Evaluated were the attitudes of 10 principals and 38 teachers (20 regular classroom teachers and 18 teachers who were voluntarily individualizing instruction) toward an instructional program for language and learning disabled elementary students based on the resource room concept. Principals and those teachers who had volunteered to individualize…

The concept of the instructional materials center (IMC) has evolved in response to the limitations of the traditional single-resource library. The IMC is an organizational solution for integrating traditional library services with the variety of multimedia devices and materials necessary to contemporary educational practice. The concept grew from…

A study was undertaken at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona to ascertain the impact, usefulness, and acceptance by students of learning centers within Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT). The first step in the project was the construction and administration of an attitude scale designed to measure UPT students' attitudes toward learning centers.…

Phase IV of the Student Library Resource Requirements Project had as its two main purposes: (1) the establishment of a student learning center demonstration, with the collaboration of school and public library organizations and to begin its operation and evaluation and (2) to expand the well-established interagency planning mechanism into other…

There is very little difference in cataloging and classifying non-print and print media, however non-print requires considerably more time in processing due to the quantity of material and the individual pieces for which labels and identification numbers must be supplied. In general non-print media are entered under title. Exceptions to this…

The primary focus of this document is the mechanics of organizing a learning center for readiness-level children. The first section outlines procedures for using the learning center, including determination of student eligibility, referral of students, placement, and evaluation. Also included are: a referral form; a list of evaluation instruments;…

Described is the implementation of an inservice training program (designed in response to Massachusetts legislation on special education) for teachers and administrators in schools served by the Merrimack Education Center. It is noted that the Center's purpose is to foster collaboration and provide support services for a group of 22 school systems…

Librarians and media specialists need to know how to develop a political campaign for the improvement of student learning through increased public support for school library media programs. The first step is to organize, with a steering committee and a network of people, for communication and action. Goals must be formulated, priorities…

Recent literature regarding communication systems on college campuses documents a growing inability on the part of college communities to effectively process information. Many colleges and universities have begun to establish information and referral services in response to this problem. While the information and referral service/center concept…

This paper provides a cursory description of 22 new items available at the Great Plains National (GPN) Instructional Television Library--programs in history, geography, reading, language, and mathematics for elementary or secondary school students; course materials in accounting, management, and mathematics at college level; informative materials…

Part IV of the Directory of Programs and Services for the Deaf in the United States covers research and information programs and services. (LS)

This paper offers a basic discussion of facility planning for media use. Guidelines cited have been corroborated by field experiments and research conducted by the author. (Author)

Learning a foreign language provides an opportunity for students to learn more about their own language.

Outlined is the Media Development Project for the Hearing Impaired; a three-year project at the University of Nebraska, funded by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped. (BD)

Presents a television project that aims to produce a number of 30-minute programs, under the series title of "Syntheses," to improve public understanding of the interaction between science and public policy. Two programs: The President's Scientist and Alaska Oil are also discussed. (HM)