Phase 3 of the Career Education Resource Laboratory (CERL) project at Eastern Illinois University consisted of three major activity areas: demonstrations, disseminations, and workshops. CERL's demonstrations of Computerized Vocational Information System (CVIS) were conducted at Eastern Illinois University and the Comprehensive Illinois…

Discussed in connection with Project PRIME (Programmed Reentry into Mainstream Education) is the need for educational research to assess the comparative efficacy of three instructional settings (regular resource, and self-contained special education classes) for providing services to handicapped children. It is explained that data on the classroom…

Duties of the staff of media centers in the Salt Lake City School District and an analysis of task performances by position are listed. Positions included are: (1) head of the school media center/school media specialist, (2) school media center technician, (3) school media center aide, and (4) student aides. Twenty general district operational…

Prepared for distribution at the 1975 Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology, this bibliography was assembled from the Current Index to Journals in Education (CIJE) and Resources in Education (RIE) computer files of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). Annotated CIJE and RIE entries…

Developed as part of an exemplary career education program for junior high school students, the guide describes a career guidance resource center designed to bring together all of a particular school's career guidance materials into one location where occupational, vocational, and educational information is readily available for individual student…

The efforts of local school districts in meeting the educational requirements of children of migrant workers are summed up in the Idaho Migrant Education Evaluation Report for fiscal year 1972. Information was procured from 29 local school districts conducting educational activities, such as, experience curriculum, oral language development, and…

The handbook for learning centers contains guidelines, forms, and supplementary information to be used with all children identified as having a learning disability, mild retardation, or sensory deprivation in the Norwalk, Connecticut public schools. It is stressed that the learning center should provide supportive services for at least 35 minutes…

One of the newest developments in building is the application of systems analysis to design and construction. The systems approach depends heavily on the use of prefabricated components and modular subsystems, in both design and construction processes. Construction times are shortened and costs often lowered because the flexibility of…

The document outlines aspects of the new National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped (NCEMMH), whose establishment was approved by Public Law 91-61 in August, 1969. It will provide a setting where special education educators and educational technologists can create, design, and develop new instructional tools and…

The basic assumption of this paper is that every teaching aid whether it be identified as an audiovisual aid, instructional aid, multisensory aid to learning, or soft ware for hardware is read by the listener, viewer, participant, and thinker. With this in mind, the role of the properly staffed instructional materials center in an elementary…

This report presents the findings and recommendations of a study conducted to determine ways of improving library service in Kentucky. The study involved the examination of Kentucky's school, public, academic and special libraries and the Department of Libraries, followed by the development of a statewide plan of library service which includes a…

The Curriculum Materials Center is described as a service agency cooperating with teachers to make learning more effective by way of the multi-media approach. The center promotes the concept of individualized instruction which is said to increase learning efficiency by means of--(1) materials selection, (2) curriculum flexibility, (3) valid…

The final technical report of the Northwest Regional Special Education Instructional Materials Center (NWSEIMC) summariezes the center's activities between 1966 and 1974, activities which focused on the development of a delivery and information system for special education, the development of technical competencies in teachers of the handicapped,…

The Essex County College Learning Resources Center was established within a two-month period in 1968, allowing no time to train personnel, develop procedures, or do organized planning. Consequently, the Director developed a tight central leadership and decision-making system. It was decided that the organization needed a management system that…

Elementary and secondary school programs have been and still are undergoing changes that will influence facilities design for the schools of the 1970's. The program of the school library media center is certainly also being affected by these changes. A flexible approach is warranted in locating the media center within the school. Students and…