NAEB Newsletter (February 1, 1965)

I. duPont Awards dinner last spring may be obtained by writing to: Curator, Alfred I. duPont Awards Foundation, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia. • Michigan State University has published the eleventh volume of the National Compendium of Televised Education. Lawrence McKune edited the 350-page book of tabulations from over 7500 sources. Copies may be ordered for $4 each from The University of the Air, Kellogg Center, East Lans¬ ing, Michigan. • Education of Homebound or Hospitalized Children, by Frances P. Connor, has been published by Columbia Univer¬ sity’s Teachers College. $1.75 each. • Cross World Books & Periodicals, 333 South Wacker Street, Chicago, has issued a catalog of teaching tools used in Russian schools from kindergarten through college. Ask for Catalog #25, Audio-Visual Educational Materials from USSR. • The American Research Bureau has published a 48-page book, Television Audience Research Basics. ARB’s address is Ammendale Road, Beltsville, Maryland. • The Overseas Service of Belgian Radio and TV has pub¬ lished a revised catalog of transcriptions they can supply free to broadcasting organizations. For information, write: Direc¬ tion des Emissions Mondiales, Radiodiffusion Television Beige, 18, Place Flagey, Bruxelles 5, Belgium. • NAEBer Blake Hunter wrote an article on classroom TV, “Too Much Too Soon,” which appeared in TV Guide for October 10, 1964. • Robert F. Lewis, an NAEBer and electronic engineer for Bell Aerosystems, has written a manual of design and con¬ struction practices for builders of radio and electronic equip¬ ment, covering all phases of construction practices from pre¬ liminary layout procedures to final testing. The illustrated manual is available from the publisher (Radio Publications, Inc., Wilton, Connecticut) at $2.95 plus 15c postage, or from most electronic parts and equipment dealers. Lewis was for¬ merly chief engineer for WFBE-FM, Flint, Michigan. • The EBU Review for November is a special educational broadcasting number and contains much information from the Tokyo school broadcasting conference last spring, including a. write-UD by NAEB Board chairman Richard B. Hull on correspondence courses in association with sound and TV. • Audio-Visual Materials. Selected Resources Annotated for Recreation-Education, Activity Programing and Leadership, a selected list of audio-visual materials for use as a therapeutic recreation service for the chronically ill, the aged, and the handicapped, is available from Comeback, Inc., 16 West 46th Street, New York 36, N. Y., for 25c in coin. • A Parent’s Guide to Children’s Education by Nancy Lar- rick, author of A Parent’s Guide to Children’s Reading and past president of the International Reading Association, is now available in paperback from the Benjamin Company, De¬ partment 275, 600 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., 10020. • Two new bulletins, Young Children and Science, concerned with the awareness and understanding of elementary science concepts of children from two to eight, and Science for the Eights-to-Twelves, are available from the Association for Childhood Education International, 3615 Wisconsin Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C., 20016, for $1.25 each. • The 3M Visual Products Accessories Catalog is available from 3M Visual Products, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55119. • Instructional Television in Western Pennsylvania, edited by C. Walter Stone, is available from the Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213. 93 pp. PLACEMENT POSITIONS AVAILABLE (For information, write Miss Bonnie Decker, Placement Service, at the NAEB office in Washington. In order to be considered through these channels, the reader must be an Individual Mem¬ ber of the NAEB, with credentials on file with the NAEB Placement Service. Non-members can save time by sending the $10 annual dues and $5 Placement registration fee at the time of inquiry.) F-l Southwestern university communications department seeks producer-director in TV and film for graduate and sen¬ ior student original scripts, on-campus closed-circuit ITV and city-wide, 2400 me 4-channel ETV. Possibly teach media theory and history. Teaching experience necessary: MA preferred. $8,000-$10,000 full-time. Rank dependent upon degree and experience. F-2 Producer-director for large Eastern university with rapidly expanding ITV division. Duties include direction of closed- circuit courses in new studio and possibly open-circuit direction of tele-courses. MA and two years experience required. Begin July I, 1965. $6,000 to $7,000. F-3 Sales engineer for leading lighting and control equip¬ ment manufacturer. Some experience in TV lighting and a technical background in mathematics and electricity desirable. Salary and further details upon receipt of ap¬ plicant's resume. F-4 Midwestern university seeks two producer-directors to be¬ come involved in expanding broadcast and closed-circuit activities. Excellent opportunity for creative and ener¬ getic individuals. Experience and MA degree preferable, but not essential. Salary commensurate with experience and education. Open immediately. F-5 Middle-Atlantic ETV station desires experienced creative design director to take charge of design department. Must be thoroughly qualified to administer department. $7,500 to $8,000. F-6 Director of radio-TV broadcasting for private Southern college, to be responsible for developing physical fa¬ cilities, programing, radio-TV production, and supervis¬ ing FM radio station personnel. Background in speech and/or drama and teaching experience necessary. Sal¬ ary and rank depend upon candidate's degrees and ex¬ perience. F-7 Protestant film producer located in major southeastern city has imminent openings for one/two cinematograph¬ ers/film editors. Must be well-versed in all phases of film production. Salary open, but comparable to private industry standards. F-8 Set designer and graphic artist for ETV operation. Re¬ quires good concept of visual display, set design, stag¬ ing, interior decorating. Midwestern college of 10,000- plus enrollment. $5,000 per year; good fringe benefits. F-9 Young man to teach undergraduate radio-TV courses and dot as producer-director on open and closed-circuit TV for well-established Midwestern university. Ph.D. pre¬ ferred but MA considered. Position to begin June or September, 1965. Salary open. F-10 Position available September, 1965, for individual to supervise new lOw educational FM station at large Midwestern university. Experience in educational radio broadcasting mandatory: coimmercial experience help¬ ful. May teach fundamentals of speech section. Rank and salary open. Background in creative production and/or research desirable. F-l I Northeastern state college has imminent need for a di¬ rector of institutional resources to develop A-V and TV facilities and equipment for use in the instructional pro¬ gram. Ph.D. or Ed.D. required: college teaching ex¬ perience and administrative ability desired. $ 13,950- $16,010 for 12 months. F-12 Same institution seeks top-flight producer-director to work with faculty in preparing televised instructional programs for CCTV system. Ph.D. or Ed.D. preferred; experience in college teaching and in TV production necessary. Salary open. F-13 New ETV station in south-Atlantic state seeks two ex¬ perienced staffers: a TV cameraman and a traffic/con¬ tinuity writer. Both positions offer great potential. Prefer experienced woman for latter, but will accept qualified applicant with writing ability. Salaries open. 4 NEWSLETTER