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This report is the first effort to stake out the territory to be included in research on the profession of educational media and technology (em/t), and explore the existing knowledge base within that territory. It comprises a set of questions, the answers to which cast a light on who is in the profession, where it is going, and what useful purposes its professionals serve. Question categories include: (1) definition of the field; (2) positions held; (3) compensations versus demands; (4) professional preparation and standards; (5) communications; (6) professional organizations; (7) the workplace; and (8) external forces. Two steps are seen as being critical to establishing the knowledge base of the em/t field: surveying the literature on the profession of educational technology and assessing the literature for adequacy, gaps, and obsolescence. The first step is reported here in the form of a selected bibliography of 100 works about the profession. It is based on a larger database of approximately 495 citations, that is published separately by Educational Technology Publications as "The Educational Technology Profession: A Bibliographic Overview of a Profession in Search of Itself" by J. Fred Olive. The second step is a larger task that still remains, and other scholars are invited to join in the endeavor. (Author/MAS)