The American Library Association says that the arrangement of library facilities should motivate students to use the materials to learn. Believing that changing the library facility can bring about important changes in the program, this author shares how she became a "decorator" and changed the library media center in an elementary K-6 school. The…

Examples of centralized and decentralized resource centers are given and evaluated. (CC)

This book is designed to give administrators and faculty a model to follow in developing and maintaining a Learning Center of any size at any educational level, from preschool to college. Basic to the Learning Center concept presented here are the following four services: (1) a multimedia library, (2) audiovisual services, (3) nontraditional…

This article discusses the importance of designing a library media center that engages students in constructing new knowledge. The author describes the planning stages of a new library facility. In the early planning stages, the author focused on the expectations of the administration. She soon realized that they had included all the…

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…

The learning center is an integrated, fully-coordinated facility, combining a number of traditional library, media development, and personalized learning functions. Conceptualizing the learning center is facilitated through a description of the premises for such a center, the components, and guidelines for developing a learning center. De Anza…

A personal view which regrets the passing of personal, warm library environments and the ascendancy of "monumental" library architecture. Illustrations of the Bobst Library, Boston Library, Bancroft School. (LS)

A description of the library and media center. (RM)

A proposal to extend the traditional library services to media which work through machines--such as, television, film and filmstrip projectors, phonographs, radio, and tape recorders. The emphasis is on library services to the young. (RM)

An investigation was made of the organizational characteristics of two college learning resource centers as compared with two traditionally organized college libraries with separate audiovisual units in order to determine the advantages of each organizational type. Interviews, observation, and examination of relevant documents were used to…

The successful media center programs of seven schools in the northeastern United States are described. (PF)

Phase I of this National Book Committee study surveyed existing educational media selection facilities and examined programs at the state, regional, and local levels. Facilities were located and identified, and their successful components were evaluated by means of questionnaires and on-site visits. This final report contains an introductory…

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the Baraboo campus of the University of Wisconsin was designed to be an integral part of the teaching program, and to embody the multimedia approach to individual self-paced learning by using the most appropriate medium or combination of media for a given instructional situation. The collection includes books,…

How can a media center be organized to best serve a continuous-progress curriculum? This writer offers some suggestions that have worked in his school. (Editor)

THIS REPORT IS A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING LIBRARY AND THE ADDITION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE, THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY, AND THE AVAILABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. A GENERAL STUDY…