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THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Friday, June 21, 1968
Special Collections prepare for transferal to Spencer
By Catherine Demeritt Advisers Institute Reporter
On July 1, the department of special collections in Watson Library will close and begin the monumental task of moving 150.- 000 volumes and 500,000 manuscripts into the new Spencer Library.
Re-opening in Spencer is scheduled to coincide with the fall term, Sept. 15. The serials department will move into the area vacated by Special Collections.
A date for the physical transfer of books has not been set, although extensive organization will take place prior to the move.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS comprises rare materials either purchased by or donated to the library. Because of their value and their age, these books are housed together in a top security department.
Measures have been taken to provide services for people working on theses, according to Alexandra Mason, head of the Department of Special Collections.
Twenty-four scientists from Mexico and Brazil visited this week for orientation on the techniques involved in using radar as a tool for studying the remote sensing of earth resources from aircraft platforms.
Latins come here to study radar as tool
The foreign geographers, geologists, hydrologists and engineers are visiting KU's Center for Research in Engineering Science under sponsorship of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Tex.
The KU visit is part of a twoyear program conducted by NASA in which these scientists are being familiarized with the overall concepts of the NASA Earth Resources Survey program. The program will ultimately provide techniques for the survey of earth resources using a variety of remote sensor instruments including cameras, radar, and infrared systems.
Richard K. Moore, the Black & Veach professor of electrical engineering, and David S. Simonett, professor of geography, are the Kansas hosts for the visit.
Otherwise there will be no service to the general public.
The actual book move, which is estimated to take between two and four weeks, will operate as a "shuttle service," according to John Glinka, associate director of libraries.
Since books housed in Special Collections are kept under controlled temperatures, a vanload of materials must be moved and unloaded quickly.
LIBRARY OFFICIALS have asked for services of a local, professional moving company "with sufficient moving experience," Glinka commented.
Glinka pointed out that with expert moving books will be exposed for only "the short space between the outside door and the van," reducing the possibility of damage.
The Kansas Collection, composed of materials pertaining to Kansas history, is located near the elevator and exit route. It will be moved first. Books from the Special Collections will then be moved through the empty Kansas Collection stacks.
MATERIALS WILL be matened by shelves. A specific shelf of books from Watson will have a pre-determined receiving shelf in Spencer.
The shelf of materials will be loaded onto a book truck, carried by covered van to Spencer where it will be unloaded, and placed on the corresponding shelf.
Very little packaging will be involved. A carefully loaded book truck is sufficient, saving wear and tear on the books, Miss Mason commented.
"Items of particular fragility will probably be transported by hand," she added.
BOTH MISS Mason and Glinka noted the need for manpower during the book move. Student help will be solicited.
"We may have to draft other members of the staff," Glinka said since it will be necessary to clean up and ready shelves afterward.
Miss Mason also noted the need for experienced staff at both ends of the move.
Besides keeping things organized during the move, Miss Mason felt "the inconvenience to the public by being closed" was the major problem in the re-location process.
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS, including the Kansas Collection, is currently housed in six rooms. The Spencer Library covers four floors.
"KB (Kansas Books) will have its own quarters on a separate floor, which is something they need badly." Miss Mason stated.
Once in Spencer Library, personnel will be the major concern
"If we have an insufficient staff, it will be extremely difficult to run the building," she added, expressing her hopes for a personnel increase.
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"Then we can work in an orderly manner."
THREE PROFESSIONAL positions have been added, two of which have been filled, according to Glinka. After the move, necessary clerk-typist positions will be assessed and cleared through the Civil Service Commission.
In July the Kansas Collection will acquire a new curator, a position which has been vacant for over a year. Miss Jane Riss, who has been with the county library system in Missouri, will fill the post.
A UNIQUE feature of the Spencer Library will be the "private studies for long term readers," Miss Mason said. These rooms will be available to any one working on a serious project and needing the room every day.
Miss Mason does not foresee any drastic policy changes once Special Collections is re-located. The hours open to the public will be generally the same. A final schedule will be made after re-opening.
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Although the number of rooms is limited, she stated that it is conceivable an upperclassman doing intensive work might be granted a study.
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Construction of the Kenneth Spencer Research Library began in January 1967. Planning began in early 1965. Funds for the construction of the building were provided by Mrs. Kenneth A. Spencer. The late Mr. Spencer, a KU graduate, was founder and Chairman of the Board of the Spencer Chemical company.
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The architect is Robert Jenks of Kansas City.
Violence slips from the tube
HOLLYWOOD —(UPI)— This has been something of a historic year in television because it has shown that the unrelenting force of public opinion can bring significant changes to the home screen.
I don't mean such trivial matters as whether angry letters from viewers can keep a piece of entertainment fluff on the air. Regardless of what networks say about such alleged viewer influence in regard to entertainment series, the fact is that letters have almost no impact whatever.
I am talking, rather, about the influence of unrelenting and powerful public pressure in such areas as antismoking commercials, programs that deal with the race problem and changes of attitude toward violent "entertainment."
IF THE VIEWER gets cynical about his lack of effect on what weekly series stay on or go off, he should note with care that he has—and can have—impact in letting television know forcefully his feelings toward social developments.
And the public has learned time and again that it can count on hardly anyone in influential positions to fight its video battles. Congress is of little help—too many congressmen are afraid to offend television, and some have broadcasting interests. The Federal Communications Commission, despite an occasional outspoken member, has its paths blocked in too many ways.
For television, almost without exception, is a medium that follows rather than leads—chiefly because of its desire to appeal to the mass audience, and the caution required in such an approach to business.
And so the public, aided by the inevitability of history, and rallying around issues that seem certain to require action, is learning to fight its own battles, even if accidentally so. It hardly seems planned. There is a fine irony of inevitable moral direction in all this because, after all, the airwaves belong, under the law, to the public.
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It looks like a box, about a foot wide, and is connected to the engine in 9 places.
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The Volkswagen Squareback is one of the few cars in the world with a fuel injection system.
A computer was designed to control this system. To think for it.
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