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Janus provides access to University library system lours and classes can help students gain familiarity with the extensive system By Chris Kenning Freelance Reporter School is back in session, and it won’t be long before you’ll need to make a trip to the library. The ex tensive library system can seem intimidating, but both returning and first-year students will find it extremely user-friendly. The University’s library system, comprised of several branches, is the largest research library in the state. It has more than two million volumes, 15,000 periodicals, maps, visual resources, musical recordings, manuscripts and an array of electronic information. It takes a staff of 219, including li brary faculty and support staff, to run it all, with total expenditures of $10 million. Knight Library, which is the main branch, houses most of the volumes and periodicals in the ar eas of the humanities. George Shipman, the Universi ty’s head librarian, recommends students get to know Janus, the on line library guide, to make use of these resources. “It will provide access to the books and journals in the UO li braries, allow you to search sever al periodical indexes, and gives you an easy connection to many libraries throughout the state and region,” Shipman writes in the li brary guide. Terminals are located on all floors of the library. Gantugla Ganbat, a summer stu dent from Mongolia, said while she lacks experience in comput ers, she round the library software easy to use. “I like the computers here, they save me time and make things more accessible,” she said. Students will also discover that printing off a library computer is no longer free, but costs 10 cents per page. The next place to go for help in the library is the reference desk. Shipman advises students to ask questions, which will save valu able time in locating information for assignments. Paul Frantz, a Knight Library Reference Librarian since 1986, is a patient man. “We get questions of all kinds, from reference to computers to di rectional questions,” he said. “Some are surprising, some I hear 20 times a day.” But Frantz stress es that students shouldn’t be afraid to ask. Knight Library offers many im portant services. On the first floor there is a government documents department, which contains local, state and national information from government agencies. Also located on this level are the micro forms collection and the library copy service. Taking the Solari stair gallery south to the second floor brings you to the periodical section, the East Asian Collection of books and periodicals, and the Information Technology Center (ITC). The ITC is a learning laboratory with 60 computer workstations, which provide Internet access, graphic stations, scanners, word processing and database applica tions. On the third floor is the music services department and the Dou glass Listening Room. There is Campus Libraries The different branches of the University library system are located throughout campus in various departments. also a rare books and photographs collection. The audio-visual de partment, the Instructional Media Center, is also located there. Curtis Perry, a sophomore, likes the music services and is utilizing them for his wedding. “I’m looking for processional music, and the music center has a lot to offer,” Perry said. If what you’re looking for is not to be found in Knight, then the University’s more specialized branches may help. The science library, located be tween Pacific and Klamath halls, contains materials on subjects from astronomy to zoology. Jill Holman, a science librarian, MAH GARTON/Emerald said the collections are specific but still contain interdisciplinary material, especially relating to en vironmental science. It also has several computers for accessing information databases. “I like this library because it’s small, the faces are familiar, and it's a nice, quiet place to study and work." The Architecture and Allied Arts library, in 200 Lawrence Hall, was organized in the 1940s to sup port the teaching needs of the al lied arts. Today, it boasts 300,000 slides and photographs and sub ject material from Pre-Columbian art to construction and engineer ing. Kaia Esau, an art reference li brarian, said although the library was renovated five years ago, it is small and contains only four com puters. “The people we get in here are mostly art students, but everyone is welcome to explore,” she said. The Law Library is open to all students, but studying there is re stricted to Law School students only, said Kevin Copra, a circula tion attendant. “Computers which have law databases are also restricted,” he said. But he emphasized that it is a public library and that all Univer sity students may check out mate rial. Condon Hall is where the Map and Aerial Photography library is located. Peter Stark, the library’s head librarian, said the collection was the combination of the geog raphy and anthropology depart ments’ maps in 1968. “We offer lots of interesting stuff, like an online atlas on CD ROM, which allow users to make custom maps from any map we have,” he said. The library system also encom passes a math and archive library in Fenton hall, as well as the Ore gon Institute of Marine Biology li brary in Charleston, Ore. Students interested in library employment should contact the student employment office at 346 3214. To learn more about the li brary’s collections and services, take an orientation tour offered Wednesday and Thursday after noons at 2:30 in the circulation lobby during the first two weeks of each quarter. Tours of branch li braries can be arranged by ap pointment. 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