Presented are proceedings from a 2-day special study institute intended to define the roles which Regional and Associate Special Education Instructional Materials Centers (SEIMC), particularly those in the downstate New York region, can play in relating to parents of handicapped children. Four mothers describe their problems in obtaining adequate…

The thesaurus is intended to clarify and standardize terminology used to index instructional materials for exceptional children within the Special Education Instructional Materials Centers/Regional Media Centers Network. Although most of the approximately 1100 terms are descriptors selected from the thesaurus of the Educational Resources…

The Learning Resource Center (LRC) at the William Rainey Harper College offers instructional services to assist faculty and students in the selection, production, and utilization of educational media; a library which contains 40,000 volumes, newspapers, and periodicals; and flexible facilities for instruction such as seven lecture/demonstration…

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…

The concept of learning resources in higher education has historically been identified with and limited to books and libraries and been thought of as an aid to teaching. The new, individualized approach to education stresses the importance of student learning, regards the faculty as managers of learning rather than as teachers, and assumes that…

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…

The objective of this cataloging manual is to recommend specific methods for cataloging audiovisual materials for use in individual school media centers. The following types of audiovisual aids are included: educational games, filmstrips, flat graphics, kits, models, motion pictures, realia, records, slides, sound filmstrips, tapes,…

The SERD (Social, Educational Research and Development, Inc.) Report, also known as "A Task Analysis of Library Jobs in the State of Illinois" (ED 040723) studies the problem of the proper utilization of library manpower from the viewpoint of the employee. The present report analyzes the data in the SERD Report and prepares proposals for…

To support school media centers and services in Iowa, guidelines for the development of district and Area Education Agency (AEA) media programs are proposed. The complementary roles and functional responsibilities of the school districts, the regional AEA's, the State Department of Public Instruction Media Program, and higher education in Iowa are…

Organization Development deserves the attention of school media personnel. It offers a new and promising approach to the whole problem of staff development and evaluation for school media programs. Its strengths lie in its constructive, open approach to both individual and program actuation. (Author)

Arguments are presented for curriculum materials development to be treated as a separate entity from departments of agricultural teacher education. Reasons given for a separate curriculum laboratory include priority given to materials development, economy and efficiency of production, and improved cooperation between teacher educators, state…

Some recent information on Florida's use of the Fundamental Literacy Test, the enrollment changes in elementary and secondary education, Alaska's huge financial settlement involving the development of high schools for Alaskan Eskimo, Indian and Aleut children, a new Consumer Information Center in Colorado, and the Educational Materials Review…

The integrated system approach for non-print media in the school library, including use of a single card catalog and intershelving of all materials wherever possible, is discussed, as well as circulation policies and procedures for these materials. (MBR)

The organization of school libraries and media centers should be adapted to take into account the changes which have occurred in recent decades, both within the school and in the surrounding world. This is discussed in terms of staff, collections and equipment, access, location and users. (Author/STS)

An overview of services offered by a comprehensive school media center is provided. Basis requirements for a quality media program are noted. (MJB)