University Daily Kansan
Monday, February 21, 1972
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Bashful Students Lack Library Skills
By JAMES COOK
Kansan Staaff Writer
There is a general feeling among the staff of Watson Library that many students don't need to be on their own for help and are restless to ask for help.
Kingman, said the library was too big, too complex and not like a high school library.
"Some students feel guilty
at assailing an easy
assessor. Kingman, associate
research librarian,
'but librarians don't feel any question
about it."
Louis Griffin, circulation librarian, agreed that students sometimes hesitated to ask questions. "But you didn't know how to use the library and used it as a 'gigantic study hall.'" Part of the librarian's job, he said, was to give information to students and work with them.
"IT IS a pity that more students don't know what we have to offer and how to find what they want," said Griffin.
"A book is a book and our lives are a book." In "a way I'm a teacher," I find that my business is to get information to the people who need it.
Griffin said the layout of the building itself caused problems.
building itself caused problems.
"The building itself is an
artificial landscape, not a
try to make the services
easily identifiable,
Gerald said.
Watson Library is a *A*-shaped building. The first addition was to the southeast corner and then to the west corner. In 1964 another addition was made at the west corner and major changes were made at the east corner. Because of these changes, the staff has difficulty in maintaining a constant temperature throughout the
THE BUILDING also has lighting and electrical problems. John Glinka, associate director of the Watson Library (ULS), said Watson Library "went one step further" than most libraries. Watson maintains a reference desk, he said, and the library does all he can to help a student.
"Our job is to bring a book and a patron together," Griffin said, "if we have a thesis that's checked out once every 50 years we still will fulfill our purpose. We make the materials available and bring the books and the patrons together. Time is not a factor."
Grifin said research was easy as a student learned how to use the computer and frustrations in trying to find a book then you've learned the
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"We were the first library in the nation to use a computer as we do," Glindaka said. "We had a lot of problems at first. For one thing, we neglected to program a computer that would compute fines for 31 days, on the 32nd day, record the books as being one day overdue."
Today the computer is used to teach students different schools read and what freshmen and seniors read. Griffin said the library did work with computers.
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Griffin said he thought many students assumed that a book was not in the library if it was not on his desk. He had a printout, search cards, hold cards, recall cards and other procedures for locating a book. Mr. Griffin would go to the ULS at Lawrence. Watson Library has about 50,000 books in circulation at any one time and approximately 1,000 transactions a day.
Watson Library has a minor problem with stolen books.
"Any system has its weaknesses," Griffin said, and there is always a group of people who feel a need to try to beat the system. The person who steals a book is depriving others of it. Most of the books are stolen illegitimately. That is to say, most are stolen. Of course the student has to nay for them."
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If the book isn't located, it
assumed the book has been
stolen.
"I have no idea how many books go out of the library in raincoats, under hats or in brains," George Shapiro, control assistant, said. "It's probably a lot more ways to walk steal books, if you know those ways are. But we also have our defenses."
WHEN A BOOK is called for a number of times and isn't listed
Shapiro said that most students were too honest and too lazy to steal books. Most students size up books to take a lot of energy to steal a book.
Shapiro said he did not like to feel like a "police-type person"
and that he considered himself a public relations man, not an investigator. Some students, he believed, must understand the purpose of the control.
"PEOPLE SOMETIMES get hostile, especially people without books, especially women without books," Shapiro said.
Some members of the staff think the library's services are too technical, but a very rough estimate of the cost of running Watson Library would be $150,000.
"We like to have a useful service," Gikla said, "but we don't hate all the money we need from our university. We semester we were working on the
basis of past records which were not relevant for the present situation. We would like to have a larger budget."
the reference librarians extend their hours and those of "school" librarians. Hours are 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and 2 p. to 10 p.m. on Sunday. Librarians who work on weekends do not work on Monday.
"PEOPLE DON'T realize what we are up against," Kingman said. "may have five patrons at our store on Friday." All phone. This is on all at命.
once. We don't serve only the KU students, we serve little old ladies. Lawrence citizens and students from other universities."
Watson Library conducts tours on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and at 2:30 p.m.
A guide for readers is available at the reference desk and book drops have been installed in several resident halls.
There is also a one hour course, Introduction to the Bibliography and Library Method, which students to use the library.
Cafeteria Computer Slow, Patrons Say
The new money computer looters have Hawk's Nest has been blamed by many of the cafeteria's patrons as responsible for the long waits
"The computer slows down the line. The old procedure of dealing with only one person and a cash register would be inefficient." Paulette Jackson, Goodman senior.
Dwayne L. Hall, Kansas Union Director, said some of the employees were slower with the new equipment and more conventional cash registers," he said, "but our newer staff is attaining maximum efficiency from the supplier, so things balance out."
"Inventory is taken automatically every time the cashier pushes a button on the
computer," Hall said. "There is a button on the device for every item sold in the cafeteria. It also allows you to check which item has been checked on the number of units of each item consumed. It provides a guideline for production as an easy way to keep tracing what supplies must be ordered."
"It also cuts down work," Hall said. "It also cuts down stress." A less mental process involved—that of affixing the letters on a phone, what you see on somebody's tray.
Hall also said there had been an increase in food prices. "This is the result of the expansion of prices have been adjusted," he said. "The total price increase amounts to about one per cent. The increase was much smaller while many cost what they did three years ago. After all, we don't want a reflection of the economy."
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Emily Taylor, dean of women, will moderate a discussion on child care on "Feminine Perspective" at 7 onight on KANU Radio.
The Student Music Educators' National Conference will meet at 8 a.m. on Thursday, March 27, in the George Washington University professor of economics, on "Keeping Out of Financial Tangles" which will include a discussion of the values of stocks, bonds and life insurance policies. Membership cards will be distributed and a guest speaker will be present.
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The 23rd annual Principal-Counselor-Freshman conference began at a 8:48 m. today in the Jayhawk Room of the Kansas Union. High school counselors and principals from Kansas will meet with former students to discuss deficiencies in their high school training. Any principal planning to attend should check in 126 HR 4843-3094 or representatives from his high school plan to attend the conference.
Freshman Conference
No candidates filed for Student
Senate or any class office Friday.
The deadline for both filings is 5
p.m. Wednesday.
No Candidates File Friday For Senate
Four candidates have filed for the Senate—two in Pearson College, and one in School of Fine Arts. There are currently 91
Three local photographers will judge the fifth annual KU Photography Contest sponsored by the Student Union Activities. They are Brian Lanker, of the Topkea Daily Capital; James Emeary, photo curator of Spooner Art Gallery; and owner of Heri Williams' house of Williams.
Union to Host Photo Contest
A candidate for class office manager must be able to run, supported by the signatures of at least 50 members of the appropriate class, and pay a $5 fee.
Two candidates have filed for ass officers as a team. Warner Lester, who has served for sophomore president and Jon Neff, Topeka freshman, filed for governor.
Judging will begin at 10:30 a.m.
March 12 in the Big Eight Room of the Kansas University and is open to the public.
first photographic portrait ever taken, and Williams has won honors in the field of portrait and commercial photography.
The winning prints will hang in the Kansas Union Gallery from March 13 to March 30.
Lanker, awarded for his work in photojournalism, photographer of the Year. Photographer of the Year. National acclaim for restoring the national acclaim for restoring the
The deadline for the contest entries is 5 p.m. March 10. Entry forms can be picked up in the office or in room 8, Flint Hall.
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