Four successful programs to make media centers an extension of every classroom and a focal point for community involvement in schools are described. (MT)

Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Community Schools received the $5,000 cash prize for the excellence of their library media program. Other finalists were: Arlington (Va.) Public Schools; Beaverton (Or.) School District; Fort Knox (Ky.) Dependent Schools; and Urbana (Il.) Community Schools District No. 16. (LS)

Briefly describes one elementary school's project to remodel its media center. Several photographs and a floor plan are included. (JMB)

A dozen ideas for developing a school media center. (DD)

Media centers were introduced in six elementary schools, all within the original budget and at less cost than if they had been furnished in the traditional library fashion. (Author)

The exemplary library media programs developed by six school systems for the elementary grades which were finalists in the 1973 School Library Media Program of the Year Award are described. (SJ)

Describes a special St. Patrick's Day exhibit, with games and decorations, designed to get students into the school instructional materials center. (SJL)

The classification scheme for textbooks in the Education Library at the University of Texas at El Paso is described in this report. The scheme, developed to allow quick retrieval and yet give consideration to time and expense, is in card format, and (1) divides textbooks into Elementary (K-6) or Secondary (7-A); (2) further divides into general…

Presents ideas for enhancing the role of the school library media center as a dispenser of timely information, reflector of current trends, and guide to the future. Suggested projects focus on current events, wildlife, energy, nonsexist and minority resources, and clubs. (JMB)

Examples of activities that take place in the district's elementary schools are cited as well as a commentary by various staff members on how the media programs are integrated with the schools' total instructional programs. A brief history of the school district's media programs is also discussed. (JPF)

Comments that library media specialists have not been adequately utilized in schools, especially at the elementary level. Reasons why the library should be an integral part of the instructional program are discussed, and several ways in which the librarian, as a generalist, can aid students in academic achievement are listed. (MES)

Five steps for setting up a library system based on a student-centered philosophy. (JW)

Describes how to explain the organization of a library to elementary school students by making an analogy of a library being like a state: each state is made up of towns and neighborhoods as libraries are made up of areas for fiction and nonfiction. Includes a worksheet. (LRW)