Standards established by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) set forth basic cataloging rules that apply to all types of nonprint materials. Included are all elements needed to identify, describe, and retrieve an article. Cataloging rules are applied to 18 specific media formats including audiorecording, films,…

Twenty-eight specific communication media are defined and described in this monograph. A distinction is made between information and instruction and between instructional media and instructional aids. A set of criteria is proposed by means of which communication media may be distinguished from nonmedia, one medium may be distinguished from…