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Townley
goes
to town
Charles T. Townley has
joined the staff of Penn State-
Capitol Campus in the capa
city of head librarian.
Ine tasks he faces in his new
post are basically two-fold: to
improve and expand existing
services and to oversee the
projected renovation of the
library.
In addition to improving
local library services, “We
will be looking at our rela
tionship, through networks,
with other libraries. Our goal
in this respect is to increase
accessibility and speed of ac
cess between our campus and
available library resources,”
said Townley.
Through the OCLC data
base, the 140,000-volume li
brary at Capitol Campus be
comes, in effect, a 5
million-volume library. The
time lag in bringing student
and resources together, how
ever, can be frustrating and
counter-productive. Townley
hopes he and other members
of the library faculty can
devise methods to improve
user access.
Graduate school opportunities
How can minority college
students planning for gradu
ate school find the right op
portunities for advanced
study?
One way is with the Mi
nority Graduate Student La
cater Service, developed by
Educational Testing Service
(ETS) and offered by the
Graduate Record
Examinations Board.
Through this free service,
college juniors, seniors and
graduates who are members
of racial and ethnic minorities
in the United States can make
their intentions known to
graduate schools seeking such
applicants.
Last year, for example,
more than 20,000 students
made use of the Locator Ser
vice, and student information
was provided to more than
150 graduate schools around
the country. And it’s easy for
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Renovation of the existing
library is part of Capitol Cam
pus’ long-range development
plan under the leadership of
Dr. Theodore L. Gross. Mr.,
Townley will be coordinating
this project.
“Removal of existing inner
walls and barriers will double
the seating capacity and in
crease shelf space, especially
in the reference area,” he
said.
Cost analysis of planned
alterations is presently being
worked out.
It is expected the renova
tion costs will be paid by the
Richard H. Heindel Memorial
Fund. Dr. Heindel, first dean
of faculty at PSU, died July 31,
and the fund established in his
memory has been dedicated to
the library.
Monies for the fund will be
sought from PSU alumni. In
addition, a distinguished
memorial committee has been
created to solicit funds from
the international community
where Dr. Heindel was well
known.
Townley brings to his po-
for minority students
students to participate.
Students sign up by com
pleting the registration form
contained in the GRE/MGSLS
Information Bulletin. It is the
same form used to register for
the Graduate Record Exam
inations, comprehensive apti
tude and advanced tests used
in the admissions process by
many of the nation’s graduate
schools. But students do not
have to take the GRE to use
the Locator Service.
To take part, students de
scribe themselves by answer
ing questions that ask for
ethnic background,
undergraduate major, intend
ed graduate major and other
information about educational
experience and objectives.
This information is placed in
the Locator Service file and
made available to participat
ing graduate schools upon
request. GRE scores are not
Charles T. Townley, and with other Library staff members. They
are working with the OCLC data computer base system.
sition far-ranging experience
in the area of library science.
He is currently completing his
doctoral studies at the School
of Library Science at the
University of Michigan.
Under the sponsorship of
the U.S. Office of Education,
he became the director of the
included in the Locator Ser
vice file.
Each graduate school es
tablishes its own criteria to
select students from the Lo
cator Service file based on
ethnic background, intended
major field of study, degree
objective and state of resi
dence. The names of students
who use the Locator Service
and meet the criteria set by a
particular school will
automatically be sent to that
school.
Students who want to
make information available to
graduate schools three times
during the school year must
have their registration forms
in by Sept. 28. A student who
misses that deadline but has
the form in by N0v.12 will
be able to participate twice.
Graduate schools will con
tact the students in whom
they are interested to inform
Library Project of the Na
tional Indian Education Asso
ciation. It is this project which
provides library information
in many American Indian
communities.
Expertise in this area led
to service in the U.S. govern
ment in the capacity of con-
them of application
procedures.
Because of the interest
among graduate schools
throughout the nation in at
tracting qualified minority
students, a student’s name
often will be sent to several
institutions. Because a gradu
ate school may not wish to
contact all students whose
names it receives, students
are not informed of the iden
tity of those institutions to
which their names have been
forwarded.
The Locater Service is not
an application to graduate
school or for financial assist
ance and does not constitute a
guarantee of admission or fi
nancial aid. It is designed only
to supplement a student’s own
efforts to locate and seek
admission to a suitable grad
uate program and to find
resources for financial assist-
sultant. In addition, he taught
library management at the
University of Michigan just
prior to coming to Capitol
Campus.
Townley’s appointment
became effective September
1, 1978.
Information students sup
ply for the Locater Service
file is treated confidentially
and is released only to parti
cipating graduate schools and
scholarship programs.
The Information Bulletin
explains all students j must
know to participate in the
service. Copies of thfe bulletin
may be obtained at most
colleges or by writing to
MGSLS, Box 2615, Princeton,
N.J. 08541.
The GRE and the MGSLS
are administered by ETS un
der policies determined by the
GRE Board, an independent
board affiliated with the As
sociation of Graduate Schools
and the Council of Graduate
Schools in the United States.
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