Our Mission

The School Library Media Specialists will strive to make the William Cullen Bryant Library a welcoming and stimulating learning environment to help our students become lifelong readers and users of libraries. The School Library Media Specialists will strive to encourage our students to make independent reading choices, enjoy literatures, and experiment with diffrent genres, authors and reading levels. The School Library Media Specialists will provide a variety of research and information literacy instruction, including: Assisting students with the physical access to materials in print and computer-based formats; Demonstrating the proper use of computer hardware and software applications; Teaching students to competently and critically evaluate the information they are accessing; Teaching students the steps involved in the research process. The School Library Media Specialists will collaborate with classroom teachers in supplying the materials needed to support the curriculum of the City of New York as well as the State of New York.