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Media specialists create instructional hubs

Technology changing school libraries into high-tech learning centers

A Flowery Branch High School student reads an assignment on a Nook E-reader. The device is one of the electronic media devices available in the school’s media center. - photo by Tom Reed

0424schools4 — A Flowery Branch High School student reads an assignment on a Nook E-reader. The device is one of the electronic media devices available in the school’s media center. - photo by Tom Reed

A new breed of library warrants a new breed of librarian. Correction — media specialist. “This isn’t your mother’s library,” said Will Schofield, Hall County Schools superintendent.