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Download full textFrizell, Michael, Ed. – Learning Assistance Review, 2020
The National College Learning Center Association defines a learning center at institutions of higher education as interactive academic spaces which exist to reinforce and extend student learning in physical and/or virtual environments. A variety of comprehensive support services and programs are offered in these environments to enhance student…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Afterschool Alliance, 2013
The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Middle School Students, Youth Opportunities, Youth Programs
New Media Consortium, 2006
The question of how best to serve its constituents arises for any organization that is part of a campus or community. This guide is intended to address questions regarding assessment of impact, identifying targets for improvement, and ensuring organizational recognition. Seven strategies for maximizing impact are presented: (1) Be focused; (2) Be…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Learning Resources Centers, Technology, Campuses
Wolfe, William G.; Fell, Albert W. – 1974
Presented is the final report of the Special Education Instructional Materials Center at the University of Texas. Described are the 8-year program's two phases: services and training (including development of associate centers in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas; library loan of materials; and information dissemination), and research and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children, Information Dissemination, Learning Resources Centers
McCoy, David – Audiovisual Instruction, 1974
How the Learning Resources Center staff at Eastfield College (Texas) developed and implemented a simple yet effective system for ongoing evaluation. (HB)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Media, Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers
Lindley, Patricia F. – American Vocational Journal, 1978
The article describes Texas's four vocational instructional materials centers, all located in universities, and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials in distributive education, industrial arts, agriculture, home economics, teaching the disadvantaged, and others. Purchase information for the materials is included. (MF)
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Information Dissemination, Instructional Materials, Learning Resources Centers
NEWMAN, MAYRELEE – 1967
DURING A 6-MONTH PERIOD, EL CENTRO JUNIOR COLLEGE, DALLAS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHED A LEARNING RESOURCES LIBRARY FOR A 2,000-STUDENT POPULATION IN A FORMER DEPARTMENT STORE. THE TASK INCLUDED THREE GROUPS OF ACTIVITIES--(1) FACILITY PLANNING AND OBTAINING FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT, (2) ACQUISITION AND PROCESSING OF A BASIC COLLECTION, INCLUDING PRINTED…
Descriptors: Catalogs, College Libraries, College Planning, Learning Resources Centers
Burks, Freda – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
Presents results of a descriptive survey that analyzed high school library media center use in one area of north Texas in 1991 and was designed to determine the nature and extent of student use of library media centers and to describe the characteristics of users and nonusers. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Surveys, School Libraries
Kroeker, Lois Hokanson – School Library Journal, 1989
Describes a survey of West Texas elementary schools that examined the amount of time media specialists spend teaching. The findings indicate that the scheduling issue is secondary to the fact that many schools share or do not have a certified library media specialist. The reasons for this situation and recommendations for improvement are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary Schools, Flexible Scheduling, Learning Resources Centers
Fort Worth Public Schools, TX. – 1972
The purpose of the media resources handbook is the identification and description of diversified instructional aids in the area of career education that are available to teachers through the career resource center at Fort Worth, Texas. Many of the resources are to be used directly in the occupations class in the middle school; however, the…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Career Awareness, Career Education, Learning Resources Centers
Drake, David – 1991
Many newer colleges, actively promoting a multi-media approach to instructional support, eschew the term "library" in favor of "learning resource center" or a similar designation. As of 1991, the state of Texas had 63 separately identifiable public community/junior colleges. Of the 63 colleges, 28 (44%) designated their…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Learning Resources Centers
Sanders, Ann; George, Archie – 1980
In 1975, The Texas Board of Education adopted instructional resources as a priority area and chose Learning Resources Centers (LRC) to be used as the means for implementation. Title IVC funds were granted for the 1976-1977, 1977-1978, and 1978-1979 school years to develop, plan, and field-test an LRC model which used a paraprofessional staff…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Learning Resources Centers, Models
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Instructional Resources. – 1974
The guide was written for use by Texas schools in planning media programs responsive to the school's educational goals and objectives as well as user needs and interests. Guidelines are offered for the full spectrum of learning resource center staff. A planning guide gives quantitative statements for four levels with the recommendation that…
Descriptors: Administrators, Educational Facilities, Educational Media, Guides
Peer reviewedBell, Michael; Totten, Herman L. – Library Quarterly, 1991
Describes a study of 39 Texas public elementary schools that investigated the effect of school climate and teacher characteristics on the cooperation between teachers and school library media specialists. The involvement of school librarians in instruction is discussed, and suggestions are offered for increasing their involvement. (33 references)…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Hypothesis Testing
Staples, E. Susan – 1981
A study conducted to assess the needs for inservice experiences as perceived by learning resources specialists employed in Texas public schools asked a random sample of 313 practitioners to rate a comprehensive list of competencies in educational technology and library science as being of value in the performance of their jobs, and to evaluate…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Surveys
