Audio-visual aids in higher scientific education : report of the committee appointed by the University Grants Committee, the Department of Education and Science, and the Scottish Education Department in February, 1963.

  • Great Britain. University Grants Committee
Date:
1965
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Credit: Audio-visual aids in higher scientific education : report of the committee appointed by the University Grants Committee, the Department of Education and Science, and the Scottish Education Department in February, 1963. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    problem. But microfilm can now be readily stored in accessible ways. One possibility is the aperture card, on which a film frame is held on a standard 80-column punched card carrying indexed information. The card can be retrieved manually or automatically. By means of photo-electric scanning devices documents can be retrieved in a matter of seconds. An American company has developed a computer-controlled retrieval system which will locate any one of half a million documents in ten seconds. These develop- ments have been mentioned because it seems likely that within the next decade there will be a major revolution in information and retrieval systems, and institutions of higher education should prepare for it. The central service unit 22. Finally, whilst the library will be the information centre involving the use of audio and visual information-storage systems, there will also be a central service unit for the teaching activities of the institution, as recommended in Chapter 10. It is difficult to give an estimate of the area needed for this, for it depends on many factors, such as the size of the university, the predominant academic interest, the extent to which the staff is conscious of the value of audio-visual aids, and whether television production is envisaged. Figure 7 gives a suggested plan for a reasonable centre—neither unduly modest nor, certainly, particularly generous. (The figures indicate the areas in square feet.) It includes provision for a graphic arts section, a workshop, a photography section with an adjacent dark-room, and an editing and assembly room. The small area for sound recording is acoustically isolated from the office by CONTROL ROOM | STUDIO 200 1020 [stores under] | [preferably adjoining hall and dressing rooms] PHOTOGRAPHY 400 SOUND RECdg OFFICE 200 Fic. 7.