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University Daily Kansan. September 22, 1982
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Librarians say catalog will save time,money
By MATT BARTEL Staff Reporter
When it is completed, the KU Libraries' new Computer Output Microfile catalog will save time, money and reduce paper usage. A card system, library staff said Friday.
However, these advantages may take more than 20 years to be fully realized.
The COM catalog will be a series of microfiches that will eventually replace the card catalogs now used in the libraries, she said.
Roach, who has been working on the project since 1977, said recent budget cuts had forced her department to work with the company. The meeting the August 1984 completion date
She said her department was giving development of the COM catalog priority, although the loss of a research assistant position to work solely on the COM meant falling behind in other areas in the department.
"Something else will not get done," Roach said. "We're working on getting more personnel."
SHE SAID PERSONNEL might have to be borrowed from other departments until the COM catalog was on-line.
with the COM catalog was by PILNE.
The COM catalog will include listings
for both old and new books processed
since January 1981 and documents
acquired or updated since that time,
Roach said.
She estimated that initially, 80,000 of the libraries' more than two million books and documents would be in the COM catalog.
The current rate at which books and documents are acquired is enough to fill nine new cabinets a year in the current card catalog system. Roach said
"Given our present room, we would be hard-pressed to find room for that table."
She said the catalog department could process about 50,000 books and documents a year, at that pace it would take to put half the collection on microfiche.
THE COM CATALOG will reduce the space requirement dramatically, Roach said. The periodical department contains two journals and is contained in a single folder.
Books and documents processed since January 1981 will be put in the COM catalog, and those done before remain in the existing card catalog.
But the advantages of the COM catalog over the card catalog are more than just reduced space requirements, Roach said. The new files can be updated every month, she said, and they will save at least 20 hours a week of filing, time that can be used elsewhere in the department.
Greek prank reportedly big problem
A harmless college prank between sororites and fraternites has become a serious problem, the KU Panhellenic adviser said yesterday.
By KIESA ASCUE Staff Reporter
Traditionally, fraternity pledges have stolen composite photographs as a prank, said the adviser, Sheila Immel. They usually demanded to be serenaded by the sorority members before they would return the composites, she said. The whole game between sorority members and fraternity pledges was completed within 24 hours, or it broke rules in the Panhellenic and Interfraternity Council constitutions, Immel said.
Last night, seven of the 13 sororites on campus — Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Delta Delta Delta, Delta Gamma, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta and Pi Beta Phi — said their composites were missing. The 23 fraternities on campus, Alpha Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Delta, Delta were without their photographs. The Phi Kappa Sigma Little Sisters photograph was also gone.
"The fun's of gone out of it because of the money involved." said Susan Wilke, Wichita senior and head of Kappa Alpha Theta security.
SEVERAL SORORITIES keep composites dating back to their origination on campus. The photographs are
ireplaceable, and their value may range from $500 to $1,300. Immediately said.
The houses usually can not afford to replace the composites, but they have little resale value, she said.
Anne Cortassel, St. Louis senior and president of Pi Beta Phi, said, "To have one taken is to have a whole year if. If a year's gone, it's just gone."
Cortopiasi said her sorority's composite photo had been missing for more than a month. In addition to being a graduate, Panhellenic rules, the theft is a felony.
Immel said one KU sorority's composite had been found in an apartment in Manhattan among a group of composites from other areas.
Office-seekers face deadline for applying
The filing deadline for freshman class elections is 5 p.m. tomorrow, Martin Pryor, senior class president, said yesterday.
The elections for freshman class president, vice president, secretary and treasurer will be Oct. 6 and 7.
Pryor said candidates must file applications at the Board of Class Officers office in the Kansas Union. Students must pay a $3 filing fee or submit a petition with signatures of 50 freshmen students. They can run either on student coalitions or as independent candidates, he said.
Career Fair scheduled for School of Business
Business students will meet with company recruiters from 44 companies on an informal basis at the School of Business Career Fair tomorrow, the director of the school placement office said yesterday.
The director, Frederick Madaua,
said the career fair, which is
the school's first, would give students
the opportunity to talk to people in
business without the pressure of a job
interview.
of new employees. They also can talk to undergraduate about the type of courses they need to enter certain fields. Madau said.
Recruiters will talk with graduating students about specific jobs expected
"It gives students the chance to learn about companies and then follow up with resumes and applications that are posted in worked for them," he said.
Many of the companies will return to the University for job interviews later in the year, he said.
THE COMPANIES will set up
He said the idea for the fair came from the School of Engineering, which has held a fair for the past five years. The School of Business decided to hold its fair the day after the engineering faculty had interested in both engineering and business majors could stay for two days, Madua said.
display in Allen Field House from a.m. to 4 p.m. The morning's events are open to business students who will be attending a class, and are open to all students, Madus said.
On the record
BURGLAR'S STOLE $300 worth of stereo equipment Friday night from a car parked in the 1800 block of East 19th Street, police said yesterday. The burglary was reported to police yesterday.
BURGLARS STOLE $280 worth of
watches and jewelry between Saturday
and 11:45 a.m. yesterday from the
St. Louis Police, 600 Massachusetts St.
police said.
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Sunday, September 26,3 to 5 p.m. At the Eldridge House Crystal Room
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