Page 12 University Daily Kansan, December 4, 1981
Computer network aids library work
By CYNTHIA HRENCHIR Staff Reporter
It's a last mad dash for KU students struggling to finish their term papers, but there is a way to make the progress faster. For example, you can KU libraries computer search service
Days can be spent searching and writing down titles, but Kathleen Neeley, an assistant librarian and data coordinator at Malott Science Library, can provide one with hundreds of citations in less than an hour.
"By crossing one topic with another, we can combine them in such a way to get very detailed and narrow print-outs of information," she said.
THE SERVICE IS A computer system that can connect with research libraries all over the United States and countries, including Australia and Iran.
More than 100 data bases, computerized formats of information, are available. The science library's computer deals mainly with the biological and physical sciences. Watson, where the other computer is located, handles mainly social sciences and some humanities.
"Our major fields we do searches in are education and psychology," said Mary Finnegan, one of three reference librarians who perform this service at
Medline, Chemical Abstracts and Biological Abstracts are the most popular bases used at the science library. Watson most often uses ERIC Education Files, Psychological Abbreviation and the Social Science Citation Index.
WATSON HANDLED more than 150,
with two coordinators, completed 247.
"Mostly graduate students and faculty members use the service," said Neely, "but we have had a few undergraduates."
The process is not complicated, she said.
"We generally ask that the person make an appointment, because we usually need an hour to talk about what the person is interested in." Nessley says.
At Watson, she added, a form telling the area of interest must be filled out before an appointment is made.
As an example of the computer search process, Neeyle used the topic of the effect of smoking on infants and pre-school children.
"For that we will use the MedLite, which is the cheapest base," she said. "There are many articles on smoking. There are many articles on the computer. I type in 'smoking'."
She then types in the next topic, "children," and calls up all the information available.
"We take the two subs and ask the computer to select articles with both children and smoking in it," said Neeley.
The student or professor must pay an initial charge per hour for time spent on a computer. The price can range from $10 to $258, depending on the base used.
If printing occurs while on-line—when the computer is connected with the base—the charge is higher than if printing is done off-line.
When printing is done off-line, Neeley will use a KU terminal to request information from other libraries' terminals.
It usually takes a week for the print-outs to arrive, she said.
The information includes the author, the title and reference to the journal citation.
KU plans renovations
The University of Kansas may soon embark upon two more building projects in addition to three that now are underway, a KU planning director said.
BySTEVE ROBRAHN
Alien Wierchner, director of facilities planning, said KU would ask the Legislature this spring for funds to renovate Strong Hall and to begin construction on an addition to Haworth Hall.
"We're planning to install central air conditioning in Strong Hall," he said, "so nobody will have to move."
The planned $14 million addition to Haworth Hall would be built west of the present building to house the biological science department, Wiechert said.
Staff Reporter
"If the Haworth addition is complete,
then we'll be looking at a renovation of
Snow Hall," he said, "but that's still 2%
three years to three months down the line."
The biological science department now occupies most of Snow Hall. After the move, most of the building would be available for re-use and renovation, he said.
While the University plans its next building projects, juggling of office space and facilities continues as it is made on building renovations.
THE UNIVERSITY has received funds to plan the Haworth addition, Wiechert said, but it hasn't received the money to begin construction.
A #6 82 million renovation of Watson Library probably won't be complete at the end of January, as was originally scheduled. Wieckert said that the
renovation would instead be completed this spring.
Three departments have expressed interest in taking over space on the second floor of Carruth'O'Leary Hall, where faculty members displaced by renovation projects have office space. he said.
Although much of the Flint Hall office space could be available by Jan. 23, the journalism faculty wouldn't move back to Flint until spring break, said Dana Leibengood, assistant dean of the School of Journalism.
"It would be very difficult to move faculty while classes are in session," Lebengboq said. "We might not move faculty until the end of the semester."
Wiechecht declined to name which departments have asked for the space, which is now used by journalism instructors while Flint Hall is renovated.
The $949,000 Flint Hall renovation is scheduled for completion in May.
The ongoing renovation of Spooner Hall, KU's oldest building, has been slowed because of lack of funds, Wiechert said. The University will continue to solicit historical renovation funding for the Spooner project.
Architecture faculty members
mostly occupy the space during
the Mobile Assembly
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The School of Architecture has moved back to Marvin Hall, but some architecture faculty remain in tem quarters, said Dean W Max Lucas.
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"You need not chastise yourself for a fast-paced life not allowing you to sit down to typical morning fare of eggs, cereal and juice," Jean Ostaz, curator-Columbia extension foods and nutrition specialist, said yesterday.
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