FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 1957 THE MICHIGAN U A IIV ImA tIlp vrvwoiirir FRIDAY, MARCH 22,x1957 TRW Thf l a~ililAT T3 AJ- ak PAGE THREE K WORK RAPIDLY PROGRESSING: Library Ex[ By JANICE WILCZEWSKJ Current library expansion is pro- gressing rapidly Ever since World War II need for expanded library facilities has been pressing, Frederick H. Wag- man, library director, commented decently. Space for books and adequate seating capacity were, because of the growing student body, becom- ng far too liuited. General Lib"rT Inadequate Inadequacies of the General Library building made it increas- ingly difficult to' provide access to the library collections. [n turn, this prevented faculty mernoers from fully utilizing the library in planning undergraduate instruction. Further complications were pre- sented to the library plant with the development of North Campus and Medical Center projects. Duplication Necessary Accompanying de-centralization of instructional and research cam- pus units came the necessity of corresponding units in the library system. The present system, based on the General Library building on the central campus with the num- ber of small brances, could not meet the needs of instruction and research in these new locations. From this situation arose a plan of general expansion of all library facilities. Plans Included This plan included construction of storage facilities, expansion of branch libraries, construction of a new undergraduate library aid adaption of the General Library as a center of graduate research in the humanities and social sci- ences and as better administrative headquarters for the library sys- tem. First step taken in this pro- gram was the expansion of storage facilities. When the General Library was constructed in 1919, it was design- ed to accommodate 880,000 vol- umes. Increased Efficiency Hundreds of thousands more were crowded into the stack area by installing wooden book cases, narrowing the aisles and double- shelving books. Building the stack building on North Campus three years ago, however, alleviated the situation a great deal. Space is available to expand this building to three times its present capacity. Now, the second greatest need in the libraries, that of providing adequate reader space for under- graduate students, is being satis- fied with the current building of the undergraduate library. To Open This Fall Scheduled to open in the fall, the library is expressly designed to serve as an intellectual center for all students on the central campus in freshman through senior years of instruction. Accommodating more than 2,000 readers, the building will contain predominately open shelves, mak- ing the books accessible to all students. Book cases and ,screens will di- vide large reading areas to create anatmosphere of semiprivacy in each area. Records, Poetry, Drama Facilities will also be provided for listening to records, poetry and drama both for class assignments; and for general cultural purposes. Space will also be provided for discussion groups, lectures and viewing documentary films and educational television broadcasts. Located on South University, the new Undergraduate Library will offer all undergraduates added op- )ansion Fills edfrM r ": :::.C :t. ::.4 Facilities Rabbi J. Katz To Give Talk U 2~ i 'Oi Ziis Ina period of development the O nR i onism University is nowt experiencing, Wagman said, it would be rash to Rabbi Joseph Katz of Saginaw predict that present plans will will discuss "Is Zionism Relevant insure adequacy of library service Today in America?" at 7:30 to- for the indefinite future. night at the Hillel Foundation. His talk is the first in a series of of the State Legislature, the library five lectures on "Some Dominant expansion program is enabling the Movements in Jewis Life," to be University to make tremendous presented at Hillel, according to improvements in its libraries and Robert Stein, '59. to enhance their usefulness to In his lecture, Rabbi Katz will scholarship and research, Wagman consider "Is a Jewis State needed remarked. in Israel?", "What is its meaning for American Jews?" "What claims has Zionism on American Jewis GuyYouth?" ruture Hillel lectures will in- Ga clde "Secularism" on March 29 o Tst ni on April 19, HJasidism" on April 26, and "Lib- TorL C rce eral Judasism" on May 10. -Daily-David Arnold UNDERGRAD LIBRARY-An unfinished corner of the building is a typical sight in the University's expansion program. The library is scheduled for completion this fall. "Ten years of the French The- ater" will be discussed by Guy Dumur at 8 p.m. tonight in the League at a meeting of Le Cercle Francais. Dumur is an official lecturer of' "la Federation de l'Alliance Fran- caise", a French cultural organi- zation in the United States. Dumur's lecture tonight will: concern the French theater from 1945 to 1955. He will discuss the work of such dramatists as de Claudel, Sartre, Camus and An- ouilh, as well as different aspects of the Modern French theatre. Asian Nation To Be Honored Pakistan Students Association is sponsoring a public reception honoring the first anniversary of Pakistan becoming a republic, at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Rackham Am- phitheater. Features of the program will be two movies about Pakistan; play- ing of the sitar, a Pakistani musi- cal instrument; and Pakistani re- freshments. . portunities in services and re- search. Expansion of branch libraries will be carried out in the future, with the new Kresge Medical Re- search Library serving as a model. Slowly replacing previous Uni- versity tradition of centralized li- brary collections is the policy of locating library materials where they are readily needed to meet the changing needs of the expand- ing campus and program. In the University's long-range plans are new buildings to house Music, Education, Architecture and Design, and Engineering research, Recent Fxpansion Recent library expansion has in- cluded the law library stack addi- tion and the natural science li- brary. As space is provided in new buildings for branch libraries, all the actively used books in the pertinent subject will be moved to the new branches, placing the University books in each division of knowledge where they will be available to people most concerned with that area of study. Freeing Space All this outside construction is freeing considerable space in the main library building. This building's rehabilitation program calls for replacement of the old gabled roof over the stacks, leakage of which has caused mov- ing thousands of books in past months. By raising the walls to permit construction of a new flat roof, space will be made available for six additional tiers of bookstacks accommodating 180,000 volumes Open till 10 Every nite but Sunday BOB MARSHALL'S a I and 120 new ca graduate study sta Expand Gradu Since Michigan: heavy graduate er ties for them wil panded by adap building gradually MUSIC SHOPS f, i I for the Finest in Recorded Irf IT'S NOT TOO EARLY TO START ORDERING MOTHERS' WEEKEND F AT FA) CHESTER ROBERTS GIF P.S. A VERY LARGE SELECTION PRICED TO MEET EVERY HOUS REQU I REM ENT rrels (individualj _ dls). _ ate Facilities has an extremely irollment, facili- 1 be greatly ex- ting the main for their use. -CAMPUS--- 211 S. 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