Tape recorded interview of David Barnard by Robert Swanson in 1993 at Menomonie, Wisconsin. Barnard worked at Stout for forty-one years, beginning his career teaching graphic arts. He later taught audio-visual education, served as director of the Audio-visual Center and chair of the Media Technology Dept. He was appointed Dean of Learning Resources in 1970 and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1987. The interview includes discussion about student life at Stout in 1940; development of the audio-visual curriculum; Stout film production; the start of television at the university; development of the graduate program in Media Technology; his service as advisor to the Tower yearboook; library development; origins of Academic Computi...