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Knight Library to stay open 24 hours i ne Knight Library will stay open around the clock the last two weeks of the term, but with fewer services By Chelsea Duncan News Reporter The Knight Library will be open 24 hours during Dead Week and Finals Week to give students, staff and facul ty a chance to get some last-minute work done. University Librarian Deborah Carver said the first attempt to extend hours last spring was popular with students, and because things went so smoothly it seemed like a good idea to offer it again. "The first experiment was more suc cessful than we had ever anticipated," she said, adding that about 4,000 to 5,000 people used the extended hours. Students, faculty and staff will be re quired to show a current University GRANT continued from page 1 "We use frogs and fish as model systems for this work, but given the fundamental molecular similarities across species, we expect that results of these experiments will carry over to all animals, including ourselves," Roberts said. In trauma cases, cells lose their abil ity to regulate calcium, causing cell damage. Roberts' research could lead to ways to help cells regulate*chemi cals, including calcium, which he said would not have been possible without outside funding. "Despite budget cuts, changes of ad ministrations and political pressures from all sides, these organizations have maintained their strong commit ment to fund basic research, and need to be commended for their foresight," Roberts said. Funding for the grant's first year totals $560,969 and will primarily support several graduate students, postdoctoral research associates, re search assistants and support staff in Roberts' lab. The University receives more than $20 million annually from the Nation al Institutes of Health for research and training grants and is the second largest recipient of such funds in Oregon. "This prestigious N1H grant to Pro fessor Bill Roberts exemplifies the quality of the University's research in the biosdences and our ability to sus tain external research sponsorship in an increasing competitive funding en vironment," Vice President for Re search Rich Linton said in an e-mail interview. Office of Technology Transfer Direc tor Don Gerhart said he sees the grant as both an accomplishment for the University and as a product of the in herent autonomy of faculty research. "Faculty members chart their own course and they are really guided by their knowledge and understanding in the field," Gerhart said. "This grant re flects the quality and promise of the work (Roberts) proposed to the fund ing agency." Uke most public and private insti tutions, the University does not have the means to provide monetary sup port for more than the tiniest fraction of faculty research, which is why Roberts is modest about the attention to the research grant. "Obtaining outside grant support is an important part of the job for all University faculty, and there are many other faculty members at this Univer sity with equal or larger grants," Roberts said. "I'm just happy to con tribute my part to the common effort." Contact the business/science/ technology reporter at caronalarab@dailyemerald.com. identification to enter the library during the extended hours. They will have ac cess to photocopy machines and the In formation Technology Center comput ers and printers, but no materials can be checked out and reference desk assis tance will not be available during the extended hours. Other University libraries will keep their regular hours, and the Knight U brary will resume regular hours on Thursday of Finals Week. Access Services Department Head Shirien Chappell said people who use the extended hours at the Knight Li brary can fill out surveys, and the re sponses will be recorded to make sure the schedule is as popular this term as it was spring term. "People just loved having this ex tra time and space to do their work," she said. Although administrators hope to continue the schedule for future terms, budgeting conflicts could put an end to the extra study time University library administrators are trying to cut costs because of budget constraints. All University libraries will be closed Dec. 24-28. Apart from the five-day closure intersession hours will be in effect for all University libraries from Dec. 13 through Jan. 4. Carver said the extended schedule's budget isn't the direct cause of the holi day closure but it is an area that takes up extra costs. She added that the clo sure will occur during a time of low use and that it is more beneficial to offer students the extended hours now. "We think it's much more important to give the students a safe place to study," she said. The extended schedule for the Knight Library costs about an extra $7,000, Carver said. To keep it open through the night hours, security guards must be hired and student em ployees must work longer hours. Carver said it is likely the extended hours will continue as long as they prove useful. "If it's very positive we'll have to kind of figure out how to offer this," she said. "We think it's important to be as re sponsive as possible." University Library spokesman Ron Renchler agreed the extended hours must prove cost-effective in order to continue. "If things continue to get tight we'll have to be cutting back on those things, "he said. I le said the closure dates are days when students are usually away for the holidays. "It's a conscious decision and a care ful one — we don't like to close any time "he said. Chappell said the schedule gives students extra time to study and pro vides student employees who are "hungry for hours" the chance to earn some extra money. Arlene Penrose, a student assistant Tim Bobosky Photographer Aaron Me Cool, an English major, takes a break from preparing for three final exams and a final paper on the fourth floor of the Knight Library on Tuesday. at the library, said last spring's extend ed schedule helped her out. She said she is working the late hours again this term to earn money and get some studying done. "During that time you're just sitting there," she said. 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