This review of "Microform Librarianship" (a nontechnical guide) and "Computer-Output Microfilm: Its Library Applications" (a concise introduction to COM) points out that the vision of how the microform medium could be developed more imaginatively to better serve the user is missing from both books. (CWM)

A course was developed as part of the Catholic University of America's Continuing Library Education Project, which was designed to provide present or future library administrators with an understanding of the issues and techniques involved in library automation. The course also can be used by individuals or study groups who are analyzing the…

The results of a one year study to identify potential technology-based improvements in the operation, access, and utilization of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) are described. Both current problem areas and future possibilities are considered with respect to the dichotomy: system components and the total system. Emphasis is on…

This paper presents a summary of the current state of the art in nonprint information systems, as well as an overview of potential developments with emphasis on educational applications. While most libraries and educational institutions today have become somewhat nonprint oriented, there are wide differences in utilization among institutions.…

The principal technological developments that underlie the communication revolution, especially the transistor and the computer, are reviewed in a nontechnical way. A number of devices and communication subsystems, such as cable television, ultramicrofiche, and communication satellites, that make use of these developments are then described,…