Discusses oral history interviews in terms of selection criteria, identification, storage conditions, and duplication. (CHC)

The kind of openness most essential to education, schools, media centers, classrooms, and learning is not an architectural openness, nor a structural openness, but rather an intellectual and emotional openness. The resourcefulness of the media specialist is the most essential ingredient in media service programs for open schools. (Related articles…

Outlines the principles of instructional development as they are related to particular situations faced by librarians who teach library skills. Fifty-six references are cited. (FM)

The theme of this issue is media services in open education schools. Several articles discuss media services, media specialists, open schools, teachers, school children, and all their interrelationships. The challenges and problems of open school media services are considered. In the section on environmental considerations the views of architects…

Discusses selection of appropriate instructional media and purchase of required equipment to be used in school library media centers. Writing specifications for desired equipment, bidding procedures, types of equipment (video, graphic production, microcomputers), guidelines to selection, and evaluation of choices are highlighted. A list of…

In the process of selecting materials for school collections, the media supervisor functions as a manager: planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. (Author)

Describes the role of computer record keeping in collection management and development of centralized film libraries serving school districts and demonstrates the ability of computers to gather and manipulate collection data that enable film managers to replace, expand, and duplicate materials according to user needs. (CDD)