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The Teacher-Librarian As Literacy Leader: Once upon a time, the teacher-librarian was regarded as the literature expert in the school. Staff and students alike sought suggestions for books to read alone or aloud, and the teacher- librarian matched titles to interests, abilities, developmental levels, curriculum needs, and a host of other factors that put the right book into the right hands. The literacy-through-literature role was the prime responsibility of the teacher-librarian.
But time and technology have marched on.