She was presented an award by the parish for school library media specialist of
the year in 1999. The ESLMS was the school library media specialist at one other
elementary school and taught at the middle school level in public and private schools
before coming to the Elementary School. During National Library Power (NLP), the Elementary School Principal, hired her in the current position (Appendix A: Sample
Transcribed Interview ESLMS Question 1; Appendix B: Sample Field Notes Elementary
January 11th). The NLP was a grant from the Dewitt-Wallace Foundation allowing
implementation of the standards set by the AASL in Information Power (AASL &
Association for Educational Communications & Technology [AECT], 1998). The NLP
grant provided the necessary funding for staff development, facilities, books, and school
library media staff in the effective use of school library media centers.