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PORTFOLIO by Larry Schwarm
Health Lab Underfunded
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tures Drop This Year
More Crowded Funds Shrink
d money.
library borrowing is a reflection of for library resources which cannot locally," the report said, "and its inversely relates to the adequacy of iraries collections. This volume d to increase during 1968-70."
number of bound volumes in the collection has increased from in 1983 to 1,500,073 in 1970. This has ushered on the system for storage of government documents to government pamphlets, pamphlets, and foreign stamps which are not bound
an library is not in desirable shape impertent in terms of book space.^13 Heron will be in two or three years. In 1968, he went to New York to do the aid of Watson Library.
said, however, that the library as a whole was overcrowded.
ice and law libraries are really I- old books are having to be stored in ment of Spencer," Heron said.
annual report for 1969-70 called the of library space "severe."
ent space problems in the science are indeed severe," the report says. *dition of the Barether-Schillinger formula to the library system as a learning medium that requires.* The Spencer Library abundant storage space for the time
siveness uisition
was going to be a birthday party,
aided by some villagers, fired
shots, then proceeded to round up
them, said some people —
"beaten by police."
rities recently suspended the Madrid
ticket "Tkunfo" for four months because
shed articles contrary to accepted
law, which advocated laws
grant divorce.
crackdowns of the past weeks,
; were not only aimed at bippies and aged excesses.
Spiegel, Germany's leading news, it has been repeatedly banned. Last夕ine of Time Magazine was held up at a press conference because it conceive of two nudes.
orkman died and another was in the are center of Lawrence Memorial Monday after the scaffold on which re working collapsed.
kman Killed At KI
is jack Johnson, 1305 Jewell in
A spokesman at the hospital said
died shortly before noon Monday as
a injuries suffered in the fall.
iishap occurred at about 9:45 Monday
J. Johnson, a sub-contractor for the
man were working on an addition to
hall at KU, when the scaffold ap-
gave way without warning and the
man's stories to a concrete c
below.
name of the second man is being 1.
hearing, but (by the same formula) the science libraries have only one third of the space they
Heron said the University will need a new library in the next decade. He said Wadson Library built in 1828, had three additions and added "that it" is not an ideally designed building."
"Statistically, it's rather short of seating space." Heron said. "We should be able to seat 4,000 in the entire library system. We have seated for 2,500. This is somewhat smaller, but there are too many times when they crowded (Watson) is terrily overcrowded."
Another problem the library has is a shortage of personnel.
"This year the work load is going to increase," Heron said, "and there will be fewer, rather than more, people working here." The library also has a brieflisting problem. There are currently about 250,000 books that are only brieflisted and not fully catalogued. To the user of the card catalog, brieflisted books are not as useful.
Heron said the library needs more employees to speed up the briefing work.
"Increasing doctor programs also mean greatly increased burdens on the library."
Between 1969 and 1970, the number of masters degrees awarded at KU has increased 182.7 per cent, the number of doctoral degrees awarded at KU increased 305.4 per cent, and the library budget has increased $254 million.
Heller said the Council has not yet begun to make very many specific proposals for consolidation or elimination of particular programs.
The root of the libraries' troubles is the refusal of the Board of Regents and the state legislature to allot more money for books, library operation and expansion of facilities. In 1964-69, the total expenditure of the Board of Regents Libraries was $2,143.58. In 1960-70, the total expenditure was $2,199.22. Heron said expenditures for 1970-71 would probably drop below $2,000.00.
Heron said the administration has been advocating a new system of budgeting, called formula budgeting, used widely by other institutions of higher education. He said that the library submitted a formulated budget two years ago, (1964-60) in which it requested $200 million. This budget was turned down by the board of Regents (it never made it to the legislature).
The annual report for 1985-70 summarized the success of the formula budgeting technique for that year: "It went down in flames with the rest of the restroom, but some day when the weather improves it should fly better than the old magic carpet."
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With a shortage of employees and operating tunds, another economy instituted by the
"This is a problem this summer," Heron said. "People who work during the week can't afford it."
Heron said the library would be closed on Friday evenings during the coming school year, and that the library would be forced to curtail its hours of service a total of five ten cents during the year. He added that state schools were having the same problems.
The University of Kansas library system is not facing an immediate crisis. Libraries at KU will continue to operate. But they will be overcrowded, understaffed, and the quantity and quality of resource materials will continue to decrease in future years unless the libraries move more financial aid from the Board of Regents and, ultimately, the state legislature.
Kissinger Reveals Details of Trip
who has been active in civil rights and political campaigns for several years, had never discussed the ACLU post with Cardinal John Cory or church authorities.
Kissinger revealed that and other details of us Peking trip during a chat Sunday aboard Air Force One as President Nixon and his party returned from California. Nixon called for his cabin and congressional leaders of his cabinet to continue discussions of our upcoming
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Henry Kissinger's step to China is so secret that even one of the two Secret Service agents who sent with him didn't know the destination.
Kissinger declined to discuss what type of aircraft was used on his clandestine trip, or even what route he traveled. But he said one of the two Secret Service agents with him was kept in the dark—until he spotted a Chinese plane, presumably on the flight into China.
The agent, Kissinger added, nearly dropped his teeth.
On arrival in Peking the Chinese kept their promise of strict secrecy, even to the point of whisking him away from the airport in a truck and hiding in rear windows hidden by tuck sclurb walls.
He also brought back memories—as the S. table team team did before—of the McGregor game, which he played.
Once he began his 20 hours of talks with Premier Chou En-lai, he said, the Chinese leader proved to be better informed about some of Nixon's more recent statements than he was. He said Chou immediately started peppering him with intelligent questions about an off-the-cuff briefing Nixon held for newsmen in Kansas City July 6.
served 12 courses at every meal, but he did not use the ivory chopsticks, fearful of his
Kissinger be he has no illusions about an immediate friendship forming between Nixon and Chou; but he said there seems to be mutual respect already.
The following morning Chou sent him a copy of Nixon's remarks, in English, with his personal notations on the margin and a note reading "please return, our only copy."
Kissinger said he had to admit he had been traveling and was out of touch, press for press
Atlou no date for Nixon's visit has been announced, Kissinger said diplomatic negotiations were underway to make sure the groundwork will be well laid. White House officials said Nixon will probably go late this year or early in 1972.
Docking Fights AEC
TOPEKA (UFI) - Gov. Robert B. Dockin
Monday made a last ditch effort to halt the
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) funding
for the nuclear waste dump new
layers.
"I do not believe the AEC has made every effort to determine the safety of the Lyons project. Many of our state's prominent scientists, knowledgeable in the technical complexities and potential dangers of storing radioactive waste, have joined with me in conducting a further laboratory tests to determine whether Lyons project before proceeding, with site acquisition and construction," Docking said in the letter.
The governor's office released the text of a letter sent by the Kansas governor to all 100 members of the U.S. Senate. The Senate will consider the request today.
The governor said the AEC "for the most part has ignored our concerns" and gone on to attack him.
Docking asked the Congress approve AEE funds for research on the project, but defer the requests for funds to acquire land and move the project until all safety tests are completed.
The AEC wants to take over an abandoned salt mine near Lyons in central Kansas for the nuclear waste dump. Radioactive waste would be deposited at the facility.
Spencer Closed This Week
Spencer library has been closed due to a 12,500 volt cable broken by a construction worker at the site of Wesco Hall Tuesday, July 13.
There has been a generator installed to keep the library at a cool temperature. It is not known how well the generator will provide the library until the cable is repaired.
Spencer contains many old documents, manuscripts and rare books which might be destroyed if not kept in a controlled atmosphere. There are no lights in the library.
The closing of the library has caused an inconvenience for approximately 40 students and 45 faculty members who are using the library this summer. Three of these have been provided with space near a window in the library to continue their studies. Two are doctoral candidates and the third is a faculty member.
Most of the staff employed at Spencer Library have been transferred to Watson Law Library.
The Cassion Construction Co. and the cable would probably be repaired by the end of this
Spencer Library
Kansan Photo
... with emergency generator