Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Records of the Learning Resources Center, RG 5/7, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Records of Learning Resource Center were acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to January 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Records of the Learning Resource Center was completed in October 2021.

Administrative History

The Learning Resources Center was established 1971 to promote and support the ressearch programs at Virginia Tech and its faculty. The Center was dedicated to learning more about the technological advances that were happening in the media industry, how to better relay that information to the wider public.

Scope and Content

This collection includes materials from the Learning Resources Center (1971 to at least 1990) at Virginia Tech. It contains 4 boxes of materials and guides for educational films produced in 1951 to 1988. It also has helpful audio and slides transcripts, advertising, and pamphlets about consumer finance, health, and historical events, as well as more slide scripts on gardening, horse and other animal care, consumer and crisis management, the environment and environmental safety, and other topics.

Arrangement

This collection remains in original order, arranged alphabetically.

Separated Material

Cut Your Grocery Bills in Half! Supermarket Survival by Barbara Salsbury and Operating Instructions and Service Manual for Pulsar-IC Automatic Film Inspection Machine were separated to the Rare Book Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Ephemera
• Faculty and staff
• Pamphlets
• Record Group 5
• Science and Technology
• University Archives
• University History
• Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Learning Resources Center

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Records of the Learning Resources Center by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).