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Meckler, Alan M., Comp.; McMullin, Ruth, Comp. – 1975
This index provides access to the combined collections of some 400 oral history centers which house recordings or transcripts of interviews of more than 2,700 persons. The index is arranged in two parts: a name and subject index, and a list of American and foreign oral history centers. Information that applies to all the interviews in a collection…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Catalogs, Indexes, Information Centers
Ball, Howard G. – 1975
To evaluate the current conditions and perceptions of school media specialists, a questionnaire was disseminated to 700 school library media specialists in six southeastern states. Participants were asked to rank 18 perception items on a four-part scale, having to do with media center mission and use. Most frequently mentioned as "very…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Information Centers, Librarians, Library Planning
Davies, David W. – 1974
The origin of the idea that public libraries ought to provide social service and entertainment can be traced back to the voluntary uplift and cultural societies of the nineteenth century. The book-reading public was never large, leading librarians to seek a function in other areas, especially those better served today by social workers. From an…
Descriptors: Cultural Centers, History, Information Centers, Librarians
DeAngelis, James, Ed.; Licitra, Annette, Ed. – 1997
Although the Internet contains a wealth of education-related information, cutting through the teacher-, student-, and parent-focused sites to find administrative management tools can be difficult. To help in this effort, strategies for helping administrators find relevant Internet resources are presented in this guide. The text provides a brief…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Centers
Weisman, Herman M. – 1974
The role of the information center in the National Program for Library and Information Services is projected. The various types of information centers are identified and defined, and the generation, processing, communication, and use of information and knowledge are reviewed. A plan is given for the integration of existing information centers into…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Services
Peterson, Gary T. – 1975
This book is designed to give administrators and faculty a model to follow in developing and maintaining a Learning Center of any size at any educational level, from preschool to college. Basic to the Learning Center concept presented here are the following four services: (1) a multimedia library, (2) audiovisual services, (3) nontraditional…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Educational Innovation, Information Centers, Learning Laboratories
Fox, Carol
A learning center is one area of a classroom that contains a collection of programmed activities and materials which can be used either to teach, reinforce, or enrich a skill or concept, or to provide information. Learning centers are a tool to individualization and can be of types: (1) a skill learning center or (2) an information learning…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Individualized Programs, Information Centers
Stueart, Robert D.; Moran, Barbara B. – 1998
Adhering to the proven fundamentals and the same general structure as previous editions, this revision updates and expands the material in the text to cover the latest managerial systems and approaches. The book presents the principles of library and information center management in a conceptual framework as it examines dynamics within the…
Descriptors: Change, Information Centers, Information Management, Leadership
Thom, Joseph M. – 1975
The new library/media center at Port Jefferson High School, Long Island, was designed to use and integrate all formats and media. In addition to meeting the traditional responsibilities of a library, the center participates in the educational process by broadcasting over 100 television programs per week. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Television, High Schools
Slater, Frank, Ed. – 1973
Twenty papers were selected from the Technical Program of the First Mid-Year Regional Conference of the American Society for Information Science, held at the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio in May 1972. The papers cover a range of subjects related to the general theme of cost reduction in libraries and information centers. Following an…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cataloging, Computers, Costs
Kochen, Manfred, Ed.; Donohue, Joseph C., Ed. – 1976
The 17 essays collected in this text are concerned with measuring community information needs (especially in health and welfare) and designing library service systems to satisfy those needs. Part I provides background which helps to identify the needs of individuals and groups and traces the development of information and referral services. Part…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Services, Cost Effectiveness, Information Centers
Collins, Boyd; Fabiano, Emily; Langschied, Linda; Toyama, Ryoko; Wilson, Myoung Chung – 1999
The scholarly communication center is a comprehensive, technologically rich facility that provides users with access to technology, communications networks, information, and library materials within and beyond the library walls. Relating the experiences of planning the Scholarly Recallication Center at the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Construction Management, Construction Needs
Kovacs, Beatrice – 1995
In response to a growing need for personal health and fitness information, this guide provides the telephone numbers and addresses of organizations serving public information interests. Features include: alphabetical entries for 404 organizations from AIDS Clinical Trials Information Service, Air Ambulance America to Visiting Nurse Association of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Health Education, Health Materials, Health Services
Hardesty, Larry, Ed. – 2000
This book about the relationship between computer centers and libraries at academic institutions contains the following chapters: (1) "A History of the Rhetoric and Reality of Library and Computing Relationships" (Peggy Seiden and Michael D. Kathman); (2) "An Issue in Search of a Metaphor: Readings on the Marriageability of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Computer Centers, Computer Uses in Education
Shark, Alan R.; And Others – 1976
The University Student Senate of the City University of New York proposed in 1974 to examine student participation in collective bargaining and the impact of student participation on educational quality. This report indicates where students have participated in collective bargaining; in what capacity they have participated; what the results have…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Case Studies, Clearinghouses, Collective Bargaining