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=LATEST NEWS: =
 * Support Staff Position at Niles North for the 2011-12 School Year - see details on 'Placements & Postings' page.**

**10:00am – 12:00pm** - see details on 'CTCB' page.
= =  **WELCOME to LIS-NLU** The purpose of this wiki is to provide **National Louis University** (NLU) Library Information Specialist (LIS) program information and documents; relevant and current **Illinois State Board of Education** (ISBE) LIS endorsement information; and **job placement** resources and postings.  If you have news items or school library photos that you would like to have added to the LIS-NLU wiki please send them to Gail.Bush@nl.edu and thank you in advance for your patience. 

**// School Library Strand resides within the Language and Literacy Graduate Programs //**

==== The National Louis University School Library Strand includes courses currently offered in the Reading, Language and Literacy, Technology in Education graduate programs and the newly-approved Library Information Specialist (RLS) courses. ====

==== The LIS courses cover values of librarianship including service, intellectual freedom and access to resources for all students; history and philosophy of school librarianship; national standards in information literacy; and state and national learning standards. Concepts of organization of knowledge, collection development, program administration and advocacy align the course content with ISBE content area standards. Children’s and young adult literature, reading comprehension, integrating technology and language arts across the curriculum, and using the Internet in the K – 12 classrooms are also included in the strand. ====

==== This unique approach to the Library Information Specialist ISBE content area standards prepares the school librarian in the areas of school librarianship; literature and reading; and technology in education. The goal of this strand is to prepare Illinois educators to meet the needs and vision of the 21st century school learning community through the school library. ====

** For information about School Library courses contact: ** ** Dr. Gail Bush at Gail.Bush@nl.edu 224.233.2522 ** ** For information about the Language and Literacy graduate programs contact: ** ** Dr. Ruth Quiroa at RQuiroa.@nl.edu 630.874.4563 ** ** For information about enrollment contact: ** ** Marci Mazza, Graduate Enrollment Representative at MMazza@nl.edu 630.874.4293 **