Three papers and a brief report on audiovisual services and the agencies providing them in three countries of western Europe include: (1) "National Service to Public Libraries in the Field of Audiovisual Media: The Situation in the Netherlands," by Ed Spruit, who discusses problems concerned with the inclusion of audiovisual media in…

This mediagraphy is a compilation of items considered to be pro-gay in content and outlook, i.e., the works consider homosexuality to be neither better nor worse than heterosexuality. The section on methodology discusses problems encountered while searching literature guides to collect the materials and clarifies the terminology used in the…

This review of the manner in which audiovisual materials are treated in current national library legislation in the Scandinavian countries examines public library legislation enacted in Denmark, Norway, and Finland, and school library legislation in Denmark in terms of their provision for and funding of audiovisual materials. Basic considerations…

This report presents responses to a questionnaire regarding circulation of educational media in public schools from 76 school districts, 42 counties, and 57 regional and cooperative agencies, with a special section on controversial materials. The survey presents budgeting information by sources; profiles of collections; circulation of videotapes;…

Presented are guidelines for publicizing educational programs through various media. Among the approaches considered are news releases, exhibits, brochures, radio talk shows, and television public service announcements. The manual provides a brief overview of each medium along with the specific mechanics of preparing material such as posters, news…

This study of nonprint media censorship focuses on the American Library Association's position, follows up actual censorship cases, and examines selected libraries' attitudes and policies toward nonprint materials. It concludes that a "primacy of print" attitude has established a de facto form of censorship, and recommends seven correctional…

In response to current developments in library collections, this 1972 revision gives greater coverage of multi-media materials than the 1969 manual. For the abstract of the entire manual and availability of the earlier edition see ED 047 741. (Author/NH)

The need to change the conventional library into a learning resource center is stressed. With the learning resources concept, instructors will be more prone to look upon media not with the idea of why it should be used in teaching, but how it can be used in order to do a more effective job of teaching. The effective use of media will necessarily…

This manual serves as a guide to the organization of library collections for Ball State University students in the graduate school of library science. The manual presents, in a concise manner, methods and card forms used in establishing bibliographic controls over a library collection. It is intended that the manual will be used in conjunction…

The Workshop was held to promote the use and encourage the exchange of information on the techniques of audiovisual librarianship and to develop these techniques. A forum was provided for discussion and exchange of views on the subject. Various aspects of the control, storage and exploitation of media are discussed in the five papers which range…

Rock 'n' Roll as a form of electronic communication is central to youth culture. There are procedural rules similar to grammatical structures which allow meaningful interpretation of this musical experience. As new forms of communication appear both youth culture and the meaning of music are altered to encompass the changes. (VM)

Discusses the need for formal bibliographic policies in all libraries, and suggests that such policies should encompass standardization of bibliographic products, compatibility with bibliographic utility standards, determination of users' needs, cataloging of nonprint media, subject cataloging, and shelving practices. (CLB)

Teenage consumers question the priorities of the media. They: (1) regard the media as another institution against young people; (2) avoid it because they find it depressing, (3) challenge time allocated for sports and weather, (4) question emphasis on violence, and lack of concern for details and fairness; and (5) advocate a reversal in the role…

Reports findings of interindexer consistency tests--quantitative measure of degree to which indexers agree in assignment of terms representing subject contents of document--on print materials, which may be generalizable to indexing of visual materials. Results of interindexer consistency test on nonspecialists indexing pictorial art works are…

Presents the full text of the recently expanded criteria for the selection of nonprint media for the reading curriculum approved by the board of directors of the International Reading Association. (HOD)