Great Explorations in Math and Science (GEMS). This complete collection of GEMS books is shelved adjacent to the display case.

Kraus Curriculum Development Library (KCDL). KCDL contains in excess of seven thousand curriculum guides from schools districts throughout the United States and Canada. The Curriculum Library has printed indexes for 1978 through 1997 and the cumulative index on CD-ROM for 1983 through 1997. Online access to curriculum guides in the ERIC database is also available. Students may access these resources on the public computers in the Curriculum Library.

New Books. Here you will find the titles and call numbers of the Curriculum books added to the collection in the most recent three months.

Resource materials. Useful in preparing lessons plans and supplementing K-12 learning activities, these materials include print resources and some audio and videotapes and media which accompany state-adopted textbooks. These materials are in the online catalog LION and have "Cur. Lib." in the call number. The public computers allow access to education resources on the Internet. New print resource materials are also kept on display for several weeks. Additional print resources may be found in the general collection.

State adopted textbooks. The textbooks currently in adoption are shelved along the perimeter of the Curriculum Library area in call number order (Dewey Decimal System). A copy of the most recent Instructional Materials Current Adoption Bulletin, which lists the textbooks by grade and subject, is located adjacent to the LION online catalog terminal. The call number for each textbook is indicated in the Bulletin. The most recent out-of-adoption textbooks are shelved in the Curriculum Library book stacks area. An extensive collection of older out-of-adoption textbooks is located on remote shelving and may be accessed through the online catalog and/or by using older editions of the Instructional Materials Current Adoption Bulletin. The state-adopted textbooks are provided by Region VIII Education Service Center in Mount Pleasant.

The Instructional Preview Collection (IPC) contains representative software for grades K-12 donated by publishers and vendors. To date the collection contains over 100 titles that may be used on four Gateway 2000/E3000s and one Power Macintosh G3, each protected by Fool Proof. The following restrictions apply to the software and accompanying printed materials:

The Curriculum Library has joined approximately 150 other sites nationwide as an Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC) Access Center.

Circulating Material: Up to five titles of teacher resource material and out-of-adoption textbooks may be charged out for three weeks. Up to five Juvenile and Youth titles may also be charged out for three weeks. During the fall and spring semesters a book may be renewed for a second three weeks. During the summer only graduate students may renew books. Media may be charged out for two hours for classroom demonstration and for one week to interns/residents for use in their schools.

Non - Circulating Material: Current state-adopted textbooks and microfiche from the Kraus Curriculum Development Library may not be charged out.

The curriculum Library staff assists users in locating and using print, non-print, and electronic resources and gives orientation/instructional tours. The Curriculum Library contains two areas where classes and/or groups of students may use curriculum resources.

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