TRIAL (Technique for Retrieving Information from Abstracts of Literature) is an information storage and retrieval system which can be used by school media specialists to produce indexes of non-print materials. This manual provides a step by step approach for media specialists to automate their non-print holdings. These procedures can also be…

This annotated bibliography lists 90 publications within the scope area of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources which do not appear in Resources in Education. Titles have been selected based on usefulness and general interest, and all books deal with some aspect of libraries, information science, media, or educational technology.…

A special committee of North Carolina library staff compiled an annotated listing of 50 16mm films concerning the heritage theme and the Revolutionary War period. The films are listed alphabetically by title, and the entries include information about length, rental and purchase price, age appeal, and a brief summary of the contents. Most of the…

This bibliography includes the best of the materials in the national Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system dealing with the library services available to Native Americans. The materials are presented in a computer printout format and include citations from two ERIC publications, "Resources in Education" and "Current…

Over 300 annotated citations to essays, articles, and speeches on oral history published from 1953 through 1974 are listed. Eight oral history collection catalogs and 37 books that incorporate oral history materials are included. A subject guide to the citations is also included. (DS)

One hundred and fourteen entries comprise this general bibliography on land use, zoning, city planning, and the relationship on the environment. Most of the sources date from 1973 through 1975. The bulk of the documents are commercially published books, research reports, and studies. Citations are alphabetized by author and include the title index…

Intended for deaf individuals, the booklet provides information on services provided by the public library. Covered, in question and answer format, are the following areas: definition of library, what kind of people use the library, library services for children, reference books, location of books using the catalog, newspapers, audiovisual…

Because of the dilemma faced by librarians in the selection of suitable microform reading equipment for the 35 mm format, this paper is designed to analyze the problem of reader and micro-image incompatability, to provide a key for readily determining incongruities, to evaluate presently available readers, to provide modification and development…

This alphabetical union list of alternative periodicals includes publications which are politically and culturally to the left of center, and which express views not usually found in the daily or "straight" press. The information given for each item includes title, place of publication, institutional focus (if any), publisher, microform…

The information for this international buyer's guide for the microform purchaser was gathered from questionnaires to the publishers themselves. The guide is divided into eight sections: directory of micropublishers, mergers and acquisitions, bibliography of first sources for the microform library, microform jobbers, organizations, a geographical…

To aid in the evaluation of the physical qualities of books, specifications for permanent/durable book paper were developed and authenticated. Permanent/durable book paper was defined as paper suitable for use in the manufacture of books that meets or exceeds tests which demonstrate that it has an expectation of useful life under normal storage…

A three-day continuing education workshop on Hispano cultural and historical perspectives was developed for librarians and library administrators to help them understand the Hispano culture and to help them improve the library services for the Hispano community. Such library services should be based on the cultural, linguistic, and information…

This manual, the first of a series to be devoted to the automation of library operations, is an introduction to the planning and production of computer-produced book catalogs. The major part of the text covers the whole range of questions involved in planning a book catalog: choice of input device, development of programs designed to meet the…

The Cranfield Project was done in a laboratory sphere. In a practical situation, it is impossible to determine how many documents are relevant to a certain question. Although in the Cranfield Project collections of different sizes have been used, these collections do not fulfill the requirements that the small collections are randomly taken from…

There is a great need for instructional materials which are useful in the professional preparation of teachers, particularly materials to fit a multi-media learning environment. It is helpful to distinguish between such materials and the ways in which they can be used and the various educational purposes thereby served. The procedures or formats…