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

A-V Conference of Medical & Allied Sciences Religious A-V Workshop The veterinarian, the dentist, the pharmacist, the surgeon, the physician, the nurse, and the hospital administrator are users of audio-visual materials both as teachers and as practitioners. National organizations of these teachers and practitioners have seen fit to include the special problems of A-V communication as association responsibilities either through special departments or committees. In many cases the existence of such departments was not known to similar departments in closely related fields. In 1953 representatives of these groups met to find out about each other and agreed that the relationship should continue by means of an annual conference. This conference is to be held at such a time and place that members might benefit from the programs of existing associations such as the Educational Film Library Association and the Trade Show of the National Audio-Visual Association. The original purposes of the Conference were established as: a) To exchange information on the A-V programs of member organizations, and b) To discover, disseminate and exchange descriptive and evaluative information on A-V materials and their application as related to the medical and allied sciences. Membership in the A-V Conference is limited to two representatives each from national nonprofit and nongovernmental associations or groups devoting resources to A-V materials and programming in the medical and allied fields. Included is representation from the Canadian Film Institute and the National Film Board of Canada. The present elected officers are J. Edwin Foster, Director of the Medical Audio-Visual Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges; Miss Helaine Levin, Film Librarian, American Dental Association; and Daryl Miller, Assistant Director, Motion Pictures and Medical Television, American Medical Association. The Conference is a one-day meeting, this year to be held on July 22nd. The topics for discussion include: a review of the 1956-57 programs of the member associations, developments in TV, bottlenecks in A-V use and how they can be broken, and an analysis of the Golden Reel (FCA) winner. L h> R. Daryl Miller, Assistont Director, Motion Pictures and Medical Television, American Medical Association; Miss He Laine Levin, Film Librarian, American Dental Association; J. Edwin Foster, Director of the Medical AudioVisual Institute of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Sunday, July 21, 1957 All who are interested in the best use of religious audio1 visuals are cordially invited to attend the big coming I event — the Religious Audio-Visual Conference to be held , on July 21, 1957 in conjunction with the National Audioi Visual Association Trade Show. The program will begin ; at 11:00 A. M. with a worship service arranged by the I National Council, Dept. of A-V and Broadcast Education. The use of audio-visual materials is emphasized, the , visualized sermon being a presentation of the new Broadi casting & Film Commission release, BROKEN MASK, i From 2:00 to 3:00 P.M. there will be a session devoted to age level use of audio visuals with demonstrations by Mrs. I Lee Lenzen, Director of Pre-School Education for the' Flossmoor Community Church, Flossmoor, Illinois, Mrs. : Virginia Smallman, Children's and Youth Worker for the ; Rock River Conference of the Methodist Church, Rev. ! Wendell Eller, Director of Audio-Visuals for the Church I of the Brethren, and Rev. Milton Heitzman, minister of the First Congregational Church of Beardstown, Illinois, and i formerly Associate Secretary of the Department of A-V and ! Broadcast Education of the National Council of Churches. ; Then, the moderator for the afternoon, who will be ! Dr. J. J. McCracken, Associate Secretary of the National Council of Presbyterian Men, will lead a panel of selected i producers in a discussion of "Who's Producing What — and ! Why?" After a reception at 4:00 P. M. registrants will be > at liberty to visit the Trade Show until 7:00 P. M. when I Rev. Donald Kliphardt, Administrative Assistant of the I Department of A-V and Broadcast Education of the Na' tional Council of Churches will conduct a demonstration \ of the evaluation process used in compiling their Audio1 Visual Resource Guide. This will be followed by previews of new materials as time permits. Registration badges I (NAVA, EFL.4, etc.) will admit wearers to this Religious i A-V Conference, as its badges, reciprocally, admit wearers to open sessions of these groups and to the Trade Show. The Worship Service program has been arranged by the Department of A-V and Broadcast Education at national headquarters in New York, but since that department ; moved from Chicago all local arrangements as well as the j afternoon and evening programs have been the direct ■ responsibility of the Committee on Audio-Visual Education of the Church Federation of Greater Chicago. This i committee has been active for the past 15 years as an agency of the Department of Christian Education of the j Federation. Besides arranging the Religious A-V Conference at the annual National Audio-Visual Convention, the j local group operates three film evaluation committees j under the Audio-Visual Resources Guide program of the national department, conducts monthly preview meetings | of new religious films, assists religious educators in applica ■ tion of suitable A-V materials — in general assists in i coordinating the efforts of all audio-visual forces for more j effective use of the medium in the total program of the j church. I 1 The chairman is elected by the Department of Chris ] tion Education of The Church Federation of Greater | Chicago; other members are invited to join because of ] special interests and aptitudes such as librarians, producers, \ and active clergymen and lay people. j Present chairman is Mrs. Mae Bahr, Librarian for j Religious Film Libraries — Chicago; Vice Chairman is Rev. Rudolph Hartman, minister of Second Presbyterian j Church in Joliet and owner of Film Chapel. Outgoing ' chairman is Mr. Wesley Doe of the Baptist Film Library in Chicago. Public relations are in charge of Mr. Paul j R. Kidd, and Mr. William Kruse. j 334