As more and more schools move to digital repositories, it seems inevitable that the knowledge accumulated across universities will go digital. How smoothly an institution makes that transition will depend on how well its project is planned from inception, and how well it structure its data. All of the administrators and educators the authors spoke…

This annotated bibliography has been developed as a means of alerting ERIC users to recent commercially available publications in their fields. Titles have been selected in the basis of usefulness and general interest rather than very specialized technical reports for a restricted audience. All books chosen deal with some aspect of libraries,…

As the field of educational technology developed, the field of library science became increasingly concerned about audiovisual media. School libraries have made significant developments in integrating audiovisual media into traditional programs, and are becoming learning resource centers with a variety of media; academic and public libraries are…

The new non-book media present a challenging problem to libraries already struggling to keep up with conventional media. The new media, their relationship to libraries, and attitudes of librarians towards the new media are reviewed. The case for library non-involvement and the case for active support of the new media are both examined, followed by…

The 108 item annotated bibliography provides both the practicing librarian and the student with a comprehensive source of literature in the field of media librarianship and instructional technology. The bibliography is divided into four parts. Part I deals with media and the library and is divided into the following four sections: (1) Sources of…

Usually the impact of technology is felt first in terms of the devices we use; then in terms of people and man-machine relationships. The next impact tends to be on the support systems and procedures associated with the man-machine relationships; and lastly the related goals and values of the total effort tend to change. The impact of technology…