By examining one writing center's role in student success, this project offers two examples of the way writing centers impact student engagement. This analysis models a methodology that writing and learning center directors can utilize in order to foster effective communication with stakeholders. By conducting data-driven assessment, directors can…

Standards are offered to administrators and practitioners as a conceptual framework for successful vocational learning resource center programs, and a program evaluation instrument is presented to aid vocational education structures in identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and possible plans for improvement. The standards cover seven areas:…

Universities offering school library media programs seek accreditation from various regional and national organizations. This accreditation makes the programs valid and marketable. School media programs within a college of education seek accreditation from specialized accrediting bodies. The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education…

The evaluation of an exemplary career resource center (CRC) developed for the Wyoming Valley West School District, Kingston, Pennsylvania, is presented. Questionnaires were used to assess the CRC in terms of information collection, evaluation and storage, client usage, and attitudinal factors and were completed by approximately 1,000 seventh and…

This publication identifies those media specialist services present in exemplary media center programs, listed separately as they are directed toward students, teachers, or administrators. A monthly plan for media center activities and suggestions for compiling media statistics are included. Also provided are an evaluation instrument for use by…

The East Central Curriculum Management Center (ECCMC) was evaluated by the Illinois State Advisory Council on Adult, Vocational and Technical Education. The council reviewed the internal operations of the center, including (1) an assessment of how various units within the Illinois Office of Education (IOE) related to the Center; (2) a survey of…

Described and evaluated is Ohio's Special Education Regional Resource Center Network. Discussed are background information, funding structure and goals of the two major components (Program Planning and Development Centers and Instructional Resource Centers) as well as such other components as research and development projects. Reported is a 1974…

Merit ratings for school media programs that exceed state requirements in Kentucky are explored. Standards for administrative support, facilities, resources, personnel, and programs are provided as well as procedures for conducting a self-study prior to an on-site visit. The self-study instrument which is the major part of the document covers such…

The "Instructional Materials Center" project was designed to set up a process by which children with learning disabilities would be aided in both affective and cognitive domains. The project has been successful despite the fact that some of the exploratory objectives in the process domain have not been met. It has greatly aided the…

Guidelines are offered for the planning and implementation of learning resource centers in health science education institutions. The first chapter describes initial planning activities, chapters two and three describe administrative structures and the organization of media equipment and services, chapter four describes the local production of…

Some questions the director of an audiovisual center should ask himself about his center, his staff, and himself. (LS)

Questionnaires were sent to 307 persons, with 135 responses returned (40%), to determine who had used the Michigan Consumer Education Center services and to determine attitudes toward Center services. Five categories of persons were contacted: Those local representatives who had coordinated inservice training sessions provided by the Center; 1973…

This document examines the Learning Communities Program (LCP) at Cerritos College, California. The author contends that, although some innovations work and others do not, the evaluation process is in itself an innovation and is essential to the innovation development cycle. Understanding and reporting program outcomes subsequently advances the…

The 31 journal articles selected for this annotated bibliography fall into two categories: 1) articles which are prescriptive in nature, where a theoretical rationale is developed for the designing and implementation of centers, and 2) articles which describe learning centers now in operation. (Author/JB)

Presents an evaluation form that library media specialists, teachers, and students can use to rate their school library media center. (WD)