The recent addition of learning resource centers to many of North Carolina's community colleges has permitted greater use of multi-media approach to instruction. (JO)

Some 80 comprehensive learning laboratories located throughout the state have provided opportunities for many adults to pursue their high school equivalency certificates. (JO)

Describes various forms of budgets and discusses concepts in budgeting useful to supervisors of school media centers: line item budgets, capital budgets, creating budgets, the budget calendar, innovations, PPBS (Planning, Programing, Budgeting System), zero-based budgeting, cost-benefit analysis, benefits, benefit guidelines, and budgeting for the…

Describes specific specifications that are essential to the design of an instructional media center and explains contract requirements. (RAO)

Presents a list of objectives for media programs that can be adapted to specific situations and urges media specialists to make their objectives public and visible. (BD)

The Open Education Faculty Students Centers have been offering many services to students in Turkey since 1982. Building up bridges between students and faculties, student centers have had technological improvements since 1998 and thereafter quality of services have been increased and services given to students at the student center have been…

Reactions of school library/media personnel and administrators to "Media Programs: District and School." (PF)

A report on the UNESCO Bureau of International Education Geneva conference, June 10-13, 1974, on the transformation of secondary school book-centered libraries into media centers. (Author/PF)

The Learning Resources Center at the University of Minnesota Technical College-Waseca had three principles guiding its formation--materials should be: two-year, post-secondary; technical in nature; and related to the broad field of agriculture. The various types of materials in the collection are described. (AG)

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)

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)

How to plan remodeling of media center facilities. Some ideas and points to consider. (LS)

From special audiovisual supplement, "There's an 8mm in your Future.