The Afro-American Curriculum Office and Resource Center, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, had the general purpose of upgrading the instructional level and the material resources concerning the black American's contributions to this country's past and present life. Although the project was directly administered…

The School Library Manpower Project is a five-year study to redefine the concept of school librarianship and to develop an educational program geared to a new concept. Designed in two major phases, the project is concerned with the task and job analyses of school library media positions, education for school librarianship and recruitment from…

The main objectives of the institute program were to develop in the participants: (1) Knowledge about curriculum changes and emphases, and the impact of educational innovations on the library program, (2) An understanding of the broad field of learning resources that relate to an ever-changing curriculum. (3) Knowledge and skills concerned with…

Ways in which health science educators can make use of new media was the topic of a conference held in 1971. The proceedings dealt with four major topics: planning and managing the centralized educational resources centers; identifying and solving common educational problems with media; development, production, and distribution of…

This evaluation report contains data relative to the Remedial Instructional Center Programs, the Intensive Program in Written and Oral Language for Foreign Language Students, and two Pilot Follow-Through Programs, funded jointly under Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and the California State Act for Disadvantaged Children. Of the…

Eight articles describing online retrieval service use in schools include: an overview based on a 1986 survey; descriptions of DIALOG; Dow Jones News/Retrieval Service, and BRS services for schools, and Pennsylvania's online library network; online training for library media specialists; and a selected annotated bibliography of online in schools.…

Detailed description of a minicourse that uses library media resources and museum visits to teach American history through art. An outline of the course provides objectives, activities, and assignments for each of 10 lessons. (CLB)

Provides fully developed library media activities designed to be used in connection with specific curriculum units, including reading and language arts, science, and social studies. For each activity, the objectives of the exercise, resources, instructional roles of librarians and teachers, procedures involved, and evaluation and follow-up…

Presents a model of instruction in which media specialists, in cooperation with teachers, go beyond teaching library skills and work with students to develop critical thinking and information use skills. (CLB)

Describes a publication from the U.S. Department of Education that reports the results of a national survey on the status of library media resources and services in elementary and secondary public and private schools in 1985 and compares the findings with statistics gathered in 1975. (CLB)

Discusses the role of the community college library and the extent to which colleges support effective library instruction programs. A study that examined the relationship between academic success and student use of library materials is described and recommendations for developing course integrated library instruction are presented. (23 notes with…

Suggests strategies for improving communications between school media specialists and teachers as a means of establishing a better working relationship and improving library collections and services. An outline of a proposed four-day media specialist/teacher workshop is provided as well as six references and three sources of additional…

Presents four stages of learning together with teaching techniques appropriate to each stage. The role of the media specialist in meeting the needs of students and teachers at each stage is discussed, and the four stages of media library services are outlined. (5 references) (CLB)

This five-article section discusses changes in the management of the school library resulting from use of the computer. Topics covered include data management programs (record keeping, word processing, and bibliographies); practical applications of a database; evaluation of "Circulation Plus" software; ergonomics and computers; and…

Suggests that media specialists can assist gifted learners by teaching them research skills, including the evaluation of information resources and how to design and carry out a plan of study, and by introducing them to good literature. Several model programs for gifted students that can be implemented in schools are described. (EM)