Photocopy humor is defined as any facsimile, photocopy, or wire-copy line drawing, iconography, or textual material that was drawn or written for distribution to a larger select audience using the available technology to disperse material intended to be humorous. Professional humor is excluded from this consideration. The content of photocopy…

This manual presents guidelines and policies for California librarians and educators for the reproduction of copyrighted works. Guidelines cover the following types of materials: printed materials; sheet and recorded music; audio recordings (i.e., records, disks, tapes); films, videotapes, filmstrips, overhead transparencies, and slide programs;…

Communications technology must advance to meet the need for improved information processing by the year 2000. Four major technologies are involved: computers and data processing, telecommunications and telephones, reprographics, and word processing. Each of the technologies shows growth in sales, applications, and usage. Facts and projections…

The first of a three-volume set of instructional materials for a graphic arts course, this manual consists of 13 instructional units. Covered in the units are orientation (career overview, shop safety, shop organization, photo-offset theory, legal restrictions, and applying for a job); principles of copy planning (overview of copy planning and…

This handbook is a set of guidelines to assist authors in preparing publications to meet two sets of criteria: requirements of federal and state government sponsors and requirements of information retrieval systems. The guidelines include both a set of written instructions and a physical model, and are sufficiently flexible to apply to research…

An outline is provided for study of the collection, storage, and retrieval of all kinds of print and nonprint information. Coverage includes descriptions of types of primary materials, print and nonprint information, bibliographic description and cataloging; indexes and abstracts; bibliographies; reference works; retrieval methods; reprography;…

The tentative guide in graphic arts technology for senior high schools is part of a series of industrial arts curriculum materials developed by the State of Louisiana. The course is designed to provide "hands-on" experience with tools and materials along with a study of the industrial processes in graphic arts technology. In addition,…

In a series of meetings held over a period of three days, the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) heard presentations, arranged by the American Society for Information Science, on information systems in general and on the operations of specific systems. The first presentation covered information storage and…

At the fifth meeting of the National Commission on New Technological Uses of Copyrighted Works (CONTU) the Information Industries Association sponsored a presentation on copyright issues related to data bases, computer programs, and microform composition. Presentations were made by representatives of Standard and Poors, the New York Times, IBM,…

The legality of certain teaching practices is being questioned. The controversy arises from the application of the 1909 copyright law to the use of the new copying technology. This information aid considers the current copyright law and the needs and practices of educators. The stickiest part of copyright law is the fair use doctrine, which allows…

In four conference presentations newspaper librarians presented information about their photograph storage and retrieval operations. They discussed picture sources, selection and weeding, picture evaluation, picture quality, ways photos are used, filing methods, source books for illustrative material, file subject coding, ways of dealing with…

An attempt is made to relate technological potentials and limitations to some of the major current trends, problems, and objectives of the library. Attention is focused on the large, university, research-oriented library since it is here that one finds the most difficult resource access and bibliographic control problems. A synopsis is presented…

Designed as a working manual for instructors involved with audiovisual aids, this booklet provides information on all types of audiovisual systems and equipment. It gives basic instructions for making and preparing artwork visuals (graphs, maps, and transparancies), and briefly reviews printing, photography, photocopying, tape recordings, motion…

Describes the Coordinated Vocational Academic Education in Office Duplication Practices program designed to keep disadvantaged students in school, provide them with entry-level skills, and supply them with confidence. Examines the problems these students face, type of student served, equipment needed, instructional areas, teacher training, and the…

Even the youngest readers and writers in today's classrooms can benefit enormously from engagement with a wide range of traditional and nontraditional texts. This teacher-friendly handbook is packed with creative strategies for introducing K-3 students to fiction, poetry, and plays; informational texts; graphic novels; digital storytelling;…