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ACRL/EBSS Resources for Curriculum Materials Professionals

Teacher Education

Ayton, K., & Capraro, K. (2021). Students Lead the Charge! Using Project-Based Learning with Preservice Teachers to redesign a Curriculum Resource Center. Education Libraries, 44, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v44i1.367

Church. J. G. (1958). The development of criteria for evaluating curriculum laboratories in teacher education (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT.

Duncan, M. K. (2021). A picture book is worth a thousand words: Building a character literacy library. Children and Libraries19(1), 16-21.  https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.19.1.16

Edmonds, E. L. (1967). Education for responsibility: Fifty teacher staff-colleges. British Journal of Educational Studies, 15(3), 243-252. https://doi.org/10.2307/3119455

Edwards, R. G. (1996). Curriculum materials centers: The vital link to teacher education programs. Ohio Media Spectrum, 48, 13-15.

Ellis, E. (1969). The role of the curriculum laboratory in the preparation of quality teachers. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED031457)

Emans, L. M. (1953). Preservice education of teachers. Nation's Schools, 61, 67-69.

Farthing, P., & Gregor, M. N. (2012). Promoting library instruction for education students: A model for CMC/Faculty collaboration. In R. Kohrman (Ed.), Curriculum materials collections and centers: Legacies from the past, visions of the future (pp. 59-74). Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Fothergill, R. (1973). Resource centres in colleges of education. London: National Council for Educational Technology. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED090998)

Fuchs, C., & Ball, H. (2021). Making connections for student success: Mapping concept commonalities in the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy, the Common Core State Standards, and the American Association of School Librarians Standards for the 21st-Century Learner. College & Undergraduate Libraries. https://doi.org/10.1080/10691316.2021.1905577

Grand Valley State University Libraries. (2017). Teaching future educators. Off the Shelf, 1(1), 7, Article 5. Retrieved from http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=offtheshelf

Henne, F., & Lowell, M. H. (1942, July). The preparation of secondary-school teachers in the use of library materials. The Library Quarterly, 12(3), 533-556. doi:10.1086/615261

Homza, A., & Fontno, T. (2021). Supporting teacher candidates as social justice change-makers: A faculty-librarian collaboration for building and using diverse youth collections. In D. E. Hartsfield (Ed.), Handbook of research on teaching diverse youth literature to pre-service professionals (pp. 398-421). Information Science Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-7375-4.ch020

Juliar, H. (1969, November). A material-media laboratory to train special education teachers. Audiovisual Instruction, 14(9), 38-40.

  • Also in N. P. Pearson & L. Butler (Eds.).  (1973). Library resource centers: Selected readings (pp.214-218). Minneapolis, MN: Burgress.

Kauffman, D. (2002, April). A search for support: Beginning elementary teachers' use of mathematics curriculum materials. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA. Retrieved from https://projectngt.gse.harvard.edu/publications/search-support-beginning-elementary-teachers-use-mathematics-curriculum 

Mac Vean, D.S. (1960). Report of an evaluation of curriculum laboratory services in a teachers college. Journal of Educational Research, 53(9), 341-344.

Madray, A., & Catalano, A. (2010). The curriculum material center’s vital link to play and learning: What’s the connection? Education Libraries (Boston, MA)33(2), 11-17. https://doi.org/10.26443/el.v33i2.291

Melilli, A. (2023). Information literacy and the inclusive classroom: Preparing future educators to challenge implicit biases in curriculum materials. In S.T. Bickmore, T.H. Strickland, & S. Graber (Eds.), How young adult literature gets taught (1st ed., Vol. 1, pp. 172–189). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003295778-15 

Miller, J., & Meyer, N. (2012). The value of the curriculum center's mission statement: Meeting the needs of evolving teacher education. In R. Kohrman (Ed.), Curriculum materials collections and centers: Legacies from the past, visions of the future (pp. 167-198).  Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.

Osa, J. O, & Musser, L. R. (2004).  The role of posters in teacher education programs. Education Libraries, 27(1), 16-21.

Russell, T. (1966). Selected implications for college and university curriculum laboratories in supporting public school curriculum development (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Toifel, R.C. (1992). A survey of curriculum materials centers in teacher education institutions. Retrieved from ERIC database. (ED343904)

Uhl, J. O. (2007). The curriculum materials center: Library support for a teacher education program. Collection Building, 26(2), 44-47. doi:10.1108/01604950710742068

Vanderwerff, M., & Herscovitch, P. (2021). If you build it, will they (really) come? Student perceptions of proximity and other factors affecting use of an academic library curriculum collection. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice16(2), 70-88. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip29875 

Wanamaker, K., & Bestwick, A. (2021). Using book tasting in the academic library: A tale of children’s literature, collaboration, and an increased appetite for books. Collection Management. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2021.1965685