A nongraded instructional program in a Broward County, Florida elementary school, without interior walls, is set up to focus on the media center. The emphasis in every aspect of the concept is flexibility. (JS)

Eight librarians express their views on the state of the libraries' reference services with some suggestions for their improvement. (37 references) (NH)

Baltimore County instructs its teachers in use and production of multimedia materials with two completely equipped mobile unites with a staff of media specialists. The program has been successful but is hampered by lack of funds. (JS)

This paper explores: (1) the problem of budgeting for school libraries and media centers, (2) the nature of the budgeting process including a modern approach to budgeting and (3) a framework within which budgeting can function as a powerful management and analysis tool for school media centers. (Author/MF)

Library educators must lead the way in their curricula to guarantee that the library will be the heart of the new educational system by training librarians to be at home in multimedia as well as the more traditional library services. (NH)

Over the four years the student is in high school the most logical person to impart to hime a love of reading, as a lifelong, never failing source of ideas and inspiration, is the school librarian. This is his ladder to the sky. (NH)

The legal and structural arrangements for public-academic library cooperation are examined. Rhode Island's program illustrates the problems involved as well as the importance of the role of the state library agency in successfully establishing cooperative programs. (Author)

Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) has spotlighted the nationwide needs and inequities in school library programs and emphasized the need for library personnel. It is responsible for the addition of media and library courses in many teacher training institutions. (NH)

The innovations of nongrading and individualized reading are altering and broadening the role of the librarian. The teacher and librarian roles are merging, bringing materials and children together. (Author/JB)

Explains and lists the twelve criteria to be used in the job analysis survey which is part of Phase I of the Knapp School Library Manpower Project. (JB)

This brief description of school library development in Ghana includes the history of the service, its present situation (facilities, stocks of books and other materials, acquisition and processing of books, finances, library staff, relationship with public library), and suggestions for improvement. (EJS)