18—The Daily Collegian Thursday, May 14 1981
Report may help libraries' funding
By SHARON TAYLOR
•
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Most reports about the condition of University librar
ies do not have an impact on the administration but
report issued at last week's meeting of the University
Faculty Senate may give the libraries a higher priority
in the University's budget, a University administrator
said.
The Senate Committee on Libraries made reports
annually to the Faculty Senate, Stuart Forth, dean of
University libraries, said. These past reports did not
have the impact that he thinks this one will, he said.
Philip A. Klein, chairman of the committee that
presented the report, said the libraries have not re
ceived the funding they have requested in previous
years.
• "There have been very few years when the library
got anything like they requested, but not because of a
lack of trying," Klein said.
By comparing the library system at the University
with the library systems of other universities of similar
size and number of students, the committee dramati
cally brought the declining condition of the library to the
attention the senate, Forth said.
Although reports concerning the condition of, the
library are presented annually, Forth said a different
approach was used this year. And because of the new
approach the library may become a higher priority in
the budget.
According to the report, Penn State has one of the
largest student bodies and the lowest number of books
per student. University Park was at the bottom of the
list.
The report also said Temple , University managed to
improve marginally in the overall comparison and
considerably in comparison to the University Park
libraries, let alone the entire Penn State library system.
(Temple did this partly by a reduction in enrollment.)
"Almost every year a report (on the condition of the
Students urged
By LAURA BIDDLE
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Students should preregister for Fall
Term before leaving for their summer
break so they can take advantage of a
new registration option, University Reg
istrar Warren R. Haffner said.
The option mail registration is a
new alternative offered by the Universi:
ty. He said students are required to leave
a self-addressed, stamped business enve
lope at the Registrar's Office before July
30 so pink slips may be mailed by Aug. 10
to students who want them.
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library) is received in dead silence and filed away.
"This report was the first one that contrasted where
we were 10 years ago and where were are now," Forth
said.
Forth also said this was the first time the senate
passed a motion recommending "the administration of
the University give the University libraries a higher
priority in financial support in the coming years."
• Because the senate gave the report some credibility,
Forth said the administration will accept the informa
tion contained in it and may give the library a higher
priority in the budget.
'We don't want more money to
be more proud, we want and
need it to serve the students
and the professors better.'
"The senate itself took it seriously and the adminis
tration takes all recommendations of the senate serious
ly," he said.
In the report, Penn State's library system was also
compared with institutions such as the University of
California at Los Angeles, the University of Illinois, the
University of Minnesota, Rutgers University, Ohio State
University, the University of Pennsylvania, the Univer
sity of Pittsburgh, Purdue University and the Universi
ty of Wisconsin at Madison.
"The major purpose of the report was to dramatize
the plight of Penn State Universities libraries in compa-
On Wednesday (the last day of
classes), Thursday and Friday of finals
week, Pattee will have extended hours of
7:45 a.m. to 2 a.m. On Saturday, all units
the library normally open Saturdays
until 5 p.m. will remain open until 10
p.m., Ness said.
On Sunday, hours are from 1 p.m. to 2
a.m.. Pattee will remain open until 7 p.m.
on Monday, he said, which is directly
related to the hour of the last exam
offered on that day.
Library books may be renewed in
person or by calling 863-2174.
—Stuart Forth,
dean of University libraries
schedule can sign the Registration by
Mail card enclosed with the pink slip and
mail the card to the University, he said.
Deadline for registration by mail is Aug.
23.
Students can also early register at the
University on Aug. 17 through 21 between
8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., he said. Incom
ing freshmen, transfer students and stu
dents who did not register by mail or
early register will be required to register
at the Intramural Building according to
the time and date on b their pink slips.
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rison to libraries located in campuses like ours," Forth
said. "We don't try to compare ourselves with libraries
at Harvard or Princeton, but to libraries of campuses of
the same size (as Penn State), with the same number of
students.
"Penn State is unique in that we have a number of
branch campuses," he said.
"We don't exist for ourselves; as a unit that serves
everybody, when we're hurting, everybody suffers," he
said.
"We don't want more money to be more proud, we
want and need it to serve the students and the professors
better.
"We need to maintain the quality of the library, and
above that, enhance the library and improve it," he
said. "We would not like to lose ground and if possible
we would like to gain ground.
Forth said the library's long-term goal is to improve
the condition of the library. to meet the standards of the
libraries they were compared to.
The long range goal of Pattee is to try to better meet
the teaching and, researching needs of University stu
dents and faculty, he said.
But he said before the report had been made additio
nal funds had already been recommended for books and
journals.
"It (funding to the library) certainly looks a lot
better than it was (before the report had been made),"
he said.
Klein also said his committee realizes it will be
difficult for the administration to rearrange its priori
ties in the University's budget.
"We realize the administration has i a difficult and
painful task recalculating the budget, but we are
suggesting that the libraries, if at all possible, should be
given a higher priority," Klein said.
Neither Forth nor Klein estimated how much of an
increase would be needed to improve or maintain the
library's condition.
have already registered.
"We hope that registration by mail will
provide a better opportunity for students
to get classes and will hopefully decrease
the number of students at registration,"
he said. "Students who registered early
won't have to return until their first day
of classes."
Students should meet with their advis
ers within the next two weeks and bring
their preregistration card to 112 Shields,
Haffner said.
Charles H. Ness, assistant dean of
libraries, also announced library hours
for finals week.
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Work study limited
By JACKIE MARTINO
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Because of a lack of funding, the
college work study program has
given priority to students who can
work a 40. hour week, enrolling in the
University this summ e r with a
course load of up to seven credits,
Paula Pufka, work study coordina
tor, said.
The decision was made . when
funds for this summer had to be
borrowed frond next year's work
study funds. The funds were bor
rowed with the understanding that
the money would be used for 1981-
1982 educational expenses, Joan
Schumacher, assistant director of
the student aid office, said.
She reasoned that students en
rolled on a full-time basis would
likely need the money for summer
tuition or living expenses and would
not be able to save it for next year's
educational expenses.
"Realistically, it's hard enough
for people to save money for the
coming year," Schumacher said,
without .the added strain of paying
summer tuition or living expenses.
Educational expenses can include
anything related to the cost of at
tending the Univ6rsity, including
tuition, room and board, transporta
tion and medical expenses, Pufka
said.
• As a guarantee that funds for the
summer work study prograkn will be
used for what they are intended for,
educational expenses for the 1981-
1982 academic year, students in
volved in the program must sign the
award letter they receive. The letter
notifies them that their work study
request has been granted, and stip
ulates the use of the funds.
One reason for the lack of funds is
the use of the money during the Fall,
Winter and Spring terms.
"Fall, Winter, Spring is our big
award period," she said. "That's
when most students attend school."
In addition, no increase in funding
for the work study program has
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accompanied an increase in the cost
of education and an increase in the
number of students eligible for the
awards, Pufka said.
Students receiving work study are
expected to contribute 80 pergent of
their net earnings to educational
expenses. If a Guaranteed Student
Loan or other financial aid is re
ceived, under which a personal con
tribution of $7OO from the student is
mandatory, the 80 percent require
ment is unnecessary, Schumacher
said.
Pufka said that the $7OO require
ment will be increasing this fall to
$9OO.
She said, because so many people
are involved in work study, it is
difficult to make sure all use 80
percent of the money for educational
expenses.
"We don't go to the student and
ask him,". Pufka said. "We just
assume he does this (use 80 percent
of the money for educational ex
penses)."
She added that work study awards
are considered part of a total finan
ciBl aid package at the University.
The amount earned is included in the
total amount of financial aid the
student has been awarded, which
determines any further financial aid
he might receive.
If a student chooses not to use his
work study funds for educational
purposes, he not only may run short
on funds for his education, but also
may not be able to depend upon any
further sources of financial aid .
Funding for the work study pro
gram comes from various sources,
Pufka said.
Funds for the off-campus work
study program come from the Penn
sylvania Higher Education Assis
tance Agency and the federal
government. Funds for the on-cam
pus program come from federal
sources and the University.
Woik study grants can be used
anywhere in the state, including
branch campuses, Pufka said.