This manual outlines objectives, functions, and methods for establishing national bibliographic control as part of the development of a worldwide system for the control and exchange of bibliographic information. Chapters cover: (1) definitions of bibliographic control and related concepts including Universal Bibliographic Control (UBC) and…

Compiled from responses to a questionnaire sent to producers and distributors of spoken-word recordings by the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, this reference circular lists 53 selected sources for purchasing or renting fiction and nonfiction spoken-word recordings on disc and cassette. Subjects and types of…

Intended to assist developing countries in the essential task of preserving historical records and, therefore, deliberately oriented towards economy and a low level of technology, this study provides an outline of currently accepted standards that archivists in developing countries, especially those in tropical areas, can apply to their own…

Telecommunications policy makers in Western Europe face the dilema of satisfying public demand for a wider range of television viewing alternatives without sacrificing national cultural integrity. The Dutch Parliament addressed this problem in 1984, 1985, and 1986 as it approved steps to implement the "Medianota," the comprehensive…

"Text and Performance Quarterly" (TPQ) is the new name (beginning 1989) of a journal that started in 1980 under the name "Literature in Performance." This partial (promotional) issue of "TPQ" consists of a single article from the January 1989 issue that briefly explains the background and scope of the re-defined…

Over 700 reference materials, songbooks, and recordings on pop, rock, country, folk, blues, and soul music from the 1950s to the present are listed. The bibliography was compiled because the study of popular music is becoming increasingly important to disciplines such as history, communications, and popular culture as well as music. Entries are…

Designed to provide the librarian with suggestions and guidelines for storing and preserving audiovisual materials, this pamphlet is divided into four major chapters: (1) Normal Use Storage Conditions; (2) Natural Lifetime, Working Lifetime and Long-Term Storage; (3) Handling; and (4) Shelving of Normal Use Materials. Topics addressed include:…

Developed in the spring of 1985 by a special task force of instructors, this bibliography lists sources to aid in teaching literature. Items are listed in the following categories: (1) books and articles that provide practical classroom applications for teaching literature, (2) books that provide a theoretical framework for the teaching of…

The history of copyright legislation is traced from 1476 to 1984, with particular emphasis on the copyright of such nonprint material as computer software and programs, sound recordings, and videorecordings. A review of the history covers the Statute of Anne (1710) and English common law through the various Copyright Acts of the United States…

This document presents a series of vignettes (or mini-case studies) which describe specific media-related activities which have been implemented with primary, intermediate, and junior high school students. The vignettes are, for the most part, presented in the teachers' own words, and provide ideas for using both print and nonprint materials to…

The resources in this bibliography are predominantly written from an Asian American point of view. They were compiled in an attempt to counter misconceptions and "faulty scholarship" that has prevailed in Asian American studies. The bibliography is divided into six areas. Each section is prefaced by a brief historical and contemporary perspective…

This evaluative study reports on the first year of operation of the audiovisual resources center in the Brownless Medical Library of the University of Melbourne. During a representative week in each of three terms in 1978, every user of the center was requested to complete a comprehensive questionnaire. In addition, a staff questionnaire was…

This handbook is designed to assist in the cataloging and inventorying of instructional materials purchased with Title II ESEA and other funds. With the emphasis being placed on the development of Instructional Media Centers in Utah Schools, the increased funds becoming available through federal and state legislation, and the necessity of properly…

A task force of librarians and audiovisual specialists produced this set of nonprint media guidelines. It is aimed at resolving the differences among the several guidelines currently available for the cataloging of nonprint materials and at establishing a media code suitable for both manual and automated systems. Rather than being tailored to the…

The problems and prospects faced by involving the nonprint informational units in interlibrary communication and information networks are described. Nonprint materials are defined as those materials not totally dependent on the printed word for meaning. Nonprint materials were further identified as storage devices for information or…