In 1937 the Public Works Administration labor
force built the University library with a $448,000
Photo* by Jtmmi Harris
loan from the federal government. The loan was
repaid with student building fees.
Library is more than books
By STEWART WRIGHT
Of the Emerald
You’ve probably read something about the
library which began, "The library has a collection
of about 1,300,000 volumes . "
But the library is much more than an impres
sive number of books and a good place to study.
There are many departments which most
students don't know anything about.
The Instructional Media Center has audio-vi
sual eqiupment which is available for student use.
The IMC is located behind the library with five film
studios and a library of 900 educational films.
Students may view any film during the evening
when the facilities aren't in use by faculty
members
Students may check out a cassette tape
recorder when they are available. To check out
any of the other equipment, such as an overhead
projector, it’s necessary to have a faculty
member’s approval With note in hand, the
student can take the equipment out of the center
and home
It is also possible to make transparencies in
the graphic arts center, but students will be
charged for this service
"We are always willing to help a student find
an alternate way to provide information for a
class,” says George Bynon. IMC director.
In addition to the IMC. the library has a
newspaper room located in the basement, where
students can browse through newspapers from
nearly every town in Oregon, in addition to a
selection of national and international publica
tions The Oregon Collection, located on the
second floor, houses materials about Oregon and
Oregonians. Also on the second floor are social
science materials and government documents.
Humanities material takes up the third floor.
Psychology and education books, periodicals and
journals are on the first floor with the card and
microfiche catalogs, Douglass Listening Room
and reserve book room.
Claire Myers, catalogue desk librarian, is
often asked by students why there isn't a general
periodical room. Periodicals are filed by subject in
the corresponding division, she says For exam
ple, social science periodicals are kept and ca
taloged in the Social Science division of the
library.
All the periodicals in every division are filed in
the main card catalog on the first floor. Myers
suggests at students use this catalog when the
author or title of the periodical article is known.
The most current library holdings are filed in
the card catalog by author and title only. New
library material (after October 1977) is filed by
subject only in the microfiche catalogs.
The Main Library doesn't store all the refer
ence material on campus. Specialized books and
periodicals are kept in the branch libraries. These
are the Science Library, Architecture and Allied
Arts Library, the Law Library, the Map Library and
the Bureau of Government Research and Service
Library
If a book is unavailable at any of the libraries
around campus, it can be ordered from any of the
other higher education libraries around the state.
Myers says that an inter-library loan request takes
time to fill and should be made well in advance of
the time the book is needed
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The Oregon Collection houses information by, for and about Oregonians. It’s also a good place to
study.
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Main Desk
What is available at
the EMU Main Desk?
(Main Floor, New Addition)
Sales Key making, key chains, candy, cameras, film,
supplies, paperback books, greeting cards, postcards, bicycle
chains, school supplies, magazines, padlocks.
Services Check cashing for University students, fa
culty, staff with proper I D.
Theatre discount tickets
Film developing
Trading post ads
Greyhound bus tickets
Fast passes and bus tokens
Ode classified ads
Pay telephone & EWEB bills
Concert tickets
Shakespearean Festival tickets
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