4A SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996
KU EDITION
LAWRENCE JOURNAL-WORLD
Library expands information technology
The KU library system is preparing for more technology updates.
BY JL WATSON
JOURNAL-WORLD WRITER
The Kansas University library system is undergoing dramatic changes, but library patrons might not notice them the minute they walk through the doors.
The changes have something to do with Information Technology Services, which has a patron-based theme for the coming year.
"It's our working ourselves through the alignment of our services for students, faculty and staff," said William "Bill" Crowe, dean of libraries and newly appointed vice chancellor for information services.
Part of Crowe's responsibilities are to prepare the library for technology upgrades, including the installment of more than 150 Pentium computers in the next year.
"1996-97 is the 40th anniversary of the computer at KU," he said. "Forty years is 'new' in library terms, and we're ready for a new stage of development.
What we want to emphasize is the continuity with our best traditions.
"At each stage of our development we've managed to reach a stage where our students, faculty and staff could get their job done better. We have to be better than adequate because we're a better-than-adequate university."
Commitment to change
Crowe credits Chancellor Robert Hemenway with instituting change throughout the university.
"The chancellor's commitments here are genuine and sustained," he said. "Over the next year, students will see an entirely new library online system.
"We want students to have the same world-class information resources — from traditional library collections to the latest information technology — that their parents and grandparents had."
Changing the database system will help students refine their search for information, Crowe said.
"We'll be able to gateway very
RICHARD GWIN/JOURNAL-WORLD PHOTO
Channette Kirby, library assistant, left, gives instructions to Heath Giggs, a student employee at Watson Library.
See Library, page 6A
Pecking order
Who's who (and how much they're paid) at Kansas University.
Board of Regents
Chancellor -
Robert Hemenway -
$164,000
Salaries as of Jan. 1, 1997
Executive Assistant, Chief of Staff
See Business school, page 26A
"Change is the key word in our agenda," he said. "We're not just
Bruce Bublitz, associate dean of academic affairs for the business school, said the school plans to continue updating current technology for students' use and to step up recruitment of international business students.
Mary Burg - $63,560
Director of Athletics - Bob Fredrick - $134,392
University Counsel - Victoria Thomas - $91,665
University Director of Administration -
Richard Mann - $113,265
University Director of Institutional Research -
Deborah Teeter - $69,200
Director of University Relations -
Tom Hutton - $55,660
University Director of Budget and Government Relations -
Martin Pain - $105,800
Exposure to international businesses and modern technology are two of the priorities for the Kansas University School of Business.
**Provost -**
David Shulenburger -
$130,000
Associate Provost -
Assistance Gaudt - $70,000
Associate Provost -
Richard Givens - $89.75
Director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Recruitment Maurice Bryan - $66,522
-Associate Provest, Academic Services -
Kathleen McCluskey-Fawcett - $86,000
Associate Provost, Support Services - Linda Keyn - $80,300
- **Liberal Arts & Sciences** - Sally Frost-Mason - $120,000
- **Engineering** - Carl Locke - $117,575
- **Education** - Karen Gallagher - $93,200
- **Law** - Michael Hoeffinch - $145,000
- **Business** - Tom Sarowski - $142,475
- **Social Welfare** - Ann Weick - $95,600
- **Fine Arts** - Peter Thompson - $96,340
- **Architecture** - John Gaunt - $116,690
- **Pharmacy** - Jack Fincham - $114,500
- **Journalism** - Mike Kautsch - $90,000
- **Graduate and International Studies** - Andy Debicki - $110,96
- **Regents Center** - Bob Stark - $80,350
- **Continuing Education** - Bob Senecal - $99,773
Vice Chancellor,
Student Affairs -
Dave Amber -
$108,909
Vice Chancellor, Research and Public Service - Howard Mossberg -
$104.140
Vice Chancellor,
Information Services
and Dean of Libraries
Bill Crowe -
$110,000
Source: Kansas University
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