The American Library Association says that the arrangement of library facilities should motivate students to use the materials to learn. Believing that changing the library facility can bring about important changes in the program, this author shares how she became a "decorator" and changed the library media center in an elementary K-6 school. The…

This article discusses the importance of designing a library media center that engages students in constructing new knowledge. The author describes the planning stages of a new library facility. In the early planning stages, the author focused on the expectations of the administration. She soon realized that they had included all the…

A personal view which regrets the passing of personal, warm library environments and the ascendancy of "monumental" library architecture. Illustrations of the Bobst Library, Boston Library, Bancroft School. (LS)

A description of the library and media center. (RM)

A proposal to extend the traditional library services to media which work through machines--such as, television, film and filmstrip projectors, phonographs, radio, and tape recorders. The emphasis is on library services to the young. (RM)

Examples of centralized and decentralized resource centers are given and evaluated. (CC)

The successful media center programs of seven schools in the northeastern United States are described. (PF)

How can a media center be organized to best serve a continuous-progress curriculum? This writer offers some suggestions that have worked in his school. (Editor)

THIS REPORT IS A HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF EDUCATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING LIBRARY AND THE ADDITION OF AN INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS CENTER. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO THE METHODS OF INSTRUCTION AT THE COLLEGE, THE STUDENTS, THE FACULTY, AND THE AVAILABLE FINANCIAL RESOURCES. A GENERAL STUDY…

Effective use of a new or remodeled media center requires advance planning of the programs to be used in it. (LS)

Corona del Mar High School has redesigned its facilities to accommodate new ideas in individualized instruction and expanded media equipment and materials. (LS)

Dr. Dougherty was questioned about various aspects of the library's role in an academic setting. Among the topics discussed were: instructional media centers; library finances, library relevance, and librarian/teacher cooperation. (SM)

Realizing that instructional materials center development in older buildings almost always involves remodeling, the authors discuss principles of building redesign. Experiences in remodeling Madison, Wisconsin, elementary schools are included. (CC)

Describes the Educational Resources Center at Clarkson College in Potsdam, NY, which opened in October of 1980 and makes extensive use of the new technologies. (CHC)

Describes the new learning resource center facilities at Kauai Community College (Hawaii). (MB)