Three librarians give their impressions of sales representatives who work at library conventions. Henry Stewart discusses how they can be knowledgeable information sources about current products and services; Susan Martin describes how library automation vendors can help librarians learn about new technology; and Peggy Sullivan discusses the…

One school librarian from the rural west, "Roughing It from Alaska to Oklahoma," and another from the urban east, "Back to Basics in New York," share some of their experience-tested ideas for maintaining effective instructional media centers with very little money. (JPF)

Suggests reference tools and resources which can be used by reference librarians to help patrons locate information pertaining to the mass media, including films (cinema), television, radio; and archives of tape, film stock, production documentation; and script materials. (LLS)