information within a lifelong, independent learning process.
1)         Knowledge Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        provides an effective library resource program that supports
the mission, goals, and objectives of the school.
B)        establishes, maintains, and supervises the school's library
resource program and library information program support personnel.
C)        stays current with new information and trends in technologies
and dissemination strategies to effectively plan, implement, and assess the effectiveness
of the school's library information program.
2)         Performance Indicators – the competent library information
specialist:
A)        develops and implements a mission statement, goals, objectives,
policies, and procedures that reflect the mission, goals, and objectives of the
school.
B)        organizes information resources that align the library
information program and information literacy standards for students' learning
with the school's goals and integrates these standards into the curriculum.
C)        uses collaborative strategies that encourage administrators and
teachers to integrate the library information program into the school's
instructional program.
D)        reports the results of program assessment on a regular basis to
teachers, students, administrators, and other community members.
E)        participates on the school's curricular decision-making body
to the curriculum.
C)        uses collaborative strategies that encourage administrators and
teachers to integrate the library information program into the school's
instructional program.
D)        reports the results of program assessment on a regular basis to
teachers, students, administrators, and other community members.
E)        participates on the school's curricular decision-making body.
F)         analyzes instructional and technological requirements and
other features of the school to recommend appropriate staffing and training
necessary to meet the learning and information needs of the students and to
ensure the effectiveness of the program.
G)        collaborates and communicates with all staff, and particularly
the technology specialist, to identify and use the full range of learning
technologies required to meet students' informational needs.
H)        provides equitable access for staff, students, and the
community to the school library information center as needed to support the
integration of the information literacy standards for student lifelong
learning.
I)         administers a program that provides for learning experiences
utilizing technology and resources accessed from classrooms or other locations
outside of the library information center.  Assists teachers and students in
finding, evaluating, and developing these additional resources.
J)         supervises support staff and plans for and implements an
effective program that is fundamental to students' learning and is based upon
the school's instructional programs, services, facilities, size, and numbers of
students and teachers.
K)        supervises, schedules, and administers all aspects of the
operation of the school library information program.
L)        develops a budget and locates sources of funding that provide
for purchasing and upkeep of all resources required for an effective school
library information program
school's instructional programs, services, facilities, size, and numbers of
students and teachers.
K)        supervises, schedules, and administers all aspects of the
operation of the school library information program.
L)        develops a budget and locates sources of funding that provide
for purchasing and upkeep of all resources required for an effective school
library information program.
M)       plans, develops and maintains a management system for print and
non-print resources, equipment, and other learning technology resources that
are inventoried and circulated through the library information center.
N)        participates on committees charged with developing and
implementing strategic plans for the school, including school improvement
plans, technology plans, and curriculum development plans.
O)        updates personal competencies in information literacy, learning
and teaching, information access and delivery, technology utilization, and
administration and supervision.
P)         models continuous learning through activities such as
membership in district, regional, State and national organizations that support
library information programs and participation in staff development programs.
Q)        uses the results of quantitative and qualitative data analysis
to make decisions and develop plans and policies for the continuous improvement
of the school's library information program.
R)        develops
action plans in conjunction with the technology specialist to accommodate
changes in critical areas such as the utilization of new resources and
technologies.

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