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COLLEX3E STATION (Aggielfcd), TEIXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1948
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Library Provides Everything!
Except Series on ‘Super Man’!
ITA FOSMIRE, READER S ADVISOR
jibing M emorial Library located across the street
cademic* Building on the main campus houses a
collection of appro: ornately 156,000 books, documents and
bound periodicals. Approximately 37 people are employed tp
complete the processes necessary to prepare these books for
your use.
First, let me tell you a little df the history of the bdild*
mg and then we wi 1 take a tour of the departments, and I
ing Mem
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Library
can tell you
The bui ding wi s constructed at a cost of about $215,000 ’
was finis
chosen by the
in recognition
dered to the
E. B. Cushing 1
class of 1899
gency, Colone
what e eh does to serve you
occnpied
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the summer of 1930. Th e name was th ree levels are used for books
Board < f Directors and documents
of the s;rvices ren-
College by Colonel
a graduate of the
Once i i an emer-
Cushim:, who was
At the loan desk you meet
DWight Shannon, Assistant Li
brarian and head of the circula
tion department, who will be
glad to help you in any way he
'
To the left of the loan desk is
the [Librarian’s office. Here we
ture failed to- appropni te funds on find Paul s Ballance, hard at
” me • 1- ' ■ ' work administering Library busi-
president of the Board, underwrote
all college checks on 1 is own per
sonal account] when the Legisla-
,?EK mi always "striving : to im-
c&n t miss the librsry. In t>i*ovp librsirv sprvicp to
type on the outside ar> the words, pro ^ e llbrary serv,ce “
“Cushing Mer
tN DI3f»K ia Uways busy./MISS IRMA LEE PICKETT, MISS GRACE MIDDLETON,
tg care of the students who are asking for information and checking
to right, the
architect studt
ident, and JOE MEARS, agronomy senior.
i students arc FRED SEIDEL, senior agronomy student, D. Tli. FAFLK-
dht, EDWIN F. McFARLAND. agrortomy student, FRANK R. WILLIAMS
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orial Li )rary." On
the same level with t le name of
the building a{re such amous peo
ple’s | names as Past ‘ur, Shake-
speafe, and Faraday. In order to
be consistant With trad Ltions on all
buildings which have b >en built for
Z* the past 100 years, th i letter “IT
in Pasteur is made like a “V”.
Another mark of i< entification
of the buildirtg is the large front
steps. These are one qf the favor
ite seats for the, stud arts. Some
wait for the library to open; some
wait for classes to b igin; others
sit there whil : studyin ' for a hard
examination which w 11 be given
the following period.
you.
■V LIBRARY HOURS
Cushing Memorial Library
Monday-Priday 8:00 a. m.—
10:00 p. m.
Saturday 8:00 a. m.—4:00 p.m.
Sunday 2:00 pjn.—10:00 p.m.
. Annex
Monday-Priday 8:00 a. m. ~
12:00 (noon), 1:00 p. m.—5:00
p. m., 6:00 p. m.—9:00 p. m.
Saturday 8:00 a. : m. — 12:00
(noon)
Sunday (Closed).i
Z Texas Engineers Library li
Monday-Priday 8:00 a. ■u4i
9:00 p.m. . ^y .r|i
Saturday 8:00 a.m.— 12:00
(noon)
BOOKS,
right of the
KS, books fill the Cataloguing Rooom
desk, is an Important part of the IP
Bllgill
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[ From left to right the workers are MRS. BETTY
MRS. NANCY McQUIRE. j
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modeling, but soon we hope to be
able to announce the hours of
opening. In here will be a fine
record player and more than 200
albums of-classical and semi-dlas-
steal music. This will, no doubt,
be one of the most enjoyable spots
in the library where you can spend
room, located just to tlM
BEATY LEWIS, and
Qh the right of the loan desk is restful hours listening to beauti-
the Cataloguehig room where Miss fol music
Octavia Regan and her assistants Then wm come to the reserve
do all sorts of technical thing* to book room, where you meet Mrs.
books. Here the call numbers are Leita Fosmire, ^ur
determined for each boekr the tap visor. She is msije to
number is assigned according tp feck-book* for all typi
the. subject of the hookMtebot- so do not haritst* t<
types of
to caD on !
As you enjter the building yon
find a large lobby wi tch is used
for exhibition purposes. It is
here that thi> library shows new
book jackets advei Using the
books. Also we see tafo oil paint
ings of two past presidents of
A&\L Dr. TO. Wal on and Dr.
To your 'right you rill find the *0® one is in accordant with th$ Behind her desk yo
newspaper robm. Her; are racks author’s name. When the bookr stacks of books-rthese are the re-
of 17 out-of-siate pap rs including are placed on the shelves by call serve books. Thejr a?e placed there
such tecoeniwfd ones as THE NEW number'this causes all books on r 'a by the different professors for the
YORK TIMES. THE NEW OR- subject to be filed together, and, use of their students. They are for
LEANS TIMES PICj YUNE, and within a number, the books fall use in the room and may be taken
THE ST. LOUIS .POST piS- alphabetically by author. [Here too from th<j library overnight only. I
PATCH. Also here^ you fin<T 26 the cards are prepared for "the In this way the books are made |
Texas newspapers frejm every sec- card catalog and are filed. There available to more of you who need
tion of the state. Perhaps you can are only a few of the technical to study them. Also in the,reserve
'' me-tov n paper, as processes that are done in this book room you see two collections
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read [your ^
many of th^ smalle r cities and dioom.
towns are represent d. In this/' The room in front of the logn
room are the more popular and desk is one in which you will find
general magazines of which LIFE, many things to help you through-
TIME. NEWSWEEK) ESOUIRE, out your college career. This is
and UNITED STATIJS NEWS are the Reference Room where Mrs.
onlv a few. j \ Billie Jo Pierce, Miss Sara Neal
Directly across the lobby from and Mrs. Ruth Krueger are al-
the newspaper room is the Tech- - ways ready to help you.
nical periodical roqm in which
we keep the, curreht issues of
the loan
the
IOW TO
for students,
color i>f the
a book out of the library? A sign has been posted on the wall beside
faculty, and others to use in filling out their cards. The poster even gives
card for a particular book or magazine^ 11 [
wn. .. ,. . r „
It is here that you find the us
ual general reference tools—the
Encyclopedias Brittanica and the
Attgricana, dictionaries of all sorts,
of books for required reading.
There is a study room back of
the reserve book room on this
floor. These books are also re
quired reading collections; so
now when the English professor
assigns you a book report you
will know where to come to get
a book to read.
m
The reserve book room opens in
to the Asbury Browsing Roqmi
Many books for recreational read-
technical journals fo r every field.
• There are about l- 50 technical w
periodicals to be fopnd on these the atlases, almanacs, and census i n g are to be found here, including
■helves- I rai.u. -...... -m
r Back of th^ newspaper room is
the Acquisitions depi rtment where gj
Mrs. Gladys Sugaref ’ and five as
sistants work constantly to order
and. receive all of thej books, maga
zines and n^wspap^rs presented
for your use. You can request
books through the a :quisitions de
partment which you think should
be included ijn the 1 brary.
Opposite the acauipitions depart
ment is the bindeitv preparation
room. In this! room the magazines
are prepared and seht to the bind
ery. The Library h is bound each
year aoproximately 2000 volumes
of periodical^ which form a per
manent file [of valuable material
for your use
Let us gin on tp the second
floor of the Library and the main
loan desk. It is herb that you get
most of the [books, all documents
bound periodicals, jack issues »of
unbound periodicals, and news
papers. Also of injtei;egt here is
the college catalogue collection 1. , r ‘ ^
an( ] the? map collection. Also nare Ere the indexes such
The Library has !a file of some as i * Rsader’s Guide to Periodi- dred Pryor, the libraria
650 catalogues froih the recogniz- Literature, The Agricultural piad to assist .you when
ed colleges, junior colleges and un- Index, and The Industrial Arts In- that Librarv.
iversities throughout tfoa n of inn dex. Then there are the technical
The map collection
tiye stage, but it ^ i a
a valuable addition/to the Library. *' on 8 Texas Statutes and The Die
Directly in'front yf you as you tionary of American Biography.
PAUL BALLANCE
oueges ana un- Y —*,
it the nation. de f Then there are the technical
is in a forma- r", e ™. nce \ or . , each ® u , J . ec *
promises to be fading Chemical Abstracts, Ver-
MRS. EDWARD
> from
feering;
_ intellectH in the ASBURY BROWSING
it, gives information on the selection of a book,
to right are BUI McNally, jui agronomy senior; Walter Dingier, freshman
L. Rabb, graduate in biology; and AWn Tyfer, senior In business. Tom-
come up the stain you will see
the card catalog Which lists all
books in thle Library. Entries are
made under author title and sub
ject and are arrar ged alphabeti
cal! v; therefore, you may find a
book if you know oplv the title, or
all the books the library has by
one atithor, or all the books the
library has on one iubject. Pill out ii
the call slip as shown in the big
poster above the cj rd catalog and
present it at the dfsk. One of the
people there will g*t what you re
quest apd] check it t>ut to you eith
er for use I in the building or to
take home.
Perhaps you wohder Where the
books are keht Oii either side of
the loan desk
of steel stacks
On the ends of the two tables
holding periodical indexes notice
two upright guides. These list
thabetically the titles and call
numbers of each periodical to
which the library subscribes. There
a file of pamphlet ma-
a small but growing collection of
mysteries which is sure to attract
some of you; a! collection, of the |
most readable biography to be
found in the Library; and all of
the fiction books. The display case
at the end of the room is filled#
with the latest additions to the ;
collection; so look there for the
current best sellers. The classics
and others perhaps not so classic
are arranged on the shelves by the
author’s name.
Approximately 500 books are in
cluded in the library collectjion at
the A&M Annex. The Library is
located in’ the Administration
building. This is a general collec
tion with emphasis placed on the
required reading collections for
English 103 and 104. You also
find recreational [and popular read
ing in the ; form of new fiction and
biography together with a few
general books on many different
subjects. There |s a small group
of general reference books for
your use as weljl as some of the
more popular magazines. Mrs. Mil-
librarian, will be
you visit
that Library.
The Texas Engineers Library/
Is a joint project between the
college and the State Board of
Registration for . Professional
Engineers. Thu library is locat
ed on the ground floor of th*
/Mechanical Engineering Shops
building. . j Nl- f
wm
MRS.
shoulder of MRS
majoring In Ag
taking Economic
s advisor, looks oyer/.tiu -'
husband fe a senlor!r.
Mps. Mills’ husband Is a junior ^
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student, is consulting Mrs.'
the building back
there are five levels
on which the bool
The basement and s
filled with bound
Students and faculty have access
to this library and may borrow
books And use other library ma-
file composed of ma- terials.*However the library is be-
al oh many authors not found ing developed to primarily serve
the biographical books. Some- the registered engineers of the
here that will perhaps be of State, and this is done on a “mail
' use to you is a file of the order” basis. The collection of this
directories from many of library numbers around 15,000 vol-
i# cities throughout the state and umes of books and periodicals. Miss
ition. If you have forgotten that Lila M. Foss is the acting librar-
rtant phone numberv or add- ian in charge at the present time,
one of these may be tlie ans- and has an additional staff of
are shelved,
id level are
_ to your problem.
| Now we investigate the
to see what is offered
to our left at the top
stairs we have the music
riodteals; the
At present
I T9
it is closed for re-
three persons to assist her.
/ The Library and it* departments
welcome you to| the campus. We
feel that we have much to offer
we can be of
at your college
tiope that '
throughoui
m book deep in the
left of Osmeot ore
1893 to 1900. Thesfe
■ rj.,
are f mi
• infer tudent taking business, looks for
* )f Mm Ubruiy. The large hooka on the
1 rpertment Station Bulletins dated
■i oh floors filled with book* la the