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…

This annotated bibliography surveys current selection and finding sources for print and non-print materials. It is designed as a source of collection building information for school media centers and school learning resource centers. Reviews, finding lists, and bibliographies covering preschool through college level materials are included. Books,…

This guide presents practical information about planning a school library media center budget in consideration of the goals and objectives of the district, the school, and of the particular programs involved, both for the year under consideration, and for the future. Three chapters are devoted to discussions of initiating a budget, the Iowa budget…

As a result of an Iowa state mandate for budgeting of school library media centers, the publication "Planning the School Library Media Center Budget" was updated in 1991. Since that time, the Uniform Financial Accounting's document has phased in a management information system which includes different numbers and dimensions from those…

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…

The functions, roles and responsibilities, and services of school media centers and public libraries at the local and state levels are discussed, as are the supportive functions and services provided by the State Library Commission of Iowa and the Department of Public Instruction. An extensive list of recommendations outlines the part that…

A second survey of school media services in Iowa was conducted in 1980 in order to measure trends and determine the degree to which schools have met new media services guidelines. The survey instrument included many of the same questions as the questionnaire used for the original study in 1976. One major focus of the data interpretation was the…

Prepared for the Instruction and Curriculum Division of the Iowa Department of Public Instruction, these 13 brief annotated bibliographies are part of a series designed to remind library media specialists and administrators of a handful of desirable selection tools. The titles in these "mini-bibs" are broad in scope and evaluative in…

This annotated bibliography of selection and finding sources for both print and nonprint materials is intended for use by the librarian or media specialist. Materials listed are related to many different subject areas, skill levels, and formats for pre-school through area school students and teachers. Inclusion in the list has been limited, in…

Today's changing educational scene demands more materials of more varieties, more related services, more personnel, and more space for media centers and services. The handbook attempts to provide a clearer understanding of space planning problems and of a vocabulary for communication among the various personnel involved in design. Educational…

This bibliography is a supplement to those originally contained in the Iowa Department of Public Instruction documents "Plan for Progress in the Media Center," a series published in 1969 and 1970. The series outlined standards for school media centers throughout the state. This document is divided into six subject categories: (1) Standards (which…

This document contains 12 brief discussions of library-related topics with emphasis on school library media centers, which were originally published by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction (DPI) or the Iowa Department of Education (DE). These "Quick Notes" appear under the following headings: (1) "A Bill of Rights for the…

Written in consultation with area school library/learning resource center specialists and university library science program faculty members, this handbook has been developed to assist librarians, information specialists, and instructional technologists in planning for the development of library learning resource centers in Iowa's area schools and…