1 JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The Media Specialist shall: Creates and maintains an attractive, organized, stimulating, functional, healthy, safe, and nurturing, Library Media Center that encourages student responsibility and uses positive motivation, challenging instructional strategies, effective management techniques, and appropriate displays and exhibits, with proper attention to the visual, acoustic, and thermal environments. Maintains positive, cooperative, and mutually supportive relationships with the administration, instructional staff, students, parents, and representatives of resource agencies within the community, articulating the needs, resources, and success of the library media program.