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126 Sixty Years of 16mm Film These two demonstrations not only enabled libraries involved to establish a community film service but helped to develop a basic pattern for cooperative regional service which makes it possible for libraries which could not otherwise afford such services to provide them. The number of state and regional film circuits has now grown to twelve. Four other states are providing some kind of film service through cooperation of the state library extension agency and state universities or departments of education. The regional circuits are all administered through public libraries and their administrative pat- terns are generally similar. The state circuits vary considerably in the identity of the administrating agency, the cost of the participating libraries, and the type and quality of service given. Most of these film circuits are too new for their performance to be judged. ALA needs to do some study in this area to enable the Association to develop standards and make recommendations for establishment and -mainte- nance of public library film circuits. The greatest contribution made by the office of the ALA Filpi Advisory Service was the establishment of standards for public library film service. These standards included everything from the mechani- cal procedures of procuring, processing, and distributing through the far more important community cooperation, programming, and evalu- ation and appreciation of films. A large part of a librarian's training consists of the acquisition and organization of materials to facilitate their distribution: and even greater emphasis in education for librar- ianship is put on the selection of suitable materials for public use, so that librarians on the whole are uniquely qualified to administer com- munity film services. The Advisory Service also established widespread and lasting cooperation with the film industry, cooperation which carried down to the regional and local levels. Library film service owes a great debt to the cooperation of those members of the film industry all over the country who have given most generously of their time and knowledge in what were uncharted spaces for most librarians. Through the activities of the Film Office, in 1948 the Audio- Visual Committee became the ALA Audio-Visual Board, charged with promoting the study and use of all materials of an audio-visual nature as they relate to public, school, and college libraries. During the time the Film Office was active this Board gave it much strength, and since the close of the office, with the expiration of the Carnegie grant in