Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

News people organizations events Plan June Conference On 'AV And Libraries' A three-day conference on "AudioVisual Services and the School Library Program" will be held on the Columbia University campus on June 27-29, 1961, under the joint sponsorship of the Columbia University School of Library Service and Teachers College, Columbia University. The conference will discuss the status of audiovisual communication in contemporary society; the findings of research in the areas of audiovisual instruction and learning; recent trends and experimentation in the use of newer media of communication in schools, including television and teaching machines. The conference will provide for group meetings, in which conference particpants can discuss problems, techniques and experences. These groups, each under the leadership of a consultant, will be organized for the following: directors of instructional materials in city and county .school systems; elementary school librarians and teachers; junior high school librarians and teachers; senior high school librarians and teachers; and faculty members and librarians in departments or schools of library service and edixcation. The fee for the conference will be $20, and further information may be obtained from the university, New York City, 27. H. Herb Myers 1898-1961 The tragic crash of a jet airliner in Brus.sels took the life of one of the most outstanding leaders in the audiovisual education industry. "Herb" Myers was the universally respected president of the Charles Beseler Company, a post ho had held for the past 17 years. A peer among the very top circles of the industry, he maintained at all times a unique personal rapport with individual users of his product, especially the overhead projector. He was known to interrupt a long auto trip with a completely unplanned stop at some wayside schoolhouse to visit with the teacher and, if invited to do so, put on a demonstration of what could be done with audiovisuals. He was especially concerned with Wis! Sixth graders in the leUoii School, Lennox, (iulil., ualeli llie pieniiire of llie first laboratory seienee elass in the eoinitry to lie telecast over a closed circuit to sixth f^raders. The Lennox School District is also the first in the country to own an educational (^(ITV system. Pioneered hy Or. Gerald Dart, Superintendent of the Lennox School District, and I'ackard-Bell, who designed, manufactured and installed the equipment, the Lennox system cost aliout one-third the price of any school ('.(ITV system heretofore installed, it was said. improvement of services to education rendered by field representatives of his and other companies. He served for many years on the board of governors of the NAVA Sales Training Institute and frequently taught classes at the annual seminars at Indiana University. He is survived by his wife, Lee, his daughter, Mrs. Ruth Berman, and his son, Marty, upon whom will devolve the leadership of this veteran AV firm. U. of Texas Station Goes On Full Week Schedule KUT-FM, student-operated educational radio station at the University of Texas, began seven-day-a-wqj^ operation on February 19. ^M Addition of Sunday broadcasting to ' the previous six-day schedule means approximately 450 more air hours per year for the station. KUT-FM went on the air in the fall of 19.58 as a five-day-a-week station. Operating with a power of 4,400 watts, the station beams a strong signal throughout the Austin area. UCLA To Hold Workshop On ETV July 10-28 Rudy Bretz, liead of educational television at UCLA, will supervise a summer workshop on "Television in Education" for University Extension from July 10 through July 28. The workshop will cover many phases of education television, including the national picture in instructional television, production of instructional televison programs, le.s.son planning on TV^ operation of ecjuipment. teaching before the cameras, production techniques and visual aids. Field trips will be conducted to nearby closed-circuit installations in the Los Angeles area and workshop project; will be tailored to meet the individua/ needs of each workshop member, i; was said. Photo Society Announces Photoessay, Slide Contests Two competitions for makers of co]tl or slide sequences— a photoessay coal test and a travel slide contest— hav^l been announced by the Color Divil sion of the Photographic Society o\ America (PSA). (Continued on page 166) 164 Educational Screen' and Audiovisual Guide — April, 196