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CENTER SERVES THE WHOLE COMMUNITY
it serves. This community consists of all public, private, and parochial schools, and several hundred adult community groups, clubs, and organizations in the Wayne County area outside of Detroit. The Center's services are also available to a nimiber of county institutions.
.Approximately 80 per cent of the .\udio-Visual Center's films are used by schools for instruction. The films may be picked up at the Center or mailed to the user. For classroom use, films are usually booked for a three-day period. Thus, a teacher or group leader can preview the film, use it, and possibly re-use it in the time allotted. If the user can arrange to pick up and return materials to the Center, a week's loan is possible with no additional cliarge. .At the present time, about 50 per cent of the circulation is on a "pick-up and return" basis.
.\s this flexible service has become known to the community, users have been requesting the Center's materials on a one to three week advance notice. Since many fdm sources book a year ahead of use, the Center's scheduling and circidation organization works toward more realistic planning and more effective use of instructional films. Helping to make more films available when needed is accomplished by use of phone contact. Teachers can call directly into the Center and in 95 cases out of 100 they can be assured of receiving their films when needed. Orders for schools are handled only through the Center while community groups may order through the Center or the branch libraries.
The Wayne County Library, AudioVisual Center, selects films for its collection on a cooperative basis where possible. -Assisting in making decisions in this connection are the consultants from the Wayne County Board of Education, and many administrators and teachers from the county. \ special group of branch libraries has been organized to assist in the selection of films on the adult level. Films which are ultimately made available represent those which are considered the best from a wide range of viewpoints and subject matter interests.
Keeping the .schools and community organizations informed as to available materials is a large and important service. Through direct mailings to schools (Continued on page 97 j
Here Richard Missig, film inspector at the Audio-Visual Center, is handling recently returned films.
A local teacher requests and gets a film from Dorothy Prince, Audio-Visual Center secretary.
Here a group of rural post office drivers see a driver safety film ot the Audio-Visual Center. This is typical of community groups served by the Center.