A stratified random sample of educators from the 1,827 schools in Florida with one or more full-time media specialists was surveyed in order to determine which of the 62 competencies for media specialists proposed by the Florida Department of Education Council on Teacher Education were considered essential. Respondents were sent an initial…

The policies and statements in this booklet define the roles and responsibilities of school library media centers and public libraries in Oklahoma, make recommendations for effective cooperation between the two institutions, and identify possible areas of media center/public library cooperation. (FM)

This annotated bibliography from the Materials Review and Evaluation Services lists reviewed and evaluated instructional media appropriate for school media centers in the area of mathematics. Entries included on the list were selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Materials are arranged…

This advisory list includes instructional media appropriate to the reading program in schools for primary through senior high school grade levels. Entries included on the list were selected from those materials submitted by publishers which received favorable reviews by educators. Materials are arranged by type of media: activity cards, books,…

Intended as a guide to the current literature of non-book librarianship dealing with the care and administration of slide collections, this listing surveys post-1960 imprints which emphasize organization, control, indexing, cataloging, general planning, acquisition, and the unique requirements of specialized area collections such as fine arts.…

A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE THE POSSIBLE PEDAGOGICAL UTILIZATION OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ARCHIVE OF HISPANIC LITERATURE ON TAPE WHICH CONTAINS, AS OF JUNE 1962, ORIGINAL RECORDINGS IN SPANISH, PORTUGUESE, CATALAN, AND FRENCH OF THE VOICES OF 218 WRITERS READING SOME 2,800 LITERARY WORKS. PROCEDURES TAKEN TO ENCOURAGE LONG-TERM UTILITY OF…

An instrument which can be used to measure the school library/media ability of students in grades 4-12 was developed in Ohio, using 2,670 students from rural, suburban, and urban settings. The test covers five broad areas: (1) how things are organized, (2) the skills needed to select appropriate resources, (3) the skills needed to use each…

Stressing the theme of resourcefulness on the part of Australian school librarians and media specialists, this volume contains papers and addresses on learning through technology, the Australian school catalogue information service, the curriculum development centre in Canberra, women and the curriculum, Australian resource utilization, directions…

This report explains the output of a computer program which was developed for use by media specialists in calculating the statistics on data gathered from PSES questionnaires, as well as the computer program itself. Written in PASCAL, this program computes descriptive statistics, a bar graph, and percentages for the PSES instrument. Appendices…

This report explains the output of a computer program which was developed for use by media specialists in calculating the statistics on data gathered from PSES questionnaires, as well as the computer program itself. Written in PASCAL, this program computes descriptive statistics, a bar graph, and percentages for the PSES instrument. Appendices…

This annotated bibliography from the Materials Review and Evaluation Services lists reviewed and evaluated reference books for school media collections. Educators should bear in mind that books included on this list were selected from those which publishers chose to submit for evaluation and may assume that books available for purchase not…

A review of community trends precedes a description of the building program for this high school facility. Requirements were oriented toward--(1) serving the needs of a comprehensive program, (2) use of new educational techniques and aids, and (3) economic planning. The centralized core plan radiates about an administrative complex which…

Presented is the final report of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped, a facility designed to provide a setting where educators of the handicapped and technologists can create, develop, and validate new instructional tools and techniques as part of the instructional technology activities of the Bureau of…

The report to Congress describes the activities of the National Center on Educational Media and Materials for the Handicapped (NCEMMH). Following an introductory section on the history of the center are sections which cover the following program components: the relationship of NCEMMH to Specialized Offices and Areal Learning Resource Centers;…

Designed to assist those responsible for the planning of media and learning centers, this publication gives a straightforward, checklist covering how to get started, analyze instructional needs, determine alternatives, develop specifications, and communicate with the architect. Within these topics, explicit organizational, spatial, and…