CHAPTER 3


Materials Centers in Secondary Schools

CCT N EVERY SCHOOL BUILDING where elementary or high
 L school, or combination elementary and high school subjects
are taught, there shall be provision for minimum library facilities
to meet regulations that may from time to time be adopted by the
State Board." Section 235.26 (14) Florida Statutes. Reorganiza-
tions of schools' curricula and emphasis upon children's needs
and interests have increased the demands of teachers and their
pupils upon materials centers. The type and organization of the
school will affect the amount and kinds of instructional materials
and the amount of space needed for the materials center. These
factors are important to planners as they consider the organiza-
tion of the school and look forward to a future in which demands
upon the materials center may increase even more rapidly than
they have in the past.

 I. Location

 A. Not necessarily in the center of the building but near the
 center of interclass traffic
 B. Adjacent to the study hall if there is one
 C. Where there is a minimum of noise
 D. In an area suitably proportioned to accommodate functional
 and aesthetic quarters
 E. On the first floor with a double-door entrance into the main
 reading area and a single outside entrance (to the corri-
 dor or outside of building) to the work-storage area
 F. Where expansion is possible

 II. Space Allocations and Equipment Specifications

 A. Reading Area