8 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, May 14, 1997
'U' faculty sends aid
to Bosnian library ¢¢v( \ .
By Dolores Arabo
For the Daily
Bosnians enidured a devastating loss
when their country's National and
University Library in Sarajevo went
down in flames as a result of a Serbian
Nationalist attack in 1992.
The tragedy left the library not only
without books, but also lacking the prop-
er records needed to enumerate the
destruction.
The University's Working Group on
Southeastern European Studies adopted
the responsibility of creating a bibliogra-
phy of more than 2,700 holdings for the
Sarajevo library.
"There is no reason to intentionally
destroy a library in the name of any-
thing,' said Janet Crayne, one of the two
faculty members who compiled the bib-
liography. "Libraries are cultural institu-
tions andto destroy a library is to destroy
culture."
Crayne, an associate librarian in the
University Library's Slavic Division,
said the University has an obligation to
aid the Sarajevo library.
"Our libraries have professional rela-
tions with their library" Crayne said.
The project began with initial discus-
sion in the fall of 1994 when Enes
K.ujundzic, director of the National and
University Library in Sarajevo, visited
campus. Kujundzic said the formation of
a bibliography would be necessary to
rebuild the library's holdings.
Two other members of the Working
Group, Robert Donia, a visiting assistant
research scientist at CREES, and John
Fine, a University history professor, pre-
sented the bibliography.
The two men delivered the bibliogra-
phy in March on a previously planned
trip to Sarajevo, in which they lectured
on the content of their book.
"This was John's fourth visit to
Bosnia since 1994, and my eighth,"
Donia said. "John's time in Bosnia goes
back to the 1960s and mine to the 1970s,
so our interest in strengthening ties with
the community of historians and librari-
ans in Sarajevo is long-standing."
In return, the Sarajevo library has
been sending a variety of rare and
unusual publications to add to
University's collection.
Donia said a University of Sarajevo
professor and his students are working
on a web page to make the list interna-
tionally accessible.
"It may be that the National and
University Library will never be recon-
stituted asa physical library but rather as
a gathering of virtual works and cross-
references in cyberspace, in a form yet to
be precisely determined," Donia said,
adding that the collection would then be
the world's first "virtual library."
JENNIFER BRADLEY-SWIFT/Daily
A construction worker contributes to the Diag's renovation. The $1.3 million project began last week and is scheduled for
completion in mid-August.
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for Aaron Smith did not view the con-
struction as a hindrance.
"I'm rarely there so there is no prob-
lem really," Smith said. "(It's) just that
getting to the Union takes a little bit
longer."
Besides the transient inconvenience
the construction causes, the major
impediment is the question of whether or
not the undertaking will alter the role
the Diag plays in many students' lives.
Another point of debate to some
members of the University community is
the removal of the 'M' which is to be
shipped to an unspecified stone compa-
ny where it will be inlaid in granite.
Alumna Janet Ottenbreit said she is
not thrilled with the plan to modernize
the Diag.
"I'm a traditionalist," Ottenbreit said.
"Why can't they leave the old M?' It's a
part of the University - a part of histo-
ry."
The 'M' was placed in the center of
the Diag in 1953 and has sustained its
original form up until the recent
upheaval.
Jenny Weeds, who graduated earlier
this month, voiced concerns about dis-
turbing the years of tradition associated
with the 'M.'
"It's the 'M,' you can't get rid of the
'M,"' Weeds said. "It's going to be pret-
ty rough because it's summertime almost
and there is nowhere to hang out."
University spokesperson Julie
Peterson said the renovations to the Diag
are extensive.
Two new walkways will be created
where a constant flow of traffic has
caused natural pathways.
Limestone sidewalks will replace the
current ones and granite benches will be
added, as well as additional lighting,
Peterson said
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