This rule is adopted by the (PED) for the purpose of establishing entry-level library media competencies that are based on what beginning librarian-teachers must know and be able to do to provide effective library media programs in New Mexico schools. The competencies were developed to ensure alignment with the New Mexico's content standards and benchmarks and with the national standards of the American library association and the American association of school librarians.
N.M. Admin. Code § 6.64.8.6