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Library Media
Dr. Sara Wolf
Library Media and Technology Program Coordinator
wolfsa1@auburn.edu l (334) 844-3082
Welcome to the Library Media and Technology program information section. For additional information, please contact Dr. Sara Wolf, Program Coordinator, at wolfsa1@auburn.edu or the EFLT Graduate Program Officer at efltadm@auburn.edu. For information on application procedures, consult the Application page.
You should think about becoming a library media specialist if you: 
- like to work with a wide range of students and teachers.
- like a variety of professional responsibilities.
- believe reading is a foundational skill to learning.
- love the idea of being able to connect children and literature.
- value service and enjoy enabling teachers and learner to use quality learning resources.
- are excited about multiple technologies and applications for teaching, learning, information searching, and administration.
- enjoy helping teachers and students use ideas and information appropriately and effectively.
- have creative ideas and would like to get involved with media production, whether of books, videos, or multimedia.
- would like the greater freedom to focus on special projects than is possible in the classroom.
- envision an exciting future for schools as places where students construct their knowledge using multiple literacies.
- thrive on the challenges of an ever changing profession.
Auburn University offers a MEd, Class "A" add-on Certification, and the EdS in Library Media. Please follow the links below for detailed information:
Library Media Programs
Library Media and Technology Profession
Future of the Profession
Learning Environment
Students studying library media and technology take courses with masters and doctoral students from many fields of education and participate in a lively climate of intellectual interchange in discovering and testing new theories of teaching and learning and exchanging information on best practices. The facilities and resources in the College of Education Learning Resources Center and the Ralph Brown Draughon Library provide opportunities to work with new technologies and a wide range of current electronic and print resources. The University Library's juvenile collection is one of the best in the United States. Students in the master's and add-on certification program complete a 300-clock hour internship K-12 schools under the supervision of a certified library media specialist. Specialist degree students complete a directed field experience. The School Library Media Program curriculum is being redesigned to offer a distance education option for the master's degree, the add-on A-level certification, and the educational specialist degree.
Last Updated: Feb 12, 2011
