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44 The Audio-Visual Handbook
typed on a piece of gummed paper and stuck on the card. It is sometimes advisable, also, to indicate the subject for which the picture is best suited, providing an arrangement similar to the following: 75. Sentinel of the Rockies GEOGRAPHY
Glacier National Park North America
Identification and divisions can thus be made by continents, nations, regions, states, etc., as may seem desirable.
Once the filing order is determined — alphabetical or numerical — the pictures should be kept in that order at all times when they are not in use. Carelessness in filing causes inconvenience and waste of time in locating the pictures, thus decreasing the potential value of the material. Pupils can be taught to replace materials properly and the training will be valuable to them in later life.
Distribution of Pictures. If an assortment of pictures has been prepared by a teacher for use in her own subject or room, the problem of distribution does not enter. On the other hand, it is sometimes desirable to centralize the picture collection and make it available to all teachers who might desire to use it. The problem of distribution becomes, then, one of the matters to be given careful consideration. It has been found that when materials are distributed without proper records for checking, much of the material soon becomes lost and the service is impaired.
If the clerical help available is sufficient to permit the pictures to be filed and distributed individually as requested by the teachers, it would be preferable to do so. If such assistance is limited, it will prove economical to arrange the pictures in groups — carefully classified— and loan them to the teachers as units. The teacher may not want to use all the pictures in a group, but can select the desired ones, use these, and return the complete assortment at one time. As suggested previously, it would be desirable to limit the size of any one group of pictures to twenty or twenty-five, as it is seldom that more than that quantity of pictures can be used effectively in a single study or recitation period.
Special Sets of Pictures. Many organizations or agencies offer mounted and unmounted pictures and picture sets for sale. Some have been well organized and carefully selected. Others are simply in miscellaneous arrangement and must be selected and classified by the purchaser. There have been, however, some notable developments in the selection and organization of photographs for educational purposes. The list of picture sources on page 217 should be helpful.