Learning Resource Center - The Beginning

The Beginning

Learning resources centers are not a new concept, they were known since 1960s when started the transition from traditional school libraries into resource centers which offer services for teachers and students. It contains not only printed materials, but with all other communication means to give a concentration of facilitates to support self-learning methods. This view encourages educational trends, ruled in mid of 1960s and 1970s, whereas these are the methods of self-learning, from programmed learning and learning for mastery and learning throughout audio media to passing earliest beginnings to employ computer in learning process. And, information technology and teaching and learning theories have added a new dimension into learning resources centers concept.