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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1966)
New School to Meet Librarian Need By MIKE FANCHER Emerald N<-wd Editor Imagine u federal program with substantial funds for both ma terials and salaries suffering from a lack of qualified people to ad minister it. Strange as the situation may sound, this is the problem which is currently besetting the nation's libraries. Due to the increasing interest in education and libraries and the resulting availability of fed eral funds, librarians are in great demand. To meet this demand the University has set up a School of Librarianship. Academically, there is little to distinguish the present school from the oid Department of Li brary Science ut the University, hut administratively there is a major difference, ills name is Leroy C. Merritt. Conference Calls Poverty Specialist Clyde E DeBerry, poverty spe cialist at the University, has been invited to attend a national con ference to evaluate summer and fall institute programs of the Equal Educational Opportunities Program. DeBerry directed a summer In Stitutc on School Desegregation Training and Research at the Uni versity this year. The national conference to which DeBerry has been invited will be at Clark College in Atlan ta, Georgia, Wednesday through Friday. Conferees will discuss changes in Equal Educational Opportu nities Program policy and exam ine criteria for determining pro ject priorities. The meeting is sponsored by the Grants and Institutes Pro gram staff of the Equal Educa tional Opportunities Program. U. S. Office of Education, Depart ment of Health, Education, and Welfare. Merritt is dean or the School of Librarianship, but admittedly his job is a challenge. More impor tant to him, however, his job is "exciting.” "Days come to an end too soon," he says, leaving much to be done. • Despite the fact that the courses being taught this year are basically the same as those of the old department, there is much work involved in starting a sepa rate school. For instance, Merritt, who served as Associate Dean of the School of Librarianship at the University of California at Berke ley for five years, must start thinking about what changes are T Gift Fair Opens Today Elephant hair jewelry and kan garoo soup, along with hundreds of other imported items from throughout the world, will be on sale today through Saturday. A particularly wide selection of imports will be included in this year’s gift fair, which will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily in the Student Union. Holiday gift shoppers may choose from such goods as wood en carvings from Kenya, Tangan yika and Uganda; stuffed koala bears from Australia; toys from all over the world; Korean brass ware; Italian glassware; and jew elry from Tanganyika, Spain, Ko rea, Japan, Thailand, France, and Germany. Many of the foreign wares are handcrafted. Special foods will also be fea tured, along with chocolate can dy from 15 different countries. Over 2,000 persons were at tracted to the 1965 Gift Fair, when the YM-YWCA realized an ap proximate $1,200 profit to sup port community and campus pro jects by the YWCA. "Customers would rather fight than switch" One Hour “Martinbing” the most in DRY CLEANING India Madras Shirts our specialty 1 HOUR DRY CLEANING NO EXTRA CHARGE 1338 Hilyard Also 66 West 29th to be made in the future curricu lum. At present the courses offered are considered standard for a li brary school, but Merritt has some ideas for improving them. A current graduate student in the school can center his inter est on librarianship in schools, public libraries or as an academic librarian. The new dean would like to allow for more specialized study if the student desires it. Merritt also talks of “sort of a dream I have” for study in the field of archives administration. He says no school in the country gives a full year’s study tie-in be tween history, political science and librarianship, but there is a demand for this. One reason no other school of fers this might be because there are so few accredited schools of librarianship in the nation. Only 38 schools in the entire country have been accredited by the American Library Association. Merritt would like the Univer sity’s to be number 40. Most of what the Association looks for when accrediting a school, Merritt says the Univer sity has. These things include its own academic office and budget, a well-organized and taught cur riculum, large enough an area for the school, and admission re quirements which allow the en trance of only those who will truly benefit. The basic thing Merritt feels the school now lacks is a gradu ating class, for it’s necessary to have graduated at least one class to become accredited. This means that if all goes well, earliest accreditation could Dominican Film Lecture Tonight An illustrated lecture on “The Dominican Republic” will open the 1966-67 World Around Us film-lecture series at the Univer sity at 8 p.m. today in 150 Sci ence. Admission to the program is by season ticket or by single ad mission at the door at 50 cents. The lecture, illustrated with documentary color motion pic tures, will be given by Jack Cur rey, who has just returned from the Dominican Republic where he filmed many current scenes. Currey was a close associate of Robert E. Moran, originally book ed to give the lecture. Moran was assassinated in Guatemala just before his lecture tour was to start. ' AFTER SHAVE LOTION \ $3.00 LOTION AND COLOGNE SET | $4.00 WATCH WHAT ' BLACK MATCH DOES FOR A MAN! AUo avatfabU fur MIN'S COLOGNE $3.59 INSTANT FOAM SHAVE $2.00 FRE-ELECTRIC SKIN CONDITIONER $2.50 OORE STICK OEODORANT $1.50 BLACK WATCH JBL w PRINCE MATCHABELLI Free Samples . . . 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The school now has 70 stu dents which means it could grad uate 30 or 40 in its first class. From there, Merritt expects a growth of 10 per cent each year. Adding to the newness of the school are two new faculty mem bers, Robert E. Kemper- and Caro line Feller, both associate profes sors. With this type of newness it isn’t hard to see why Merritt is “excited,” or why he says, “B is going to be a fine experience, I’m sure.” University Passes $18,000 UA Goal The University has exceeded its goal in contributions for the 1966 United Appeal Campaign. As of early last week Uni versity gifts totaled $18397.90 for 102 per cent of the goal, which had been set this year at $18,000. This is the fifth consecutive year that the University has given more than its goal in the campaign. / - ■ ■ ■ - ' SENIORS SENIORS CHOOSING A CAREER? LOOK TO GOVERNMENT FOR CHALLENGE Oregon’s largest employer, State Government, needs young men and women willing to assume responsible positions In the fields of: Management, Personnel, Accounting, Auditing, Research, Counselling, Public Relations, Social Service and Education. Campus Interviews — December 6 Civil Service Representative* will be on campus December f. Call the University Placement Office for an appointment. MAKE YOUR FUTURE OREGON'S FUTURE ARE YOU SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING? People in love have a crazy way of getting wrapped up in each other and forgetting about everything else. So, unless you want to make a mistake, forget about love when you’re buying a diamond ring. If you’d like some expert help, in fact, go see your >' ArtCarved jeweler. He has beautiful diamond rings from , $150 to over $1000. Every one has a gemologist’s evaluation inscribed on the inner band. Every one is guaranteed. So don’t get emotional at a time like this. Get careful. 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