Australia's Public Library System: Its Needs and Potential

This document is the Introduction to the 8^th annual Directory of Australian Public Libraries. It provides a good overview of the dictionary of library information compiled system by system. The second document (Appendix A) is the survey form sent out to all of Australia's public libraries in order to gather the data which is assembled in the 8^th annual Directory. This document shows the questions that elicit a range of individual library system data. Many readers will want to compare this document with the U.S. equivalent.     

The Effect of Perceived Teacher Burnout on Credibility

This study investigated the effect of perceived teacher burnout on perceived teacher credibility. One hundred eighty-two college students were randomly exposed to a written scenario manipulating the level of perceived teacher burnout (high or low) and responded to a scale measuring perceived teacher credibility in reference to the scenario. Results of one-way multivariate analyses of variance indicated that perceived teacher burnout has a negative impact on perceived teacher competence, caring, and trustworthiness. Low-burnout teachers are perceived as more credible than high-burnout teachers.     

Flirting Competence: An Experimental Study on Appropriate and Effective Opening Lines

An experiment was conducted to examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of five flirtatious opening lines enacted by a male participant to initiate conversation with a female participant. Video messages were constructed to represent the following opening lines: direct introductions, direct compliments, humor attempts, cute–flippant lines, and third-party introductions. Participants were 642 college students who viewed one of these five videos and reported on the appropriateness and effectiveness of an opening line after controlling for perceptions of actor physical attractiveness. Results indicated that participants rated the third-party introduction and direct introduction opening lines as the most appropriate, whereas the third-party introduction was perceived as the most effective. Direct compliments, humor attempts, and cute–flippant lines were rated as equally inappropriate and ineffective.     

Competition between the cable and broadcast industries: A niche analysis

The authors show that although there is increasing competition between cable television, broadcast television, and radio, broadcast television remains a strong competitor and has not yet been displaced by cable television in the advertising market. Radio still remains competitive, but not to the degree of broadcast television. The authors suggest that cable television will not rapidly overwhelm and push broadcast industries out of the market.     

Creating Collaborative Workstations for Reference and Public Use in Academic Libraries

ABSTRACT

The current focus on libraries as place involves the collaborative needs of library users for features such as movable furniture, group work areas, and amenities such as coffee shops. Additional attention needs to focus on how the technology infrastructure can support collaborative work in academic libraries. The one-user-one-machine setup common in many academic libraries does not do this. A collaborative workstation that is inexpensive and readily assembled is described along with equipment needs and costs. The impact of such a collaborative workstation for both reference work and public use is discussed.     

Film Bibliographies

Alan R. Dyment's The Literature of the Film: A Bibliographical Guide to the Film as Art and Entertainment 1936-1970 (Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research [London: White Lion Publishers, Ltd.], 1975---$35.00)

Mel Schuster's Motion Picture Performers: A Bibliography of Magazine and Periodical Articles Supplement No. 1 (Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1976---$27.50)

A.G.S. Enser's Filmed Books and Plays: A List of Bpoks and Plays From Which Films Have Been Made 1928-1974 (New York: Academic Press [London: Andre Deutsch], 1975---$24.00)

American Film (December 1975, and January-Bebruary 1976 issues)

Hollis Melton's “Museums with Film Programs,” (Educational Film Library Association, 17 West 60th St., New York 10023---$5.00/$3.00 to members, paper)     

Cable and Educational Media

Mary Louise Hollowell, ed, The Cable/Broadband Communications Book, 1977-1978 (Washington: Communications Press [1346 Connecticut Ave. N.W., 20036], 1977—$16.25 including postage, paper)

1976 NCTA Cable Services Directory (National Cable Television Association, 918 Sixteenth St. NW, Washington D.C. 20006—$4.00, paper)

Regulatinzfable Television Subscriber Rates: A Guide for Local Officials (Cable Television Information Center, Yrban Institute, 2100 M St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20037—$17.50 including postage, paper)

Alan Hancock Planning for Educational Mass Media (London and New York: Longman, 1977—$20.00)

Kenyon C. Rosenberg and John S. Doskey Media Equipment: A Guide and Dictionary (Littleton, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1976—$11.50)     

Commonwealth Media

THE MILITARY AND THE MEDIA by Alan Hooper (Brookfield, Vt.: Gower Publishing, 1982---$38.00)

GOTCHA! THE MEDIA, THE GOVERNMENT AND THE FALKLANDS CRISIS by Robert Harris (London: Faber & Faber/New York: Harper & Row, 1983---$5.95, paper)

THE THIRD AGE OF BROADCASTING edited by Brian Wenham (London: Faber & Faber/New York: Harper & Row, 1982---$5.95, paper)

CHOICE BY CABLE: THE ECONOMICS OF A NEW ERA IN TELEVISION by C.G. Veljanovski and W.D. Bishop (London: The Institute of Economic Affairs, 1983---£2.50, paper)

From the London-based Centre for the Study of Communication and Culture, Robert A. White reports to us on the following recent British studies:

MEDIA LAW IN AUSTRALIA: A MANUAL by Mark Armstrong, et al. (Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1983---price not given, paper)

MAKING A TV SERIES: THE BELLAMY PROJECT by Albert Moran (Paddington, New South Wales: Currency 'ress, 1983---A$14.95, paper)

TELEVISION IN THE EIGHTIES: THE TOTAL EQUATION by Rex Moorfoot (London: BBC Publications/Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press, 1983---$19.95/9.50)

CANADA'S VIDEO REVOLUTION: PAY-TV, HOME VIDEO AND BEYOND by Peter Lyman (Toronto: Lorimer and Co., 1983---$16.95/7.95)

INFORMATION SOCIETY PROGRAM PAPERS (Gamma, Faculty of Management, McGill University, 1001 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Que. H3A 1G5---priced as noted, paper)

AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES (School of English, Western Australian Institute of Technology, Bentley, W.A. 6102---A$15.00 per year/twice yearly)     

Practical Communication Methods

Television Graphics from Pencil to Pixel by Douglas Merritt (New York: Van Nostrand, 1987—$31.95, ISBN 0-442-26469-0)

Footage 89: North American Film and Video Sources (Prelinger Associates, 430 West 14th St., Room 403, New York, NY 10014— $95.00, paper, ISBN 0-927347-01-6)

Modern Radio Production by Lewis O'Donnell, Philip Benoit, and Carl Hausman (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-11622-1)

Stereo Sound for Television by Francis Rumsey (Stoneham, MA: Focal Press, 1989—$24.95, paper, ISBN 0-240-51288-X)

Directing Television and Film by Alan Armer (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1990—price not given, ISBN 0-534-11616-7)

The Use of Microphones by Alec Nisbett (1989, ISBN 0-240-51291-X, 184 pp)

Continuity in Film and Video by Avril Rowlands (1989, ISBN 0-240-51290-1, 161 pp.)

Basic TV Technology by Robert Hartwig (1990, ISBN 0-240-80051-6, 156 pp.)

The Copy Workshop Workbook by Bruce Bendinger (Copy Workshop, 2144 North Hudson, Chicago 60614—$35.00, paper, ISBN 0-9621415-0-X)

Elements of Newspaper Design by Steven E. Ames (New York: Praeger, 1989—$75.00/$19.95, ISBN 0-275-92330-4 hard, 0-275-92464-5 soft)

The Publicity Process edited by Christine Friesleben Goff (Ames: Iowa State University Press, 1989—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-8138-1316-6)

The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print and Sell Your Own Book by Dan Poynter (Para Publishing, P.O. Box 4232, Santa Barbara, CA 93140—$19.95, paper, ISBN 0-915516-66-7)     

Common Carrier

50 TEARS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS REPORTS (Telecommunications Reports, 1036 National Press Building, Washington, D.C. 20045—$100)

THE NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS ERA AFTER THE AT&T DIVESTITURE: THE TRANSITION TO FULL COMPETITION (Practising Law Institute, 810 Seventh Ave, New York 10019—$40.00, paper)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACCESS & PUBLIC POLICY by Alan Bauchcum and Gerald Faulhaber (Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 1984—price not given)

BILINGUAL DICTIONARY OF INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS: 2. TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT by Andy Lauriston and Jocelyne Le Neal (Teleglobe Canada, Language Service, 680 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2S4—$70.00 in Canadian funds)

CELLULAR TELEPHONES: A LAYMAN'S GUIDE by Stuart Crump, Jr. (Blue Ridge Summit, PA: Tab Books, 1985—$9.95, paper)

COMPUTER CRIME, ABUSE, LIABILITY AND SECURITY: A COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY 1970-1984 compiled by Reba A. Best and D. Cheryn Picquet (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 1985—$33.00, paper)