During the 1890s, the library media specialty was established through "a School Library Section as an integral part of the National Education Association" (Cole 90). In the ensuing decades, this role has expanded and changed; it demands a balancing act between the more traditional roles surrounding books and reading, and the newer expectations and understanding of technology use on all levels--from managing retrospective conversions, and designing Web sites, to teaching online search strategies with a variety of search engines, to software programs and their evaluations. In 2008, the discussion continues about school library media specialists as reading teachers--a core issue for all educators, and one for which teachers are specifically trained. Are library media specialists reading teachers, too? This article summarizes the literature regarding this question.