Books, journals, and articles on the subject of program budgeting are included in this annotated bibliography of over 70 items. The three main categories covered are: (1) helpful treatises on budgeting from general education, (2) philosophical and practical statements from the library and audiovisual fields, (3) practical tips and suggestions.…

This hard cover manual annotates 270 selected published lists of audiovisual and other instructional media. Section I covers comprehensive lists. Section II covers lists by subjects as taught in grades K-12. Science, social studies, ethnic groups, and vocational education have detailed subdivisions. Section III is arranged by media in the areas of…

The increasing number of nonprint holdings in libraries and media centers throughout the country emphasizes the need for a network approach to the control of nonprint media. Programs such as the Library of Congress' MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) have provided a common machine readable record of book and monographic holdings, resulting in a…

This handbook provides guidelines for orienting kindergarten through eighth grade students to school libraries and media centers. Included are units covering: (1) orientation and care of materials; (2) parts of a book; (3) card catalog, classification, and arrangement; (4) research and reference; (5) magazines and the Readers Guide; (6) non-print…

A resource center is an agency for stimulating the active creation and use of a resource collection, including these six elements: production of home-made resources; selection and acquisition of other resources; classification and indexing for retrieval; storage; use, including guidance, lending, etc.; and evaluation and weeding. It was the charge…

This handbook is designed to assist in the cataloging and inventorying of instructional materials purchased with Title II ESEA and other funds. With the emphasis being placed on the development of Instructional Media Centers in Utah Schools, the increased funds becoming available through federal and state legislation, and the necessity of properly…

The interloan activities of public library systems and selected academic libraries were monitored during March and April of 1969. The objectives of this study were: (1) learn what kinds of materials are unavailable or in limited supply in area research libraries, (2) provide data for recommendations for strengthening research collections, and (3)…

Relatively little attention has been given to the use of magazines in the classroom, in contrast to the amount of attention given to the use of newspapers, for example. Yet, the number of magazines continues to increase in the United States, and surveys indicate that high school students read many of them. The surveys also indicate that there is a…

During the two years of work that preceded this report, six subcommittees of the New Jersey Library Association Library Development Committee carried out a series of investigations into the status of different aspects of New Jersey libraries of all types, and a series of monthly Committee meetings were held during which standards for library…

Included are the texts of all available papers given at the Institute and Workshop, as well as the presentations of the panelists and the discussions that ensued between members of the audience and the program speakers. Floor plans and similarly important illustrative materials are reproduced. The following sessions were included--(1) general…

A comparison is made between adult services offered by public library branches located in school buildings and the services offered by independently housed branches. No recommendations are made but the report presents a summary of replies received to questionnaires sent to 70 public library systems that have branches in schools, and to 84 main…

This document is a statement of organization for planning and administering the elementary school library. The report includes recommendations for space requirements, equipment, costs, and location of the library. Also included in the report are operational recommendations--(1) book selection, (2) acquiring books, (3) the organization of the books…

During the second year of the Olney Project three major tasks were accomplished. Various solutions were found to the social, legal, administrative, library, and financial problems encountered in the nontraditional delivery of library services. The administrative machinery necessary to supervise effectively a community wide coordinated library…

This report relates principles of system analysis and work study techniques to library activities in order to aid librarians in their assessment of library work. The meaning and methods of system analysis and work study are explored and the system concepts of organization purpose, work goals and performance objectives are defined and applied to…

Within the public, academic, and school libraries the use of specific types of materials was examined, for example, audio-visual, reference and bibliographic materials and different types of catalogs. The physical layout and arrangement of the libraries, and their influence on use and non-use was also considered. The factors inhibiting the use of…