A Research Center Just for You

There's a new research center in town—and its goal is to help school librarians. Florida State University's (FSU) College of Information got the go-ahead last month to launchI-CELTIC (Interdisciplinary Center for Leadership, Technology Integration, and Critical Literacies), which will bring together the university's Learning System's Institute and its colleges of information studies and education. One of its main purposes will be to analyze how the leadership role of media specialists affects technology integration throughout schools.

“The idea is to model and encourage innovative leadership practices for educators and students,” says Eliza Dresang, a professor at FSU's College of Information and director of I-CELTIC. “We want to bring school libraries to the table with all other disciplines that have similar interests.”