Curriculum materials collections and centers : legacies from the past, visions of the future / edited by Rita Kohrman.

Includes bibliographies and index.

From collections to laboratories to centers: development of the curriculum materials collections or centers to 1940 / Rita Kohrman -- Curriculum materials laboratories: blast from the past or institutionally relevant? / Suzan A. Alteri -- The role of children's literature in the curriculum materials center / Ann E. Brownson -- Promoting library instruction for education students: a model for CMC/faculty collaboration / Pat Farthing and Margaret N. Gregor -- Collection development and budgets: methods to keep the Curriculum Center current / Nadean Meyer -- Staffing in the CMC for success / Linda M. Teel -- Building an effective outreach program / Hazel J. Walker -- Evolution of the American textbook: from hornbooks to iPads / Nancy P. O'Brien and Judy Walker -- The value of the Curriculum Center's mission statement: meeting the needs of evolving teacher education / Julie Miller and Nadean Meyer -- Staying relevant: re-engineering for the future / Shonda Brisco -- Curriculum access and creation in the CMC of the future / Jo Ann Carr with Anna K. Lewis -- A look to the future of curriculum materials centers / Kathy Yoder and Linda Scott.

This book captures the evolution of the education collections and services integral to teacher preparation. Edited by Rita Kohrman, education resources librarian at Grand Valley State University, the book provides practical applications for curriculum material center (CMC) operations that focus on the fundamental needs of students, faculty, and current teachers. The initial chapters focus on the foundations of placing CMCs within theoretical and historical contexts and their original goals, purposes, and services. The succeeding chapters discuss how curriculum centers are evolving to meet the changes in teacher preparation now and in the future.