1973: CATV and its implications for libraries

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (No. 19, 1973); Edited by Cora E. Thomassen

The nineteenth Allerton Park Institute was held November 11-14, 1973, at Allerton House, Allerton Park, Monticello, Illinois. The conference theme centered on the implications of cable television for libraries. The general purpose of the Institute was to foster greater understanding about the subject of cable television in the conference participants.

The complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• Libraries And CATV: Some Hopes And Fears - Donald P. Mullally
• What The Industry Can Offer: The Next Community Network - James S. Keller
• Franchising Problems And Procedures In CATV - Donald P. Mullally, James S. Keller And Edward F. Douglass
• CATV As A Medium For Information Access - Brigitte L. Kenny
• Potentials Of Interactive Cable Television - Lawrence W. Katz
• Cable Television As An Information Tool - Ken Dowlin
• The Video Policy Statement - Roberto Esteves
• A Public Access Workshop - Bobby Mariano
• CATV And Libraries: Issues And Challenges - Russell Shank
  

The Proceedings of the Allerton Park Institute have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.