EMTS Centennial Exhibit: Memories: Surveys

EMTS Memories

Surveys: Jim Curtis

Memories
I have been a member of this section since 1980. I have chaired it and represented it on Section Council once as rep and once as alternate. I was the section nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee, and was elected to that committee about 5 or 6 years ago. I was instrumental in the change of the section name from Audiovisuals Section to Educational Media and Technologies. Also know other members from back when. The first MLA meeting I attended was the one in Anaheim, at Disney Land, probably in 1981. I joined the section then.

People
People I remember in the section were Fran Bischoff, Bernie Todd Smith, Damon Camille, Gale Hannigan, Janis Brown, Laura Barrett, Wayne Peay, Tony Kwak. We were the Health Sciences Audiovisuals Section at that time. Wayne Peay at Utah was a leader then as now. Likewise Gale and Janis. I remember a small and very welcoming and friendly group of people.

Technologies
Microcomputers and computer labs. Most libraries had maybe one, if any micros in the early 80s. Labs, where they existed at all, were small. We in the media centers were often were often the first to get our hands on micros for educational purposes. There was not yet a medical informatics field, let alone section. Most of us started with Apple IIs.
Microcomputers were just coming on the scene and all of us were dealing with their impact. Seems like a big issue was licensing versus ownership of AVs, particularly video. I seem to remember a paper on this topic given by Darcy Van Vuren and Tony Kwak: "Audiovisual licensing: purchasing is not owning." Also around then whether to move from three-quarter inch video to half inch. Restrictions on how we could use our software was an issue. In many ways we went through with AVs the issues that are now important for computer software, and not many people remember that this stuff is not new.

Advances
Obviously the advent of the micro computer and the Internet and WWW.

Trends
Continuing impact of the Internet, Web launchable educational applications. Now intranets and extranets. Issues surrounding user authentication. Electronic reserves.

Future
Who knows. 20 years ago no one could have predicted where we are now. The greatest difference may be that learners will almost certainly be able to use educational materials from wherever they are. Bye bye media centers? They will be virtual.

Memories	I have been a member of this section since 1980. I have chaired it and represented it on Section Council once as rep and once as alternate. I was the section nominee to the MLA Nominating Committee, and was elected to that committee about 5 or 6 years ago. I was instrumental in the change of the section name from Audiovisuals Section to Educational Media and Technologies. Also know other members from back when. The first MLA meeting I attended was the one in Anaheim, at Disney Land, probably in 1981. I joined the section then.
People	People I remember in the section were Fran Bischoff, Bernie Todd Smith, Damon Camille, Gale Hannigan, Janis Brown, Laura Barrett, Wayne Peay, Tony Kwak. We were the Health Sciences Audiovisuals Section at that time. Wayne Peay at Utah was a leader then as now. Likewise Gale and Janis. I remember a small and very welcoming and friendly group of people.
Technologies	Microcomputers and computer labs. Most libraries had maybe one, if any micros in the early 80s. Labs, where they existed at all, were small. We in the media centers were often were often the first to get our hands on micros for educational purposes. There was not yet a medical informatics field, let alone section. Most of us started with Apple IIs. Microcomputers were just coming on the scene and all of us were dealing with their impact. Seems like a big issue was licensing versus ownership of AVs, particularly video. I seem to remember a paper on this topic given by Darcy Van Vuren and Tony Kwak: "Audiovisual licensing: purchasing is not owning." Also around then whether to move from three-quarter inch video to half inch. Restrictions on how we could use our software was an issue. In many ways we went through with AVs the issues that are now important for computer software, and not many people remember that this stuff is not new.
Advances	Obviously the advent of the micro computer and the Internet and WWW.
Trends	Continuing impact of the Internet, Web launchable educational applications. Now intranets and extranets. Issues surrounding user authentication. Electronic reserves.
Future	Who knows. 20 years ago no one could have predicted where we are now. The greatest difference may be that learners will almost certainly be able to use educational materials from wherever they are. Bye bye media centers? They will be virtual.