The authors "offer a step-by-step process for evaluation of educational materials." (Editor/AK)

Discusses selection of equipment and materials and gives suggestions for teaching machine transcription in order to prepare students for today's office. (JOW)

This article presents a case study of how Oregon State University Libraries (OSUL) organized to accomplish digitization activities. Digitization activities are broken down into six major categories: management, copyright, digital imaging, metadata, hardware/software/web design, and selection. The OSUL departments responsible for tasks within each…

An insatiable appetite for energy, a burgeoning world population, and a heightened awareness of climate change are focusing global attention on sustainability, an issue that may very well determine the future course of civilization. The pursuit of a sustainable lifestyle today is of paramount importance for future generations. Achieving…

A brief look at a technology to integrate media and objectives by cataloging and retrieving materials by computer. (Author/HB)

A report of the first study conducted by a committee of film library directors on evaluation of film. (HB)

The booklet lists special education materials rated effective by the Teacher Initiated Materials Evaluation (TIME) process. Six hundred eleven special educators completed report forms identifying effective materials. The contents are organized by exceptionality area, level and curricular area. The exceptionality area is broken into the following…

The 56 citations from recent periodicals (1976-1980) listed in this bibliography were selected to indicate the diverse subject areas other than instructional technology and related fields that are interested in audiovisual materials, the types of media they are interested in, and criteria used or suggested for the evaluation and selection of such…

The Japanese National Commission for UNESCO has translated the standard guidebook for the use of audiovisual material in Japanese elementary, lower secondary, and upper secondary schools in Japan. The guidebook discusses the significance of audiovisual teaching materials. It describes the roles and types of audiovisual aids and offers suggestions…

A limited overview of some media related factors, this document should be helpful to the learning center manager who lacks extensive experience with media. It discusses important theoretical factors associated with media selection and summarizes research concerning the use of color and of motion in learning. Descriptive information concerning…

Since limited funds restrict advertising by Public Broadcasting System (PBS) stations, and since PBS serves a variety of audiences, the selection of appropriate advertising media for PBS programs is difficult. It is further complicated by conflicting research reports on the public use of the daily papers. Availability to the target audience should…

It is not too ambitious to hope that well-rounded, user-oriented media collections will exist in every library. (Author/PF)

A discussion of the need for school systems to develop uniform methods of selection and evaluation of new materials available for classroom use, the majority of which have not yet been field tested for quality and effectiveness. (Author)