Names, addresses, and phone numbers of state liaison representatives (SLRs) to the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational and Technical Education are listed by region, along with brief reports of what is available at instructional materials labs across the country and some current curriculum development activities. (MF)

The conclusion of a six-part series on planning and designing media facilities deals with problems of security. (Author/MLF)

A report on the responses to a questionnaire on the activities, relations with collaborators, organization of educational services and methods of implementation. Seventeen countries are represented in the survey. (AMH)

A description of the activities of the center, principally publication of brochures and bibliographies, a resource center and a library. The various kinds of documents, books, tapes, audio visual materials, etc., the style of operation and the users are discussed. (AMH)

Measures for assessing hostility and alphabetizing skills of 48 third graders in a learning center and a traditional instructional mode were taken over a twenty-day period. Alphabetizing skills increased for both groups. The hostility scores of the traditional students also increased, but not significantly. (RL)

Shows how a learning lending library can be established to coordinate early childhood education at home and in nursery schools. (RL)

Compares this instructional approach with the traditional-classroom method and suggests equipment that an English workshop needs. (RL)

Describes how school media specialists may function as change facilitators through indirect leadership, operating on the basis of expertise rather than organizational position, and illustrates four communication strategies used to accomplish this function. (CLB)

In order to teach high school students to transfer skills learned in school media centers to public libraries, public librarians visit classes whose students have been assigned term papers. They present information on reference materials students will need to complete their assignments, including those not available in most media centers. (EM)

Suggests that instructional technology theory and practice can be introduced into public schools through the school library media center. The changing role of the school library media specialist resulting from computerized library systems is reviewed, the media specialist as change agent is described, and information literacy is discussed. (15…

A series of eight reports explore the use of bulletin boards in libraries to improve communication and create an atmosphere. Suggestions for organizing displays, adapting graphic designs, lettering, and other techniques are explained. A directory of selected sources for materials and display tips is provided. (CLB)

Describes the effects of the rapid growth of Macomb Community College (MCC), erratic financing, and institutional size on the organization, services, and procedures of MCC's library. Focuses on unique characteristics associated with size and positive responses to resource constraints. (DMM)

Describes Northern Virginia Community College's unique system of cooperation and coordination whereby the five campus Learning Resources Centers, the Media Processing Services unit, and the central technical services unit for the campuses work together to achieve college and campus goals through a Learning Resource System. (DMM)

This bibliography on community college learning resources centers presents citations on administration, automation, bibliographies, collection development, cooperative activities, facilities, history, humor, instruction and use, college instructional programs, learning laboratories, media technology, miscellaneous services, personnel, philosophy,…

Describes the speaker's lifelong dedication to the development of education in museums and his philosophy of life. Points out the need to make museums effective educational institutions closely integrated in a community's fabric and structure. (CW)