One hundred and fourteen planning and operational grants related to reading which were approved during the fiscal year 1967 are listed. "Pacesetters in Innovation, Fiscal Year 1967" was reviewed, and all reading-related documents were selected for inclusion. The bibliography is a complete listing of all PACE projects related to reading…

Space layout and work flow patterns in the Audiovisual Center at Purdue University were studied with respect to effective space utilization and the need for planning space requirements in relationship to the activities being performed. Space and work areas were reorganized to facilitate the flow of work and materials between areas, and equipment…

A study was conducted at Purdue University to gather operational and budgetary planning data for the Libraries and Audiovisual Center. The objectives were: (1) to complete a current inventory of equipment including year of purchase, costs, and salvage value; (2) to determine useful life data for general classes of equipment; and (3) to determine…

Film and television schools and archives in 75 countries are listed. Information includes well-known institutions in Europe and North America as well as reports of recent developments in Third World regions, and is based on directories and organization membership lists, plus personal visits, interviews and responses to questionnaires. Names and…

A study of the interrelationship between expenditures and service programs in 27 community college library learning resource centers in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Missouri, Ohio, Texas, Virginia, and Maryland was conducted. Three data gathering tables on staffing, media production, library instruction, and media advisement were…

The publication is a summary of the Federally sponsored programs for disadvantaged and handicapped persons that have been administered by the Special Needs Section of the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction during fiscal years 1972, 1973, and 1974. It is the responsibility of the Special Needs Section to plan, implement, and evaluate…

Ideally, educational technology in higher education should seek nontraditional solutions to the problems of learning. An examination of the needs of the adult learner indicates that as the years past age 18 increase, the appropriateness of the classic college classroom model decreases, and educational technology becomes increasingly relevent. This…

Guidelines are provided for a curriculum-based school media program. A discussion of media center philosophy and the means of activating it is followed by the description of a three-phase program. Directions for phase 1 focus on physical arrangements and operating procedures for display, circulation, the card catalog, study areas, reference,…

Among the principal insights developed by the Georgetown University Learning Resources Center (LRC) Planning Group during its period of activity was an understanding of the nature of the entire system of learning resources at Georgetown University of which the proposed LRC will be one of the major parts. In this paper all of the elements of the…

Educational outcomes are maximized when curriculum development and media resources are skillfully blended to meet most effectively the needs of students. School media programs should provide inquiry and discovery experiences which support learning activities. This brief monograph makes specific suggestions for use of media in the following subject…

This document contains three reports. The first, "What Is Mediated Instruction?," discusses programs of media services--their goals, how they operate, and their functions, and describes the Learning Resources Center at Los Angeles City College (LACC), which emphasizes self-paced individualized instruction and which utilizes a new…

A media program should be developed and integrated into the curriculum at the same rate as print material. Because media are a useful educational aid and should be an extension of the curriculum, the instructional specialist of the future will be a media specialist who can coordinate curriculum and media and also design instructional methods…

An annotated bibliography on school library media centers provides a list of over 150 monographs, articles, and audiovisual materials for primary and secondary school librarians. Aimed primarily at the Australian librarians, the bibliography is organized into six sections--administration, materials organization, selection, programs, standards, and…

A study was undertaken in the 1972 Fall semester to evaluate the learning center at Santa Ana College. Questionnaires were administered, on an individual basis with the exception of the faculty, to students, learning assistants, instructors, and counselors regarding their involvement with and opinions about the center. A total of 112 students, 12…

This report is based upon one component of an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project in the Greensboro, North Carolina, public schools for the 1973-74 school term. The Diagnostic Reading Center, designed to help ensure a successful educational experience for the Title I children with reading difficulties, was developed to meet the…