Brigham Young University. Instructional Services Division
Dates
- Existence: 1972 - 1973
Administrative History
The Instructional Services Division (1972-1973) was an academic support division at Brigham Young University. The unit coordinated and administered university departments with responsibility for media development and production on campus.
The Instructional Services Division was established in 1972 in a reorganization of the earlier Communication Services Division. The division supervised the operations of a number of units, including the Photo Studio, Broadcast Services, Educational Media Services, Electronic Media Services, Instructional Research and Development, the Department of Motion Picture Production, the Division of Instructional Research, Development, and Evaluation, and the Institute for Computer Uses in Education. In 1973 the division was renamed the Division of Learning Resources.
The director of the Instructional Services Division was Darrel J. Monson.
Citation:
Division of Learning Resources records, 1965-1976 (Instructional Services Division)BYU Organizational History Project, via WWW, Nov. 18, 2020 (Instructional Services Division; est. 1972, previously known as Communication Services; responsible for Photo Studio, Broadcast Services, Educational Media Services, Electronic Media Services, Instructional Research and Development, the Department of Motion Picture Production, the Division of Instructional Research, Development, and Evaluation, and the Institute for Computer Uses in Education; reorganized as Division of Learning Resources, 1974; director, Darrel J. Monson (1972-1974))
Brigham Young University, 1975: v. 4 p. 105 (Instructional Services; est. 1972; Darrel J. Monson, director)
Daily universe, Apr. 6, 1973: p. 2 (Darrel J. Monson appointed Assistant Academic Vice-President for Learning Resources; will continue to serve as director of the Instructional Services Division)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Division of Learning Resources administrative records, 1950-1977
Contains correspondence, memorandums, and other materials produced by the division administration. Includes information on department operations and programs. Materials date from between 1950 and 1977.
Division of Learning Resources assistant director subject file, 1967-1977
Contains correspondence, memos, proposals, and other materials produced and arranged by Farnsworth and Glade related to the operations of the Division of Learning Resources. Includes information on university broadcasting operations and division personnel.
Division of Learning Resources director records, 1950-1976
Contains correspondence, meeting minutes, notes, memorandums, and other materials gathered and produced by Monson regarding the operations of the Division of Learning Resources. Includes information on division broadcasting and library programs and facilities.
Division of Learning Resources records
Contains records generated by the director of the division, his assistants, and directors of departments within the division. The records span chiefly the years of 1965 through 1976. Physical types of records represented include correspondence, minutes of meetings, subject files, reports, statistics, departmental publications, financial records, policy and procedures memoranda, newspaper clippings, research proposals, project studies and general memoranda.
Media Services director records
Contains correspondence and other materials produced or received by the department administration. Correspondence is primarily from William Dewey Farnsworth and Darrel Monson. Materials date from between 1966 and 1982, with the bulk from after 1975.