A nine-week evaluation of developmental book activity in Iran, Pakistan and Turkey, conducted during the summer of 1966 to study existing problems in the preparation, production, importation and distribution of books in these Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) Region Countries, was funded by the United States through the Agency for International…

In order to learn whether teenagers are reading books and, if so, which books they choose, "The New York Times" conducted a fact-finding project. Questionnaires were mailed to the school librarians and English chairmen of 7000 secondary and intermediate schools. The wide variety of answers to observable trends necessitated the analysis of a random…

This list of audiovisual materials has been compiled as a supplement to "The Black Experience in Children's Books." It is not a comprehensive list but a catalog of the holdings in The New York Public Library which have proven to be popular with children and which are still available for purchase. Much of the material included has been produced for…

Composed of two parts, this document reports the problems and successes encountered in compiling an annotated bibliography which may be used in teaching contemporary poetry and contains the resultant 42-item annotated bibliography. The major portion of the bibliography consists of books, with the other entries listed under the headings of…

The Friends of the San Francisco Public Library have sponsored a Reading is Fun-Damental (RIF) program for the children and teenagers of San Francisco. Their January and June 1973 reports describe RIF activities in the Western Addition, a primarily black area. The RIF program has: distributed books and placed collections in schools and public…

Compiled at the Jim Dan Hill Library of the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Superior, this unannotated bibliography of information and review sources includes sections on: general guides to books and nonbook materials; review indexes; comprehensive bibliographies; films and tapes; maps, prints, charts, and microforms; slides; filmstrips, and…

Since 1910, the Library of Congress (LC) has collected state publications and announced them in its Monthly Checklist. Over 26,000 titles were listed in 1973, but this does not represent a complete record of official state publications. If a state does not have a law requiring that a copy of each publication issued be sent to the LC, the coverage…

The Presidential Libraries are administered by the National Archives and Records Service and contain many audiovisual materials obtained from a variety of sources--television networks, local television stations, federal agencies, radio networks, private citizens, newsreel companies, private businesses, special interest groups, news photo agencies,…

Approximately 11,000 still pictures, 300 sound recordings, and 125 reels of motion picture film relating to Indians in the United States are among the holdings of the Audiovisual Archives Division of the National Archives. The materials include Eskimos in Alaska, but not Eskimos in Greenland and Canada or Indians in Canada. The descriptions are…

The material presented within this revised and updated annotated bibliography will be useful to educators who wish to become familiar with the career education concept and to integrate it into the existing curricula. Listings are grouped under three main headings; Models and Guidelines, Postsecondary Level, and Background References. Annotations…

The purpose of this article is to assist librarians who are preparing a video-tape orientation program suitable for large audiences, composed mainly of college freshmen. It results from the authors' experiences of planning and taping a television library orientation program and is directed toward the librarian who is required to prepare such a…

This bibliography of the archives of the Association of Medical Colleges includes: general history entries (1876-1971); AMA history publications (1904-1970); other history publications (1934-1962); biomedical research policy publications (1955-1971); reports of conferences, seminars, institutes, workshops, and special studies (1910-1971); Council…

The results of research work undertaken by the University of Pittsburg, and the Interuniversity Communications Council (EDUCOM), in behalf of the National Library of Medicine on the general subject of biomedical communications and information networks is summarized. The prinicpal purpose of the project is to explore the potential of the new…

Over 1500 books published between 1911 and 1971 are cited, by publisher, in this bibliography of reference materials about the American Indian. In addition to the citations, many with annotations, are lists of bulletins, booklets, recordings, and agencies to contact for information and pamphlets. The purposes of the bibliography are (1) to provide…

The Documentation Coordination and Research Incentive Unit (UCODI) is part of an international effort to increase cooperation and coordination in investigations of the possibilities of computer-assisted instruction by providing documentation, information, coordination of research incentives, advice, and assistance to researchers, teachers, and…