[Book buzzers will
aid library security
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1978
By DEBBIE PIGG
The library addition, scheduled to
open in December, will be equip-
d with an electronic security sys
tem.
The security system for book de
tection will eliminate the need for
Security personnel to check books
and briefcases before students leave
he library. The system will make it
difficult for students to take books
om the library without checking
them out.
“You see these systems all the
ime in department stores and at the
lirport,” said Dr. Irene B. Hoadley,
ibrary administrator.
A magnetic target which resem
bles a 7-inch foil strip will be placed
in each book. When a book is
checked out, the target is deac-
Vated by a book verifier, Hoadley
kid.
A book verifier is an electrical
lonsole about the size of a portable
ypewriter. The book verifier ac
tivates and deactivates the book
target with either an electromagne
tic field or a radio frequency.
If a student attempts to leave the
library without checking out a book,
a bell alarm will ring throughout the
library. A chime will sound at the
circulation desk to alert librarians
and a turnstile will lock, said
Charles Smith, plan coordinator for
the library addition.
The library staff will assume that
the student forgot to check out the
book and will ask him to do so,
Hoadley said.
The book detection system will
have three exits, two equipped with
turnstiles and one with a gate. The
gate will enable students with
braces, crutches and wheelchairs to
use the system. The gate will re
main locked until a handicapped
student notifies the librarian that he
needs to use the exit. The exit also
will be unlocked during emergen
cies, Smith said.
The system will not affect stu
dents with pacemakers or hearing
aids. Smith said.
The book detection system costs
roughly $20,000 to install, Hoadley
said. This does not include the cost
of placing magnetic targets in the
books. The library staff has not de
cided whether to place targets in the
old books or to buy new books with
targets included, Hoadley said.
The library pays $20,000 a year in
wages to security men, Hoadley
said.
Contract for the installation of the
detection system has not been
awarded. The library has written
specifications for the system and
hopes that more than one company
will bid for the contract. Smith said.
“A Streetcar Named Desire” will
Represented at Texas A&M Univer
sity by the Aggie Players beginning
Thursday and continues Friday,
Saturday and March 1,2,3,4. This
Tennessee Williams drama was
nade into a movie in 1952 starring
vlarlon Brando and Vivien Leigh.
The director is Theatre Arts fac-
ilty member Nancy Pride. Beth
Seibert, a Texas A&M Theatre Arts
major, is the assistant director.
Set in the French Quarter of New
Orleans in the 1940s, the play cen
ters around Blanche DuBois’ search
lor love and security. Blanche’s at-
;empt to escape from the reality that
she is an aging Southern belle is
tragically thwarted by her brother-
in-law, Stanley Kowalski. The cast
includes Bill Weldon as Stanley
Kowalski, Linda Nystedt as Blanche
DuBois, Terry Martin as Harlod
Mitchell (Mitch), and Ellen Dowl
ing as Stella Kowalski.
Other members in the cast are
Vicki Brumley, Jaimie Craig, Leslie
Denton, Debbie Ellis, Steve
Jacobs, Chuck McDaniel, Dave
Rich, Kathy Steinle, and Michele
Wolstein.
Tickets for the 8 p. m. curtain are
$1.75 for students and $2.75 for the
general public. They are available at
the box office in the Rudder Tower
or at the Forum door on perform
ance nights.
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Hypertension test set
By LAURA HENDERSON
The Texas A&M University Cir
cle K Club, along with the
American Heart Association and
the Texas Emergency Care
Team, are sponsoring a clinic for
testing hypertension Wednesday
and Thursday.
Director of the University
Health Center, Dr. Claude
Goswick said hypertension is
elevated blood pressure. It can
cause such things as strokes,
heart disease, renal disease and
kidney disease, he said.
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the test. “It will consist of just
sitting down and having your
blood pressure taken, Clark
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Qualified volunteers from the
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Care Team, and the University
Health Center will be taking the
blood pressure, Clark said.
Clark said he hopes participa
tion will at least be doubled this
year from last year. He said last
year 2,250 people took the test.
Approximately 80 to 90 of
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Testing will be from 8 a.m.
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pressure are referred to doctors.
The test is free and will only
take a few minutes, Clark said.
He said it should be convenient
to everyone because they can
take the test on their way to or
from class.
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