By 1966, requests made to the Pennsylvania regional film library far exceeded the center's capacity to deliver. Hiring additional media specialists and technicians and computerizing the request procedure served only to multiply the number of requests. A federally-assisted statewide program provided for a central agency to convert older media…

This catalog gives an annotated listing of selected films available for use in family planning programs. Films are listed alphabetically, geographically by particular country, and by subject. In most cases information is given concerning length, producer, distributor, cost, and rental conditions from the International Planned Parenthood…

An international study was undertaken to assemble available and pertinent information about television video-distribution systems and to relate this information to the present and potential future requirements of educational television services. The study also sought to illustrate through model situations the costs and benefits of particular…

A subject heading list for 16 millimeter motion pictures is proposed here that is designed to provide audiovisual librarians with a tool which will aid them in making subject indexes for their printed film catalogs and to establish an authority for professional catalogers who may be called upon to catalog 16 mm. motion pictures. In preparing the…

Some 2,500 audiovisual aids about religion, English and modern languages are described in this 300-page catalog. Materials include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tape recordings, and teaching kits. Materials are prepared for group presentations and for individual study. Most of the items…

Low-cost consumer videocassette recorders (VCRs) are used to view copies of educational films in Baltimore, Maryland, schools. Contracts with suppliers secure rights to educational programs and provide videotapes in quantities of from 25 to 100 copies for each title. Federal block grants helped finance the VCR purchases. (MLF)

Video technology is a major teaching tool in reshaping knowledge during the information revolution. Lincoln, Nebraska, public schools formed a television network in 1967 in cooperation with local business. By 1979, library media specialists were supervising use of videotape recorders. Videodisks have brought glimpses of change possibilities…

The record of nine independent art colleges indicates that union can bring many rewards without stifling identity or individuality. (Editor)

Explains the process used at Oakton Community College in Illinois to automate the system for renting audiovisual titles. Describes the previous rental process and the new system utilizing dBASE III. Illustrates the features and products of the new system. (DMM)

This book contains a detailed review of over ninety films in the professional preparation of teachers. It is one of eight publications which have been produced by the Science Teacher Education Project. Some of the films have become integral parts of the learning experiences which college and university people have prepared and others are…

A set of guidelines for evaluating films before purchase is provided in this revised manual. Included are sections on how to form an evaluation committee, schedule a screening, write a synopsis, judge the potential uses and audience, and assess technical quality. An evaluation form is provided and its uses explained. A special section demonstrates…

The 1973 British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) handbook covers the activities and state of the BBC. It first presents a profile of the BBC's first 50 years and of the awards presented to the BBC. The television activities of the BBC are discussed next, including its television service, world television, television enterprises, television film…

The Multnomah County Intermediate Education District, located in Portland, Oregon, uses a computerized system to meet the catalog, circulation control, and management needs of its regional film library. The system's programs serve the four functions of: 1) creating and maintaining a film file; 2) developing a catalog; 3) booking film requests on a…

This reference book lists sources useful in film study and production. It begins with a lengthy list of books and periodicals, briefly annotated, on film. These include reference works, histories, theory, criticism, and reviews, genre studies, studies on adaptation, works discussing the relation of film to society, books on film techniques,…

Because the National Archives did not have the capacity to manage the volume of films produced by government agencies in recent decades, in 1969 the National Audiovisual Center was created. Its function is to act as a distributor on behalf of federal agencies and to provide information on all federally produced audiovisual titles. The Center is…