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Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Media Retrieval Services. – 1978
This selection policy statement for media materials incorporates guidelines contributed by academic departments in the University of Wisconsin-Stout, as well as by professional staff of the media retrieval services at Pierce Library. The overall special mission of the university and the special missions of learning resources and media retrieval…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Guidelines, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
Dean, Frances – School Media Quarterly, 1974
Guidelines, procedures, and considerations in selecting the basic original collection for a new media center. (LS)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Material Selection
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1973
Minority groups should be accurately presented in educational materials for all school children, especially those with minority backgrounds. Materials should avoid giving the minority child a negative self-image. Life should be portrayed as it is, including harsh realities. Factual material must reflect authoritative, comprehensive, and current…
Descriptors: Blacks, Ethnic Groups, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1976
The Maryland department of education provides guidelines for forming policies and procedures for selecting textbooks and instructional materials. Items to be included in the selection policy are listed, and 14 guidelines are provided for evaluating materials, with particular attention to procedures for handling requests for reconsideration of…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Evaluation Criteria, Grievance Procedures, Guidelines
Taylor, Charles T. – 1979
This handbook is intended to provide guidance to librarians in the collection development of book, non-book, and media materials for education through analysis of collection policies for specialized, non-print material, text, juvenile literature, and reference collections. Policies for each area are analyzed with regard to purpose, clientele to be…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Childrens Literature
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Elementary and Secondary Education. – 1983
This is one of a series of implementation documents prepared in conjunction with the revised minimum standards adopted in 1983 by the Ohio State Board of Education. Its purpose is to provide guidelines for developing a local policy governing selection of instructional materials, including textbooks, equipment, the library collection, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Instructional Material Evaluation
Sawin, Philip, Jr., Ed. – 1981
Policies for the selection, acquisition, and weeding of library materials, based on collection needs stated by academic departments and staff inputs, are listed for a university learning resource center. An alphabetical index is provided of major subject areas and subdivisions, which are assigned one of four level designators indicating the depth…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Higher Education
Brooks, Clair E. – 1973
The career information centers described in the publication were developed for schools participating in the Iowa exemplary project. It is the purpose of the document to suggest solutions to three basic questions: (1) How will prospective materials be identified and obtained? (2) How can available materials best be displayed in order to maximize…
Descriptors: Career Centers, Career Education, Community Information Services, Community Schools
Sawin, Philip, Jr., Ed. – 1984
This collection development policy paper incorporates guidelines contributed by all university academic departments, as well as by members of the Library Learning Center professional staff. An alphabetical index provides access to major subject areas and subdivisions, which are assigned one of four level designators indicating the depth of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines, Higher Education
Grove, Pearce S., Ed. – 1975
To aid academic librarians in the judicious selection, care and use of nonprint media, this collection of papers covers both the general field and specific types of media. A comprehensive view of media cataloging and classification is given in chapter one. A chronological treatment is used to emphasize the historical development of standards and…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiotape Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies
Nickel, Mildred L. – 1975
Designed as a practical aid to staff members, this guide outlines the functional procedures in a modern school media center and offers practical suggestions for facilitating service to students and teachers. Administrative procedures are described in terms of budgeting; the selection and evaluation of materials; and the technical aspects of…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Audiovisual Centers, Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education