Also included is the theory and practice of reference services. This course is performance driven with students being required to create instructional materials on an assigned basis. Focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of media centers and instructional media programs. Budgets, physical facilities, and in-service activities for media services are examined. An examination of the organization, operation, planning and equipping of school and public libraries.
Emphasis is on the role of the professional in the program.
It focuses on the demonstration of proficiency of sixteen program standards incorporated throughout the program. A portfolio is required based on each standard. This is to be the final course taken in the library media program.