Pete Smith, University of Texas at Arlington, provides some useful strategies in working with faculty to select and develop resources that will indeed be used within the academic program. Some resouce centers are also responsible for the routine circulation of classroom media and computer equipment. Judi Franz, University of California at Irvine, provides the basics in developing equipment scheduling systems as well as maintenance and replacement programs. Cooperating with Other Campus Media Centers Few language learning centers are entirely self-sufficient. Many work with other campus media centers to provide a wider range of services for their faculty.
Cooperation can avoid duplication and provide extra resources when funds and staff are limited.
They present several useful case studies and suggestions for working with other resource people around campus. One complex issue facing many educators, both inside and outside resource centers, is that of copyright. Lynne Crandall of the University of Michigan and Irene Starr of the University of Massachusetts provide an excellent overview of many of these issues, and list numerous resources which provide an even more detailed analysis of copyright in respect to the use and production of instructional resources. Check out the Appendixes for hot links to other copyright informaton sites. This Module was updated in June 1997.