This case study explores the strategies used to redistribute materials among available shelves in a curriculum materials center after deaccessioning and relocation projects. The librarian estimated imposed fill ratios based on collection segments which were then mapped onto a floor plan to efficiently shift materials. The estimated imposed fill…

Provides verbal and diagramatic evidence that opening up traditional classroom space to provide a more fluid atmosphere and greater team teaching possibilities need not be a costly, highly complicated business. (Author)

Policies, procedures, guidelines, and rationale developed by various Illinois agencies responsible for physical facility development in community colleges were investigated. Data was assembled from surveys, documents, and interviews with former and present agency staff. Recommendations were made concerning the Capital Development Board, effective…

The purpose of the study is to present a descriptive report of the difficulties and successes in the first eight months of the development of a Learning Center in Northwood Junior High School in Highland Park, Illinois. The report is intended to contribute information which will be helpful to others whose task it is to develop Learning Centers.…

Speeches and minutes of meetings and seminars are presented. Subjects include: Learning resource centers, general administration, business affairs, instruction, student personnel services, vocational and technical education, continuing education, certification, faculty accountability through self-appraisal, experimental concepts in education,…

The first sections of this Master Plan outline the history of the Illinois Public Community College System and its mission and scope. The next section deals with enrollment projections in terms of the changes in the state's population, and implications for enrollments; the decreasing college-going rate of high school graduates; increased…

This staff report details fiscal year 1998 capital improvement budget recommendations of the Illinois State Board of Higher Education. The report recommends funding for 39 higher education capital facility projects at a total cost of $284.5 million, including $40 million for capital renewal projects; $25 million for technology infrastructure in…

A specifically designed nature trail can provide enjoyable and relaxed outdoor learning, greater independence and self-direction, and an awareness of the dynamic outside world to the physically, mentally, and multiply handicapped. The trail proposed for the Russell Forest Preserve near Genoa, Illinois, is designed in two loops and features a…