CAPITOL CAMPUS READER
Vol. 7 No. 12 Capitol Campus Penn State University
SNOW
DAZE
There is no better feeling than
waking up and finding yourself
snow-bound when you were expecting
another dreary Monday. A perfect
excuse to crawl back into that nice
warm bed and sleep until noon.
For most of us the snow came as a
welcome relief from the pre-mid-term
panics and late night cramming
sessions. It gave an opportunity to get
caught up with the backlog of calculas
problems or to get an early start on
that term paper (God forbid that
anyone should start a term paper
ahead of time).
But the best part was the
post-poning of various mid-terms.
For those in the dorms it was a good
excuse to have a party. Commuters
were not so lucky. For them it was a
day spent shoveling the driveway only
to have it plowed shut again.
Snow removal on campus continued
yesterday. Campus Security and
maintenance personnel cleared the
parking lot of the residence halls. The
students were temporarily forced to
remove their vehicles from the lot and
the operation continued under the
watchful eye of Officer Paul aided by
the entire security force. The force
made sure no students tried to enter
the lot while a large yellow plow
scooped piles of snow to either end of
the lot. Once satisfied that the area was
fit for occupation the students were
permitted to return their vehicles to
the lot.
4 ap:
New Library Building
Final plans for the construction of
an annex to the Capitol Campus library
have been approved by the PSU Board
of Trustees.
The annex will be built northeast of
the present library location adjacent to
the Olmstead(main) building. It will be
built of pre-engineered metal and
provide approximately 5,000 square fee
feet
of floor space.
Expenditu;es, not to exceed
$280,000, were authorized for the
project. Included in the plan are
changes required by the Pa. Dept. of
Labor and Industries in the Olmstead
building. Funds are available for this
purpose from Insurance, OSHA,and
Labor and Industry Compliance
Reserves.
However, the head Librarian, Dr.
E. Jacob, fears that funds needed for
shelves in the new addition may be
depleted by the use of some of the
appropriated money for renovations
for the handicapped in the Olmstead
Building.He stated that,"this is a grim
time for the budget, so we will just
have to wait and see what funds are
available."
The new unit will increase space for
storage and shelving of materials as
well as study space in the library.
The Capitol Campus library
presently has a collection of 130,000
books and journal volumes crowded
into an area of 17,000 square feet and
has reader space for only 125 students
out of an enrollment of some 2,500.
Dr. Robert E. McDermott, provost,
explains that present space allocation
is about 30 percent deficient, according
Idtlolll3Kl
by Jeff Stout
to American Library Association
Standards for College Libraries.
"Not only is there substandard
allowance for the collection, with
attendant disruption, but service
capabilities are seriously impaired and
staff workspace is minimal," he
explains.
The library has utilized all
opportunities to conserve space, such
as the use of micro-formats in lieu of
conventional volumes where possible;
use of limited storage space for older
journal runs; and weeding of the
collection and elimination of marginal
sets and materials, but all realistic
expedients have been exhausted.
Dr. Jacob said that he has been
requesting renovation of the library
since 1972 and has considered many
different possibilities including ex
panding to the second floor or moving
to another campus building.
He said that the addition should be
completed by the end of the school
year. Out of the ten to twelve
contractors being considered for the
project, one should be picked in about
six months, according to Jacob.
Weekend
You can all sit back and relax. No
snow is in the forecast for this
weekend. The skies should be partly
cloudy with temperatures in the low to
mid 30's during the day and in the
teens to low 20's at night.
Feb 10,1978
Weather