Frustration of a girl who has not had elementary school library instruction before entering a large library. Close-ups of library equipment. Stresses library as a centre for materials other than books. Librarian offers help in using the card catalogue, finding books and using reference materials.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
005913
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Information storage and retrieval systems
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries and readers
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Libraries and students
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Library catalogs
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → School libraries
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Literature → Libraries and readers
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Information storage and retrieval systems
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)