Wednesday, August 27, 1969
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Page Nine
THE MICHIGAN DAILY Page Nine
A READER'S GUIDE
Where the books are
Faculty
power
and
the
System
By SHARON WEINER
The University is big and im-
personal enough even before you
start thinking about the library
system, which holds over 3.7
million cataloged or indexed
volumes and pamphlets and re-
ceives over 27,500 periodicals
and 135 newspapers.
But with a little courage and
a couple of traumatic experien-
ces - losing both your way in
and the exits from the stacks of
the General Library, for exam-
ple - the system can be at least
partially mastered.
The University library system
includes the General Library
,also known as the graduate li-
brary, the main library, and the
Harlan Hatcher Graduate Li-
brary), the undergraduate li-
brary (UGLD, and a number of
divisional libraries, special li-
braries, and collections.
Use of the libraries is reserved
for registered students, staff,
and faculty of the University.
As a freshman, your main
The studying game
By NADINE COHODAS
OSTENSIBLY, WE'RE ALL HERE to learn things and become
thinking, well-rounded (mentally as well as physically) people.
And presumably, this transformation takes place within the hal-
lowed halls of classroom buildings and lecture halls where intelli-
gent, in-the-know professors disseminate knowledge to be gathered
in by our inquisitive minds.
But of course, students must, do more than just sit and gather.
We must do our own work as assigned by professors and sometimes
do work just for enjoyment..
And so, we all are faced with the same dilemma-where to
study?
There are, to begin with, the conventional spots. the libraries.
In the center of the main campus area are the Undergraduate Li-
brary (known most often as the UGLI) and the General Library,
presently being expanded and renovated.
The UGLI is really a very nice place. Because it is relatively
new, the four-story building is light and airy and not nearly as de-
pressing as other older buildings. The UGLI seats approximately
2,000 students and, during finals (when the building is open until
5 a.m.) each table, cubical and couch is filled.
THE GENERAL LIBRARY is much bigger and much older
than the UGLI. Its four main floors are subdivided into 10 levels
of stacks, and one isn't formally initiated into the University until
he has gotten lost in one of the sections of one of the stacks for
at least 25 minutes.
Fortunately, though, some kind-hearted upperclassman is
always around to point, the way out.
The Grad Library also has individual carrels which provide
a sort of scholastic solitary confinement. They are perfect for
someone who enjoys a dark, small, cubicle reminiscent of some
corner in a Reformation monastery.
The General Library also has a high-ceilinged reference room
with several rows of tables, housing encyclopedias and journals of
every type and offering seats for several hundred people.
FOR SPECIALISTS, there are.the Law Library at one end of
the Law Quad and the Medical Library on the outer edge of the
medical complex near University Hospital. Each of these buildings
contains materials related to their respective fields but there are
plenty of seats for general students, several of which are occupied
by unattached University women with orders from mother to grab
a doctor or lawyer.
In addition to these conventional study spots, there are sev-
eral other more ingenious places to study in. Some students pre-
fer the lounges at the Rackham school of graduate studies. Others
settle in the MUG, the Union coffee shop. Still others secure a
table at Marks coffee house or one of the nearby campus restaur-
ants. And some unsuspecting souls attempt to study in their dorm
rooms or apartments. However, most students usually admit that
outside interference (roommates, especially) makes scholastic
endeavors there virtually useless.
The libraries, the restaurants, Rackham, dorms and apart-
ments do provide the most common study grounds and usually
can lead students to their desired academic results. But there is an
alternative which avoids the rush for a seat during finals and the
noise of nearby friends. Just dont study at all.
concern will most likely be with
the UGLI and the General Li-
brary.
The UGLI, says the Guide to
the University of Michigan Un-
dergraduate Library (1969 edi-
tion), was "designed to satisfy
not only the immediate library
needs of the undergraduate but
to encourage him to explore the
world of knowledge that lies be-
yond normal curricular require-
ments." And, the guide contin-
ues, "It must be emphasized
that undergraduates have access
to all the resources in the Uni-
versity Library system and are
expected to make full use of
them in pursuit of their stu-
dies."
But most of your time will
probably be spent in the five-
storied air-conditioned, 2,671-
seat UGLI which opened in 19-
58.
Besides undergraduate facili-
ties, the building houses the En-
gineering - Transportation and
Education libraries, an audio
room, a print study gallery
maintained by the History of
Art Department, an art exhibit
area, a Multipurpose Room with
a seating capacity of 225, study
rooms for the blind, and a stu-
dent coffee lounge in the base-
ment.
The undergraduate facilities
occupy most of the first three
floors of the UGLI. The first
floor, which includes the re-
served-bookhsection and the per-
iodicals, is by far the noisiest.
Books assigned for courses
are placed on either overnight
reserve or closed reserve. An ov-
ernight book can only be taken
out of the building after 7:30.
Closed reserve books may be us-
ed only within the building.
Books are charged out of the
UGLI by presenting the book
with your student ID to the
desk in the front.
The General Library was de-
dicated in 1920 and looks it.
Because it is in the process of
being merged with the Harlan
Hatcher extension which is
scheduled for completion this
winter, the stacks are current-
ly quite confusing and illogical.
There are ten levels of stacks
adjacent to the four public
floors.
The General Library houses a
microfilm reading room, a map
room, and a periodical and a
newspaper reading room. The
building also has 418 incunabu-
la (books printed before 1501), a
Rare Book Room of some 80,000
volumes, and several rare pam-
phlet collection.
The public catalogue, located
on the second public floor of
the General Library, contains a
record of all books held by the
University Library system.
In addition to the General
Library and the UGLI, there are
a host of library facilities
around campus. Most of the
smaller schools and almosthall
the departments maintain their
own libraries for specialized or
technical material.
By MARTIN IIIRSCIIMAN
Even AVicerPresident for Aca-
demic Affairs Allan F. Smith
will readily admit that most of
the important decisions affect-
ing academic life at the Univer-
sity are not made in the Ad-
ministration Bldg.
Rather, the most influential
segment of the University com-
munity is always conceded to be
the faculty.
The influence of professors
manifests itself through a my-
riad of campus institutions. Cer-
tainly in each department and
school or college, faculty support
is a prerequisite to the formula-
tion of any decision, be it the
creating of a new degree or
granting tenure to an assistant
professor.
Some other important deci-
sions are made on a University-
wide basis and the faculty has a
series of institutions ready, will-
ing and able to assert the facul-
ty viewpoint in this area.
The largest. and essentially
,most irrelevant faculty body is
the University Senate. Compos-
ed of all professors in the
University, the Senate is a
monstrously large body whose
size alone precludes considera-
tion of the multitude of prob-
lems which face the campus
each year. The Senate meets
only twice a year.
Until about four years ago,
the only other campus-wide fa-
culty body was the small Senate
Advisory Committee on Univer-
sity Affairs, known by its initials
-SACUA.
Although its power has re-
cently been undercut by the cre-
ation of a representative group
of intermediate size (Senate As-
sembly), SACUA remains per-
haps the most important cam-
pus-wide faculty group. Not on-
ly does SACUA act as an advis-
ory committee to University Pre-
sident Robben W. Fleming, but
it also functions as the execu-
tive committee for Senate As-
sembly.
Formed some four years ago,
Senate Assembly is a body of
about 60 members which in-
cludes representatives selected
from their individual school, col-
lege or department. In this way,
Assembly represents; a wide
range of faculty opinion.
Most formal recommendations
of University-wide academic po-
licy are acted upon by Assem-
bly, or at least one of its com-
mittees, before the proposal is
presented to {and rubber-
stamped by) the Regents.
For example. the proposal to
end the one-year physical edu-
cation requirement was approv-
ed by an "Assembly committee
before winning approval of the
Regents last April. And an As-
sembly recommendation to al-
low the senior editors of The
Daily to select their successors
without the review of a board-
in-control was passed by the Re-
gents with little hesitation.
The power of Assembly does
not lie solely in the weight its
recommendations carry with the
Regents, however. In addition,
there is a network of Assembly
committees - like the Academic
Affairs Committee which made
the decision on the physical ed-
ucation requirement - that act
in advisory capacities to the var-
ious vice presidents.
Ins recent months, Assembly
mEmibers have expressed grow-
ing concern over the amount of
power which still resides with
SACUA. And in 4an attempt to
lessen this influence, Assembly
members have demanded that
SACUA make more complete re-
ports of its activities to Assem-
bly.
The product of this power
struggle awaits crystalization
Law. school aids blacks.
this- fall when Assembly activi-
ties resume full blast. And the
responsibility for finding an
equitable settlement to the dis-
pute will fall hardest on educa-
tion Prof. Joseph Payne.
Recently elected as chairman
of SACUA, Payne is in a rela-
tively good spot to resolve the
conflict because his views on
the power relationship are sub-
merged beneath calm voice and
mild mannerisms.
By MARCIA ABRAMSON
The Law School-long known for its liberal-
ism-last year established what may be the most
comprehensive program of assistance for dis-
advantaged students in the University.
Disadvantaged students may now enter the
school during the spring-summer term for spe-
cial supplemental work. As a result, they can at
first carry a lighter course load than the usual
program. The first group of disadvantaged stu-
dents began studies during the summer.
But the law faculty's decision to establish the
program was hardly spontaneous and came only
after members of the Black Law Students Asso-
ciation demanded creation of such a program..
The faculty had already established a prefer-
ential admissions program for black students.
But BLSA members contended that preferential
admission was not enough because disadvantaged
students were not able to keep up with the
school's high standards,
The Law School is undisputedly one of the
nation's best. In fact, the faculty quality is so
high that Dean Francis Allen complained last
year of several losses of top-rate faculty who
became deans of other law schools.
The BSLA represents many of the school's 27
black students. They have also demanded that
the faculty hire black professors and staff. There
are presently no blacks on the law faculty.
Other law students are as involved as BSLA
members. Law students provide the bulk of legal
research for the rent strike, and are extremely
active in local legal aid programs.
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Making of a school, 1969
By PAT MAHONEY
Library science became the University's
eighteenth school on July 1. and the new unit is
already planning for curriculum changes and
hoping for a growth rate of ten per cent annu-
ally.
Curriculum changes will be carried out by a
committee of four faculty members and two
students, one a graduate and one a doctoral
candidate.
Library science is a graduate school which
awards only masters and doctoral degrees. The
school was formerly a department of the literary
college.
During the next year, the new committee will
propose changes for required courses. Eventually
the review will cover allthe school' sclasses.
Enrollment in library science is expected to
increase by some 25 students this fall. One of
the major reasons for establishing a separate
school was the need for increased enrolsnent,
explains Dean Russell Bidlack, who says the
country needs at least 100,000 more librarians,
Last year the University was able to accept
only 80 of the 314 applicants in library science.
And the school has been forced to raise the min-
imum grade point average required for admission
from 2.75 to 3.0.
The school hopes to continue increasing en-
rollment to meet demand, and would eventually
like a new building of its own.
The school's offices have already moved from
cramped quarters in the General Library to con-
verted offices in West Quad. But for now, classes
will continue to be held in literary college build-
ings.
Bidlack hopes the new status as a schoolfwill
-enable hin to win more financial support from
the administration and through grants and
scholarships.
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