Linking Libraries & Academic Achievement
Information Power, a publication of the American Library Association and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology provides the foundation for the development of the Linking Libraries and Academic Achievement (LLAA) initiative. Information Power establishes national standards for student information literacy and outlines the role of the school library media center as a powerful and active partner in the school instructional program. Information literacy is the ability to effectively locate, use, and communicate information to demonstrate learning and to develop the skills needed for life-long learning.

The goal of this initiative is to provide guidance to school library media specialists in the development of best practices for teaching and learning. The resource documents identify skills that students need in order to be successful in meeting the Virginia Standards of Learning. It also provides strategies and activities that integrate technology into the curriculum and fosters the development of literacy skills that will enable students to become discriminating and efficient users of information.