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
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tain amount of honor involved."
Shipman says much of the
problem stems from the Univer
sity’s dwindling budget.
Because of course cancella
tions, professors are unsure of
how many books to order from
the bookstore, and then the
bookstore is sometimes unable
to get the book on time, he says.
Lack of available texts
creates an increased competi
tion among students for reserve
books, Shipman says.
Weltman says students who
use reserve books are under
"high stress.”
"It’s very tempting. They may
think, ‘Oh, the library can
handle it,’ but often it’s their
own professors and ultimately
it's each other they’re ripping
off," she says.
When competing for the
books, students often hide
books in other areas of the li
brary for later use, Shipman
says.
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.
Weltman says in the past the
library would not bind an in
complete journal or periodical,
although current research pub
lished in the journals make them
the “heart” of a research insti
tution.
"Nobody can afford to dp that
anymore," she says.
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