The use of educational technology and digital learning environments in secondary education can offer multiple opportunities to go beyond the traditional approach frequently used in history education. This paper provides the result of a three-week intervention in two Spanish public schools with 86 fourth-year compulsory secondary education history…

This paper examines the cultural production of "Canada" and "Canadians" in "The Newcomers", a 1953 film produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Using a form of discourse analysis that sees talk as social interaction and identity as socially and locally constructed, this study illuminates how "Canada"…

Over the past several decades film and video have been steadily infiltrating the philosophy curriculum at colleges and universities. Traditionally, teachers of philosophy have not made much use of "audiovisual aids" in the classroom beyond the chalk board or overhead projector, with only the more adventurous playing audiotapes, for example, or…

This article features two library media specialists who discovered a way to motivate high school students to read. When most people go to the movies, the "coming attractions" or movie trailers are as anticipated as the popcorn! This Americana movie tradition hooks people again and again on what they will come back to see next. So, it's no surprise…

The key to successful operation of a nonprint media department is not related to the size of its budget or to the amount of capital investment in equipment, but to who is running the department now, and whose idea it was in the first place. (Author)

Designed as a practical aid to the beginning cataloger, this guide details the procedures for cataloging and the physical processing of materials in a school or small public library. Both general principles and specific practices are outlined, from the organization of cataloging work to instructions for the typing and filing of catalog and shelf…

Non-print materials which can be used to teach the history of books and printing are listed. (Part I of this article, listing print materials on the topic, appeared in the Summer issue of JEL, v13 n1, and is listed as LI 502 615)9 (SJ)

The materials listed in this annotated bibliography of nonprint materials represent the best of many items reviewed. (56 references) (Author/NH)

Having multiple media existing and functioning concurrently may lead to more highly individualized uses and greater flexibility and creativeness in user adaptation. (MM)

Describes the availability of United States government-produced audiovisual materials and discusses two audiovisual clearinghouses--the National Audiovisual Center (NAC) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM). Finding aids made available by NAC, NLM, and other government agencies are mentioned. NAC and the U.S. Government Printing Office…

This paper reviews UNESCO activities for the collection of national production data of audiovisual materials and microforms and presents possible approaches to the task. UNESCO has for some years collected data on the production of printed materials, but while recognizing the need for collecting similar statistics on nonprint media, it has not yet…

This paper highlights significant advances in audiovisual cataloging theory and practice: development of "Anglo-American Cataloging Rules" (second edition); revision of the MARC Films Format; and project to provide cataloging-in-publication for microcomputer software. Evolution of rules and practices as an outgrowth of needs of the…

This paper discusses a university-wide pilot designed to encourage academics to creatively explore learner-centred applications for digital audio. Participation in the pilot was diverse in terms of technical competence, confidence and contextual requirements and there was little prior experience of working with digital audio. Many innovative…

James W. Brown's report, entitled Instructional Materials Services for Montgomery County Schools," and subsequent developments in the Montgomery County school system are discussed. (MM)

Presents a machine readable database of bibliographic information on 10,000 trade titles for children in a wide variety of media. The project's phases, microcomputer application, bibliographic data, subsidiary data sections, search aids and methodology, and future expansion are described. (RAA)