A collection of 18 short articles dealing with the planning of programs and places for early childhood education comprise the volume. The importance of the right physical environment is stressed as a catalyst that enables a child to receive the best that people and programs can offer. Among the design parameters discussed are indoor-outdoor…

This document has been issued as a supplement to "School Library Resource Centers: Recommended Standards for Policy and Provision" because it was felt that the original document did not sufficiently deal with non-book materials. Detailed consideration is given to the functioning, financing, organization and administration of a school…

This learning unit on stores control is one in the Choice Series, a self-learning development program for supervisors. The purpose of the approximately eight-hour-long unit is to enable the supervisor to design and organize the layout of a store for maximum efficiency, understand the types of documentation associated with the movement of goods…

Seven papers are presented from a conference where librarians and their nonlibrarian colleagues met to discuss the problems facing college libraries in the present period of change in British higher education. Papers discuss the role and responsibilities of the library in relation to conventional and alternative instructional methods and the…

Buildings and the larger environment can both make a positive contribution to the well-being, education, and development of mentally handicapped children. Because of the wide variety of handicaps experienced by children and different community opinions and practices, standard solutions are not recommended. Rather, an examination is made of the…