This article examines the advantages of using automated media library systems and how to incorporate them in Montessori schools learning environment. Before even addressing the issue of Montessori philosophy and practice, Here, the author first address two principles: availability and accessibility. Availability is the first principle of a…

This report was prepared in response to a need identified in the "Provisional Long-Range Plan" of the Wisconsin Coordinating Council for Higher Education (CCHE). The findings of an advisory committee were used as the basis for recommendations in three areas: (1) technology and interinstitutional cooperation, (2) library resources and (3)…

Addresses the future of library automation programs for schools. Discusses requirements of emerging OPACs and circulation systems; the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), an industry initiatives to develop an open specification for ensuring that K-12 instructional and administrative software applications work together more effectively; home…

This document presents the proposals of ten working parties, each dealing with a particular type of library or a major topic of current concern, which were set up in 1977 to aid the Jamaica National Council on Libraries, Archives, and Documentation Services in the formulation of a plan for a national documentation, information, and library system.…

Describes GALILEO (Georgia Library Learning Online), a statewide information system started by the state university library system and being expanded to include private colleges, public libraries, and school libraries. Electronic information resources range from full text or bibliographic data of academic journals to census data and state…