This booklet provides general guidelines for those involved in planning a resource center for the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology, CAAT. The first section of the document concerns the formation of a resource center building committee and a broad outline of the various considerations to be included in planning the center program. The second section contains a brief summary of CAAT educational philosophy and a discussion of the resource center as part of an information network and as it relates to (1) the community, (2) regional libraries, (3) local industry, and (4) the College Bibliocentre. The third section concerns standards for determining quantities and sizes of collections of print and nonprint materials. The fourth section describes and illustrates different items of equipment necessary for the storage and use of the varied center materials. The fifth section discusses planning determinants for centralized vs. decentralized organization of the resource center, expansion limitations to be avoided, and the physical determinants of the center. The document includes photographs, illustrations, and charts. (MLF)