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. 4 precial/ welcome 10 l2 A P 0Op If 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. 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