University Daily Kansan, October 14, 1981
Page 11
Library space runs out; leftover books unshelved
The University of Kansas' newest library is running out of space, forcing its staff to leave books unloaded on their carts, and to store older material.
Ellen Johnson, associate librarian at the Thomas Gorton music library in Murphy Hall, said that the end of the book would there be no extra room on the shelves.
"There should always be extra room so the books won't get damaged," she said. "Well, when all the books come in, we have cards of books left over. We just keep shifting. We have books on the tables that we never ban any room for."
THE BASEMENT, which had previously served as a storage area for the library, is now being converted to a phonograph record archive for collections donated to the library, Johnson said.
"What we had in storage we now have placed in the entryway from the third floor hallway," Johnson said. "It's not well protected. I don't know where those boxes and keys are being changed so no one can go there by library personnel."
The music library opened in 1967
and almost half its 33,000 books were acquired after 1970, with the collection growing by 2,000 books each year, Johnson said. It receives 500 different serials and periodicals, 150 of them regularly.
THOSE NUMBERS don't include the 25,000 record collection that is also increasing because of donations and other reasons. You can expand into the basement necessary.
The general public will not have access to the basement, Johnson said. It will be limited to faculty and library staff.
Earl Gates, librarian for the music library, said he had requested new metal shelving to replace the wooden shelves, creating more room and providing more shelving for the first floor.
"We will be okay for another four years," he said. "But it would take five years to build a new west library. We have to prepare for the future."
JOHNSON SAID the library had also attempted to switch to microfiche, but much of the material the library must not allow for such a procedure to be used.
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Vacancies at Towers prompts survey
Sixty-nine empty apartments in the Jayhawker Towers have prompted University officials to hast and present Towers residents.
By JANICE GUNN Staff Reporter
"It's nice enough and it's close enough to campus that I want to know why more students are not, for instance, the Towers manager, said yesterday.
ratt and J. J. Wilson, KU housing director, said they would try to market and better advertise the this year to get more occupants.
The officials hope to find out why the once-full Towers have 23 percent fewer tenants this year.
BOTH PRATT and Wilson said they were having informal talks with students. Pratt said he was
interviewing almost all the tenants that came into his office and others who no longer live there.
The increase raised the Towers' rates between $45 and $80 a month per apartment. The contracts for the Towers are funded from nine months to 10 months.
Students whom he had previously interviewed for the survey complained primarily about the rate hike, Fratt. said. Former tenants complained about lab maintenance and dirty hallways and elevators.
"Not only are the rates up, but they are paying more rent for a longer period and they pay for parking." Pratt said.
"For the money we were paying, maintenance was terrible and the bugs were everywhere."
An added expense for Towers' residents this year is a $2£ charge for parking. On Aug 1, the KU Services started patrolling the lots.
MANY TOWERS' tenants may like the location, since they are close to campus, but some said they do not know the convenience is worth the money.
Loren Busby, Hutchinson junior,
has lived at the last two years.
He said his apartment last year cost $315 per month, and it was virtually the same as this year's apartment that costs $395.
ANOTHER FORMER Towers' resident, Veva Zakaryan, said that her apartment this year was much better than her Towers apartment. She now lives at Kinnecoch Apartments, 1430 Louisiana St.
"The main things people like about this place is that it's so close to the beach, and it makes that off by increasing rates and charging so much to park," he said.
Other students who lived at Towers last year and have since moved out, said that Towers had bad air quality and it was too high and slow maintenance.
money last year," Kelly Stephens, Overland Park junior, said.
"I wouldn't live there this year, and I didn't think it was worth the
"I moved out because I hated it," Zakaryan said. "It's really dirty and the maintenance is not up to par."
She complained mostly about the elevators that seldom worked, saying that when they did work, they used aluminum and tobacco and sometimes even urine.
Pratt said the former management was to blame for the lax conditions at Towers last year.
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