Rivet Education developed a Professional Learning Partner Guide (PLPG), a searchable database of learning providers with expertise in the adoption and implementation of High-Quality Instructional Materials (HQIM), in response to the lack of resources and guidance available to support districts with evaluation of professional learning (PL)…

Academic libraries are often called upon to support their institutions by demonstrating value to their community and their state. Outreach to K-12 schools is a common tactic of college and university libraries, but traditional methods can be expensive or time-consuming. This case study describes a joint outreach endeavor by six academic libraries…

Organizations which supply visual aids in special fields in Great Britain are listed, with addresses and descriptions of available materials. (LS)

An expanded and updated directory to help libraries identify useful sources of information on energy for reference work referral, collection building, and curriculum support. It presents over 600 sources of print and nonprint information, from elementary level to professional and technical. (JPF)

Twenty-three sources for films, filmstrips, books, measuring instruments and other resource materials are listed, with brief comments about some of their products. (SA)

The National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped's directory (third edition) lists names and addresses of more than 1600 publishers, producers and distributors who sell or rent instructional materials and educational aids, devices and media. Each entry indicates which of 74 categories of instructional materials are made…

Available from: Allen Raymond, Inc., P.O. Box 1223, Darien, Connecticut 06820.

Sources are listed for free and inexpensive materials for secondary language arts. (JH)

THIS 14-VOLUME SERIES INCLUDES TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS FOR ALL CURRENT AND GENERALLY AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL MEDIA, EXCLUDING STANDARD PRINT MATERIALS. EACH VOLUME COVERS A SPECIFIC SUBJECT AREA, LISTS TITLES ALPHABETICALLY AND BY SUBJECT, DESCRIBES EACH ENTRY, AND LISTS NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF SOURCES FOR THE MATERIALS. VOLUME 14 IS A CUMULATIVE…

Describes a directory to simulations and games available for educational use, Guide to Simulation Games for Education and Training," edited by the authors; appears as Part II of a two-part supplement on simulation games. (Editor/SW)

This directory is designed as a reference for the educator on the activities of the new social studies research and curriculum development projects. It is not an analysis or an evaluation; it merely reports the information supplied by the 100 various projects --name, director, address, purpose, grade, subject, and products. These projects cover…

The Council for Environmental Education has produced this document listing environmental literature and teaching aids (DELTA version). Included are the first four of the supplements which will be issued at intervals to keep Delta up to date. The directory includes lists of books, films, filmstrips and slides, posters, games and study kits. The…

The basic bibliography and its forthcoming supplements serve as a "where to find it" resource for individualized instruction. Descriptions assist in identifying instruction best fitting learner's needs. Instruction is classified by subject and by publisher, systems of instruction are listed, instructional devices are described, and a bibliography…

This directory is a compilation, by subject matter, of self-instructional materials prepared by instructors who are specialists in each field. Where possible, the listings include the author/instructor, the institution, the target population or specific course name, the package's availability, and its number and title. Listings are solicited from…

This directory is a second and more inclusive edition of an earlier ERIC collection of self-instructional materials (see ED 053 720). Topical packages, prepared by contributing junior college instructors are listed according to the subject matter. Information on each page includes the author's name, institution (address and phone number), and the…