Describes the planning, including learning centers and a media library, for Bryant Woods Elementary School. Includes building data. (CC)

Describing the outdoor program at the Lorado Taft Field Campus (Northern Illinois University) which is served by an instructional materials center specializing in outdoor learning, this article illustrates how to organize a small, centrally located resource center for outdoor education materials. (SB)

Discusses the evaluation process for school media programs: (1) what is evaluation, (2) why evaluate, and (3) how to evaluate. (Author)

Three sets of standards for use in evaluating educational media programs are compiled in these guidelines: (1) Ohio Minimum Standards of the State Board of Education; (2) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools standards; and (3) American Association of School Librarians, American Library Association/Association for Educational…

The objective of this report is to present recommendations and criteria for planning, developing, and evaluating school and system-level media programs. These recommendations are based on a broad concept of services, intended to provide students and teachers with the media services and resources necessary for quality education. A broad plan is…

A new professional discipline in the area of library media is emerging. This discipline does not merely represent a merger of the fields of librarianship and educational media; it is, rather, a new profession which is concerned with the design, development and analysis of instructional systems through the effective use of the most appropriate…

THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND COLLEGE TELEVISION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1965 BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION AND THE INDIANA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION AS A PERMANENT AGENCY TO PROVIDE QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL TELEVISION MATERIALS AND COURSE DISTRIBUTION ON A NATIONAL SCALE. NCSCT MAKES MATERIALS AVAILABLE BY EVALUATION, ACQUISITION, REVISION, AND PRODUCTION,…