As schools move from a classroom-dominated program to a learner-oriented program, the media program emerges as an integral part of the school experience. The success of the educational programs depends in large part on the way learners use resources to find, evaluate, and apply information. The media specialist works with teachers and students to…

School administrators, teachers, parents, and students in schools belonging to the Eastern Illinois School Development Council were surveyed to determine the need for a career education resource laboratory as a vehicle for coordinating an area career education program, K-12. The opening summary briefly describes the objectives of the project, the…

This study was conducted to evaluate the need for and value of learning resources services for off-campus classes at Wilkes Community College (WCC). Procedures included: (1) a questionnaire to survey kinds of services offered by other North Carolina community colleges/technical institutes to their off-campus classes; (2) an examination of the…

A summative evaluation study of six experimental school library media education programs was conducted as the final phase of the School Library Manpower Project. The six programs consisted of one bachelor's level program, four master's level programs, and one sixth-year program. Data for the study was obtained from program directors, students…

Compared were the academic and social growth of 31 educable mentally retarded (EMR) students (7 to 14 years-old) who were either retained in special classes (N=14) or reintegrated into regular classes (N=7) with additional support from a learning center. Ss were studied at three time intervals: prior to assignment, 2 months after assignment, and…

Summarized are the proceedings of the Special Study Institute, attended by directors of special education and of educational communications, and by teachers of emotionally handicapped children. Several projects in the fields of special education media were presented and reviewed, illustrating innovative approaches to teaching emotionally…

The purpose of this publication is to intoduce readers to the media program concept and to offer practical assistance to those interested in establishing or expanding media programs; typical services of media specialists are enumerated; a sampling is given of requests from teachers; and guidelines are suggested for implementing a media program.…

This report contains a complete description and a preliminary evaluation of a three-week training program for secondary guidance center and resource center aids. It is the intent of the authors of this report to show the conceptualization of the aide's role. This report also describes the preservice training program in sufficient detail to…

The annual report of ESEA Title VI-A activities of the instructional materials developmental center of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina) presents information on statistical data, project objectives, inservice workshops, convention and lecture participation, visitations, areas served, problems encountered, and project…

This newsletter, announced here on a one time basis, is published by Earthrise, a Corporation engaged in futures research, education, and design. Typical issues report on activities conducted by Earthrise and those of similar organizations to stimulate information exchange on futures. In this issue futures studies is defined and defended, and a…

The second of three volumes of appendixes to the final technical report of the Great Lakes Region Special Education Instructional Materials Center contains materials related to the introductory chapter of field services and workshops (Appendix B) and the chapter on media and materials development (Appendix C). Appendix B is continued from Volume 1…

A Media Learning Resources Committee was appointed by the Chancellor to study the use of media at UCLA and to make recommendations concerning its role in the university. Section 1 of the committee report presents the conclusions derived from the policy/program recommendations and operational suggestions of section 2. These are supported by…

California Librarian, the official periodical of the California Library Association, includes in its April 1974 issue: an article on high school media programs and problems, a study of graduate students' attitudes toward librarians and media specialists, a discussion of the use of supply-demand equalization in evaluating collection adequacy, a…

The theme of this issue is media services in open education schools. Several articles discuss media services, media specialists, open schools, teachers, school children, and all their interrelationships. The challenges and problems of open school media services are considered. In the section on environmental considerations the views of architects…

The concentration of disadvantaged people in the major cities of the United States requires new programs of the urban library. Libraries must actively intervene to provide information and referral services on the problems of daily living and should serve as cultural institutions, reflecting the various ethnic orientations to be found in the city.…