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216 O. E. SAMS, JR. Vol 44, No. 3
doing outstanding work in the distribution of classroom films free of charge in their respective states. Notable in this group is the Ohio Slide and Film Exchange in Columbus.
One of the important extra duties of the educational, noncommercial film distributor is that of the promotion in his area of correct and effective film use in the teaching situation. We hear much these days of the educational film librarian who publishes his catalogue once a year and then sits back to wait for the bookings to come in. This is not true in the majority of cases. Most of the visual education men and women in the field recognize that they have a much larger duty to perform than that of merely making films available. Most of them know that part of their work must, of necessity, be that of educating teachers how to use the film effectively and successfully in the classroom. As a result, many conferences, conventions, and the like are being held throughout the country, and a great many of them are being promoted and sponsored by the educational film distributors themselves.
College classes in visual education are becoming increasingly popular. A great many colleges and universities are offering credit courses in this subject, especially in their summer schools where public school teachers come to continue their studies. Also general visual education conferences are being held in conjunction with summer school activities so that teachers can have a chance to learn more about correct film utilization.
Some educational film distributors, aside from their annual catalogue listing of films, are finding the regularly published bulletin effective in publicizing their services and in educating their exhibitors in the proper utilization of the teaching film. The bulletins usually take the form of a periodic newsletter, each edition dealing with a specific problem such as that of using the film effectively, caring for the projector, and elimination of film damage. .
This brings us to the consideration of film damage. Most distributors admit that this is one of the most provoking of all problems connected with film library work. Carelessness on the part of the projectionist is the underlying reason for the majority of cases of film mutilation. A great many schools are in the habit of training students to operate the motion picture projectors. This practice, for the most part, has proved successful, but there are times when the students, and even the faculty members who operate projectors, become careless, possibly not realizing the value of the film that is being threaded