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Living Up ToOther Standards
By Patty Stanchak . . .
Staff Writer
Have you ever been
forced to live up to someone
else’s standards? Sure you
have. And you know it’s not
a lot of fun. So you can
sympathize with Dr.
Emerson Jacob, head librar
ian here.
This reporter recently
interviewed Jacob in order to
collect the facts which
would make it possible to
evaluate our library in
accordance with the “Stand
ards for College Libraries,” a
publication by the American
Library Association.
The ALA worked with a
group of educators to
develop these standards in
1959, and in 1975 the
guidebook was revised.
The ALA organized their
study into eight areas of
standards that should be
met by college libraries.
The first standard is
called Objectives.
Our library does not
adhere to a strict statement
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of objectives as defined by
the ALA.
However, yearly publica
tion of the library’s functions
and purposes in the student
handbook and annual re
ports satisfies the require
ment of public availability.
The second standard
deals with the library
collections. Our library
exceeded the minimum
requirements in this area.
The library’s book collec
tion totals approximately
116,000 volumes and the
microfilm collection 380,000
units.
Based on the ALA’s
grading system, our library
deserves an “A.”
Access to other materials
is made available by an
Interlibrary Loan system.
If a student requests a
book that is not available
here, it may be obtained
from one of 15 universities in
the loan system. Delivery of
such items occurs three
times a week.
The ALA also stresses
the importance of faculty
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participation in selection ot
library materials.
Although the general
book collection is made by
the library staff, the faculty
does participate by making
recommendations for pur
chases.
There is also a Faculty
Library Committee which
plays a part in library
operations.
The library fulfills the
third standard of Organiza
tion by utilizing a nationally
approved organizational
system, the Library of
Congress system.
In this category, our
library also meets the
requirements by having
subordinate files for special
materials and allowing pa
trons direct access to library
materials.
The library rates another
“A” under the fourth
standard, Staff Size.
Employing seven full
time professional librarians,
one part-time librarian and
22 student assistants puts
the Capitol library well above
the minimum standards for
staff size.
These findings were
computed with the aid of a
formula which judges staff
size in relation to the number
of students attending the
university and the number of
volumes in the library
collection.
Delivery of Service is the
fifth standard.
This takes into consider
ation the Interiibrary Loan
system, the availability of
inexpensive photocopying,
th 6 efforts of the library to
support the curriculum,
sufficient length of circula
tion periods for materials
and adequate hours of public
access.
Our library meets all
these requirements.
Unfortunately, the library
falls short of meeting the
demands of standard six.
This concerns the facilities
available.
The ideal area of space
allocated for student seating
is 25 square feet per/person.
In our library the average
space per student is 7.4
square feet.
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According to the ALA’s
formula, the number of seats
which should be available to
Capitol students is 476. Our
library can only provide 130.
This is only 27.3% of the
required seating.
According to the grading
system, our library deserves
a “D” under this standard.
Standards seven aqfl
eight deal with library
administration and budget.
Our library the
ALA standards for; admini
stration and aligns itself
quite closely with the ALA’s
budget breakdown, with
approximately 60% of the
total budget going for
salaries and wages and the
other 40% for books,
periodicals and supplies.
The ALA states that the
ideal library will probably
never exist so we shouldn’t
be too concerned with our
library’s lack of elbow room.
What is more important
is that it meets and
sometimes exceeds the
required amount of materials
and services that should be
offered.
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