This publication contains six "capsulized" reports concerned with research in learning resources centers and school libraries, and the role of school media specialists. Each report follows the same format design, i.e., questions previewing the topic; introduction, methodology, findings, conclusions, and marginal notes; and a pathfinder to the topic or to the methodology used in the study. Reports included are: (1) Locally-Based Research: Guidelines for the Novice by Janet G. Stroud, (2) Evaluation in Library Media Centers by Ned A. Stokes and Dorothy M. Shields, (3) Materials Students Use: A Direct Measurement Approach by M. Carl Drott and Jacqueline C. Mancall, (4) Library Media Specialists: What Role Should They Play? by Fred C. Pfister, (5) Cooperative Library Services Between Public Libraries and School Libraries: Three Studies reported by Blanche Woolls, and (6) On Change and the Change Process by Richard S. Podemski. The pathfinders appended to the studies include references. (FM)