A study of schools was conducted to determine needs of earth science programs, and what, if any, services could effectively be provided by an earth science resource center. Contacts were made with approximately one-half the schools in the Minot State College service region. Discussions were held with administrators and teachers, and facilities at…

The publication "Learning to Use Media" is a complete revision of the "Handbook of Suggestions for School Library Activities." It includes audio-visual as well as print materials made adaptable to present-day curricular uses. The guide is designed for use with a basic collection of print and audio-visual materials, well organized and cataloged,…

Development of the Northwest Environmental Education Center (NEEC) is described in this two-part narration. Part One outlines its 13 year history, starting with the need for setting aside a 600-acre site as an educational reserve on Whidbey Island in the Puget Sound, Washington. Procedures followed and resulting problems associated with fund…

This book has been written for all types of libraries and media centres which wish to have an omnimedia catalog, i.e., one in which the entries for all materials, both book and nonbook, are interfiled. In order to integrate all entries successfully the same cataloging principles should apply to all media. A practical solution is to enter and…

In Massachusetts municipalities there exists the need to develop at the policy-making, fiscal and administrative levels, an awareness, understanding and knowledge of the functions, objectives and roles of both the public library and the school media program in relation to children and young adults. To this end there should be joint administrative…

To quantify specified relevant items in Kansas secondary school media centers, use of professional selection aids, and authoritarianism tendency of media specialists, a research survey was conducted among a sample of seventy individuals from a population of ninety-five qualified Kansas school media specialists. Item responses were tabulated and…

Difficulties specific to the Virgin Islands and the general rapid advances in technology require the rethinking of the role of libraries. Libraries and media centers should be called "information centers" to reflect the explosion of information which is outdating the traditional media. Plans are underway in the Virgin Islands to develop…

The need for librarianship of instructional gaming increases as the production of literature and games grows, and as gaming becomes progressively legitimatized as an instructional strategy. This paper presents guidelines for bibliographic control and reference services, collection development, cataloging and classification, circulation and…

Observations about future patterns of media program development as media and instructional strategies become united. (Author)

Discusses "Resource Services for Canadian Schools," a book written by librarians and educators to serve as a standard for providing learning materials. It advocates the integration of school library and audio-visual services into learning resource centers and outlines the responsibilities of these centers. (JAB)

Guidelines for use of multi-media kits as viable methods of organizing material to suit lesson approaches in church religious education programs are discussed with stress on accurate, detailed cataloging of such materials. (Author/MBR)

Barriers to adult career change are identified and a five-county regional learning service using paraprofessionals is described. Results in working with more than 200 adults making career changes are reported. (Author)

The article describes Texas's four vocational instructional materials centers, all located in universities, and the development and dissemination of curriculum materials in distributive education, industrial arts, agriculture, home economics, teaching the disadvantaged, and others. Purchase information for the materials is included. (MF)

Fifth in a series on planning and designing media facilities discusses how to select furniture and furnishings. (Author/MLF)

This paper reports a study which compares several methods of materials processing, including different methods of utilizing OCLC, in order to present findings on the feasibility, praticality, and cost benefit value of such services. (Author)