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A&M leads state
as book lender
Library borrows more, too
By LAUREL CHESKY
Special to the Battalion
Texas A&M’s Sterling C. Evans
Library is the top lender of uni
versity books and publications in
Texas, but it’s also a leading bor
rower.
Dr. Irene Hoadley, library di
rector, said A&M lent 21,458 re
sources to 2,000 colleges, univer
sities and corporations worldwide
during the past 12-month period,
ending in August.
Requests came from Harvard
University, Princeton University,
University of California-Berke-
ley, Yale University, the British
Lending Library and Japanese
and German corporations,
among others.
The second leading lender, the
University of Texas at Austin,
filled 15,597 requests during the
same period.
Interlibrary loans are made in
the best interest of A&M, Hoad
ley said. And lending material
gives A&M more leverage to bor
row.
“We have developed a very
strong reputation among our
peer institutions,” Hoadley said.
Rachel Robbins, head of
A&M’s interlibrary services, said
lending resources does not short
change A&M.
She said an A&M student or
faculty member has been left
without a needed resource only
three or four times because
material was out on loan.
When this happens, the re
source is ordered from another li
brary.
"People don’t realize we are
also among the top ten borrowers
of resources,” she said.
Resources are ordered from
other libraries by filling out a
form in the Interlibrary Services
Office.
Undergraduates must request
material with a faculty member’s
signature. This is to ensure the
material is needed for class work,
Robbins said.
Hoadley said materials the
University lends are not used fre
quently by A&M students and fac
ulty.
“Our material as a whole circu
lates well, but what we lend to
other institutions is not heavily
used here,” Hoadley said. “For
the most part, it is rather esote
ric.”
Most of what is borrowed is sci-
entific and technological
material.
Computerization has helped
the Evans Library become a
leader in lending resources, said
Hoadley.
The NOTIS catalog system
provides nationwide access to
A&M's 1.8 million holdings.
“We’re more technologically
driven than many university li
braries,” Hoadley said. “We like
to think we are a leader in the
area of computerized library
services.
“Our material circulates well,
and that means something to the
citizens of Texas. Through better
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circulation, we provide them
more value for their dollar,” she
said.
A&M officials said they think
Evans Library will continue to be
a top lender of resources. Their
optimism is fueled by $25 million
earmarked for library expansion.
Although additions will be
made to the library collection, the
Photo by Thomas J. Lavin
top priority is adding space.
Hoadley said the following
priorities for library expansion
nave been outlined:
• Conversion of the Agricul
ture Building into a library wing
• Enclosing the library con
course
• A library annex for west
campus.
A&M Counseling Clinic
offers parents, children
summer support groups
By MIKE LUMAN
Of The Battalion Staff
The Texas A&M Counseling and
Assessment Clinic, part of the De
partment of Educational Psychol
ogy, has organized three specialized
support groups that will meet
throughout the summer.
Dr. Anne Wehrly, clinic director,
said special groups have been of
fered every semester for about the
past two years.
“We have gotten good feedback
from people who have participated
in them,” Wehrly said.
A children’s problem-solving
group with a parent support group
began Thursday.
The group meets from 7 to 8:30
p.m. on Thursdays and is open to
children ages 6 to 12 and their par
ents.
Wehrly said the group is appro
priate for children who are shy,
withdrawn, aggressive or have trou
ble making friends.
Children are sub-grouped with
others of similar age.
Group leaders are graduate stu
dents Lisa Lasater and Pam Gross-
man.
There is also a children’s divorce
group with a parent support group.
That group began Monday and
meets from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every
Monday.
Wehrly said the group is for chil
dren ages 6 to 12 whose families
have experienced divorce or separa
tion in tne past three years.
Again, cnildren are sub-grouped
with others of a similar age.
She said goals of the group in
clude providing an environment in
which to express divorce-related
feelings, teaching anger-coping skills
and learning to utilize problem-solv
ing skills in divorce-related situa-
We have gotten good
feedback from people who
have participated In (the
support groups.)"
— Dr. Anne Wehrly,
clinic director
tions.
Parents will discuss ways to help
their children and themselves deal
with divorce-related issues, she said.
Leaders of this group are grad
uate students Norma Cardenas-Riv-
era and Beth Salmeron.
Wehrly said the remaining group
is a psycho-educational treatment
group for self- and court-referred
male oatterers in the community.
The group, Alliance for Violence-
Free Adult Life Experience, meets
from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Tuesdays.
She said AVALE treatment in
volves understanding the violence
sequence, managing anger and re
ducing stress and developing com
munication skills.
AVALE leaders are graduate stu
dents Bibiana Gutierrez and Tom
Menefee.
Counseling services are open to
anyone in the Bryan-College Station
area, Wehrly said.
Clinic literature said the graduate
students involved are “sufficiently
advanced in their clinical training in
the specialties of counseling and
school psychology.”
It also said services are supervised
by licensed psychologists.
We have gotten good feedback
from people who have participated
in them, Wehrly said. All the grad
uate students are well on their way to
a doctorate degree, she added.
Just when you thought it was safe to get back in the water ...
Cain Pool lifeguard offers advice
on enjoying summer swimming
By ELIZABETH TISCH
Of The Battalion Staff
As the weather continues to warm up, graduate
student Emily Farmer and senior Cheryl Chaney
Photo by Mike C. Mulvey
warm up on kick boards before they begin swim
ming laps in Cain Pool.
Lifeguards at Texas A&M’s Wofford Cain pool work
long hours so students, faculty members and visitors
can enjoy a cool, wet summer.
Victor Powers, an A&M senior and head lifeguard,
said the nine lifeguards who work at Cain pool oversee
swimmers from tne A&M swim team, Aggie swim club,
scuba classes, high school swim teams and the general
public.
Powers said people also fine! the pool a good place
for socializing, studying and just catching some rays.
The pool, however, nas designated times for various
activities throughout the day.
The A&M swim team practices from 7 to 8 a.m. After
this, the scuba class dives in until noon. From noon until
5 p.m., the pool is open for students, faculty members
and visitors.
The pool then re-opens at 6:30 p.m. for high school
swim teams and swim clubs until 7 p.m. From 7 to 9
p.m., the pool once again is open to the public.
Powers said the pool’s busiest times are between noon
and 2 p.m. when students come to sunbathe and study.
Serious swimmers, however, seem to find the eve-
the best time for workouts, Powers said.
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he cost to use the pool is $ 1 for students and $2 for
nonstudents.
Those who use the pool frequently can buy pool
passes for $20 for one summer session and $35 for two
summer sessions.
Because the pool is open seven days a week, life
guards see several types of swimmers during the sum
mer. They also see the same mistakes made by swim
mers.
. Powers said a common problem with individuals is
pure exhaustion.
“People need to learn how to pace themselves,” he
said.
Many also suffer from heat exhaustion when they re
peatedly get in and out of the pool in the hot sun.
Powers warns swimmers never to dive in the shallow
end.
He also said when many swimmers are in the pool at
one time, they need to practice proper swimming eti
quette.
Individuals need to be aware of the lane in which
they practice laps, because there are specific lanes for
various speeds.
Also, swimmers always should swim on the right side
of the lane at all times.
For more information on pool times and pool passes,
call 845-3021.
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Be Involved in the
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GIVE BLOOD.
DATE:
Monday, June 25
thru
Thursday, June 28
TIME:
10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
PLACE:
Bloodmobiles at
Academic & Blocker
THE (SK) BLOOD CENTER
at Wadley