This paper describes a study designed to determine the status of the vertical file in public high school libraries in one Illinois county. The purpose of the study was to examine how vertical files were maintained, promoted, and used in the libraries. The data were collected via telephone and on-site interviews. All 22 library media centers in…

This document focuses on intellectual freedom as it relates to school library media centers and instructional materials. Its purpose is to help school districts develop and adopt necessary policies that will build a solid foundation for intellectual freedom as part of the school climate, devise procedures that should be followed when an expression…

This directory is designed to allow media specialists in regional areas of Oklahoma to share their experiences in computer applications for libraries. The first of two sections lists schools using computers for circulation, computerized catalogs, library management, CD-ROM, laser disk programs, and online information systems. Schools are listed…

The challenge of providing appropriate education to learning-disabled students in the least restrictive environment led to creation of the Content Mastery Program. The program enables learning-disabled students to receive all major instruction in mainstream classrooms, through the cooperative effort of the classroom teacher and the special…

This annual report describes the programs and staff for 1993 of Grassroots Educare Trust, an organization that helps South African communities provide preschool education and health care. Contents of the report are: (1) a list of the board of trustees; (2) a message from the chairman; (3) the director's report on external efforts and internal…

"Information Power," the national guidelines for school library media programs, specify three roles for today's school library media specialist, i.e., information specialist, teacher, and instructional consultant. As school library media specialists plan with teachers, they are performing the instructional consultant role. The Media and…

Established in May 1987 by the Oregon State Library to serve as a central clearinghouse for the collection of reports about challenges against library materials, the Oregon Intellectual Freedom Clearinghouse received a total of 17 formal challenges against library materials during its first year of operation. Of these, 10 challenges were received…

A periodicals use study was conducted in a public high school library media center to determine whether its periodicals collection supported the curriculum needs of the students. For this study, 3,924 magazine requests by the students over an 8-month period were collected and analyzed. The analysis revealed that 96% of the magazine date requests…

This report presents an analysis of data provided by 196 usable responses to a survey of a stratified sample of 282 college and university media centers. Information was collected on the following topics: current trends in budget and personnel levels; the degree of moral support provided by supervisors and the faculty clientele; the extent to…

A microcomputer and hard disk were used to set up an automated card catalog in an Edmonton (Alberta) elementary school learning resource center to determine if a computerized card catalog would help elementary students to access learning resource materials, thereby enhancing their learning. Instead of using a traditional card catalog, students…

The purpose of this guide is to facilitate the work of Georgia planners in systematically determining the size, nature, and functions of spaces needed for the construction or renovation of media center facilities after the minimum requirements for school media centers established by the Georgia Board of Education have been met. The first section…

A language resources center includes a large audio cassette library along with a standard dial access laboratory system. Students may check out and use cassette tapes to listen and record, and teachers may check student recordings on a flexible schedule. Tapes are also synchronized with slide series for audiovisual presentations. (CHK)

The learning-service center appears to offer a way of bringing university resources to bear upon the social needs of communities while providing a reality-based education for students. This paper describes the efforts of two schools of social work to develop an educational partnership through the use of this approach. (Editor/PG)

As the number of faculty who want to employ instructional development services grows, the resulting demand for personal help strains the resources and facilities of the learning resource center. In the interest of efficiency and productivity, instructional development should be pursued as a team effort of faculty within a discipline, focused on…

The Library Learning Resources Center is an instructional unit of the Agricultural Technical Institute (Ohio State University, College of Agriculture) which helps students prepare for technical careers by providing current, immediately useful information in agricultural and related subjects. (Author/MW)