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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