The Photography A-V Program Directory
by A. D. Coleman, Patricia Grantz, and Douglas I. Sheer
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From the reviews:
"A potential boon to any instructor or investigator of subjects photographic . . . Buy this book for the listings of AV programs and the three indexes to them. The compilers have done a very creditable job in pulling together and indexing this information . . . the volume will be a welcome, useful addition to both academic and public libraries where there is interest in photography."
— Choice (American Library Association), April 1982
"This useful directory draws on extensive research . . . to compile a bibliography of more than 3,300 A-V programs in all formats. . . . Recommended."
— Library Journal, March 1981
"The Photography Program A-V Directory offers to photographic educators a useful guide to the diverse and plentiful programs available . . . This book should improve our awareness of the resources."
"The publication of The Photography Program A-V Directory is an important event, since it is the first time that such extensive information has been compiled about films, video tapes, audio tapes, computer programs, sound/slide, microform, and other media — all relating to photography. . . . [F]or the first time educators and students, researchers and librarians can know the broad range of photography A-V programs that exist, can analyze what does not exist, and can identify the source from which each program is available."
— Photo-Communiqué (Canada), Spring 1981
"Anyone involved in photo education and research will find a wealth of data in The Photography Program A-V Directory, a listing of what is available in audiovisual programs on still photography."
"The directory is very useful as a resource tool to photography instructors, students, researchers, librarians and other photography professionals. . . . [I]t is a must for all school libraries and photography departments."
— Philadelphia Photo Review, Winter 1981
"If you teach a photography course, undoubtedly you borrow film and slide presentations to augment your own resources, or would if you knew where to get them. At last, there is help. This new directory tells where to buy, rent or borrow just what you've been looking for. . . . An invaluable tool for photography instructors. When used wisely, it can extend the audio and visual dimensions of the classroom."
— Elinor H. Stecker, Popular Photography, January 1982
"[C]uratorial personnel building oral history files, or mounting traveling exhibitions, and people preparing lectures or wishing to delve more deeply into specialized or localized aspects of the history of photography will welcome this first single-source photography media directory."
— Photographica, Summer 1981
"[T]he first of its kind. . . . [The Photography A-V Program Directory] proves to be more than just a compilation of program listings and addresses. It is a video/A-V hardware reference source, a 'How To' primer for the technological neophyte, and a guide to educational programs about individual photographers. It offers listings of tapes and films of interchanges between photographers and others who have been active in the medium, programs that are 'critical/historical considerations of various aspects of the medium's evolution,' programs that deal with the technical aspects of photography, and a guide to [microform] literature that is devoted totally to the subject of photography. The directory is also a bibliographic and resource listing as well as an exhaustive glossary covering technical terminology that is used throughout the audio-visual field. . . . Considering that it is the first time anyone has attempted to collect this data, [the authors] have undoubtedly achieved their goal with remarkable success. . . . [T]he directory will prove to be most useful as a resource book for photography instructors, students, researchers, librarians, nonbroadcast video users, cablecasters and photography professionals. Yet it should also prove to be an invaluable tool for anyone with an interest, either professionally or on the amateur level, in the field of photography. . . . In all, The Photography A-V Program Directory is a well-conceived blend of information and commentary that lifts it above the usual dreariness associated with resource publications."
— Video User, January 1981
Publishing information:
The Photography A-V Program Directory
(New York: Photography Media Institute, Inc., 1980). First edition.
ISBN: 0-9365-2400-6 hardbound, $20.
Out of print.
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