Page 2 RAIN February-March 1980 (~__M_ED~IA~---,) Community Media Handbook, 2nd Edition, by A.C. Lynn Zelmer, 1979, 430 pp., $15.00 from: Scarecrow Press, Inc. P.O. Box 656 Metuchen, NJ 08840 "The media is the message". . especially true when trying to work within the framework of a community where you want to involve the community as well as inform it. This handbook is written with the philosophy that all media, commercial TV and radio included, are adaptabk to a more appropriate, community scale. " Most librarians and media personnel arc trained according to a school of administration that puts expert opinion and the convenience of the institution ahead of the community or the customer." Hopefully , if the community being served actually operates the media center, this attitude will not develop." The book is, as stated, a handbook, and it covers a very broad field of topics related to information transfer and communicationfrom simple slIde show and lecture presentation to video and film technique. For anyone with a message to get out, this would be as good a place as any to start developing an effective plan of action-and who knows '-street theater or a good slide show may be more appropriate than an expensive and complicated TV broadcast. The point is that when it comes to communication we don't have to hire professionals to do it for us. (At $15.00, however, I would suggest recommending it to your local library as a good resourceireference book.) -Kiko Denzer Audio-Visual Guide 1979-80, 40 pp., $2.00 from: Mobilization for Survival 3601 Locust Walk Philadelphia, PA 19104 215/386-4875 This is a handy guide to audio-visual materials that should be usl'ful to conference * **........ ~access * organizers, community groups and teachers. SlIde programs, filmstrips and documentaries on a wide range of issues are lIsted by subject, with complete information on length, date, rental or sale fee, and distributor addresses. Categories include nuclear and alternative energy, labor and liberation struggles, multinationals and milItarism. -MR The Conserver Society: An Annotated Resource Guide, 80 pp., 1979, $3.00 from: Saskatoon Public Library 311 23rd Street East Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K OJ6 Canada A few years ago the Science Council of Canada, in an attempt to deal with the impending problems of limited resources and economic disparity facing Canadians, proposed the concept of the"conserver society." Though based primarily on energy conservation, the " conserver society" concept embraces all facets of life and advocates a complete reassessment of our present way of living. This annotated bibliography lists and describes books, films and periodicals concerned with energy conservation and renewable energy technology, all of which are available at the Saskatoon Public Library. Outside of Saskatchewan, however, the booklet's value is somewhat limited since, with the exception of a list of public and private organizations involved with conserver society projects, the only access provided to the materials described is their card catalog number in the Saskatoon Public Library! Still, it's a good example of a wide-ranging bibliography with lot5 of good listings. Perhaps more significant is the fact that it is being distributed in conjunction with the opening of the Saskatoon Energy Conservation Information Center- an inspiration for folks starting energy info centers in their own communitiesl-MR "Starting and Running an Energy Infonnation Center," 24 pp., Oct. 1979, from: Oregon Department of Energy 102 Labor & Industries Building Salem, Oregon 97310 503/378-8327 Toll free: 1-800/452-7813 This is a usefuJ publication for anyone thinking of starting up an energy information center, describing what it's lIke and how to go about it in great detail. It was written for ODOE by the Mid-Willamette Valley Energy Information Center, and includes an appendix on their own experience as well as reference materials on specific energy technologies, how to plan a workshop (on solar greenhouses or solar water heaters) , and fundraising. -MR . RAIN Journal of Appropriate Technology RAIN is a national information access journal making connections for people seek.ing more simple and satisfying lifestyles, working to make their communities and regions economically self-reliant, building a society that is durable, just and ecologically sound. RAIN STAFF: Carlotta Collette, Mark Roseland, Pauline Deppen, Jill Stapleton , Dawn Brcnholtz, John Ferrell RAIN , Journal of Appropriate Technology, is published 10 times yearly by the Rain Umbrella, Inc., a non-profit corporation located at 2270 N. W. Irving, Portland, Oregon 97210, telephone 503 /227-5110 . Copyright © 1'J80 Rain Umbrella, Inc. No part may be reprinted without written permission. Typesettillg: Irish Setter Printillg : Times Litho
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