Investigated professional activities of members of the Division of Counseling Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Participants perceived themselves most involved with short-term, goal-directed counseling and program development and least involved with research and working with paraprofessionals. Subjects' interests indicate a…

Continuing education for school media specialists will continue to be necessary as these professionals develop specific learning needs. In identifying these needs, media specialists must evaluate their current performances, based on accepted definitions of competency, and then take personal responsibility for acquiring what education they need.…

Describes the Continuing Library Education Network and Exchange (CLENE) Inc. Voluntary Recognition Service which evaluates continuing education activities for information, library, and media specialists. The scope of the service and its relationship to existing educational programs is discussed. (BK)

Lists proposed competencies to be used in a certification program for instructional development professionals. Twenty-six areas of competency are presented, with specific knowledge levels, performances, and evaluation competencies specified for each. (BK)

Examines the role of communication directors involved in internal communication activities in business organizations. Indicates that directors perform a variety of roles ranging from journalistic to advisory/support work. Proposes a functional role involved in determining major policies for communications systems. (JMF)

The conditions and the rhetoric have changed; but in the age of the "instant librarian," the future still depends on the school media specialist's ability to focus on the user as an individual and provide an environment that promotes learning. (Author)

Describes the importance of the school market to book publishers, supported by statistics and survey results. (Author/CMV)

Reviews important supervision functions that support quality media programs in school libraries at the district level. (Author/CMV)

Discusses the importance of interviewing all personnel involved in media services and curriculum for effective education. (Author)

Outlines nine results of media in libraries and discusses theory and curriculum in teaching media. (KP)

The lively intervention of the library media specialist is the catalytic agent in shaping teacher's attitudes toward non-textbook resources. (Author)

Describes a problem-based course in developmental support communications sponsored by the Media Department of the British Council. Participants from developing nations learned to analyze problems in non-formal education, improve their decision-making, and plan, produce and evaluate materials for a specified audience. (Author/BD)

Offers tips for how school library media specialists attending conferences can make the most productive use of their time. Discusses three aspects of conferences: the professional aspects; the social aspects; and vendors' displays. (LRW)

Argues that film students should be taught how dialog replacement fits into overall engineering of a sound track--replacing dialog offers advantages to the student filmmaker that can enhance a less than stellar performance. States that skills such as foley artistry, postsynchronization of sound effects, and sound track engineering are as important…

Chronicles the author's experience of working with a group of Apache actors and cultural experts on the production of a feature-length narrative, "Indian Summer." Finds that, in this case, the process of cross-cultural collaboration was successful in uniting different people from different cultures in a common purpose. (PA)