School libraries have always been an important part of a student's education. We met one local high school student whose school doesn't have a full fledged library, but she's looking and determined to change all that.

"I actually started this project last year before school started because I was told they didn't have the resources to have their own library," said Tech Valley student and library coordinator Lisabethann Kelly.

But being a book lover, Lisabeth wasn't going to sit back. She decided to start her own library at Tech Valley High.

"I started by going to all the local libraries and asking for donations because libraries always have extra books that are in the basement that they're not going to use," said Kelly.

Then it was on to neighbors for some help. But it didn't stop there. This project continued all the way to our nation's capital.

"Gillibrand's office was very nice and gave the school franking labels so that we would be able to ship the books from Washington D.C. here, because otherwise it would have been impossible," said Kelly.

"It's an opportunity for students to take ownership of their learning, ownership of their school, and to contribute in a very meaningful way to not only the development of their own learning but the development of the school," said school principal, Dan Liebert.

In the meantime, students can still borrow books and gather research materials, but right now they have to travel to other libraries to do so, like HVCC.

And once Tech Valley school moves to their new facility this fall, they will have their own library, although admittedly not as big as some other schools and colleges, but it will be high tech.

"We want a very lean, mean media center if you will with both print and digital resources," said Liebert.

There were many things Lisabeth surely learned about herself through this project.

"She developed an enormous amount of self direction and deserves a lot of credit for a young woman organizing a project of that magnitude," said Kelly.

But if you ask her, it's just something that called to her.

"It's not really a sense of accomplishment as much of this needed to be done, and it still needs to be done, it's a work in progress," said Kelly.

And now there's some light at the end of the tunnel.