Broadcasting and Cable

Sydney W. Head's Broadcasts in America: A Survey of Television and Radio (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1976--- price not given but about $16.00)

Barcus, two studies of children's television program content

Stuart Hood's The Professions: Radio and Television (North Pomfret, Vt.: David and Charles, 1975---$9.95)

Televisions (Washington Community Video Center, P.O. Box 21068, Washington D.C. 20009---bimonthly/510 for individuals, $15 for institutions)

Cable Television: Promise versus Regulatory Performance (Washington: House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Submommittee on Communications, Committee Print, January 1976---free on request to the Committee Clerk)

“Developing Legal Issues in Cable Communications,” The Catholic University of America Law Review 24:675-898 (Summer 1975)     

House of Representatives

House Reports (committee prints are listed under specific committees)

Aging, Select Committee on. Televised Advertising and the Elderly: Hearings (January 1978, Serial 95-128, 274 pp.)

Appropriations, Committee on

Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs, Committee on. To Amend the Electronic Funds Transfer Act: Hearings (May 1979, Serial 96-15, 152 pp.)

Education and Labor, Committee on. Oversight Hearin on Federal Library Programs (April 1979, 75 pp.)

Foreign Affairs, Committee on. Authoriinc Appropriations for Fiscal Years 1980-81 for the Department of Stated the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting: Hearings (February 1979, 315 pp.)

Government Operations, Committee on

House Administration, Committee on. Information Policy: Public Laws from the 95th Congress (January 1979, Committee Print, 22 pp.)

Intelligence, Permanent Select Committee on. The CIA and the Media: Hearings (December 1977, January, June 1978, 627 pp.)

Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on. (Subcommittee on Communications)

Judiciary, Committee on

Post Office and Civil Service, Committee on

Science and Technology, Committee on

Ways and Means, Comm1ttee on. Administration of the Antidumping Act of 1921: Hearings (September 1978, Serial 95-114, 332 pp.)     

Regulation,Politics and Media

Paul P. Ashley's Say it Safely: Legal Limits in Publishing, Radio, and Television (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1976—$9.50)

David E. Price, The Commerce Committees: A Study of the House and Senate Commerce Committees ($16.50, 358 pp.)

Peter N. Schuck, The Judiciary Committees: A Study of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees ($16.50, 446 pp.)

Harry R. Olsson, Jr.'s Legal and Business Problems of Television and Radio (Practicing Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave., New York 10019—$20.00, paper)

Robert Agranoff's The Management of Election Campaigns (Boston: Holbrook Press, 1976—price not given)     

Broadcast Programming and Management

George Dessart's Television in the Real World: A Case Study Course in Broadcast Management (New York: Hastings House, 1978—$16.50/8.95)

Howard W. Coleman's Case Studies in Broadcast Management (New York: Hastings House, 1978—$10.75/4.95)

Joseph S. Johnson and Kenneth K. Jones' Modern Radio Station Practices (Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth Publishing Co., 1978—$12.95)

Charles Clift and Archie Greer, eds. Broadcast Programming: The Current Perspective (University Press of America, 4710 Auth Place, S.E., Washington, D.C. 20023— price not given, paper)

Rose K. Goldsen's The Show and Tell Machine: How Television Works and Works You Over (New York: Dial Press, 1978—$10.00)

Ben Logan, ed. Television Awareness Training for New Awareness, New Decisions, New Action (Media Action Research Center, Inc., 475 Riverside Drive, New York, N.Y. 10027—$8.50, paper, including mailing)

Lee Polk and Lda LeShan's The Incredible Television Machine (New York: Macmillan, 1977—$6.95)

Mary Livingstone Benny, Hilliard Marks and Marcia Borie's Jack Benny (New York: Doubleday, 1978—$10.00)     

Copyright and Regulation

Information Hotline, “Special Copyright Issue, (November 1976)“ (Science Associates/International, Inc., 1841 Broadway, New York 10023—$8.50, paper, with a discount scale for bulk purchase)

Copyright Revision Act of 1976: Law, Explanation, Committee Reports (Commerce Clearing House, Inc., 4025 West Peterson Ave., Chicago, Ill. 60646—$12.50, paper)

Media Law Reporter has come to light since the brief note in the January issue (see 8:52)

Robert Trager and Donna L. Dickerson's College Student Press Law (NCCPA Publications, School of Journalism, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio 45701—$5.00, paper)

William Ruckelshaus and Elie Abel, eds. Freedom of the Press (Washington: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 1976—$2.50, paper)

Richard Olin Berner's Constraints on the Regulatory Process: A Case Study of Regulation of Cable Television (Cambridge, Mass.: Ballinger Publishing Co., 1976—price not given, but about $15.00)     

Broadcast Journalism

Thomas R. Asher and J. Victor Hahn's Broadcast Media Guide for Candidates (Washington: Media Access Project, 1910 N Street N.W., 1974—price not given, but about $3.00, paper).

Bruce Herschensohn's The Gods of Antenna (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1975—$7.95)

Robert M. Batscha's Foreign Affairs News and the Broadcast Journalist (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1975-$15.00)

Stanley Field's The Mini-Documentary: Serializing TV News (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: Tab Books, 1975—$12.95)

Walter Winchell's Winchell Exclusive (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1975—$8.95)     

P-value Club: Teaching Significance Level on the Dance Floor

Courses: Beginning research methods and statistics courses, as well as advanced communication courses that require reading research articles and completing research projects involving statistics

Objective: Students will understand the difference between significant and nonsignificant statistical results based on p-value     

Media Nostalgia

Frank Buxton and Bill Owen's The Big Broadcast: 1920-1950 (New York: Viking Press, 1972---$12.95)

Summers' A Thirty-Year History of Programs Carried on National Radio Networks in the United States (1958: reprinted by Arno Press, 1971---$10.00)

Hello Again (Mr. Jay Hickerson, 6 Koczak Court, North Haven, Conn. 06473)

Mary E. Bickel's George W. Trendle: An Authorized Biography (Jericho, N.Y.: Exposition Press, 1972---$5.00)

Joe Morella, Edward Z. Epstein, and Eleanor Clark's Those Great Movie Ads (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972--- $14.95)

Ron Goulart's Cheap Thrills: an Informal History of the Pulp Magazines (New Rochelle, N.Y.: Arlington House, 1972---$7.95)     

United States Senate

Senate Reports (committee prints listed under speel7c committees)

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, Committee on. Electronic Funds Transfer and Financial Privacy: Hearings (April-May 1978, 644 pp.)

Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Committee on

Foreign Affairs, Committee on. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981 (March 1979, 282 pp.)

Government Affairs, Committee on

Judiciary, Committee on the

Science and Yechnology, Committee on. 7.22i -2chnolpo ::erlrLhgs (October 1973, Serial 95-138, 128 pp.)

Small Business, Select. Committee on. Government Patent Policies: Institutional Patent Agreement (May-June 1978)     

Broadcast Journalism

Edwin Diamond's Good News, Bad News (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1978---S12.50)

Laurily Keir Epstein, ed. Women and the News (New York: Hastings House, 1978---$12.50)

Gates, Gary Paul. Air Time: The Inside Story of CBS News (New York: Harper & Row, 1978---$12.95)

Barrett, Marvin. Rich News, Poor News: The Sixth Alfred I. duPont--Columbia University Survey of Broadcast Journalism (New York: Crowell, 1978---$12.95/ 5.95)

General Communications (partial list of contents)     

Broadcasting in General

Erik Barnouw's The Image Empires A History of Broadcasting in the United States From 1953 (Oxford University Press, $9.75)

Howard Koch's The Panic Broadcast (Little, Brown & Co., $4.95)

Howard W. Coleman's Caso Studios in Broadcast Management (Hastings House, $4.95)

Joe McGinniss' The Soiling of the President 1963 (Pocket Books, $1.25)

Alexander Kendrick's Prime Time: The Life of Edward R. Murrow (Avon, $1.65)

Nicholas Johnson's How To Talk Back to Your Television Set (Bantam, $1.25)

Herbert C. Kelman and Raphael S. Ezekiel's Cross-National Encounters (Jossoy-Bass (San Fransisco), $10.50)

Victor Gold's The Enemies He Has Made (Arlington House)

Bon Bagdikian's The Information Machine (Harper & Row)

Chester, Garrison, and Willis' Television and Radio (Appleton-Century-Crofts)     

Broadcasting

Kas Kalba's City Meets the Cable: A Case Study in Technoloqical Innovation and Community Decision-Making.

Anthony Piepe, Miles Emerson, and Judy Lannon's Television and the Working Class (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books/D.C. Heath, 1975—$14.50).

Lawrence W. Lichty's Broadcast program and Audience Analysis and its related Workbook (American Printing and Publishing Inc., 2909 Syene Road, Madison, Wisc. 53713— about $13.50, paper, two loose-leaf volumes without binders).

Robert L. Hilliard's Writing for Television and Radio (New York: Hastings House, 1976—$16.50 with a paperback text edition available for which no price was given).

Robert L. Hilliard and Hyman H. Field's Television and the Teacher: A Handbook for Classroom Use (New York: Hastings House, 1976—$5.95 paper).

Chuck Anderson's Video Power: Grassroots Television (New York: Praeger, 1975— $7.95).     

Journalistic and other Media Writing Guides

John Hohenberg's The Professional Journalist (New York: Holt, Rinehart CI Jinston, 1978—price not given)

Griffith, John L., and Edward G. Weston. Programmed Newswriting (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978—$4.50, paper)

Blanche G., and Wayne A. Danielson. Programmed News Style (Prentice Hall, 1978—$4.98, paper)

Lee, Robert, and Robert Misiorowski, Script Models: A Handbook for the Media Writer (New York: Hastings House, 1978—$8.95/4.50)

Hall, Mark W. Broadcast Journalism: An. Introduction to News Writing (New York: Hastings House, 1978—$7.95/4.95)

Bolch, Judith, and Kay Miller. Investigative and In-Depth Reporting (New York: Hastings House, 1978—$9.50)

Williams, Paul N. Investigative Reporting and Editing (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, 1978—price not given)

Kelley, Jerome E. Magazine Writing Today (Cincinnati, Ohio: Writer's Digest, 1978—$9.95)

Nelson, Roy Paul. Articles and Features (Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1978—price not given)

Pearsall, Thomas E., and Donald H. Cunningham, How to Write for the World of Work (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston l978—price not given),

Mills, Gordon H., and John A. Walker, Technical Writing (New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1978—price not given)     

Broadcasting management: A report from the APBE‐NAB employment study

The report that follows is based on one section of People in Broadcasting, the initial report of a research study by the Association for Professional Broadcasting Education and the National Association of Broadcasters, Data processing and reporting were supervised by Mr. James H. Hulbert, Manager of Broadcast Personnel and Economics for the NAB. Processing of the new data has only just been started. Volunteers with suggestions for further analysis are urged to write Dr. Glenn Starlin c/o the Journal. An introductory article to this study appeared in the Spring issue.     

The “Open House,” an Effective Library Public Relations and Instruction Tool

Summary

This article presents the Open House as a viable public relations and instruction technique to introduce incoming students to basic library facilities and services in a fun and relaxing atmosphere. An overriding goal of the Open House is to empower participating students with the self-sufficiency skills that will allow them to smoothly navigate the library on their own. Includes a comprehensive blueprint for detailing successes, innovations, and pitfalls. Outlines the specific steps to take regarding fundraising and donation solicitation. Ultimately, an Open House event can strengthen a library's outreach potential; an important-yet often neglected-facet of academic librarianship.     

Broadcasting

Jay Hoffer's Organization and Operation of Broadcast Stations (Blue Ridge Summit, Pa., TAB Books, $12.95)

Neil Terrell's The Power Technique of Radio-TV Copywriting (same source, $9.95)

Lincoln Diamant's Television's Classic Commercials: The Golden Years, 1948-1958 (Hastings House, $14.50)

Schools and Cable Television (National Education Association, Division of Educational Technology—Sales Section, 1201 Sixteenth St., N.W, Washington D.C. 20036, $2.25)

Television: The Business Behind the Box (Harcourt, Brace Javonovich, $8.95)

Ron Lackmann's Remember Television (Putnam, $7.95)

Don R. Le Duc and Thomas A. McCain's The F.R.C. in Federal Court: A Guide to Original Source Decisions (University of Wisconsin Department of Communication Arts, free on request)

Hal Kanter's Snake in the Grass (Delacorte, $6.95)

The Video Cassette: Looking for a Home (Quantum Science Corporation, $275.00)     

Making Sense of Researcher Services

ABSTRACT

Researcher services have proliferated in recent years and numerous free or fee-based sites now promise increased visibility and impact for authors or contributors of publications and other research products. Not all services have the same goals, however, and it can be difficult to know with which services researchers should engage. In this article we establish three categories (author/researcher identification, academic/professional networking, and reference/citation management) and examine nineteen services that fit into those categories.

Column Editor's Note This JLA column posits that academic libraries and their services are dominated by information technologies, and that the success of librarians and professional staff is contingent on their ability to thrive in this technology-rich environment. The column will appear in odd-numbered issues of the journal, and will delve into all aspects of library-related information technologies and knowledge management used to connect users to information resources, including data preparation, discovery, delivery and preservation. Prospective authors are invited to submit articles for this column to the editor at kenning.arlitsch@montana.edu     

The European Union CASA (Co-Operative Archive of Serials and Articles) Project

Abstract

CASA is a project to develop a European metacatalog of serials and articles for both professional users (such as ISSN centers, bibliographic agencies, union catalogs, libraries, and publishers) and end users. The ISSN network will be the nucleus of the project, with ISSN centers being able to take advantage of telematic applications to exchange data, but union catalogs will also benefit. Moreover, users will be able to access a serials services directory, allowing them to find articles and supplying them with value-added data.     

Fan mail to Liberace

Although stations, networks and advertisers spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on various rating services and audience measurement surveys, they often overlook a gold mine of voluntarily submitted feedback from their audience: the fan letter. It is true that the “pan” letter condemning a program often gets inordinate attention on decision‐making levels, but the run‐of‐the‐mill fan letter, if properly analyzed, can provide a wealth of information about the effect of a program upon its audience. Charles Winick is author of Taste and the Censor in Television (an Occasional Paper for the Fund for the Republic) and numerous articles in publications dealing with the mass media, such as Gazette, and the Journal op Broadcasting (“Censor and Sensibility,” Spring, 1962). Dr. Winick is a research psychologist and children's television program consultant at NBC who has taught and conducted research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia University and New York University.     

BEST OF THE LITERATURE

Abstract

Welcome to the new “Best of the Literature” column of Public Services Quarterly. Every issue of this column will provide a survey of the best of the recent library literature either on a particular topic within public services (as with this first column on services to distance learners) or on public services broadly conceived. I hope that this column can highlight library literature that deserves to be read by every public services librarian. Ideally, readers of the column and I will collaborate to select the best of the literature. In that spirit, suggestions for great articles or special topics are always welcome.