The Electronic Cataloging in Publication Cataloging Partnership Program: A Model for Cooperative Cataloging for the Twenty-First Century

The Library of Congress’ Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program has been in existence for forty years. During this time, the CIP Program has moved from a model where the Library of Congress created all pre-publication metadata for publishers to a partnership where other libraries share in the creation of metadata. This article documents the evolution of the Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership Program. The ECIP Cataloging Partnership Program can be used as a model to leverage limited resources across libraries to the benefit of library users nationwide.     

Identifying ECIP Partner Needs: Survey Results on ECIP Set-Up

Abstract

The Electronic Cataloging in Publication (ECIP) Cataloging Partnership Program began in 2004. It is a collaboration between the Library of Congress (LC) Cataloging in Publication (CIP) Program, publishers, and libraries across the United States. System set-up for the program proved challenging for library partners. A survey was conducted during February 8–March 6, 2018 to learn about ECIP partners’ ECIP set-up experience. The findings show that communication and training documentation are two key elements for the program to be effective and successful. The survey results helped the LC CIP program develop a new and improved ECIP system.     

Graduate teaching assistant perceptions of training programs

This study sought to identify how Communication GTAs rank the importance of various issues and components of GTA training programs. Speech communication GTAs were asked to rate the importance of 12 different non‐instructional concerns and 22 different issues regarding classroom management. GTAs were also presented with an open‐ended question which asked GTAs how training programs could provide the most effective training. Survey results were used to formulate suggestions for how GTA training programs can be organized and conducted.     

Trust or Bust?: Questioning the Relationship Between Media Trust and News Attention

This article establishes the theoretical significance of media trust and explores the relationships between individuals' levels of media trust and news attention. Three distinct types of media trust are introduced: 1) trust of news information, 2) trust of those who deliver the news, and 3) trust of media corporations. The findings indicate that these different types of media trust relate to news attention in distinct ways, specifically when examined across medium. The theoretical significance of the findings are discussed and contextualized in light of an evolving media environment.     

Foreign and Internation Communications

Control of the Direct Broadcast Satellite: Values in Conflict (Aspen Institute Program on Communications and Society, 770 Welsh Rd., Palo Alto, Calif. 94304—$3.00, paper)

Alex S. Edelstein's The Uses of Communication in Decision-Making: A Comparative Study of Yugoslavia and the U. S. (New York: Praeger Special Studies, 1974—$18.50; and available in paperback from School of Communications, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 for $5.00, which is also the source for examination copies)

Victor Ergert's 50 Jahre Rundfunk in Osterreich: Band 1, 1924-1945 (Vienna: Residenz Verlag, 1974—price not known)

Henry Delfiner's Vienna Broadcasts to Slovakia: 1938-1939, A Case Study in Subversion (New York: Columbia University Press, 1974—$10.00)

Journal of the Centre for Advnaced Tevision Studies (The Centre, 15 Prince of Wales Crescent, London NW1 8HA—about $12.00 per year to individuals, but write for their full price list which is complicated and in English pounds)

Independent Broadcasting (Independent Broadcasting Authority, 70 Brampton Rd., London SW 3) may be free (no price is listed)

Raymond Williams' Television: Technology and Cultural Form (London: Fontana/Collins, 1974—$1.75, paper)     

Structure and competition in the U.S. home video game industry

Abstract

The video game industry has continued to grow dramatically over the past decade, cutting into mainstream media in participation and revenues as it becomes part of mainstream media culture. Following the industrial organization model, this paper conceptualizes and systematically analyzes five vertical stages and the key market segments of consoles, handheld and PC‐based games. Genre‐based measures of content show that the different game platforms have varying levels of product diversity, driven by differing levels of risk and rewards. Comparisons in production and distribution are made with other major media. The main conclusion is that the industry is reaching a mature phase with concentration and integration beginning to be found in its stages. A mainstreaming of content is partially countered by a vibrant community of developers, mostly for PC games. As a standard‐based industry, non‐interoperability and network effects continue to play a key role in preserving competition in a field with a shrinking number of firms.     

Radiovision

Radiovision's clarity, power and flexibility no longer need stressing. It is nearly seven years since at the first world conference on educational broadcasting, held in Rome by the European Broadcasting Union, France, Holland, Norway, Sweden, Niger all projected still, bright, large colour pictures as an integral part of a radio broadcast. At that time, in 1961, the combination of tape and strip was not new, and back in the thirties, before the days of tape, Scotland had made experiments with radiovision; before that there were no doubt experiments with gramophone records and lantern slides, and before that lantern lectures.