1979-1980 Yearbook

Library adds 5414 volumes Although there were no formal courses taught in library science, the librarians made a significant contribution to the academic' program of Harding University. The major emphasis of the six professional librarians and their assistants was assisting faculty members and students in making maximum use of the library resources. During 1978-79, 115 classes were taught with 39 of these being for students in English 103 which emphasizes the writing of term papers. Students had access to the open stacks 87 hours each week and a reference librarian was available 79 of those hours. During 1978-79, 5,414 volumes were added , bringing the total volumes to 178,084 at the beginLibrary Science W_Ben,MALS librarian, Assoc. Prof. Trovl, eol, MLS Cataloging Librarion, Ass'. Prof. ",,1iII Hay••, MLS Periodicals librarian , Ass' . Prof . J" MeityRO", MS Reference librarian , Asst . Prof . So_ s,un;.., MA Circulation librarian , Asst . Prof . Htnry Terrin, MUS librarian, Ins'r . ning of the year. A Title II-A grant of $3,900 was received for books and materials. During the fall semester checks were made on library usage. The largest number in the library at one time was 304 and the largest number corning into the library in one day was 1,787, as measured by the Tattle Tape Book Detection System. Last year, 109,458 volumes circulated for an average REFERENCE librarian Joe McReynolds assists a student in finding materials for a research paper. of 37.8 per patron. All of the librarians attended meetings of the Arkansas Library Association. Winnie Bell, Travis Cox, Frank Hayes and Suzanne Spurrier attended the annual meeting of the American Library Association in Dallas. Miss Bell attended meetings of the AMlGOS Bibliographical Council in Dallas and the meeting of the Christian College librarians 'My job combines service with working. Service is what draws me to Harding.' - Winnie Bell hosted by Abilene Christian University of Dallas during the ALA meeting. Joe McReynolds accompanied Miss Bell and Miss Spurrier to the AMIGOS meetings in Little Rock. Burdett Henry Terrill was added to the professional library staff in the fall as Assistant Librarian for Government Documents, Interlibrary Loans and Reserved Books. II

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