Please note that some library services (Ask Us, Get It, ILL, EZBorrow) will not be available during the upcoming winter recess dates of December 18 - January 2

Hanley Library Curriculum Resource Center

Mission Statement

The primary mission of Hanley Library's CRC is to support the curriculum of the education program by providing quality materials and services to pre-service teachers and education department faculty. You'll find the CRC on the first floor of Hanley Library on the south-east side of the building.

Our CRC Goals:

Collect and house quality PK-12 curriculum materials including teacher resource books, curriculum guides and/or standards, PK-12 textbooks, children's and young adult literature, and media materials (audio and visual materials intended for use in PK-12 settings).

Communicate and promote available materials and services to pre-service teachers and education faculty, as well as to all other members of our campus community of learners.

Invite and welcome local educators, camp counselors, home school families, etc. as users of the CRC materials and services.

Collaborate with education faculty in CRC collection development.

Assess the CRC with the cooperation of the Library Director and Education Program Director.

Collections:

Textbooks

PK-12 textbooks for the certification areas available at Pitt-Bradford.

Children's and Young Adult Literature

Fiction and nonfiction books appropriate for use with grades PK-12. The collection also includes Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King winners as well as selected honor books.

Teaching Activity Materials

Books with sample lesson plans, specific teaching ideas, and bulletin board ideas. This material will be collected for all certification areas offered at Pitt-Bradford.

Reference Materials

This material is collected for and housed in the our regular reference collection.

Professional Magazines and Journals for Teachers

  • American Biology Teacher (Available online and at other campus libraries)
  • Creative Classroom (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus)
  • Instructor (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus, online and at other campus libraries)
  • Language Arts (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus, online and at other campus libraries)
  • Mathematics Teacher (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus, online and at other campus libraries)
  • Reading Teacher (Available online and at other campus libraries)
  • Science and Children (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus and other campus libraries)
  • Science Teacher (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus and other campus libraries)
  • Social Education (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus, online and at other campus libraries)
  • Social Studies and the Young Learner (Available at Pitt-Bradford Campus)
  • Teaching Children Mathematics (Available at other campus libraries)
  • Teaching Pre-K-8 (Available online and at other campus libraries)

Media Materials

Audio and Video materials intended to be used in PK-12 settings as well as special materials such as instructional games, kits, puppets, manipulatives, etc. will be housed in the CRC. Audio and Video materials intended for a pre-service teacher audience are housed in our regular AV collection.

Circulation Policy:

Pitt-Bradford faculty, staff, and students may check out circulating books, media material, and AV material. General Collection items circulation for 1 Academic Year, Audio Visual Materials circulate for two weeks.

ULS Special Borrowers may check out up to 13 items total (four weeks for books and 7 days for audio and visual material). Pitt Affiliates and ULS Special Borrowers may renew their items by contacting the library or by using the My Account option available through the online catalog.

You can view library fine information and other regulations relating to borrowing on our policy page. All library material moves through the automated library borrowing system. In keeping with Hanley Library policy, reference books, special collection materials, and periodicals are for in-library use only.

Hanley Library Media Room

The Media Room contains an audio player and a video/DVD player. An Ellison machine is available in the CRC.

Teacher Education Program