Radio-Television-Film
BIBLIOGRAPHER: Carole Cable
OTHER SUBJECT
RESPONSIBILITIES: Advertising,
Communication Studies, Journalism, Speech and
Communication Disorders
ADDRESS: Research Services
Division PCL 3.316
PHONE: 495-4382
- I. Purpose:
- To support teaching and research through the
doctoral level in the fields of radio, television, and film. While primary
interest in these subjects lies within the Department of Radio-Television-Film,
faculty and students in other programs also share interests in various aspects
of these subjects. Interdisciplinary programs (such as American Studies) and
the language departments have particular interests in the films of the countries
with which they are chiefly concerned. The Art Department has offered courses
in film history as well as its regular courses in photography; the Advertising Department offers courses
in "Radio-Television Advertising"; and various social sciences have interested
in the impact of the mass media on social groups and on the individual.
- Scientific and technical aspects of these subjects are treated in the
relevant subject statements, especially Engineering, Chemistry,
and Physics.
- II. General Collection
Guidelines:
- A. Languages: The primary language of the collection is
English, but materials in French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, and
Portuguese (the latter two primarily for studies in the media in Latin America)
are also collected in the fields of film history, theory, and criticism. Works
published originally in languages other than those mentioned above are
ordinarily purchased only when translated into English.
- B.
Chronological Guidelines: Limited by the subject-matter itself to the
twentieth century. In the production aspects, emphasis is on the most current
developments.
- C. Geographical Guidelines: Primary emphasis
is on the United States and Britain, but--especially with regard to the
literature on films--relevant materials are collected on all countries of the
world. Collecting policies relating to the radio, television, and films of
Latin America are treated in the statement for the Benson
Latin American Collection.
- D. Treatment of Subject:
Histories of the development of radio, television and film are collected
extensively as are biographies, both popular and scholarly, of important figures
in the fields. Popular treatments of other than biography are purchased
selectively; textbooks, likewise, are purchased selectively. Works on these
subjects written for juvenile readers are not collected.
- E.
Types of Materials: Materials acquired include directories, film almanacs,
radio-television fact books, broadcasting annuals, film encyclopedias,
proceedings of conferences, and occasional papers from other departments and
schools. Microfilm copies of thesis and dissertations from other universities
are acquired selectively.
- D. Date of Publication: The
acquisition of current material is given primary emphasis, but some
retrospective purchasing is needed to fill in gaps.
- G. Other
General Considerations: For collection policy on media law and ethics and
on mass communication theory, see the statement for journalism. The Hobitzelle
Collection and the Darryl F. Zanuck materials in the Harry Ransom Humanities
Research Center contain much material on the history of radio, television,
and film, including scripts, models, biographies of performances, etc.
- III. Observations and Qualifications by Subject and LC Class:
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| Subject |
LC Class |
Location |
CDP[NCIP] Collection Level |
Bibliographer |
| Radio-Television Audio Production: See Footnote 1 |
- |
- |
B |
- |
| Radio-Television Visual Production: See Footnote 2 |
- |
- |
C |
- |
| Radio-Television History and Criticism: See Footnote 3 |
- |
- |
C |
- |
| Radio-Television-Film Writing: See Footnote 4 |
- |
- |
B |
- |
| Film Production: See Footnote 5 |
- |
- |
C |
- |
| Film History , Theory, and Criticism: See Footnote 6 |
- |
- |
C |
- |
| Communication Technology: See Footnote 7 |
- |
- |
C |
- |
| Exception:: Cable television |
- |
- |
B |
- |
- Footnote 1:
Strong emphasis on current
English-language material.
- Footnote 2:
Strong emphasis on
current English-language material.
- Footnote 3:
Emphasis on
U.S. and Europe.
- Footnote 4:
Emphasis on current materials
in the English language.
- Footnote 5:
Strong emphasis on
current English language materials.
- Footnote 6:
Foreign-language materials are more important here than in the other
subdivisions.
- Footnote 7:
Includes video technology,
satellite communication, telecommunications, and teleconferencing.
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