SLJ's MULTIMEDIA BUYERS' DIRECTORY 2004
Compiled by Phyllis Levy Mandell -- School Library Journal, 8/1/2004
SLJ’s 2004 MULTIMEDIA BUYERS’ DIRECTORY
is a listing of new and forthcoming videos/DVDs, CDs/audiocassettes, slides, prints, and educational games released or to be released between January 2004 and December 2004. The Directory includes announcements of 805 items, both individual titles and series, from 132 companies.
The information for these listings was provided by the producers/distributors. The listings and descriptions of the programs in SLJ’s Multimedia Buyers’ Directory are not a recommendation for purchase. On their release, these items will be assigned for critical review in the "Multimedia Review" section of SLJ.
Subject Classifications
The annotated listings are arranged under 59 subject categories which are grouped within 9 broad subject classifications. Titles are listed alphabetically under each medium within each category. Subject classifications were assigned by the producers/distributors.
Grade Level
Titles included in the Directory are designed for preschool through senior high school audiences. The designation "Up" following the grade level (e.g., Gr 9 Up) indicates that an item is also appropriate for audiences above the 12th grade. The designations "PreS" and "K" indicate preschool and kindergarten respectively. Grade levels were assigned by the producers/distributors.
Format Information
We asked producers/distributors to provide complete bibliographic information for each title submitted for listing. However, for those programs still in production when the Directory was being compiled, running time and price often were undetermined and not supplied.
The Distributors Directory, at the end of these listings, gives the names, addresses, telephone numbers and, where available, Web sites of the companies from which the items listed here can be ordered.—Phyllis Levy Mandell, Multimedia Review Editor
