| Summary: | YA Film Picks MINITEX Training , he Selected Films for Young Adults Committee, Young Adult Services Division, American Library Association, has announced its annual list of 16mm films recommended for use in programs for young adults. Films were selected from titles released in the United States in 1986 and 1987, and suggested by school and public librarians and audiovisual specialists across the country. They were chosen on the basis of young adult appeal, technical quality, subject content and utilization with different kinds of audiences. Many titles may be available in video format. Please contact the distributor for complete information. Committee members choosing the films during the 1988 ALA Midwinter meeting were: Joann Kingston (chair), Cody Branch, Flint (michigan) Public Library; Hyonah Ann, Sulzer Regional Library, Chicago; Catherine T. Charvat, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Fairview Park Regional Branch, Cleveland, Ohio; Jack Forman, Mesa College Library, San Diego, California; Roberta L. Lamb, Ruskin (Florida) Public Library; Nick Spillios, Edmonton (Alberta, Canada) Public School Board Learning Resources Services; Helen J. Tallman, Dade County yiblic Schools, Miami, Florida; Ralph Huntzinger, -ing County Library System, Seattle, Washington; and Irene Wood (consultant), Booklist. The films are: ACID RAIN, Wolf Koenig, producer; BEETHOVEN'S FIFTH, Christine Mehner, producer; BONNIE CONSOLO, March Chuzo, producer; CONCERT STAGES OF EUROPE, Atlantis Films, producer; CONCERTO GROSSO MODO, National Film Board of Canada, producer; EVERY DOG'S GUIDE TO HOME SAFETY, Bill Pettigrew, producer; IF ONLY . . ., National Film Board of Canada, producer; ITINERARY, Robert Forget, producr; LEGACY OF THE HOLLYWOOD BLACKLIST, Judy Jaikin, producer; LIFE AT YOUR FINGERTIPS, Charlie Bravo, producer; LUXO, JR., Pixar, producer; MORTIMER GRIFFIN & SHALINSKY, Atlantis Films/ National Film Board of Canada, producers; PRECIOUS IMAGES, Chuck Workman/Directors Guild of America, producers; RAINBOW WAR, Bob Rogers, producer. School Library Media Guidelines Prepared The new national school library media guidelines entitled, Information Power, will be available rom the American Library Association National dffice after April 1, 1988 at a cost of $10.00 per copy. Using DOS: For librarians with an IBM compatible microcomputer, who wish to become more proficient at using their computer's Disk Operating System. Contact MINITEX to register. Full day, April 12, 1988 at the Sakakawea Room, State Capitol, Bismarck, ND. $50.00 fee required. Using the DCLC online subject authority: Phil Youngholm wil teach this class for OCLC libraries only. Contact MINITEX to register. Half day, no fee required. Heritage Center, Bismarck, North Dakota. LSU Announces Assistantships Full-time students attending the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State Univei— sity are eligible for up to 50 graduate assistantships this year. These assistantships pay $7,500 per year for a SO hour work week. The school hopes to attract students to receive these assistantships for the Fall 1988 and Spring 1989 semesters. Several assisantships have been set aside for students from states which do not have accredited schools of library and information science. Out of state students employed as graduate assistants through this program are granted a non-resident fee exemption for reduced tuition at LSU. Assistant- ships include appointments in the LSU Middleton Library (reference, technical services, documents, serials, and special collections), the LSU Law Library, School of Veterinary Medicine Library, University Laboratory School, a hospital library, and in the School of Library and Information Science itself. The Masters of Library and Information Science degree program at LSU was recently identified as one of the top 16 such programs in the country. For more information about the program, please contact: Assistantships Office, School of Library and Information Science, S67 Coates Hall, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, or call 504/388-3158.
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