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Library reports lost books, mutilated mags By MARIAN GREEN Of th« Emerald The library’s reserve book section has a problem — the number of reserve books "squirreled away” in other parts of the library and journals mu tilated by students is increasing, says head librarian George Shipman. According to an inventory ta ken last fall, only three reserve books were missing. By the middle of winter term, that number had grown to 27 books, including 14 books lent to the reserve section by faculty, says reserve section librarian Ethel Weltman. Weltman attributes the in crease in part to an organiza tional change made last Jan uary that housed all reserve books and periodicals in the same area. "There used to be very little loss," she says. “Now, we have moved to a system with a lot of freedom." Weltman says although she intially was skeptical of the new organization, she’s generally pleased and expects the system to improve with time. "I think it’s too early to as sess,” she says. “It’s a complex system — we need to teach them (students) what they can and can’t do and make sure that Rape help is offered A six-part series on “Under standing Sexual Violence’’ begins today with a workshop on awareness and prevention of sexual assault. The series will be held each Tuesday through May 5 at 7 p.m. in the Koinonia Center at 1414 Kincaid St. Childcare can be arranged by calling the Rape Crisis Network at 485-6700. Listed below is a schedule: April 7 Sexual assault: Basic awareness and prevention. April 14 Preventing sexual abuse of children: Help for your child and children you know. April 21 Sexual assault: Ad vanced theory and prevention. April 28 Sexual harrassment at work and at school. May 5 The rapist: Who he is and why he attacks women and children. May 14 Specifically for seniors: Personal awareness and prevention of sexual assault and other violent crimes. 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And although the books technically are still in the library, Shipman says “when a book is squirreled away, it’s still lost." An electronic security system, expected to cost between $5,000 to $7,000, will be in stalled in the reserve section, Shipman says. Weltman says she's glad the reserve section will be equipped with a security system, but more signs are needed to discourage students from hiding books and cutting articles from per iodicals, she says. The cost of replacing lost books and mutilated periodicals is unmeasureable, and the li brary can't afford to replace books lent to the reserve sec tion by faculty members, Welt man says. The problem is compounded by budget cuts. "People think you just go out to a newsstand, but periodicals are neither easy to replace nor cheap,” she says. At present the library has no money to bind periodicals, and “the longer a periodical is on the shelf, the more at risk it is,” Weltman says. 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