The mission of the Madison Central Library Media Center as part of the Madison School District is to:

• provide a welcome environment that is conducive to learning and that promotes the intellectual and personal growth of students.
• provide a quality education for every child and to encourage lifelong literacy and learning through reading.
• make available a collection of quality literature that engages the reader, thus fostering a love of reading for its own sake.
• endeavor to provide an information rich environment in which both students and staff learn to access, evaluate and utilize a variety of information in print and electronic formats, and to
• support the school's curriculum and assist members of the learning community in becoming effective users of information by providing a comprehensive program that includes access to information that is appropriate for student development and that is diverse in format and interest.