Library media centers have not reached their potential as a force for educational excellence due to lack of adequate staffing and poor administrative vision. (Author)

The need for school librarians to become familiar with standards for cataloging nonprint materials is stressed. Cooperative efforts and resource sharing of materials among libraries can be enhanced by similarity of approach to the cataloging and processing of materials. Representative publications for cataloging materials and organizations…

Presents ideas for enhancing the role of the school library media center as a dispenser of timely information, reflector of current trends, and guide to the future. Suggested projects focus on current events, wildlife, energy, nonsexist and minority resources, and clubs. (JMB)

A selected bibliography of professional resources for the media specialist, school administrator, and teacher who work together to provide the unified media program designed to meet user needs. (Author)

Presented are some of the ways in which the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped can provide services to the teachers of the handicapped and developers of educational materials. (Author)

Case study of increasing audiovisual equipment use and acceptance through a career information center in the school media center. (STS)

Examples of activities that take place in the district's elementary schools are cited as well as a commentary by various staff members on how the media programs are integrated with the schools' total instructional programs. A brief history of the school district's media programs is also discussed. (JPF)

Comments that library media specialists have not been adequately utilized in schools, especially at the elementary level. Reasons why the library should be an integral part of the instructional program are discussed, and several ways in which the librarian, as a generalist, can aid students in academic achievement are listed. (MES)

Six retrieval systems have been identified which attempt to analyze materials with respect to their instructional uses. However, a comprehensive cataloging system for adaptive education will not be developed until the expertise of library catalogers is applied to the task. (Author)

Examines the similarities and variations which exist between learning resource centers and the traditionally-organized separate library and audiovisual units in terms of facilities, types and quantity of materials, equipment, budget, personnel, and services provided. (JY)

This report is intended to give the reader an overview of the Schools and Staffing Survey(SASS) data for the school year 2003-04 through tables of estimates for public, private, and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)-funded schools and their staff. The tables contain estimates from schools, teachers, principals, districts, and school library media…

The Waterville, Maine High School Media Center, an ESEA Title III project, was studied to determine the effect it had had on Maine schools. Questionnaires were sent to superintendents and state librarians. This article reports the results. (SJ)