Developed as a guide for educational planners interested in expanding their career guidance and career education delivery system, this handbook suggests general plans, procedures, staffing patterns, activities, and resources in eight chapters. Chapter 1 provides a broad perspective on the rationale for career resource centers. Chapter 2 covers…

The joint planning phase of a multi-phase research, planning, and demonstration undertaking in the area of library resources and services for students in Philadelphia is covered in this report. The major activities reported include (1) development of processes for joint planning by the co-sponsoring organizations, (2) identification of…

A selection of written materials which reflect the dynamics of the planning process is reported in this special supplement to the "Student Library Resource Requirements in Philadelphia, Phase III," report (available as LI 003327). Its contents include: (1) project staff; (2) organization - student library research project; (3)…

Argues that reorganizing libraries around the concept of user-focused access will help community colleges meet the information access challenges they face. States that integrated systems and the Internet have enabled libraries to broaden their concept of access from the physical collection to include thousands of other library collections and…

Offers suggestions to librarians for enhancing delivery of bibliographic instruction sessions. Includes topics such as "attitude matters more than content,""you may need a coffee bar for librarians,""rigidity is only good for dams,""learning travels up the fingertips," and "they want it convenient." (NB)

The purpose of the survey was to compile a descriptive catalog detailing the strengths of Louisiana's library resources. The catalog should be a useful tool at all levels for interlibrary loan, patron referral, collection development, and for the identification of outstanding reference and bibliographical materials in academic, public, special…

Discusses the vital role policy plays in the effective delivery of information services over the Internet, as well as the need to keep policies at a minimum so as not to impede users' creativity and imaginative powers when online. Provides four examples from community college libraries. (NB)

A consortium was formed to experiment in sharing instructional ideas and materials among the membership of the North Carolina community college system for the purpose of improving the quality and efficiency of instruction by increasing the availability of high quality instructional materials while at the same time decreasing the costly duplication…

Project operations in the 1971-72 year clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of interagency collaboration in the intensive work of planning, establishing, and operation of the Action Library Demonstration Center. The Action Library is designed to effect maximum impact on inner-city student library needs, attitudes, and skills. The year covered by…

The school library media specialist is encountering unprecedented change from educational reform, social change, and technology advances. This book offers practical ways to meet the everyday challenges of managing a library efficiently. It provides discussion of management skills, media center atmosphere, curriculum support, and professional and…

This curriculum guide is designed to offer guidelines along with supporting resources and teaching ideas from which the local postsecondary vocational instructor can extract a mechanical technology curriculum that meets local needs. Following an outline of the philosophy and goals underlying state and local vocational education programs in…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can extract a construction cluster curriculum that meets local needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, this guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems.…

This curriculum guide provides a model for organizing vocational instructional content from which secondary level instructors can extract a graphic arts curriculum that meets local needs. Primarily oriented towards classroom use, this guide may also assist administrators, counselors, and lay people involved in local school systems. Following a…