In 1964 the American Council on Education initiated an internship program for Fellows in Academic Administration. The purpose of the program was to enlarge the number, and to improve the quality of persons available to fill key positions in academic administration. This report presents and compares evaluation and selection information in the third…

This pamphlet presents a few suggestions on how to select a book for a child. A few publications and their addresses are given as sources of guidance in choosing children's books. (DB)

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…

Some persons seek volunteer work actively and participate enthusiastically. Others have to be recruited and motivated to make them successful as volunteer workers. The purpose of this book is to guide the professional staffs and the volunteer leaders of the groups that provide opportunities for volunteers in the best techniques in the selection…

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…

If considered as a commodity, the periodical proliferation may be checked by the economically sound principle of limiting the size of library collections. (Author)

Discusses cost and utility of periodicals in school libraries and suggests ways to promote their use. (PF)

Reviews in detail the book reviewing journals of interest to academic libraries. A bibliography of current and useful selection tools is included. (PF)

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)

The routine use of self-appraisal would improve performance appraisal and serve as a ready, inexpensive source of criterion data against which to validate predictors. (Author/IRT)

Lower cost and less shelf space requirements have made major reference works in miniaturized print editions attractive to small libraries. The major disadvantage is the necessity of a magnifying glass for reading entries. A bibliography of reduced-size editions is included. (JAB)

Warnings against uncritical acceptance of publishers' classroom materials are offered. (MJB)

On comparing lists of titles of journals ranked by citation counting with lists of the same journals, ranked according to frequency of use, it was found that the rank order correlation between the two was low. (Author)