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Tuesday, March 6, 1973
University Daily Kansan
KU Libraries Lack Space for Expansion
By DIANE YEMANS
Kansan Staff Writer
A tight budget and a growing space problem are two contradictory forces that are making the libraries at the University of Pittsburgh to their buildings, environment and services.
Two campus committees are investigating the problems and developing possible solutions for them. One is the University Senate's standing committee on libraries. Robert Hoffman, curator of the Museum of Natural History and professor of systematics and ecology, is the committee chairman.
The other committee, founded four months ago, is comprised of seven library staff members. Its chairman is Robert Malinowski, assistant director of reader
HOFFMAN SAID last week that the University Senate committee acknowledged that a need for space existed but had not taken any steps toward solving the problem. Some consideration had been given to appointing a subcommittee to work with the library staff committee, he said. Such a subcommittee may be appointed this spring.
Malinskoy said that the library staff committee had been so pressured to find solutions for current problems that it had looked at look at any long-range plans until recently.
The committee hopes to have its proposals finished by the end of the sum
mer, Malinowsky said, so that more concrete planning can be started.
The staff committee has been analyzing the library to determine where the needs are greatest, he said, and there is a plan for a complete shift of the one million books in the stacks before next fall. Mallinowski said. The art library also is very cramped,
THERE SIMPLY is not enough space to shelve all of the newly obtained books that are presently briefed, Malnowsky said. More and more books will have to be put in storage, inaccessible to the public, he said, until major changes can be made.
The Annual Report of the Libraries for 1971-72 stated that the libraries would need about 60 per cent more space by 1980. The report said that half of that which is needed, the report said.
Malinowski said a report by the Council of Chief Academic Officers (COCAO) last fall recommended that the libraries be condensed by eliminating the departmental staff and establishing a central storage building for all the University libraries in the state.
To give the library the space it needs and to follow the recommendations of COCAO, Malinowski said, the committee is considering proposing construction of a new general library, which could be located behind Hoch Auditorium.
THE NEW BUILDING would facilitate the condensation of all the departmental
libraries, he said, making Watson Library available for the state's central storage library and reading space for undergraduate students.
The elimination of the branch libraries, Malinowsky said, would make it harder for researchers to find materials because they wouldn't be as handy, but the student would have an easier time finding information he needs in a central library.
The branch libraries were appropriate a few years ago, he said, but the economics of running four or five branch libraries won't allow their existence anymore.
As an added benefit, the library might be able to stay open 24 hours a day, Malinowsky said, since the staff from all the branch offices is available to work at the central library.
Another option would be to construct a smaller building and to combine the science and technology literature in Watson that do not have enough space, Malinowski said.
THE SPACE THAT now is being used by the branch libraries could be turned into classrooms or offices, he said, helping to alleviate stress problems for a while.
The smaller structure should be at least one-fourth, if not two-thirds of the volume and about 250,000 volumes.
But it would be at least five years before either of these structures could be built, he said, and somehow the library must find solutions for some of its problems now.
Profits Elude Student Bookstore
By ZAHID IQBAL
Kansan Staff Writer
The Emporium, a book store in the Kansas Union where students buy and sell books, is losing money every month because not enough students use the service it offers.
Natalie Rolph, Lenexa sophomore, and chairman of the Student Services Committee of the Student Senate, said recently that he would pay $10 a month and was borne by the senate.
Students wooking through the Union on Friday were asked whether they knew what the Emporium was. Only 11 out of the 30 students said it was. It was or even that it was in the same building.
"We've done what we could in the way of publicity," Robp said, "but we don't have to."
SHE SAID THAT THE Emporium was not meant to be just a profit-making enterprise, but a service to the students, providing a place to buy and sell books.
Piet Knetsch, Lawrence graduate student, and the part-time man behind the counter at the Emporia explained how the buying and selling operation worked.
Rolph said she hoped for an increase in business that would enable the Emporium to pay its one employee and at least break even each month.
"Students come by with their books and fill out a standard card which includes their names, addresses and telephone numbers," he said. "If you are at the price they want for it. As soon as it's
sold, we call them up and give them the money after deducting our 10 per cent
"SOMETIMES A student will want to
keep the book with him until we find him a
customer, so books available are not always
just the books we have on our shelves."
Knetsch said there were more than 600 books on hand ranging from social science and humanities subjects to science fiction. He said he had been working on an in-depth all book collection and that students could call him to find out if a book was available.
Knetsch said that he knew the Emporium did not stay open long enough but that there was no way of keeping it open any longer. The reason for this, he said, was financial. The Emperor would give second person, the Emporium could stay open for more convenient periods he said.
THE EMPORIUM is open Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. on and
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. until
noon.
Knetsch said another reason besides inadequate publicity that students didn't know about the Emporium was its location in an unnoticed corner of the Union building. But he added that since the space was large, the Emporium would have to stay there.
The Emporium is located on the base
of the building, the Union near the
Student Services office.
Both Knotsch and Robp said they would like to see the Emporium continue because it was a student enterprise meant to benefit other students.
"THAT'S ONE REASON we don't lay down any rules about the price of books." Rolph said, "It should be up to the student as to what he wants for a book. We're just acting as go-between. Sometimes a student overprices a book and it doesn't sell, but all we can do is suggest that prices marked be reasonable."
Ralph said that she was trying to obtain work-study funds for the Emporium to ease some of the burden on Student Senate funds. Although she was optimistic about obtaining such funds, she said the money could be available until the fall semester.
"Between now and then, we'll have to do the best we can by ourselves and with the active cooperation of the students at KU," she said.
City to View Aviation Plan
The Lawrence City Commission will consider a proposed ordinance creating an Aviation Advisory Board at its regular weekly commission meeting today.
The commission deferred consideration of the ordinance from last week's agenda to allow recommendations from the Chamber and that the committee to be incorporated into the ordinance.
The commission will also consider a site plan for K & M Decorating Co. located in the basement of the Hillcrest Theatre in Hillcrest Shopping Center.
Engineer Interviews
Students in the School of Engineering may sign up for interviews this week in 111 Marvin Hall. The companies interviewing are: General Dynamics, March 12; Capital Area Personnel Service, March 13; Kansas Mining Book Workshop, March 14; Varnish Co., March 14; Honeywell Inc., March 15; and Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., March 16.
Visual Arts Panel
A panel entitled "Women and the Visual Arts," sponsored by the Lawrence Art Guild, will be presented at 7:30 tonight at the Lawrence Public Library. The public is to attend and participate. For additional information call Doho Brooking at 842-4268.
There will be a Christian Science meeting at 7:30 tonight in Dauphin Chapel. In addition, there is a movie screening.
The Sierra Club will meet at 7:30 tonight at the South Park Recreation Center, 1141 Massachusetts St. The planned land use of the Clinton Lake area and the character of and limit to growth of lawns in Dugtas will be Barkley Clark, chairman of the Lawndale Douglas County Planning Commission and Richard McClanahan, planning director of the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Office. The meeting is open to the public.
Sierra Club
Christian Science
Aeronautics
The KU Chapter of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics will meet at 7:30 tion in 200 Learned Hall. W. J. The engineering and certification branch of the Federal Aircraft Administration, will speak on "Aircraft Certification."
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classroom space. The art library, which also is on the third floor, could fill the space.
Besides reshuffling books, about the only way to add any space would be to take out the seminar rooms on the third floor, he said. These were assumed to be temporary accommodations for the new program, he plotted, he said, although the University may be reluctant to relinquish the
The funding of any major changes or additions will be a great problem, Malinowski said, since the budget is tight and the legislature is slow to allocate funds. The success of any project would depend completely on the students and how loudly they complained about poor library services, he said.
Unfortunately, Watson cannot be substantially remodeled because all the remaining walls aid in supporting the structure, Malinowski said.
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