Abstract
The secend of two articles (the first of which appeared in the July I970 issue of this Journal, pages I60-I74) tracing the development of the media-centre concept in American school libraries. Publication of the Certain Standards coincided with the reorganization of the American high school following World War One. The growth of school libraries in the 1920s was accompanied by relevant educational methods coming incrensingly into vogue, and by the growth of the audio-visual movement in education. The work of the accrediting associations in enforcing and maintaining standards is explained and assessed in relation to libraries. Quetations from the 1930s show the rapid proliferation of audio-visual programmes in the schools, and increasing demands that the school library participate actively in them. New standards following World War Two recognized the new trend, but expansion in the 1950s, especially post-Sputnik, led to the radical revision shown in Standards for school library programs, I960. and the even more revolutionary Standards for school media programs, 1969. Thus in 50 years since the Certain Standards appeared, a trend they had foreshadowed had become firmly established.
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