This annotated bibliography from the Materials Review and Evaluation Services lists reviewed and evaluated instructional media appropriate for school media centers in the areas of health, safety, and physical education. Educators should bear in mind that materials included in this list were selected from those which publishers chose to submit for…

DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN CAN BE HELPED BY WARM, UNDERSTANDING TEACHERS WHO PROVIDE A STRUCTURED ENVIRONMENT OF CONCRETE EXPERIENCES WHICH INVITE EXPLORATION, LANGUAGE, AND THOUGHT. THIS IS THE HYPOTHESIS ADVANCED BY THE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (EIP) DURING ITS SECOND YEAR OF OPERATION. EIP HAD DEVELOPED EDUCATIONAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PROJECTS…

Recommended minimum physical facility standards are listed in this set of guidelines drawn up in outline form for Iowa public schools. Included are standards for school sites, safety, playgrounds, physical condition of exterior as well as interior of buildings, various classroom types, guidance facilities, auditoriums, gymnasiums, instructional…

This report describing how the Division of Library Development and Services performs its responsibilities by providing services to local public library and school systems focuses on the activities and accomplishments of the Office of Public Library Services, the Office of School Media Services, and the State Library Network. Tables listing…

This catalog provides an annotated list of the career education materials which may be borrowed for previewing from the Career Education Resource Center in Colorado. Covering materials of interest to educators in kindergarten through postsecondary programs, the catalog includes items produced by classroom teachers, commercial publishers, business…

A model classification for media paraprofessionals was constructed in order to establish salaries, personnel qualifications, useful training programs, administrative procedures, and standardized terminology. An analysis was made of such job elements as type of work, its difficulty and responsibility, supervisory responsibility, administrative…

A completely individualized, self-contained, taped orientation tour of the Learning Resource Center of the Thomas Nelson Community College was developed by the library director. To generate the materials, the staff and director cooperated in an analysis of the items of information that were basic to the use of the learning resource center and in…

The final report of the Bridgeport Career Education Project covers the period from August 1, 1971 to August 31, 1974. The project has as its major goal the development of a comprehensive career education and development program beginning at the elementary level and continuing through high school. The initial phase of the project centered on…

Guidelines are offered for the planning and implementation of learning resource centers in health science education institutions. The first chapter describes initial planning activities, chapters two and three describe administrative structures and the organization of media equipment and services, chapter four describes the local production of…

To assist media-center personnel in planning their centers, and to help them develop more effective use of learning resources, a number of school media centers said to be of unusually high quality are listed and described. Generalizations said to promote quality are highlighted and examples given. Each school is identified by name, address, size…

This bibliography is a supplement to those originally contained in the Iowa Department of Public Instruction documents "Plan for Progress in the Media Center," a series published in 1969 and 1970. The series outlined standards for school media centers throughout the state. This document is divided into six subject categories: (1) Standards (which…

The learning center is an integrated, fully-coordinated facility, combining a number of traditional library, media development, and personalized learning functions. Conceptualizing the learning center is facilitated through a description of the premises for such a center, the components, and guidelines for developing a learning center. De Anza…

The University of Calgary was the first university in Canada to combine its library, computer center, and audiovisual services into one unit. For a period of three years the Division of Information Services administered and coordinated library services, computer services, and communications media. The organizational structure, objectives, and the…

The literatures of library science and management were searched for material concerning the history of centralized processing of library materials and the Planning-Programing-Budgeting System (PPBS). Literature on the history, major components, and advantages of PPBS was reviewed and features of PPBS such as comparison of alternatives, zero-base…

This booklet has been prepared as an aid in sorting out the long-term projects funded by the United States Office of Education. Sections are: (1) Regional Educational Laboratories, (2) Research and Development Centers, (3) Educational Policy Research Centers, (4) Regional Research Program: Small Project Research, (5) Research Coordinating Units…