Notes and reviews

Study Abroad International scholarships and courses Vol. X l X , 1972-1973, 1973-1974. Trilingual: English/French/Spanish 672 p. 1972 Study Abroad, now in its nineteenth edition, was conceived and planned by Unesco to serve the youth of the world. This compendium of opportunities for international study first appeared in 1948. T h e present volume provides information for the academic years I972/73 and I973/74 in 126 countries or territories. While Study Abroad is primarily designed as a guide for students, it can be a source of much-needed information for counsellors and others concerned with the international movement of persons. For this reason a statistical section is included which endearours to present and analyse trends in study abroad. $6; s 24 F

Wastage in education: a world problem By M. A. Brimer and L. Panli (Unesco: IBE) 128 p. 1971 During 1969-7o, as a contribution to the 197o International Conference on Education, Unesco and IBE carried out an international inquiry into the problem of reducing educational wastage. This book is intended to cover the full range of the inquiry: the policies and problems, facts and research findings, discussions and conclusions. T h e aim is to offer educators a synthesis of current knowledge in this area, in order to help towards a better understanding of the educational process, to promote improvements or reforms, and to stimulate further research. $3; s 12 F

Films Open Book. A television programme produced by Unesco and directed by Jehangir Bhownagary. A Unesco television production (16 ram; colour; length 2o minutes).

I n this visual age, which flashes a multitude of messages into men's minds, can the book survive? I t does, and not as an anachronism but with astonishing vitality. W h e n television was first introduced, educators feared that the new medium would destroy reading. Libraries, however, reported that book use increased with the advent of television. Today, more books are produced, bought and read by more people than ever before. But not everywhere. D u e to the economic inequality that still exists in the world today, not everybody has an equal right to books. A book

famine remains in whole regions of the world. I n 1972, International Book Year, Unesco's M e m ber States are attempting to solve this problem among many others so that liber (the book) can continue to be an instrument for the liberation of the h u m a n spirit for all. Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish versions of this film are also available. For further information on this film, please apply to the Radio and Visual Information Division, Office of PubIic Information, Unesco, Place de Fontenoy, 75 Paris-7 e.

Network for Knowledge. A Polish T V and Unesco co-production (16 m m ; black and white; length 16 minutes, 3o seconds; b o t h French and English versions available).

T h e film describes the Polish T V Pilot Project, an experiment in training through television, which was created in I966 in an effort to bring higher education into the rural districts to help train the badly needed technicians and engineers to meet the increasing re-

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quirements of industrialization. Courses in the Polish project are broadcast on open-circuit television in many technical subjects; guides accompany the lectures and there have been other features such as telephone contact with the teachers.