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Wednesday, August 24, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Spencer Research Library is a warehouse of information
By Monica Hayde
Kansan staff writer
A complete transcript of the Iran-cratt hearings, rare books and manuscripts and 1920s issues of the University Daily Kansan are just a few of the resources in the Spencer Research Library.
The library, behind Strong Hall, is not easily visible from Jayhawk Boulevard. Many students do not even know it exists, said Dan Barkley, assistant documents librarian.
Inside the Spencer Research Library are five specialized collections of resources: the Kansas Collection, Special Collections, Government Documents, the Map and the Archives. All collections are open to the public.
The Kansas Collection specializes in the history and culture of Kansas and the Great Plains region. The collection includes photographs, books, maps, diaries, manuscripts and tape recordings.
The Government Documents collection contains one copy of every printed and distributed by the federal government.
The documents collection has information on AIDS from the Department of Health and Human Services.
books, Social Security Bulletins and listings of the numbers of undergraduates at universities. Barkley said.
The Government Documents Collection will move to Malott Hall next year, Barkley said. It will occupy the space left when the Science Library moves to the new building under construction behind Hoch Auditorium.
The Map Library contains, among other things, geological maps, nautical charts, general maps of all countries, city plans and aerial maps, Shabbadh嘎bel map, national libraries, maps came from government agencies, including the CIA.
The University Archives is the University of Kansas' history preserved. The Archives contain old and new issues of the Kansan, volumes of the dayhawk yearbook, periodicals, photographs and personal papers of University-related people.
The Special Collections library houses books and manuscripts in the history of science, medieval and early modern philosophy, art and literature. James Healy, special collections librarian, said that library also had a good collection of resources available to students.
All materials from the Spencer Research Library must be used inside the Library. Photocopies can be made of paper or plastic.
The collection of works by James Jovee is among many available to University of Kansas students in the Spencer Research Library. The Library is behind Strong Hall.
A student sitting in front of Spencer Research Library finds a patch of light in which to read.
Libraries in various schools supplement Watson material
Bv Monica Havde
Finding a book in a library usually means going to the card catalog, looking up a number called and then entering it into a system that is a simple process for most people.
But at Watson Library, where there are many resources and much information, even people who work with computers, a library employed说
Lisa Hodoparsky, microforms student assistant, said even a few graduate students didn't know how to find some information.
And Watson won the only campus library. Most science books and magazines can be found in the Science Library in Mallett Hall.
Engineering-related books are in the Engineering Library in Learned Hall
The Spencer Art Museum's Art and Architecture Library has books and magazines about art history, photography, art design and architecture
math and computer science books: Ruth Fathi, library director, said the math and computer science resources were carefully selected by the staff.
The Law Library in Green Hall has reference books, court decisions and reports, listings of federal and state laws, codes and statutes.
The Music Library in Murphy Hall has music recordings and sheet music in addition to books about music.
Watson also has an East Asian Library on the fifth floor. Eugene Carvallia, director of the library, said it had information primarily on China, Japan and Korea. The library in Tokyo, English and some foreign languages.
The microforms section of Watson contains newspapers dating back to the 1700s. Hopodarsky said. Underground newspapers, original scien-
tiffe documents, corporations annual reports and reels of information about President Richard Nixon also are on microfilm.
Rebecca Stuhr Remermerim,
an another reference librarian, said students needed to understand the on-line cataloging system and catalog a set of computers in the libraries that contain records of books and publications cataloged
Stuhr Herrmann said the staff at Watson would conduct tours sometimes during the week before classes and also during the first week of classes.
Students and KU staff can check most books for up to four weeks. They may also graduate credit hours and KU faculty can check out books for up to four weeks.
If books are returned within 30 days after the due date, there is no charge.
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