PAGE 2, THE BEHREND BEACON, OCTOBER 8, 1999 NEWS AND WEATHER Behrend beefs u by Rob Wynne stall wrltet An agreement niade last January between the administrations of Be !mend College and Penn State Uni versity resulted in a half-million dol lar library improvement project. Nancy Eaton, the Dean of University Libraries for Penn State, and Behrend's Provost and Dean, Dr. John Lilley, both agreed that Behrend's library hook collection was not up to par, so they split the bill. The Behre rid library will receive $lOO,OOO a year for five )ears. Of the sum, $50,000 will he taken from Behrend's annual budget, and $50,000 will he supplied by Penn State's University Libraries account. So why does the library need more hooks! The explanation requires a small Behrend history lesson. The current library and the Academic Building were both built in 1993. Be fore that, the librar was housed in the Reed Union Building, which lim ited the number of new materials coming in due to lack of space. Be hrend needed books, hut there was no place to put them. Then, alter the new library was opened, room was no longer a concern. It was now time to catch up for those years of limited ordering Under the direction of Dr. Richard Hart, the library director, hooks are Question 0 HOW TOLERANT DO YOU THINK BEHREND STU DENTS ARE? To me, it seems like e \.er)hody gets along with everybody." -Adrienne Janiuk, 04, B ECON "I think they're pretty tolerant here. You don't see anything extreme like hate crimes." being carefully ordered with this new money. Hart, who has been with the library since 1994, said there are dif ferent ways in which they purchase hooks. The usual way is for librar ians and faculty to read numerous index cards that contain book sum maries and scholarly reviews. After sifting through a pile of cards pertain ing to their department, a few make it to the librarian's desk to he ordered. Another new way that hooks are be ing ordered is through a nationwide computer database search. The way this works, a college library service is sent an inventory of all of our hooks. They then match our list with a list that describes all of the hooks that are "core - for any college library. Dr. Hart and his librarians review the list, and give the O.K. The goal is to fill in the cracks where basic and es sential materials are needed. The library project is only in year two, and so far many new items have been added. The list is many pages long. hut a few examples include a set of Shakespearean videos, course materials for the new jazz program at Behrend, and many multivolume packages. A popular set entitled "Li brary of America, - contains works from many famous authors, and an other, "Foreign Relations of the United States," is expected to be popular among the Political Science majors. Computers have been left out "I think Behrend students are very closed -minded. You don't really see people mixing with others outside of their group of friends.'' -Megan Horanic. 07, CHEM - I'd say pretty tolerant. Everyone's pretty cool with everyone else for the most part." -Chris Moffett, 01, EET "People tend to stick to their own cliques, hut, overall, they are pretty accepting." The Behrend Library and the Academic Building are known for their classic outside view. The addition of more books to the library should make the inside of the library just as spectacular. the success of this major library a student brought to the library's at project. Dr. Hart pointed out stu- tention that the Irish history section dents arc encouraged to make was weak. After the notice, about a comments in the library sugges- dozen Irish history titles were por tion box. These suggestions are chased. Dr. Hart explained that the carefully reviewed. For example, goal of this ongoing project is "to of this project, though. When asked how much of the money Will he spent upgrad ing computers, Dr. Hart replied, "Not a nick le. - The money is strictly for hooks and videos. Staff and student input is necessary for -Tom Dorich, 01 EE'F -Angela Burdick, Bruno's cashier book collection 9/29/99 18:05 - 22:00 P&S received reports on various ‘Aeather-related problems: trouble alarms, flooding reports, fire alarm activations, etc. They had Housing and Food Services take care of Residence Life problems, and P&S handled the remainder. 9/30/99 00:05 A complainant reported a snake problem in the Nick Building. P&S"took care of it 9/30/99 08:50 A complainant reported that a fire alarm was going off in Ohio Hall. Upon the arrival of Police and Safety. Housing and Food Services had reset the alarm system. The alarm was set off in Apt. 325 due to burnt toast 9/3(1/99 12:59 A complainant requested assistance with a criminal history check on a hornier student. No record was found. 10/01/99 15:10 A complainant reported that a white vehicle was leaving the campus with a stolen tree from the Upper Lots. P&S talked with the landscapers and found that the schicle was one of theirs. They were transporting the tree back to their lot. 10/04/99 12:20 A complainant reported an unknown person shoveling dirt into their vehicle. Upon the arrival of P&S, it was discovered that the person was a landscaper. 10/05/99 20:50 P&S was dispatched to the south side of Lawrence Hall for a possible ankle injury. The ankle was dislocated and the victim was in much pain. Brookside was dispatched and he was transported to St. Vincent's • 0 Police And Safety provide materials io support the cur riculum in coursework. - Much more is expected to come
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