Library
hours
to be
cut
Effective Wednesday, the University
Library will be open 15 hours a week less than
it has been operating.
In a temporary, “emergency” move
made late Friday afternoon by University
administrators and approved by University
President Robert Clark, the Library’s hours
were trimmed because of a shortage of staff.
The shortage will be handled with a “two
pronged attack,” Vice Provost for Academic
Planning and Resources Richard Littman
said Sunday.
“The University, at the same time it is
cutting Library hours, is making available
$15,000 to the Library for wages help,” Litt
man said. The $15,000 will be used for hiring
more persons to work in the Library. The
money came from Clark’s reserve fund.
Littman said the cut-down in Library
hours will be in effect “I would guess about at
least two weeks.” By the end of this week, the
Library will have completed a detailed
examination of its working pattern, Littman
said. As a result of the study, he said he hoped
a more permanent arrangement can be made
soon for the Library’s hours.
The hours that were cut (see ac
companying chart) were chosen because
Library traffic patterns show them to be the
hours of lightest use, Littman said.
The shortage in Library staff this fall is
mainly due to about 20 students who are
certified and placed for work-study jobs in the
Library and haven’t shown up for work since
school started.
Coupled with that is a general cut-down in
staff this year caused by a reduced Library
operating budget.
Because of the shortage, staff has been
spread thin to shelve and reshelve books,
periodicals, newspapers and documentary
materials in several divisions, and at the
same time to man circulation desks in various
public service areas.
Library officials say it is impossible to
operate the circulation sections on a partial
manner. The entire area, including the social
sciences, humanities and special reserve
areas, has to be fully manned when it is open.
Insufficient staffing has created other
problems.
The east turnstile in the Library has been
closed. The Douglass Listening Room is on
shorter hours. In the Reserve Book Room, the
lineup of persons waiting for service
sometimes means a wait of from 25 to 40
minutes.
Also, the Library has halted its
reclassification from the Dewey Decimal to
the Library of Congress system of cataloging,
started by the Library in 1964—it means
maintaining a double, and more complex,
stacking system.
The same problems plaguing the Library
are plaguing the University branch libraries:
science, the map room, law and architecture
and allied arts.
For most of the problems to be solved,
library officials estimate that about 600 extra
man hours a week would be required. They
hope some problems can be eased by the hour
reduction because the present staff will be
free to catch up with the shelving.
University Librarian Carl Hintz called
the hour reduction a “serious step, taken with
the utmost reluctance.” Hintz and University
administrators met during last week to
decide on what course of action to take.
Library Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Open Closed
9a.m. 10p.m.
9a.m. 10p.m.
9a.m. 10p.m.
9a.m. 10p.m.
9a.m. 5p.m.
8a.m. 5p.m.
2p.m. 10p.m.
Classes held today
Classes will be held as usual
today, Veterans Day.
All offices in Emerald Hall will
be closed for observance of the
national holiday. Other offices on
campus will be open with
“skeleton crews”—smaller
staffing to handle the same work
load.
Vets hold march
A group of young Vietnam War
veterans will lead a march to the
Skinner's Butte “War Memorial'’
today, Veterans Day.
The Lane Veterans Against the
War have planned the march in
memory of the 75 Lane County
men who have died so far in the
Southeast Asian War and as a
reminder of the continuing cost of
the war to the Vietnamese and
American people.
Marchers will gather at 6 p.m.
on the downtown mall. Carrying
lighted candles they will depart
at 6:30 for the top of Skinner’s
Butte and a brief ceremony
which will include the laying of a
wreath at the base of the “War
Memorial.”
photo by Matt McCormick
Brave Oregon fans huddle together to watch Ducks beat San Jose State 34-14 in Saturday's downpour.
Cal games have no hearing on standings
John Lennon would have you imagining if there was no country
and only sky above. Put that aside for a moment and imagine
something of real importance. Imagine that California’s games
counted in the Pac-8 standings.
If they did count, guess who would be on top. Yeah, Cal, with a 3-0
record. They’ve beaten Oregon State, 30-27; Washington State, 24-23
and UCLA, 31-24.
But this is all conjecture. As it is now, Stanford is 3-1 followed by
Oregon at 2-1. And the stage is set for one of the biggest games of the
season- uotn the Duck standpoint. Saturday, Oregon State takes on
Stanford and all good Duck fans are rooting for a Beaver upset.
CURRENT PAC-i
STANDINGS
W L T
Stanford 3 ) 0
Oregon 2 1 0
OSU 1 1 0
WSU 1 1 0
UCLA 1 1 0
Washington 1 2 0
use 0 2 0
California
PAC-* STANDINGS
IF CAL'S
GAMES COUNTED
W L T
California 3 0 0
Stanford 3 1 0
Oregon 2 1 0
OSU 1 2 0
WSU 1 2 0
UCLA 1 2 0
Washington 1 2 0
USC 0 2 0
If Dee Andros’ pumpkins were to do the job (and Oregon was to
down Washington State) the Ducks would be in first place with a 3-1
record followed by Oregon State, 2-1 and Stanford, 3-2.
So it would all boil down to the Nov. 20 meeting with Oregon State
at Autzen—providing the Beavers didn’t lose to WSU the week before.
And don’t worry about UCLA. Even if they were to win the rest of
their games and went 4-1, like Oregon, the Rose Bowl representative
would be determined by the season record—and the Ducks would have
it over the Bruins 6-5 to 5-5.
Now isn’t that perfectly clear. Maybe it would be better to go back
to I^nnon.