Curriculum Materials Centers in the State of Michigan

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Curriculum Materials Centers in the State of
Michigan

• Part II
• Budgets, Collections, and Services

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Responsible Units

• 15 Library7 Education1 Other Academic
  Dept.
• 1 - TBD

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Center Budgets

• Salaries Not enough information provided to
  ascertain
• Facilities Information too complex to analyze
• Additional Funding
• Other Academic Units/Programs 2
• Overdue Fines, Services 5

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Collection Budgets

• Only one Center breaks down the budget by
  resource type.
• (Textbooks, Hands-On/Manipulatives, Videos,
  etc.)
• All others either do NOT have a budget or
  purchase resources from a general collection
  budget.
• Three collections rely exclusively on gifts.

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Collection Budget Ranges

• Ranges of 0 to 32,000
• Endowment 1 (1,000/yr)
• As Needed 5
• Dependent upon Student Fees 2
• TBD 2
• Gifts from Faculty or Textbook Companies

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Types of Collections

• Textbook Collections (Txbk)
• Textbook with Supplements/Activity Books
• Txbk with Manipulative Collections
• Txbk with Juvenile Collections
• Txbk with Special Collections
• Txbk with Video Collections
• Txbk with Media Production
• And any combination of the above!!

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Collections(2 Collections TBD)

• Textbooks/Supplements 22 (3 rely on gifts)
• Hands-On 14
• Posters 11
• Maps 10
• Puppets 10
• Videos 10
• Software 9
• Juvenile 4
• Other (Audio - 2 Vertical File - 3 Tests - 2
  Curriculum Guides - 2 Special -11)

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Access to Collection

• Classification System
• 15 - Library of Congress
• 1 used LC for Professional Materials only
• 7 - Dewey
• Used in schools
• 4 used for the Juvenile Collection only
• 4 - In-House for all or part of their collections
• 2 - TBD

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Access to Collection

• 18 - Accessed by Library Online Catalog
• 1 - Juvenile Collection only
• 1 - Professional Materials only
• 2 - TBD
• 8 - May be accessed through MEL Cat

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Collection Policy

• 9 Policies in place
• 8 No policies in place
• 1 Policies currently being developed
• 4 Policies incorporated with the main
  librarys
• 2 Policies to be determined

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Procedure Policy

• 10 Policies in place
• 6 Policies incorporated with the main
  librarys
• 6 No policies in place
• 2 Policies to be determined

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ACRL Guidelines

• 16 Not aware of the ACRL Guidelines
• 7 Aware of the ACRL Guidelines
• 1 - Not applicable

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Interlibrary Loan

• Yes
• Textbooks 11
• Supplements/Activity Books 8
• Hands-On 4
• Maps 3
• Posters 3
• Puppets 3
• Software 0
• Videos 6

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ERIC

• Only 1 Center housed the ERIC microfiche
  collection.

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PK-12 Magazines

• Those magazines whose intended audience is PK-12
  students.
• 13 Have PK-12 magazines in Centers
• 3 Allow magazines to check out
• 8 Keep backfiles of the magazines
• 1 yr/2 yr/3 yr/5 yr/complete run
• 6 House some professional magazines
• One Center has 71 PK-12 or professional magazines.

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PK-12 Magazines

• Budget ranges
• Portions of the whole budget
• Gifts from Faculty
• Another Departments Responsibility

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PK-12 Magazines(a few of the titles)

• Baby Bug Happy Times
• Calliope Highlights
• Childrens Playmate Instructor
• Cicada Mailbox
• Click Mailbox Bookbag
• Cobblestone Michigan History for Kids
• Connected Newsletter Muse
• Cricket Nat.Geographic for Kids
• Discovery New Moon
• Faces Odyssey

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PK-12 Magazines

• Ranger Rick
• Skipping Stone
• Stone Soup
• Sweet 16
• Time for Kids
• Wall Street Classroom Edition
• Zoobooks

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Special Collections

• Albion College Cambios Juvenile Collection
• Andrews University Universitys Cassette Tape
  Collection, Map Collection, Vertical Story File
  Collections
• Calvin College Vertical File
• Central Michigan Michigan Textbook Collection,
  Michigan Schools in the Middle Collection
• Hope College Colleges Cassette Tape Collection
• Marygrove College Education Peace Center
• Oakland University Collection of Award Winning
  Juvenile Books, Graphic Novel Collection,
  Children's Tradebook Examination Center

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Special Collections

• Saginaw Valley State University TESOL
• Collection, Center for Economic Education,
  Michigan Special Education Archives
• Siena Heights University Art Collection
• Spring Arbor University Chart and Picture File
  Collection
• Wayne State University Mildred Jeffrey
  Collection of Peace Conflict Resolution,
  Millicent A. Wills Collection of Urban Ethnic
  Materials, Ramsey Collection of Childrens
  Literature

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Special Collections Education Tests

• 2 - ETS (Education Testing Services)
• 1 in the Education Library
• 1 in the Main Library
• 7 - Specialized Tests (i.e.-Peabody)
• 1 - Older Specialized Tests in Center and allows
  students to check out

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Special Collections Capstones, Projects, Theses

• 1 Senior Capstones
• 8 Masters Projects or Theses
• 1 Kept in a separate area in the library but
  near the Center
• 1 Not cataloged
• 1 In the process of moving to different
  location nearer to the College of Education

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Special Collections Capstones, Projects, Theses

• Cataloging
• 6 Cataloger at Main Library
• 3 Centers Director
• Subject Headings
• 7 Library of Congress
• 1 Sears
• 1 ERIC Descriptors
• 1 TBD

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Video/DVD Collections

• Those materials used for professional
• development of education students or
• materials education students used to
• develop lesson plans.

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Video/DVD Collections

• 18 Have education videos/DVDs
• 11 Located in Centers
• 7 Located in Libraries
• 2 Videos/DVDs located elsewhere on campus
• 2 Do not have videos/DVDs
• 2 TBD

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Video/DVD

• Budget ranges
• Portions of the whole budget
• As Needed
• From Student Fees
• Grants
• Another Departments Responsibility

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Video/DVD Reservation Systems

• 4 - In-house manual booking system
• 6 - Used online catalog reservation system
• 1 - Uses both manual and electronic systems

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Equipment Machines used to assist in lesson
planning.

• 12 - Provide some form of media services AS
  PART of the Center
• 4 Library provides media services
• 2 - Media services are either in close
  proximity to the Center or elsewhere on campus
• 2 - TBD
• 4 - Do not have any equipment

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Equipment

• Budget Ranges
• Portions of the whole budget
• As Needed
• From Student Fees
• Grants
• Self-funding
• Another Departments Responsibility

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Equipment

• Binding Machine - 10
• Color Printer
• 2-Colors - 3
• Full Color Printer - 3
• Die Cutter
• Accucut - 2
• Ellison - 13

• Labeling Machine - 5
• Laminator - 13
• Other
• Hot Press -1
• Opaque Projector - 2
• Typewriter -2

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Equipment

• Limitations
• Education Students/Faculty only - 4
• Any Student, Faculty, or Staff 12
• Available to Any Patron 1
• Not available to Non-Affiliated Patron - 1
• Lamination by Staff person only - 2
• All services performed by Staff person only 1

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Technology Technology (computers, software,
digital equipment, cameras, etc.) used in lesson
planning or portfolio development.

• 9 provide technology services as part of the
  Center
• 2 provide technology services near to the Center
• 2 provides technology services within the
  Library
• 2 TBD

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Technology

• Budget Ranges
• Portions of the whole budget
• As Needed
• From Student Fees
• Grants
• Another Departments Responsibility

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Technology

• Tape Recorder 13
• Computers - 13
• Digital Camera - 12
• Scanner - 11
• Slide Projector 11
• Tripod - 9
• Video Camera - 8
• Digital Camcorder - 6
• Polaroid Camera - 1

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Technology Check Out

• Digital Camera 14
• Tape Recorder - 12
• Slide Projector 11
• Tripod - 11
• Video Camera - 10
• Digital Camcorder 8
• Computers - 4
• CD Player - 1
• Polaroid Camera - 1

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Computer Technology

• Computer Access
• 13 have computers in the Center
• 8 have a computer lab as part of the Center
• 6 have a computer classroom near the Center

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Computer Technology

• PC- 12
• Mac 8
• PC Mac - 8
• Networked - 17
• Wireless - 15

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Computer Technology

• Usage
• General Use - 9
• Instructions - 1
• Portfolio Development - 4
• Presentations - 4
• Research - 6
• Software Review - 4

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Software Software used in lesson planning or
for evaluation.

• 4 provide education software AS PART of the
  Center
• 1 recently eliminated all education software
  from its collection

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Software

• Budget Ranges
• Portions of the whole budget
• As Needed
• From Student Fees
• Grants

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Web Pages

• Fourteen curriculum centers have web pages.

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Mission Statements

• Ten have mission statements on their web pages.

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Closed University of Michigan Ann Arbor
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Problems

• Why have one?
• Who will it serve?
• What will it hold?
• Where will it be located?

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ACRL Standards Guidelineswww.ala.org/ala/acrl/a
crlstandards/guidelinescurriculum.htm

• Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers
• Approved by ACRL and ALA, January 2003
• Curriculum materials centers are essential to the
  instructional and research needs of students and
  faculty in programs preparing educators for P-12
  schools. These guidelines describe essential
  elements of administration, services, and
  collections for curriculum materials centers in
  all university and college settings.
• These guidelines are intended for administrators
  at all levels of post-secondary education,
  particularly education deans or department
  chairs library deans or directors librarians
  responsible for curriculum materials centers and
  accrediting and licensure agencies.
• DEFINITIONS
• P-12 refers to preschool through twelfth grade.
• Curriculum materials are educational resources
  that provide curriculum and instructional
  experiences for P-12 students. These materials
  are used by educators to develop curricula and
  lesson plans and may also be used in actual
  instructional situations with P-12 students.
  These materials also provide information for
  those doing research.
• Curriculum Materials Center (CMC) refers to a
  physical location of a curriculum materials
  collection. Curriculum materials centers are
  often housed in a main campus library, a branch
  library building, or in an academic building
  housing the campus education academic programs.
• CMC users are education students and faculty, and
  may also include P-12 educators, other students,
  and community members as defined by the CMCs
  mission.
• Director refers to the librarian who has primary
  responsibility for the CMC its facilities,
  administration, collection, personnel, and
  services

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Contact Information

• Rita Kohrman
• Education Resources Librarian
• Grand Valley State University
• Steelcase Library
• Grand Rapids, MI 49504
• 616.331.2622
• kohrmanr_at_gvsu.edu