Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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-.E 95.3555 TEACHING MATERIALS SERVICE hisnnnf swnmmwsu BROWSING NOOK LIBRARY HE Ball State Teachers College Library is a modern center for the preservation, use, and distribution of recorded communications. It serves students and faculty through the collections of varied book and non-book materials. Rooms for study, research activity, recrea- tional reading, and for preview, class, or indvidual use of films, recordings, and other non-book materials are provided. Two studios, especially equipped for projec- tion and listening activities, are scheduled during the days and evenings. The browsing nook is located in one end of the main room devoted to the Loan Service. This informal corner is under the direction of the Loan Service Librarian. All new books are displayed in this area and a collection of recreational materials are available here. Students listen to recordings here by means of ear phone attachments which render the playback noiseless. In Teaching Materials Service, the film library of ap- proximately 400 titles, is located along with extensive picture files, collections of film strips, recordings, slides, and other illustrative teaching aids. Professionally trained staff members and student assistants cooperate in his work of providing all types of non-book instructional materials. 24

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1 Xb--L'. '.....'-w i BURRIS SCHOOL BALL STATE students participate and experiment as prospective members of the teach- ing profession at Burris Laboratory School. Two of the classrooms are pictured above. Principal Dr. Earl A. Johnson has guided the activities and planning of Burris School so that it has become one of the outstanding and best-equipped schools in Indiana. 23 , .g:

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YL XCPA' CE s 19698 ER Vic LIBRARY HE book stacks, which house approximately 90,000 volumes exclusive of the Burris School Library, are open for use of students and faculty. On each of the three stack levels now in use, study desks are conveniently placed for those who care to work near the book shelves. Annual book accessions average approximately 4,000 volumes. Over 480 periodicals are received currently. The four service divisions of the library are shown in the accompanying pictures. In the Technical Service, all library materials are processed for use. Books and other materials are ordered and cataloged here, cards are pre- pared for the public catalog, and books and periodicals are prepared for and received from the bindery. The Reference Service, at present, houses the current periodicals as well as the reference books. Throughout the day and evening, a well trained reference librarian assists students and others to locate needed information. 25