CONTENTS

  CLC Calendar - pg.1
  From the Chair - pg.1
  Quotable Facts About Academic Libraries -
pg. 1-2
  Compact Shelving Has Arrived in the Main
Library ! - pg. 2
  Update on Science-Engineering Library
Collections Space Project - pg. 2
  Upgrades Coming for Reference Area
Terminals! - pg.3
  Remote Access to Library's CD-ROM LAN! -
pg.3
  Electronic Classroom Available for Use -
pg.3-4
  Visiting Scholar Speaks on Media Issues -
pg.4
  Connect to the CLC Web Page! - pg.4


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CLC CALENDAR  '95 - '96

September 14
October 12
November 9
January 11
February 8
March 14
April 11

Meetings are 12 noon - 1 p.m. in Main Library
A314, unless announced differently. 

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FROM THE CHAIR

Welcome back!  It's a new year and a new
semester!  Are we ready?

A New Year's resolution that I might suggest
for all of us - Communicate!  Share ideas and
information with your departmental colleagues
about what you are hearing at Campus Library
Council.  With increased dialogue, we can
hope for improved understanding and
continuous improvement in Library "products"
and services.  The ultimate goal is better
support for education and research here at the
University of Arizona.

Thank you for your participation in this
process!

Sincerely,


Jeanne L. Pfander
Chair, Campus Library Council
621-4610; jpfander@bird.library.arizona.edu


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QUOTABLE FACTS ABOUT ACADEMIC
LIBRARIES

   Academic librarians answer 94 million
reference questions each year - more than
three times the attendance at college football
games.

   Academic libraries receive 2 cents of every
dollar spent on higher education - down from
3 cents in 1980 - with the purchasing power
deflated to that of a penny.

   The cost of scholarly periodicals needed by
university libraries more than doubled in the
last six years.

   If the cost of gas had risen as fast as
academic library materials (in the last 15
years) , it would now cost $2.66 a gallon to
put fuel in your car.

   College and university libraries loan 180
million items each year at a cost of a billion
dollars.  If students and faculty had to
purchase those materials, they would have to
pay $8 billion!

(From Library Advocacy Now! Quotable Facts
About America's Libraries, American Library
Association, Public Information Office.)


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COMPACT SHELVING HAS ARRIVED IN
MAIN LIBRARY !

In order to alleviate the crowding of books that
has become a severe problem in the last few
years, the Library has installed compact
shelving on the first floor of the Main Library in
the area where the microforms used to be.  

Early in the Spring '96 semester, all of the
books with Dewey call numbers, books
beginning with "Z" that are not shelved in a
reference area, the Serial Set from
Government Documents, all law books
beginning with "K", UA dissertations and
theses (E9791), and books beginning with
the AE call number that are not in Reference,
will be moved to the compact shelves. 

This shelving is electronically controlled and is
safe and easy to use.  This new shelving will
ease the congestion that afflicts major parts of
the collection.


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UPDATE ON SCIENCE-ENGINEERING
LIBRARY COLLECTIONS SPACE PROJECT

At the November CLC meeting, the SEL
Collections Space Mission Team presented
information on the overcrowding of the
Science-Engineering Library's (SEL)
bookstacks (81% capacity) and the mandate
from UA Risk Management to address the
problem of inappropriate aisle spacing and
bookstack height. 

 After considering alternatives and soliciting
input from SEL customers, the Mission Team
has put together a proposal for compact
shelving on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors of
the Science-Engineering Library.

Structural engineers will have to evaluate the
proposal in light of the building's structural
specifications.  Unfortunately it isn't clear that
the 2nd-5th floors will support the weight of
compact shelving.  If the upper floors can't
take it, compact shelving will have to be
concentrated on the 1st floor of the Science-
Engineering Library.

For more information, contact Cynthia Bower,
Mission Team Leader, 621-2948 or
cbower@bird.library.arizona.edu



UPGRADES COMING FOR REFERENCE
AREA TERMINALS

The Library will be converting terminal server
lines in Reference areas to Ethernet lines. 
We will be also begin upgrading "dumb"
terminals to pc's of some sort, either to the
pc's similar to other existing workstations for
SABIO, or some of the new Pentiums that are
arriving even now in the Library's Systems
office.

These new workstations will utilize the new
Web access to SABIO that we have recently
purchased.  Access and use of the OVID
databases accessible through SABIO  will be
improved.   Also, because the machines will
be on Ethernet connections, we can also
connect them to the CD-ROM LAN.  

In the future, there will be additional Ethernet
connections coming in the reference areas of
the Library.  We will continue to update you
on  developments .


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REMOTE ACCESS TO LIBRARY'S CD-ROM
LAN

The Library now offers remote public access
to our cd-rom local area network with over 20
bibliographic databases! This access is via
SABIO.  

From the main menu of SABIO, choose "O -
Other Databases...",  then "1 - Journal and
Newspaper Indexes", then "9 - Access to
CD-ROM LAN (OmniAccess)". 

Most people will be able to access the LAN
with their existing personal computers and
software, but for those that can't, packets 
of information and software diskettes that will
enable the remaining people to access the
LAN are available at the Main Library Info
Desk.

If you already have a communications
package, (Procomm Plus, Procomm Plus for
Windows, Cross Talk, etc.), you WON"T need
a packet, but you WILL need a Keyboard
Reference Guide. Ask for this at the Main
Library Info Desk.

If you do not already have a communications
package, you should come in to the Main
Library Info Desk and get one of our packets
--one is for Macintosh, and one is for Dos.
These are free if you bring in a disc of your
own as a trade-in. These packets contain
software and guides that will enable your PC
to translate our LAN software language to
yours. When you come in, you will be asked
to sign up in a registration notebook.  You
must be affiliated with the University. 

For more information, call Library Information
at 621-6441.

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ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM AVAILABLE
FOR USE !

The University Library is making the Electronic
Classroom in the Main Library (Room A315)
available to faculty and teaching assistants for
independent use during selected evening and
weekend hours.  

Bring your class in for hands-on experience
with the Internet, the Library's CD-ROM LAN,
Sabio, or presentation software.  Telnet
access to CCIT computers for using
courseware is also available.

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