The official administrative guidelines for the relationship between departmental resource centers and centers in the Quincy, Massachusetts school system are specified. Resource centers are defined, their functions listed, relevant administrative responsibilities identified, and budget and ordering procedures detailed. Parallel specifications are…

Discusses the problems of organizing and storing the audiovisual materials which the lecturers are going to use for their work, and the students are going to borrow and use on teaching practice in the schools." (Author/LS)

To aid elementary, middle, junior high, and high schools in planning an Instructional Materials Center, this handbook presents standards for this modern concept of a school library. The term Instructional Materials Center (IMC) is used throughout to designate a centralized collection of materials, with a staff of professional and clerical…

Cataloging audiovisual materials consists of compiling depictive information which best describes the content and substance of the audiovisual (AV). Since the physical nature of AV's makes it necessary to limit access to them, the catalog entry should contain information which will reduce to a minimum the occasions when the handling of the AV is…

This manual was prepared to assist managers of information and referral (I&R) services to develop and maintain an adequate file of resources for the I&R center. Topics covered include preliminary planning, time estimates for set-up and file up-dating; the concept of recruiting volunteers to help operate the center and training that would be…

Automating a library system via computer can increase efficient handling of all operations including circulation, cataloging, acquisition, and bibliographic reference. (Author/MK)

One of a series of manuals developed by the Home and Community-Based Career Education Project, the publication describes the establishment of the project's resource center or specialized library to collect occupational information materials and make them accessible to staff members, clients, and the public. Such a resource center involves…

Basic instructions (suggestions) are provided to help the initiate establish a resource center. The primer begins with some considerations in organizing a media resource collection which includes a brief discussion of the three basic types of media resource programs: reference only, limited acquisition, and permanent collections. This is followed…

The library resource center of a new school in Wales is described and evaluated. First there is an overview of the school itself: social environment, school aims, organization, individual and independent work, staffing, and growth of the school. Then various facets of the resource center are discussed: aims, design and layout; departmental…