Kraus Curriculum Development Library

The Kraus Curriculum Development Library is an annually updated collection of curriculum guides on microfiche. Levels covered range from kindergarten through adult basic education. The collection is divided into 22 main subject areas:

Adult Basic Education	Gifted/Talented	Science
Bilingual/Bicultural ESL	Guidance/Career Education	Social Studies/Social Sciences
Business Education	Health/Safety/Drugs/AIDS	Special Education
Consumer Education	History/Geography	Systems Management
Early Childhood Education	Home Economics	Visual/Performing Arts
English/Language Arts	Mathematics/Computers	Vocational Education
Environment/Ecology	Miscellaneous/Unique
Foreign Languages	Physical Education

The KCDL provides a comprehensive, annual, full text installment on microfiche of the best, most up-to-date curriculum guides from around the nation. Each annual supplement is accompanied by a shelf list in book format and a cumulative index to the entire KCDL collection.

The Educational Resources Center has been getting the KCDL since 1991. There are now over 4,000 titles in the Educational Resources Center holdings, and about 300 new guides are added each year.

The KCDL collection and its accompanying indexes are kept on reserve behind the Educational Resources Center service desk.

In addition to the KCDL, the Educational Resources Center has a retrospective collection of about 1,000 paper copy guides, and the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) microfiche collection includes many curriculum guides.

Last Modified: November 5, 2009