[1] In January 2008, a new research institute, the Interdisciplinary Center for leadership, Technology Integration and Critical Literacies (I-CELTIC) was created as a cooperative Founding director Dr. Eliza T. Dresang said I-CELTIC's purpose was "to model and encourage innovative leadership practice and bring school libraries to the table along with all other disciplines".

[2][3] In June 2008 the name of I-CELTIC was changed to the PALM (Partnerships advancing Library Media) Center when Dr. Nancy Everhart became the Director following Dresang's departure to the University of Washington.

The main office location is: School of Library & Information Studies, 008 Louis Shores Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 [5] The Center's Mission Statement was established shortly after its founding.

"The Center will conduct nationally and internationally-recognized interdisciplinary research at the intersection of transformational leadership, technology integration and critical literacies - adding value and modeling practices that create positive differences in youth and adult learning outcomes.

iCPALMS A Portal for Standards-based Instruction[permanent dead link‍][7] - The Integrated Curriculum Planning and Learning Management System (iCPALMS) will provide a widget-based portal pathway into content, services, professional development, research and dissemination that will result in a scalable, sustainable infrastructure to support individual and collaborative standards-driven instructional planning with K-12 resources from the National Science Digital Library.

[11] Successfully Teaching Educators about Primary Sources - Funded by a grant by the Library of Congress, this project focuses on the design, implementation and assessment of a collaborative model for professional development that focuses on integrating the Library’s over 16 million primary sources into the curriculum.

The White Paper notes that the dramatic increase in Internet use in schools in more than 10 years since the adoption of the federal E-rate connectivity assistance program has resulted in many positive educational benefits, some of which are improved student achievement, attendance, and graduation rates, as well as decreased dropout rates.