The establishment of resource centers has been a response to teachers' need for information on the many new curricula and materials which are today part of education. Through visitation and discussion, the activities of 78 resource centers in British colleges of education were reviewed. The resulting analysis of aims, costs, and operations is…

This document prepared by Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, discusses a systematic approach to strengthening the library media collection. A statement of principle, what to weed, specific guides to weeding (by Dewey Decimal classification and type of material), what not to weed, procedures, and weeding follow-up are…

The classification scheme for textbooks in the Education Library at the University of Texas at El Paso is described in this report. The scheme, developed to allow quick retrieval and yet give consideration to time and expense, is in card format, and (1) divides textbooks into Elementary (K-6) or Secondary (7-A); (2) further divides into general…

Discusses "Resource Services for Canadian Schools," a book written by librarians and educators to serve as a standard for providing learning materials. It advocates the integration of school library and audio-visual services into learning resource centers and outlines the responsibilities of these centers. (JAB)

Presents a rationale for keeping the school library media center's vertical files. Discusses reasons related to: student accessibility, supplement to the school curricula, local topics, and limited financial resources. Outlines ten guidelines for maintaining a useful and current file collection. (AEF)

These guidelines for weeding library media collections are addressed to elementary and secondary school library media centers and to community college and vocational school library resource centers in Iowa. The publication includes some philosophy about weeding, and specific guidelines are summarized in bold-faced type for ease of use. The…

During the past decade, phrases such as multi-media library, school research center, and instructional materials center have filtered into the language. They reflect the rapidly changing pattern of educational methods and the increasing emphasis on the new media. This book considers such general problems as the demands made upon school libraries…

This handbook has been prepared by a committee composed of administrators and media specialists under the direction of the Department of Public Instruction. Its purpose is to establish guidelines for media centers in the secondary schools of Iowa. Most secondary schools in Iowa now have traditional libraries. This handbook provides guidelines for…

Procedures for developing selection standards for media center materials and for handling complaints that may arise are identified. To aid the librarian or school media specialist who needs assistance in censorship matters, a list of appropriate Wisconsin area agencies and associations is given, including their purposes, services, addresses, and…

Outlines simple precautions and adjustments to assist in preserving a media collection. References and suggested readings are appended. (CMV)

Presents a set of management indicators intended to serve as guidelines for establishing realistic goals and priorities by learning resource center administrators at British Columbia's colleges and institutes of higher education. Five tables summarize the standards and the method for applying the standards is outlined. (Author/JL)

This second edition of guidelines for weeding school library media collections is addressed especially to elementary and secondary school library media centers and to community college and vocational school library resource centers in Iowa. This publication is designed for those who want weeding of all formats of materials and equipment (not just…

This booklet presents guidelines for planning the school library media center budget based on short and long range plans for maintaining and developing collections and services. It is noted that such planning should consider the goals and objectives of the district, the school, and particular programs, and that democratic budgeting should involve…

This survey was undertaken to determine whether selected Southern Illinois secondary public school media centers possess the base quantitative resource collection recommended by the 1975 ALA/AECT guidelines. Data analysis reveals that less than 50% of the surveyed school media centers met the ALA/AECT guidelines for numbers of books, filmstrips,…

Provides guidelines on weeding science collections in junior high/high school libraries. Highlights include checking copyright dates, online sources, 13 science subject areas that deserve special consideration (plate tectonics, fission, fusion, radioactive dating, weather/climate, astronomy/space science, elements, integrated science,…