Discusses the evaluation process for school media programs: (1) what is evaluation, (2) why evaluate, and (3) how to evaluate. (Author)

Emphasizes the potential use of a district-level evaluation of school media programs as an aid in planning and decision making. Quantitative and qualitative measurement of media program components are considered. (JD)

Indicates the media center's role in school humanities programs. (PF)

Guidelines, procedures, and considerations in selecting the basic original collection for a new media center. (LS)

A realistic rationale for library involvement with media, media facilities, and services is needed in today's library if the function of the library as a disseminator of information is to be fulfilled. The concept of change in the role of the library must be accepted since there is a constant change in education. Although there is a definite need…

Current trends are surveyed in the cataloging of nonbook materials and recommendations are made regarding local original cataloging while standard forms are being developed, with further suggestions about storage of these materials. It is recommended that the local cataloging format for nonbook materials be based on the Draft Revision of Chapter…

The "Standardization for School Media Programs" were thoroughly interpreted, and all aspects of the problems involved in their implementation were explored. The multifaceted role of the media center in relation to such educational trends as publicly supported kindergartens, increased emphasis on individualized instruction and independent…

The manual is intended to facilitate the development of instructional materials for handicapped children which are suitable for wide dissemination, and provides guidelines and checklists for planning, producing, and assessing instructional materials. Introductory material includes an evaluation form for the guide, definitions of terms used in the…

Since indexing systems concentrate upon the information content of materials and not upon their form, instructional media centers (IMC) can use one system for all media. Content descriptors can be selected from a thesaurus of accepted terms, from the title of the material, or from an analysis of the content. The first of these three methods is the…

The ten articles which comprise this collection are intended to stimulate creative thinking about ways to improve existing educational media selection centers and to develop new ones. The authors share their professional judgments about how to organize, staff, administer and equip centers, how to use them to evaluate media, and how they work as…

The three objectives of this study are: (1) to identify the particular learning needs of the students at the Institute of American Indian Arts; (2) to evaluate the attitudes of the teachers, and the acceptance by the students of an instructional materials center program and (3) to describe the inception of such a program. It is noted 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…

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 Centre for Educational Technology which serves Clwyd's schools and college students is described in detail. (AP)

Intends to state realistically what media personnel might do to justify their existence. (Author/JB)