Travel Report: Kosovo and Macedonia,April 9–20, 2012

The author, the Library of Congress librarian responsible for Albanian materials, describes a trip he and a fellow staff member made to Kosovo and Macedonia in April 2012. The trip was funded by the US Department of State, and the two gave lectures on library-related topics.     

Travel Report: Kyiv and L'viv,Ukraine, April 21–29, 2012

This article reports on a trip taken by the author, a Library of Congress reference librarian responsible for Ukraine, to Kyiv and L'viv, Ukraine, April 21–29, 2012. The trip was sponsored by the American Council for International Education and the US Department of State.     

Trip Report: Moscow and Krasnoiarsk,Russia, October 1–12, 2010

In this article, the author describes his participation in a conference in Krasnoiarsk on Gennadii Vasil'evich Iudin; in a meeting in Moscow on the Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection of color photographs; and in a meeting on Russian émigré publications at the Russkoe zarubezh'e [Russian emigration] library in Moscow.     

Dag Hammarskjöld Library (DHL) Website: United Nations,Department of Public Information,New York

《Journal of Government Information》2000,27(3):393-395

A Review of “Nations of the World: A Political,Economic, and Business Handbook”

This case study presents the revision of an upper-division one-shot instruction session to include an online tutorial that introduces students to business information sources prior to the library session. In order to complete the assignment and prepare for the library session, students are prompted to find specific information using the given resource, and then consider questions regarding the information retrieved. Students in a 3000-level business writing class responded positively to the activity while providing a good amount of material to inform further iterations of the assignment.     

Conference Report: Seventh IUdin Readings,Krasnoiarsk, Siberia,October 9–12, 2012

The article describes a conference held in Krasnoiarsk, Siberia, Russia, October 9–12, 2012, devoted to Russian bibliography, book studies, and the library collections of Gennadii Vasil'evich IUdin (1840–1912).     

Travel Report: Moscow,St. Petersburg,and Vladimir Province,Russia August 31–September 14, 2011

The article describes a research trip to Russia in September 2011. Activities focused on three Russian collections at the Library of Congress: the Iudin Collection, the Prokudin-Gorskii Photograph Collection, and the Russian Imperial Collection.     

Robert S. Fortner,Radio Morality and Culture: Britain,Canada, and the United States, 1919�1945

Three pioneer radio rating services contributed to the development of basic audience measurement concepts, which have become part of a standardized ratings vocabulary. Archibald Crossley gave to radio and, later TV measurement, its most basic term, rating. Claude E. Hooper made Hooperatings a part of the nation's vocabulary and contributed the available audience base and the average minute rating. Arthur Nielsen Sr., designed the first probability sample. In the long term, Nielsen's most important innovation was his projectable ratings. As a result, Nielsen championed CPM theory, which tied advertising prices to audience size. Nielsen also was the first to provide a wealth of analytical detail, such as reach, frequency, and audience flow.