PicDiversity, Inc. is working to solve the problems about media in the classroom. Where do teachers go to find diverse media for their students? Students deserve to feel recognized and valued, seeing themselves reflected in the lessons provided. This article presents PicDiversity and how it can transform media in the classroom. PicDiversity's goal…

This article explores ontological principles and their potential applications in the formal description of archival photographs. Current archival descriptive practices are reviewed and the larger question is addressed: do archivists who are engaged in describing photographs need a more formalized system of representation, or do existing encoding…

Educational Media Catalogs on Microfiche (EMCOM) is a collection of catalogs from audiovisual software distributors. These are firms which sell, rent, or distribute on a free-loan basis various films, filmstrips, videotapes, media kits, transparencies, slides, and other visual aids in current circulation among schools, universities, and…

More than 450 filmstrips for teaching a wide range of educational topics which are available to schools in the U.S. without charge are listed in this catalog. The filmstrips are classified into 17 topics, including agriculture, arts and crafts, business education, driver education, environmental education, geography, history, home economics,…

Audiovisual aids for teaching about the geography of Europe, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 120-page catalog. Audiovisual materials available include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes, and teaching kits. Each catalog entry describes the…

The aim of this catalogue of wallcharts is to provide a list of charts and flannelgraphs suitable for use in schools so that teachers, education authorities, and others may have on hand a concise reference to all charts available on any particular topic. All charts of specific teaching value designed especially for wall display and at least 10…

Audiovisual teaching aids for history, social history, and social studies, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 270-page catalog. Audiovisual materials include film, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes and teaching kits. Each catalog entry describes the…

Audiovisual aids for teaching about the geography of North, Central and South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 150-page catalog. Audiovisual materials available include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes,…

Audiovisual teaching aids for economics and for general physical and economic geography, that may be bought or rented from suppliers in Britain, are listed in this 180-page catalog. Audiovisual materials available include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tapes and teaching kits. Each…

This catalog was designed to accompany an exhibition to celebrate the bicentennials of the Northwest Ordinance and the U.S. Constitution. The exhibition, a collaborative and cooperative effort of 15 midwest organizations, including 9 universities, 3 scholarly libraries, and 3 historical societies, displayed original historical materials in the…

More than 1,000 films, filmstrips, audiotapes and other media that are available without charge to schools and guidance counselors are listed in this 270-page catalog. Listings are classified into one of four categories: career planning, including occupational and educational information; social and personal, including interpersonal relations and…

The findings of a study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a visual display illustrating use of the card catalog in a university library are presented. The evaluation focused on the major goal of the display, which was to provide new information to library users. A questionnaire designed to measure a respondent's knowledge of the various…

This compendium is designed as a reference tool for the identification of nonprint educational materials produced by institutional or nonprint agencies. The main body of the compendium lists materials alphabetically by title in six sections: a) audio cassettes, tape reels, phonodiscs; b) games and simulation; c) motion pictures; d) multimedia; e)…

This is an annotated guide to English language instructional materials useful for both native and non-native speakers of English at primary and secondary levels. Materials relate to and are available in Great Britain; prices and addresses of publishers and suppliers are included. The sections cover: (1) Visual aids specifically designed for…