Computer to link libraries
By Lori Stephens
Of Uw Emerald
Lane County's eight public libraries and the
Lane Community College library soon will be able
to share information and request books through a
new computerized linking system.
A grant from the Library Services and Con
struction Act, a federal act designed to improve
library service, will provide the funding for the
new system.
The project should take three years to com
plete, but the Eugene Public Library will have 15
new computer terminals ready for public use by
the end of the summer, says Carol Hildebrand,
assistant city librarian.
The University library will not be joining the
Lane County linking system, however, says
George Shipman, University librarian. With more
than one million volumes, the library is too
massive and the equipment needed would be too
expensive to fit the needs of the other public
libraries, he says.
The municipal library has used a loan system
with the smaller libraries for many years, “but
when you do it by means of a (card) catalog, it's
very cumbersome,” Hildebrand says.
Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge will get their
computers and enter their bibliographic informa
tion into the system in the first year. Florence,
Junction City, LCC and the other libraries will
join the network in the second and third years.
All will tie into the $170,000 computer and
storage system at the municipal library, which
replaces the system used there since 1978,
Hildebrand says.
The information bank is part of the Ohio Col
lege Library Center system. Libraries that become
members of this international cataloging utility
will be able to locate and request books,
magazines, records and art faster and more
efficiently.
“The little libraries that could never afford to
be on this international cataloging and inter
library loan system will be able to (participate
under the new program),” Hildebrand says. Each
library will do its own training and data entry,
with some guidance and assistance from the Lane
Council of Librarians.
The computers will allow patrons to find out
the number of copies of books and other materials
the library system holds, where they’re located in
the county, whether or not they’re checked out,
and if so, when they’re due back, Hildebrand
says. The computer also stores information on ad
dress changes and overdue notices, which is
beneficial for library staff, she says.
Though such a service could help the Univer
sity’s library, its main purpose is another reason
the facility is declining the county program.
“Libraries have specific objectives,” Ship
man says. “The University of Oregon Library ob
jectives are supporting instruction, research and
service, mainly to the community we serve here
on the campus.
“They (the smaller libraries) are not there to
provide a research collection. They’re there to
provide recreational reading for the community
of Eugene,” Shipman says.
The University library has been a part of the
inter-library loan program for several years and
became a member of OCLC in 1981. It also allows
students access to a computer that will do a “data
base search” to gather indexed reference informa
tion on almost any subject.
A computerized cataloging system can be us
ed and updated much easier than the standard
card system. “The bigger a (card) catalog gets, the
more expensive it is to file,” Shipman says.
“With an automated system, you can program it
to perform certain activities which check up on
itself.”
A proposal requesting $6 million to improve
library automation in all colleges and universities
in Oregon has been submitted to the state. It in
cludes the cost of converting catalog records,
machinery, programming and added staff. The
proposal will go before the governor in August.
“It’s going to represent a significant im
provement in an individual being able to find
useful information on a given topic,” Shipman
says.
White Train protesters reunite
By Shannon Kelley
Of the Emerald
The White Train may once
again be traveling through
Oregon, and a group of Eugene
protesters are once again getting
ready to stop it.
In February, 35 people were
arrested as they rallied to stop
the train, which they claim car
ries nuclear weapons. More
than 100 protesters — including
50 from Eugene — took part in
that demonstration, delaying
the train in Portland for almost
three hours. About 40 people
who either had been involved in
that incident or who were
curious about it met with
members of the Agape Com
munity Sunday night at the
United Methodist Church to
discuss plans for civil disobe
dience to protest the train.
Agape, which members say
means ‘‘God’s love at work for
change,” is composed of people
who live along the White
Train’s route and notify other
activists of its whereabouts.
Several Agape members were
involved in the February action.
Agape was formed in 1981 as
an offspring of a workshop
discussing the Christian roots of
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non-violence. The group first
protested trains carrying motors
for Trident missiles and later
became involved with the
White Train.
The group is dedicated to
education and action through
Gandhi’s principles of non
violence, local activist Hal Darst
says.
“The means is the end in the
process of becoming,” Darst
said at Sunday’s gathering.
There are two ways a person can
act through force or through in
spiration, he said.
In Gandhi’s theory of non
violence, force is termed
"duragraha.” Duragraha uses
non-violence as a tactic to gain
short-term goals, such as stop
ping the white train, but doesn’t
change the spirit and reasons
behind the train’s mission,
Darst said.
On the other hand,
“satyagraha” recognizes the
commonality and love in all
people and respects the “op
position,” said Carol Paulson,
an Agape member from
Corvallis.
Paulson gave an example of
satyagraha she witnessed at the
White Train action. W'hile the
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Portland police pulled pro
testers from the tracks, Paulson
and a police officer spon
taneously hugged each other.
They were both crying and the
officer said “I’m sorry. I really
don’t want to do this,” Paulson
said.
“We are seeing evidence of a
relating of love and respect
(with opponents) even though
we very much disagree with
each other’s positions,”
Paulson said.
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