The catalog contains information on materials available from the Region VI Resource Center on Child Abuse and Neglect for training in identification, treatment, and prevention of abused and neglected children. Items are listed by title, with an index of subtitles where applicable. Each listing indicates the medium/format in which the material is…

This paper defines the scope of activities of the joint Georgetown University-MITRE Corporation planning group to design a learning resource center (LRC) for Georgetown. The functions of an LRC are described. It was intended to elicit comments from the faculty at Georgetown. Questions for each department to discuss, concerning its goals and how…

These guidelines are aimed towards school administrators who are selecting school library media directors, determining long and short term goals for school library media programs at the district level, and evaluating district school library media programs. The publication briefly answers these questions: 1) What is the present status of school…

The development of resource centers as aids to education should not obscure their usefulness as parish resources. (RC)

The author states her belief that the school library (in this case used synonymously with resource center and media center) fosters creativity, freedom of thought, individualized study, and self-education. She believes, therefore, that the school library should be thought of as an essential component in the instructional process. (KC)

This article clearly defines the three crucial pre-implementation principles to maximize the success of Smaller Learning Communities (SLC) in large high schools. Establishing clear understanding for the need of the SLC initiative is the first of these principles. Long term commitment to a sustained plan for relevant SLC professional learning…

In this article, the author discusses the new "AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner"--a map for student learning. The new standards focus on the learner. They outline the content and process that students need to learn now and will need in the future, a process taught through the school library program by a school library teacher. The…

The Afterschool Alliance and MetLife Foundation are proud to celebrate a fifth round of the MetLife Foundation Afterschool Innovator Awards. For the past five years, we have collaborated to highlight the work of quality afterschool programs that support children, families and communities across the nation. This compendium is a compilation of four…

The economic and employment outlook for individuals without a high school diploma is bleak. For many of these individuals, passing the General Educational Development (GED) Test is the first step in competing in the increasingly demanding job market. GED test-taking policies vary across test centers and jurisdictions, and have the potential to…

Not too many years ago, right about the start of the new millennium, the TAMU-CC Writing Center began to pull away from the model of a center that focuses mostly on individual consultations and began to build a greater sense of the place of the Writing Center in the larger university Writing Community. In this article, we share how we have built…

A STUDY OF VIRGIN ISLAND EDUCATION HAS ESTABLISHED THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER LOCATED AT THE COLLEGE OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. THE CAPABILITIES OF THE LEARNING RESOURCES CENTER WERE DEFINED, INCLUDING SELECTION AND DISTRIBUTION AS WELL AS LOCAL PREPARATION AND PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS FOR FORMAL OR INFORMAL EDUCATION AND…

Standards are offered to administrators and practitioners as a conceptual framework for successful vocational learning resource center programs, and a program evaluation instrument is presented to aid vocational education structures in identifying their strengths, weaknesses, and possible plans for improvement. The standards cover seven areas:…

The ten articles which comprise this collection are intended to stimulate creative thinking about ways to improve existing educational media selection centers and to develop new ones. The authors share their professional judgments about how to organize, staff, administer and equip centers, how to use them to evaluate media, and how they work as…

Centered on specific definitions of ombudsman and learning center, the use of the college learning center director as an academic ombudsman is explored. In particular, this proposed relationship is based on the learning center's special concern with facilitating student learning and, as such, on becoming an intercessory for clients with academic…

A growing concern for individualized instruction has made educators aware that all students need access to a wide range of media outside of the typical classroom or traditional library. For those desiring to develop appropriate facilities to fill this need, this bibliography stresses ideas that will enhance the planning, organization, and…