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
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"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. "It's pretty laid back;
you can study for finals."
Contact the higher education/
student life/student affairs reporter
at chelseaduncan@dailyemerald.com.
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