Produced to provide educators and library media personnel with some understanding of and direction in the rapidly expanding field of microcomputers and their applications, this monograph includes several articles dealing specifically with media center applications and others concerned more generally with the microcomputer in educational settings. The following articles are included: (1)"The Microcomputer and the School Media Center," Vicki Sherouse; (2) "Selecting a Microcomputer for the Media Center," Vicki Sherouse; (3) "Computer Software Selection," Richard Post; (4) "Cataloging and Storing Microcomputer Materials," Kathy Kneil; (5) "Microcomputer Management," Roger Burgess; (6) "Using a Microcomputer for Media Center Administration," Vicki Sherouse; (7) "Setting Up In-Service Programs about Computers," Steven Hawley; (8) "Microcomputer Languages," Fred Williams; (9) "Troubleshooting Microcomputers," Weston Orloff; (10) "Networking: Vital Links to a Total Information System," Keith Bernhard; and (11) "Interactive Video," Richard Post. Also included are a glossary by Lenora Ferdinand, and a 12-page list of selected references about microcomputers compiled by Greg Byerly and Clara O. Jackson. (LMM)