Public library offers many services
By Sean Nelaon
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The Eugene Public Library,
located at 100 W. 13th Ave., of
fers a variety of services and
many different kinds of
literature to its patrons.
"There is basically something
for everyone, from small
children to elderly people.** ac
cording to Michael McCarthy,
director of circulation
The library checks out
materials such as books,
records, cassettes, art prints,
hand puppets, magazines, and
smaller items such as pam
phlets. maps, and videos. Mc
Carthy said.
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special services that we offer is
business information in the
form of stock information: We
have a subscription called
Value Line, which gives detail
ed information about stocks and
the corporations which sell
them," he said.
"There are a lot of people in
terested in business." he added.
The library has a business
section with general informa
tion on products produced,
names and addresses of com
pany officers, whether a com
pany is still in existence and
where they would be located for
purchases or repairs on both
older and new products. McCar
thy said
The program also will go to
areas on the outskirts of the city
limits, McCarthy added.
"The person who takes the
books to the elderly individual
often selects the material for
that particular individual." he
said.
“The service adds a human
element to the library pro
grams." he added.
The library will assist people
in geneology as well, McCarthy
said.
“The reference section offers
information on patron's family
history," he added.
The library has access to
many government documents
It has a decent
sized” phonabook
collection which is
‘‘heavily used,” he
said.
The collection
covers cities "from
Ames, Iowa to Yakima
Valley, Wash.,” he
said.
The library operates
an interlibrary loan
service offering books
‘‘from almost any
library in the coun
try.” McCarthy said.
"If necessary we
can also get books
from foreign coun
tries." he added.
‘‘Last year we
received an i n -
terlibrary loan request
from Leningrad,
Russia,” McCarthy
said with disbelief.
"We were surprised
to say the least.”
A series of pro
grams an? offered for
children at the library,
too.
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The Eugene Public Library, located at
100 W. 13tb Ave.. offers an assortment
of magazines, tapes, periodicals and
other literary services.
E.very summer, ine uorary
participates in a reading pro
gram "intended to provide in
centive for kids to read," Mc
Carthy said.
It offers a series of story times,
movies, craft programs and
display cases for children's col
lections. he added
Extension services offer a pro
gram providing library services
for people at retirement centers
and nursing homes who are
unable to get to the library, he
said.
memo mg listings oi govern
mental agencies that print such
documents and particular agen
cies to contact regarding obtain
ing those documents.
“We have complete records
of each year’s (legislative ses
sion) including bills, statutes,
laws and amendments.” he
said
The library also has county
information from various com
missions such as city councils.
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