From Libraries to Learning "Libratories:" The New ABC's of 21st-Century School Libraries.

SCHOOL libraries; SCHOOL librarians; COLLABORATIVE learning; LEADERSHIP; STUDENT development; TEACHING methods; TWENTY-first century

The article looks at the ways the school libraries and services must develop through 21st Century. It explains how students can best learn strong leadership, initiative and other career and life skills in which school librarians often serve as role models. Also discussed is the collaborative learning projects, which produce such designed learning products as presentations, videos, podcasts and animations, and are described as effective learning methods.