An experiment was performed on the use of telelecture, amplified voice telephone, in a class of the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Missouri-Columbia. The telelecture was successful in that it exposed the students to another academic library administrator, and it appeared to be a successful learning…

This self-contained Institute was designed to provide elementary and high school librarians from disadvantaged areas, whether inner-city or rural, with an opportunity to study current practices and to develop solutions for operating their libraries as media centers, working with their community, and cooperating with existing public libraries. The…

A bibliography of audiovisual materials to be used for library education and instruction is presented for the years 1968 to 1973. Materials include films, filmstrips, kits, phonodiscs, tapes, cassettes, and charts. Each item is accompanied by a review from one of nine authoritative review sources. In addition to the main alphabetical listing there…

Provides an overview of books and resources that can aid elementary school educators in classroom instruction for a diverse learning environment. Annotations describe 12 books and a 10-item series of guides on contemporary information resources and skills. (SLD)

The first step in the demise of the Western Illinois University undergraduate library science instructional program, which produced graduates with a minor in library science who were qualified to direct school libraries, was its merger with an audiovisual (AV) program in the education department. The library science minor was originally under the…

Following the substitution of a Learning Resources Specialist's (LRS) certification for the traditional school librarian's certification in Texas and the subsequent merging of the Departments of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Educational Media and Technology (ETEC) at East Texas State University (ETSU), the immediate supervisors of 28…

Today's students, with their exposure to a great variety of media, tend to prefer a learning experience characterized by: (1) considerable variety in learning methods; (2) a choice among alternatives as well as some feedback; and (3) quick-moving, active involvement that requires only a short span of concentration. A library science course in…

The bibliography covers books, pamphlets and periodical articles written in English since 1965, on all aspects of the librarianship of non-book materials. Some earlier publications are included either because of their importance or because there is a lack of more recent literature on the subject. Entries are grouped under broad headings in the…

Nineteen articles by Louis Shores are presented in this volume. These develop the idea of the "generic book" as being the sum total of man's communication possibilities and trace the crusade for media unity which has culminated in the acceptance of the concept of instructional materials, encompassing the narrower concepts of both libraries and…

Major themes in library science for 1975 are discussed in depth in a collection of nine writings by ten prominent library figures from the United States, Spain, and France. The articles are titled: (1) international information systems; (2) national planning for library and information services; (3) statistics that describe libraries and library…