William Axford
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New library head seeks systems
that favor use, end aggravation
By TRISH WEISMAN
Of the Emerald
“We need systems that en
courage people to use the library
rather than discourage them,”
according to the first new
University librarian in 25 years,
William Axford.
Axford, who took office July 2
after the retirement of Carl
Hintz, said in a recent interview
that the present circulation
system “forces the user to do
certain things which are very
aggravating. The user has to
drive the system.
“It is a serious impediment to
education,” he continued,
because when it takes so long to
charge out books, “they (the
students) will charge out as few
as possible rather than as many
as possible.
“We’re going to be trying to
develop library systems which
are oriented toward the needs of
the user of the library, rather
than requiring the user to bend to
the library system’s needs. That
is the main guiding principle,”
Axford said.
So how would he solve the
problem of charging out books?
“The ultimate solution here is
an automated circulation system.
In* a properly designed
automated circulation system, it
shouldn’t take more than six to
eight seconds to charge out a
book,” Axford said. “It is also
possible at reasonable cost.
“An automated system,” he
said, “gives more reliable data,
is more accurate and the data
can be interpreted to pinpoint
operator errors and to analyze
circulation usage.”
Axford brings these new ideas
to the University from a career
that has taken him all over the
country, but which began in
Oregon.
Born in Montana, he grew up in
Portland and earned his
bachelors degree in history from
Reed College in 1950.
Axford has also studied at the
University of Washington and at
the University of Denver where
he earned his masters in library
science and his doctorate in
history.
He has worked in New Mexico
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for the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis, for the
Denver Post as head librarian
and as assistant director and then
director of libraries at the
University of Denver.
Axford has taught librarian
ship in various places, including
the Universities of Illinois,
Denver and Punjab in Pakistan,
the last with his wife, also a
librarian.
He was director of libraries at
Florida Atlantic University from
1967 to 1970 and he comes to the
University from Arizona State
University, where he was
university librarian.
Last June the Association of
College and Research Libraries
elected Axford their vice
president and president-elect.
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