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A TANNING CENTL.. |9( 9v<~ Bun HENRY’S BIO SCREEN OPEH 24 HOURS 595 E. 13TH G PfSTTERSOM 342-1727 Expansion of Janus planned By Edward Klopfanstain ‘. ’Huger, Guey l -ww-aw Modem users will have immediate access to the state's regional college libraries if a University based computing system goes on-line as planned next summer The planned Oregon State System of Higher Education union catalog would allow users of Janus, the University library's computerized card catalog, access to not only the University’s collec tion of two million volumes, but also to about 650,000 volumes from the state's regional colleges The union catalog would appear as an option at the bottom of the s< reen when students make their initial information request, making Janus a virtu al one stop shopping center, said Alice Allen, assistant University librarian for technical ser vices. A grant from the Mover Memorial Trust of Port land for nearly $770,000 will fund initial start-up i osts for the system The funds also will renovate the Knight Library Technical Services Center, which houses the system ■'This project is especially important to the Uni versity of Oregon and the four regional state col leges since it reflects our educational, research and public service missions,” said University Presi dent Myles Brand. The Meyer Trust 's grant will enhance the rapacity of each of the institutions to provide statewide service." University Librarian Cieorge Shipman said since the Knight Library is the biggest in the statu, the planned service represents the University's responsibility to serve the academic, business and governmental communities in Oregon. One-third of the project's funding will pay for the new system. The other $526,000 will go to ren ovating the technical center. Shipman said. Renovation would upgrade the center's technol ogy so it can provide greater access to incoming requests by modem and offer more support to the F.D-NKT distance learning program, he said KD NET supports student programs for students with out at (.ess to college facilities. Upon completion of the union catalog this sum mer. anyone equipped with a modem in Oregon will have access to the library files of participating universities. All msts for maintaining the system will be paid by the state system. Allen said, with only some additional staff time being applied to the project by the University. Currently, participants besides the University include Western Oregon State College, Eastern Oregon State College, Southern Oregon State Col lege and Oregon Institute of Technology. Other institutions, such as I.infield College in McMinnville and Willamette University in Salem, also have shown interest in joining the system. Shipman said. Shipman said the system will maximize limit ed funds throughout the state university system by supporting resource sharing. "At a time when library budgets are severely constrained, libraries must seek ways in which to maximize the impact of the money available to ensure that the fullest possible range of collections is available within the state.” Shipman said. The Meyer Memorial Trust funding the project is the largest foundation in the Northwest, with assets of more than $300 million. The trust was initially developed by the late Fred G. Meyer with a sale of his store's stock. The charitable organiza tion is not connected with the chain of retail stores. YUGOSLAVIA Continued from Page 1 In March this year. Renata's father got through from Sarajevo on a heavily trafficked telecom munications satellite. "I couldn't believe it when I heard his voice," she said. "First I laughed, and then l cried. We talked for only a minute before the line broke down. But he told me they were OK. and he said that I should stay in the United States." Both Renata and Nikolina have brothers who have served in the army during the war. Nikolina said her brother served in Zagreb for a while, but he is now studying computer science at a university. "My twin brother is still fight ing.” Renata said. "He came I rack to Bosnia from Germany just two months before the war broke out. The last time anybody heard from him was in August." After the war broke out. Nikoli na personally experienced some of the ethnic animosity that arose in the former Yugoslavia "Some of my best friends were Serbian." Nikolina said. "One day, a Serbian friend of mine told me she was going to Switzerland. Later I heard that she had escaped to Serbia. I was very hurt because she had lied to me. And many of iny Serbian friends don't answer the phone anymore ." But Renata and Nikotina are feeling better now. "For the first time since I came to the United States, I'm really happy with my life," Renata said "I've learned that it's important to keep myself btisv, so that I don’t think about the war all the time. And com ing to Eugene was such a relief for me after living in really small towns for two years.” Nikolina believes she’s privi leged to lie able to study music. "Music is my greatest pas sion," she said. "Being able to study opera is a great opportuni ty for me. Here at the Universi ty I can learn a lot about things that are important in this profes sion: song, dance, drama, lan guages and so on. In Croatia. 1 wouldn't have been able to do that right now," “I'm also glad that 1 can be a representative for my country ‘I was watching these terrible television images from Sarajevo, and I didn't know anything about the state of my family.' Renata Filipovic here in the United States," Nikolina said. "When I tell peo ple that I'm from Croatia, a lot of people don't know whore that is Some people ask if I said 'Korea' or Russia.' I think 1 have an important task in informing people about my country and the wur that's going on there." "You don't hear so much al»out the war in the former Yugoslavia anymore," Renata said. "I think that's sad. I suppose there's a cer tain inflation in news. When you've heard ahout all the atroc ities and seen the terrifying pic tures for a while, the shock wears off 1 just hope people won't for get about what's happening in my home country." cam Get a Date? Parents and Friends Nagging You? Break the Habit with a Smoking cessation workshop & • Support firoup Tuesdays, Oct. 26 - Nov. 161 4pm - 5pm (/ (downstair* in the Medical l.ibr.iry of ihc Student Health Center )\] > Limited Space Registration II/j* Call 346-4456 to preregister S/Htniurred by the Student Health Center Lifestyle Planning Program JT