A reading club, developed for a group of children attending a reading resource room, served as positive social reinforcement for members and permitted students to serve as teacher surrogates. (GW)

A geodesic dome houses the Michigan Space Center on the Jackson Community College campus. (Author/MLF)

The Syracuse University Resources for Educators of Adults (SUREA) and its companion adult education collections are examined through a history of how the resource center came to be. (CT)

Eleven articles discussing school library management highlight: (1) use of student assistants; (2) time management; (3) human resource management; (4) administrator-librarian cooperation; (5) an educational platform for librarians; (6) accepting a new assignment; (7) dividing tasks between two librarians; (8) automating circulation; (9) moving a…

Criteria for software resource centers drafted by the International Council for Computers in Education focus on the responsibilities of: (1) centers, which should serve as links between publishers and educators; (2) software publishers, who should assist educators in previewing instructional software before purchase; and (3) schools, which should…

Describes seven activities for use in the classroom or school library media center to teach encyclopedia skills. (EM)

Describes an innovative monitoring device developed to modify microtext reader-printers at California State University, Long Beach. Problems associated with the 3M Model 500's operating features, the signal light panel solution, benefits to staff who service and patrons who use the reader-printers, and cost savings resulting from the modification…

Discusses computer software that can perform routine calculations on small computer systems quickly and accurately to aid in the task of translating ideas into numbers and decisions. VisiCalc, use of spreadsheet analysis programs, and applications for school library media specialists are highlighted. Six references are included. (EJS)

Examines importance of Anglo-American Cataloging Rules (AACR2) in elementary and secondary school library media centers, noting description of rules, value to school librarians, guides or companion volumes to AACR2 original edition, rules for varying levels of completeness of description, and simplification of rules for original cataloging.…

A junior high school media center developed a program to help provide resources for the instruction of children who have been diagnosed as neurologically or physically impaired. (JY)

Food is prepared in the kitchen and brought to the students on carts at the Jackson school. The cost and space that would have been assigned to a cafeteria were diverted into the educational spaces. (Author/MLF)

Many resource centers are concerned with matters related to addressing barriers to learning and development (including a focus on mental health and psychosocial problems). This concern also usually encompasses matters related to promoting effective instruction and healthy development. On May 7th, 2001, 16 of these centers met in Washington, DC for…

It is often said that if educational technology is to be of real service it must be an integral part of the learning and research system which is a university, not merely an afterthought. In the case of the British Open University a successful attempt bas been made to design the institution using educational technology as a basic approach. It is…

Describes the role of the instructor in the media-aided language program at the University of Minnesota. (RL)