Audiovisual Equipment and Materials II: A Basic Repair and Maintenance Manual [Paperback]

For librarians with a lot of equipment and little troubleshooting experience, this illustrated manual will be invaluable.Overall this is a well written book, with touches of light heartedness, that should give the reader more confidence to tackle audiovisual equipment. For librarians with a lot of equipment and little troubleshooting experience, this illustrated manual will be invaluable. THE BOOK REPORTThis book brings together insights into the new and considerably higher-tech levels of audiovisual equipment and materials, and the admittedly limited things non-technicians can and should do to assure delivery of the instructional program. Extensively illustrated with diagrams and photographs, Volume II goes into VCRs, with considerable additional emphasis on cable and distribution systems. A number of preventive maintenance and diagnostic approaches are discussed for classroom computers. Looking toward the future, the authors also treat audio compact discs and videodisc technology.Don Schroeder (MS, education [instructional technology], Syracuse) is a retired associate director of resource planning and development with primary media responsibilities for the Cincinnati Public Schools. He has taught in secondary schools and has taught the basic audiovisual course at colleges and universities in the Cincinnati area. Gary Lare (MA, Ph.D., educational media, Kent State) is Director, Curriculum Resources Center and Associate Professor of Education, University of Cincinnati. He has taught in public schools and been involved in educational media at various universities as a teacher and administrator.