The ESLMS was selected as a typical case to present to address the first research
question. A typical case in qualitative research is that example which is “particularly
typical for the average or the majority of the cases. Here, the field is disclosed from
inside and from its centre” (Flick, 1998, p. 69). The ESLMS was selected to illustrate the
daily activities of school library media specialists from among the four who had been
nominated as school library media specialists in effective school library media centers in
the parish by the Library Supervisor. Thus, the following case study of the ESLMS
provides the reader with a realistic illumination of the phenomenon of effective school
library media specialist leadership. The ESLMS served behind the scenes as well as in
the front lines of effective school librarianship.