The ability to do problem solving is an important concept that educators need to teach their students because that's what they do in the corporate world. When they're sitting in collaborative groups, they have the opportunity to bounce ideas off of each other, complete tasks, and work together effectively. That's the same idea that educators need…

This handbook offers suggestions to guide students in the skills of using media to make a maximum contribution to their intellectual and personal development. The ideas presented can be useful for media specialists and teachers in any grade or subject area. The teacher has the responsbility to: (1) be acquainted with the media center's resources,…

The manual describes the services and procedures offered by the Florida Instructional Materials Center for visually handicapped children and youth. The center is said to be a coordinating unit and resource center for the cataloging, standardizing, production, procurement, storage, and distributation of educational materials needed by visually…

Part II of a series on instructional media systems outlines the facilities, equipment, and materials needed for a media system to function properly. Most of the booklet consists of photographs which illustrate the necessary facilities, equipment, and materials. Floor plans of three study centers in Utah public schools are included. (JK)

The new system of recruitment of student assistants at the William Howard Taft High School LRC in Chicago is to select entering freshmen students with high scholastic standing and assign them positions. Incentives are offered to keep their interest. (MBR)

The Operating Procedures Manual of the Special Education Instructional Materials Center (SEIMC) of the St. Paul Public Schools provides information on work stations, job details, mail handling, telephone communications, materials acquisition, materials utilization, and membership. Use of the operating manual is reported to have given staff…

In order to provide guidance to schools and school systems which are developing and improving their media programs, the Maryland State Department of Education has compiled a set of criteria based on the standards of the American Library Association and the National Education Association. The School Media Program in the Maryland State Department of…

This document prepared by Calgary Board of Education, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, discusses a systematic approach to strengthening the library media collection. A statement of principle, what to weed, specific guides to weeding (by Dewey Decimal classification and type of material), what not to weed, procedures, and weeding follow-up are…

Provides five guiding principles helpful in cataloging, storing, and circulating teacher-made materials as well as commercially produced media. (Author/RK)

Presents the views of six librarians on the new version of "Information Power" (IP 2) by AASL (American Association of School Librarians) and AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology). The new version includes guidelines for school library media programs and introduces national student standards for information…

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…

A review is presented of the goals and objectives for 1973-74 by the staff of the Learning Resource Center of William Rainey Harper College. The nine major sections of the booklet deal with: 1) institutional goals; 2) goals set by the vice president for academic affairs; 3) goals of the academic deans; 4) goals of the division chairman; 5) goals…

The position paper on the evaluation of instructional materials by the Michigan State University Regional Instructional Materials Center for Handicapped Children and Youth (IMC HCY) examines the professional and ethical dilemmas of evaluation and presents evaluation policies of the center. Evaluated by a roster of field evaluators throughout the…

The functions and responsibilities of a school library and of the library personnel are presented in this handbook for parent library volunteers. Topics covered are: (1) the role of the library media center; (2) an outline of a volunteer's duties and daily routines; (3) the responsibilities of the district library specialist, the teacher, and the…

A printing and/or duplicating center can be a valuable addition to any school and the learning resources center is a likely host for it, as many functions of the media production staff are similar to those needed to support a duplicating center, and grouping similar functions is good management practice. However, several things should be…