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Download full textLucas, John A.; And Others – 1996
As part of a review of student support services, William Rainey Harper College in Illinois conducted a study of the characteristics of and benefits received by clients of its Career Center (CC) on the main campus and the Career Transition Center (CTC) at its Northeast Center. Both centers provided lists of clients served during the spring and…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Community Colleges, Marketing
Kruger, Jan A. – 1993
Responsibility for media services in secondary schools has received little attention in discussions of media use in those schools. If education authorities agree that the media center is indispensable and it has a philosophy and policy to this effect, then attention must be paid to who should take responsibility for media services. The education…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Hamilton, John – 1996
As part of an effort to evaluate the Academic Computing, Tutoring, and Testing Center, Gainesville College, in Georgia, surveyed 672 students in morning classes, 424 students in evening classes, and all faculty and staff to determine their use of and satisfaction with the Center. Faculty and staff responses were received from 79 individuals,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Computer Centers, Learning Laboratories, Learning Resources Centers
Platt, Gail M. – 1997
Established in fall 1980, TheLearningCenter at South Plains College, in Texas, is designed to provide assistance to students seeking specialized services, offering developmental and college-level courses, peer-tutoring, computer-aided instruction, learning opportunities, and learning assessments. This annual report describes instructional…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology, Instructional Effectiveness
Martinez, Joseph P.; Woods, Muriel – 1995
The Auraria Media Center conducted a needs assessment in the spring of 1994 to learn whether it correctly perceived, and how it can better serve, the changing educational technology needs of faculty. Faculty from the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver, and the University of Colorado at Denver responded to an…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, College Faculty, Educational Equipment, Educational Media
Baule, Steven M. – 1999
Increased student enrollment, collection growth, the need for multimedia workspace, and other technology changes are all reasons for embarking on a facilities project in a library media center. This book describes the keys to success for library media centers of the future, and addresses the need for developing support for the facilities plan.…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, Mary Ann – 1993
This activity book accompanies the permanent "Africa Exhibit" at the Field Museum in Chicago (Illinois). The exhibit and the activities are designed to help students become aware of the diversity of Africa, its peoples and cultures, and its rich history. Some activities are intended for use at the exhibit while others ask students to…
Descriptors: African History, African Studies, Area Studies, Community Resources
Bard, Therese Bissen – 1999
This book suggests that student assistants in elementary and high school libraries can do more than shelve materials and help with the circulation system. They can work as peer teachers, promote library resources through creative activities, and enable the library media specialist to expand services by assisting with projects that make resources…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Extracurricular Activities, Guidelines, Learning Activities
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Library and Learning Resources Section. – 1990
This training manual and statewide plan begins by describing the role of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, Library Resources/Technology Section as one of providing leadership, consultation, communication, and coordination in the systematic development of technology in Oklahoma school library media centers. Information about the Oklahoma…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Check Lists, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Gordon, Anitra, Comp.; Naughton, Renee, Comp. – 1991
This notebook presents ideas for and readings about producing a well-organized and efficient school library program. The notebook is divided into 15 major sections, each of which begins with an overview of the topic, continues with practical discussions of different aspects of the topic, and is followed by background readings consisting of new…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Thrash, Blanche Carter – 1992
The purpose of this study was to investigate the services provided by elementary and middle school media centers to support whole language instruction, and to determine how the media program contributes to the goals, resources, and teaching strategies of the whole language movement. The population for the study included all 81 elementary and 15…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
Hysong, Deborah L. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to compare library media programs located in Georgia Schools of Excellence, and determine how they contribute to the overall success of their schools' instructional program. The library media specialists surveyed worked in 195 schools that have been selected as Georgia Schools of Excellence from 1984 to 1991. A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1993
The first part of this National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) directory lists NLS network libraries and machine-lending agencies arranged alphabetically by state. The information about each library includes address, telephone number, hours of operation, book collection, special collections, assistive devices,…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Braille
Bernick, Rivian; Rutherford, Barry – 1993
Intended for use by school administrators and community leaders serving families of students in the middle grades (6-8), this booklet describes eight family resource programs that illustrate a broad range of practices that attempt to match specific services to those unique needs of the adolescents and families served in each community. Each of the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Community Programs, Family Programs
O'Brien, Patricia – 1989
Three studies are presented which explore the perceptions of New Zealand mainstreamed secondary students who are visually impaired and those of their parents and teachers. The three case studies examine services provided by the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind via: (1) advisory/itinerant support within the Auckland metropolitan area; (2)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Counseling, Delivery Systems, Foreign Countries
