At least 10 additional states, as of Febraury 1975, and the Congress of the United States are shaping bills that, should they become law, will enable teachers and other professionals employed by public colleges and universities to utilize collective bargaining as an instrument for determining wages, hours, and other conditions of employment. Many…

This handbook offers suggestions to guide students in the skills of using media to make a maximum contribution to their intellectual and personal development. The ideas presented can be useful for media specialists and teachers in any grade or subject area. The teacher has the responsbility to: (1) be acquainted with the media center's resources,…

This center was established in 1967 to provide educational media materials for student teachers to use during their student teaching experience. The center has multi-media kits, 35mm filmstrips, 35mm sound filmstrips, transparencies, 35mm slides, study prints, tape recordings, language master recordings, disk recordings, and equipment for their…

This paper describes the librarian as a media strategist rather than as a learning strategist only to distinguish him from the faculty member who conscientiously tries to develop effective student learning. Since the junior college usually offers a variety of occupational programs, transfer programs, developmental programs, and courses for…

A "Library-College" is defined as a college that has become completely library-centered. In the modern library, all communications media--photographs, maps, films, music, paintings--are considered an extension of the book. This is shown in such new terms as Learning Resources Center, Instructional Materials Center, and Media Center, which are…

The basic component of the "library-college- learning method is the idea of independent study and individualized learning. In line with the library-college method of learning and teaching, educators are becoming aware of information available from nonprint sources and from sources outside the traditional educational establishment; the community is…

The manual describes the services and procedures offered by the Florida Instructional Materials Center for visually handicapped children and youth. The center is said to be a coordinating unit and resource center for the cataloging, standardizing, production, procurement, storage, and distributation of educational materials needed by visually…

This illustrated booklet presents key points about the place of media in the classroom. The media subsystem is part of the total learning process. The professional media personnel and the teachers work together as a team. The media subsystem provides expertise in message design and in providing the resources for the students' educational…

This article focuses on the need for a Parish Religious Resource Center, the formulation of its budget, and the presentation of a budget to the parish authorities. (Author)

Briefly describes one elementary school's project to remodel its media center. Several photographs and a floor plan are included. (JMB)

The Algonquin College project publishes a quarterly serial, "Local Information Sources/Repertoire de documents regionaux," which lists resource centers, research in progress, maps, reports, government publications, brochures, films, etc. for the Ottawa area. A need exists for a coordinated series of similar bibliographies in other…

Some specific suggestions to improve conferencing strategies for media specialists and instructional designers are proposed. (Author)

Describes how the reading teacher can utilize the ERIC system. (MKM)

This paper focuses on (1) networks as an approach to understanding supervisory relationships; (2) factors in change theory with implications for networks; and (3) a planning model which may be utilized to guide change within a network. (Author/AWP)