An innovative, compact design groups classrooms around the media center at the Remson Elementary School located 20 miles north of Utica, New York. (Author/MLF)

Discusses 11 management variables related to the distribution of audiovisual products and services. (RAO)

The Developmental Economic Education Program (DEEP) promotes economics education centers at colleges which, in turn, affiliate with local school districts to jointly provide materials and teacher training for effective economics education. This article describes DEEP at the College of St. Thomas and the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese schools.…

Through a private grant, Encinitas Union School District is developing a new art education program which features the videotaping of lessons and demonstrations by community artists and the incorporation of these videotapes with exhibits and workshops into a resource library for teachers. (Author/SJL)

A "leisure resource room" can help people in the campus community solve the problem of what to do recreationally while giving valuable experience to the professional recreators of the future. (Author)

A resource room containing information about outdoor programs generates individual and cooperative learning activities and outdoor experiences. Although adventure participants are responsible for decisions and risks undertaken, the program should attempt to enhance experiences by reducing difficulties brought on by outsiders, institutions, and red…

Considers the issue of reinstating a quiet atmosphere into secondary school learning centers, and suggests that noisy students should not be allowed to manipulate the center for their own purposes. (CMV)

The role of the social group in learning at science centers is discussed. The author emphasizes that science centers can contribute to formal science education, although the environment is informal and the learning is not sequential. (Author/SA)

Describes three career education data bases and systems as examples of what is available to the school media specialist involved in the structure of time, space, and resources to create a program of instruction geared to the personalized needs of students and teachers. (Author/CMV)

Describes the philosophy, objectives, services, and experimental research of the Abadina Media Resource Center, which provides library services, materials, and education to elementary school students and provides research and training facilities for Nigerian teachers and school librarians. (Author/CWM)

Rogers Elementary School in Stamford, Connecticut, was well past its prime, but renovation brought it up to par with the new schools of the district. (Author)

Information specialists at the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) Manufacturing Information Resource Center (MIRC) contribute expertise, information, and skills to their customer teams. This article describes three librarian customer partnerships, shares recommendations from experienced teams for fostering librarian customer…

One solution to limited school library resources is for media specialists to create networks within the school, the district, and beyond to the Internet. Besides access to resources, networks create links for professional development and cooperation. (SK)

Spotlights the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition (NCELA), an information resource center that collects, analyzes, synthesizes, and disseminates information about language instruction educational programs and related programs for limited-English-proficient students. (Author/VWL)

The failure of funding to keep pace with costs has led some colleges and universities to question the viability of continued operations in both information and instructional technology. Examines the differences between information and instructional technology, the functional areas of instructional technology in higher education, and the unique…