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Library addition offers Aggies less noise, more room
By RHONDA WATTERS
Battalion Staff
First, the bad news.
If you are one of those students
i, for reasons of academic survi-
al, has spent a good part of your
career trying to learn where
venthingis located in the Sterling
Evans Library, prepare yourself
a blow. The new library addition
ready for use, and many of its
ilities are in new places.
But now take heart, because here
omesthe good news. Even though
it will take some getting used to, the
new library complex is well worth
taking the effort. Not only is there
almost twice as much room as be
fore, but there are also many new
improvements.
Deborah Brown, Special Projects
Librarian, said although the change
has not quite been completed, the
new library complex is totally
functional and is a big improvement
over the previous facility.
Brown said that the biggest asset
of the complex is the increase in
size. With a gross area of 469,650
square feet, it has a seating capacity
of 4,470, and will hold two million
volumes and two million microform
pieces. The old facility could hold
only one million volumes.
The number of study carrels
throughout the library has also been
increased. Now there are a total of
385, almost twice as many as before.
Many departments, such as cur
rent periodicals and special collec
tions, also have new locations and
larger areas than before
Brown said that one important
improvement in the facility is the
installation of a new security sys
tem. The old method of having a
doorman check for books at the exit
has been replaced by an electronic
gate and tumstyle system.
In each book there is a small
magnetic strip which is removed
when the book is checked out. If a
person tries to go through the
turnstyle carrying a book that has
not been checked out, an electronic
verifier will lock the turnstyle and
set off a small alarm. A library em
ployee will then come out to check
the problem.
Brown said the electronic system
will be much faster than the old sys
tem and will prevent a “pile-up” of
students at the one library exit in
between classes.
Another area where im
provements have been made in the
library is in noise reduction. Carpet
has been installed on the floors and
walls, and study areas have been set
back in small alcoves where traffic
will not be heavy and the stacks ab
sorb much of the noise.
Copy machines, a source of an
noying noise to people trying to
study, have been placed in small
semi-enclosed rooms away from the
study areas to combat noise.
Another improvement is the addi
tion of a new department called the
Multi-Media Department. This de
partment contains audio and visual
materials such as cassettes and slide
films. Materials for the facility will
be purchased on faculty recom
mendations and will be in support of
the curricula on campus.
The first floor of the library has a
centralized references division
where the most frequently used ref
erences are kept. This area contains
a reference desk where people can
obtain handouts showing where li
brary materials are located. Direct
phone lines to the reference desk
are located on floors three through
six so people needing help or infor
mation can get it without having to
go to the first floor.
The hours of the new complex are
Monday-Thursday 7:30 midnight,
Friday 7:30 a.m.-11:00 p.m., Satur
day 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday 1
p.m.-midnight.
The library has only one entrance
and exit. It is located on the east
side of the buildings.
The official dedication for the
complex will be held Nov. 17, prior
Battalion photo by Robert Cook
The Oceanography and Meteorology building reflects off the
mirrored windows of the new library additon. The new addi
tion is open and r^ady for use by students. Formal dedication
of the addition is schedules for Nov. 17 before the Texas
A&M-Arkansas football game.
to the Texas A&M-Arkansas football
game.
Anyone interested can sign up for
tours of the library. She said the li
brary also encourages professors to
have library instructional people
speak to their classes about the new
facilities.
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