"CONTENTdm"@en . "UBC Library Staff Newsletter"@en . "http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=1216361"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2015-07-13"@en . "1965-03-16"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/biblos/items/1.0190812/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " V. 1, No. 6 OF THE U.B.C. LIBRARY STAFF NEWSLETTER MARCH I965\nTHUNDER\nSTOLEN AGAIN\nBIBLO'S shaky reputation of possessing all the latest, up-to-\ndate information, gossip, slander, etc. re library activities,\nsuffered another prideful blow when unceremoniously scooped by\nthe local UBYSSEY. The results of the \"Traffic survey at the\nUniversity of British Columbia Libraries\" had long been awaited.\nPlans of wide-open-heavens proportions had almost been created\nto spring the factual news upon the waiting, anticipating staff.\nAlas and alack! A bold, a black, a headline of shattering\nproportions dashed all hopes of a BIBLOS first. And so we can\nonly point, in sadness, to the 5 percent descrepancy between\nnumbers of people entering and leaving the library and to the\npoor pup who was unofficially counted in, but never out.\nHowever, in retaliation to the unethical scooping by UBYSSEY,\nBIBLOS has conducted its own traffic survey and must say, in\nall unabashed modesty, that its results are truly remarkable.\nWe call our survey, most aptly, \"An exercise in Busyness.\"\nFor 1 hour, a total of 60 minutes between the hours of\n11 and 12 o*clock on Friday, March 26, 19^5> reasonably\naccurate statistics were taken on the number of people who\ncrossed the fore and hindsight vision of the BIBLOS staffer \u00E2\u0080\u00A2 2-\non Information Desk. To define the terms of reference\n^crossed the fore and hindsight vision,.* more elesely\nmeans that to become a statistic, one had to make a\ncomplete, crossing past the Information Desk - whether in\nfront or behind was quite immaterial. A slight moral crisis\nwas provoked when several potential statistics stopped\nmidway in the crossing AND eventually retreated in the same\ndirection from whence they had come. The statistician, hence,\ncould only morally conclude that these would not be honest\nstatistics - and popped them in,,\nIn a further breakdown of figures, and also to emphasize the\n\"BUSYNESS' aspect of the survey, statistics were also kept\non the number of times a particular person passed by the\nInformation Desk. Got a bit complicated here, it didc\nBIBLOS is proud to be the first to tell you that a total\nof 275 statistics \"passed by my window\" - so to speak - in\nonly 1 hour. In all fairness, BIBLOS admits that survey\nconditions were not ideal in that the weather was half-\ncloudy, quite cool, and in that exams are imminent and\nessays presumedly completec However, the Information Desk\nand Catalog areas are the hub of the Library and therefore,\nmust be considered the \"busiest\" to portray \"busyness.\" To\ndemonstrate this statement, the gathered statistics showed\nT passing by the Information Desk at least twice, 13 traversing\nat least 3 times, 3~at least h times, 2 - 5 times, and in\nconclusion, a \"funny\" librarian who managed to be \"busy\" for\n8 crossings.\nRemember \"Busyness is next to...the card catalog\" - and you\nread this first in BIBLOS.\nHOPEFUL DEADLINE for next months' BIBLOS is - please-\nAPRIL 23, 1965. A FRIDAY. HEADS' MEETING \"^wlP^Si March l6> 1965\nVisitors\nDr. Frank Rogers, Professor of Medical Bibliography at the\nUniversity of Colorado, spoke on automation to the School\nof Librarianship students on April 1 and 2. Dr. Rogers\nwas formerly head of the U0S\u00C2\u00AB Surgeon-General's Office\nLibrary^ and was a leader in planning the MEDLARS system,\nTravellers\nDoug Mclnnes (Woodward) recently attended in Ottawa a\nmeeting of medical deans and librarians, regarding the\nSimon report. Discussion centred on the proposed\nCanadian medical bibliographic centre which will\nprobably be located in Ottawa.\nMiss Ng (Asian Studies) will go to San Francisco for a\nmeeting of the Association of Asian Studies,,\nPotential Travel\nAlthough the\"budget is not yet set, there will undoubtedly\nbe a sum-of money to aid conference-going librariansj\nand it is expected to be a larger sum this year, The\ncurrent golden egg committee; Maureen Wilson, Chairman;\nBill Bell, John Gray, Doug Mclnnes, Helen Constable.\nReading Rooms\nThe Library's policy on campus reading rooms has been\napproved by the Senate Library Committee, and is now\nin the hands of the Committee of Academic Deans,\nprepatory to going to the Senate, Several departments\nhave requested reading rooms; where funds are available^\npreparations are being made to stock and operate them. Facilities and Services\nThe Record Library and Wilson Listening Room is ready.\nDouglas Kaye_moved his collection of records over from\nthe Extension Department and alterations proceeded around\nhim. Many new records have been purchased, both of music\nand of the spoken word. Campus fee will remain at S5.00;\nclass listening will be free. An outside speaker will\nprovide noon-hour concerts, Mr. Stuart-Stubbs and Dr. Hagler\nare experimenting with a computerized cataloguing system for\nthe records. This new facility was made possible by a gift\nfrom Ethel and Wallace Wilson, long-time friends of the\nLibrary.\nThe Extension Library, which will serve only extension credit\ncourses and drama groups, has moved to Floor 2 near the\nmail room. It is not accessible to the telephone, and\ncallers should be asked to leave a message for Miss Mercer.\nThe Curriculum Laboratory is on the new Education Building\ntelephone exchange, local 801j they hope to get back their\nold number 355*\nThe Docustat on Floor 5 has attracted enough business to\nsatisfy the company, and they plan to install another\nmachine in Sedgewick (nee College). The Library will\nsuggest a soft drink dispenser in the staff room.\nRemember that the Xerox service is open until 9 P.m. Since\nevening business is seldom heavy, library copying left\nat 5 P.m. can usually be ready by the next morning.\nNew!\nCirculation proposes to attempt a complete inventory of the\nstacks, to close the Library for three days in May, and\nhave the whole library staff work on the check. Mr.\nStuart-Stubbs is asking the administration for permission\nto close.\nCirculation Is also preparing for September launching of the\nnew IBM circulation system. Their staff are being trained\nnow, and the rest of us will be introduced to it during\nthe summer. A key punch is now installed in the Circulation\nwork area. SOMEONE\nANNOUNCES\nXerox Copy from Microfilm\nA Vancouver firm, Preston Microfilming Services, Ltd.,\nsupplies an answer to the question **How and where can I\nget Xerox copy from microfilm\"? The price of Xerox\nCopyflo prints is .07$- per Lino Ft. Using this method\nof reproduction, they can supply prints up to 11*\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 in\nwidth with a 2 week delivery date. Xerox 1824 prints\ncost .09$- per Lino Ft. and produce a print up to 18'' in\nwidth. A delivery date of 2 or 3 days is required for\nthese.\nPlease.' Re: Mechanical, Electrical, Heating, etc. Problems\nAll such difficulties must be reported\nto Mrs. Dewar, Librarians's Office.\nStaff members must not phone Buildings\nand Grounds directly.\nWhat is Happiness?\nHappiness is a Spanking new display in the SSD display case.\nWe want more - Happiness.\nCataloging Strikes Again\nW^5o h VENEREAL DISEASES\n1911 Weigl, Karl, 1881-1949.\n[Quartet, strings, op. h, A major]\n--played on a G string, no doubt.* SPECIAL TO BIBLOS\nOn Friday and Saturday, March 19\"and 20, several members of\nthe Library staff attended a very enjoyable evening of plays\nby the \"Playtime Theatre\" group. The group presented\n\"Rumpelstilskin\" by the smaller children and \"Aladdin\" a\nthree act play in verse, by the 6-lk year old members of\ncast.\nBoth the plays were written by Pat-LaVac (Acquisitions)\nwho is the organizer of \"Playtime Theatre\". Pat has been\nrunning the group for seven years and many dozens of\nchildren have been able to enjoy the fun of make believe\nand dress up, an enjoyment which she feels is sadly\nlacking in the schools today.\nThe children meet in her basement recreation room on\nSaturday morning and bring 10 <^ each towards costumes and\nscenery. They are all neighbourhood children and are all\ngiven a part and lines to say, even if she has tr write\nin extra parts.1 What is lacking in experience is made\nup in sheer enthusiasm and pride when the parents are\nsitting in the audience.\nHer husband Gerry makes the scenery and her two older\ndaughters, Marilyn and Patsy Anne, too grown up now to\nbe on stage, help with production.\nThis year, as usual, the performance was held on the\nbasement stage, and each night forty to fifty proud\npprents, friends and younger brothers and sisters sat on\nwooden benches and thoroughly enjoyed the magic world\nof make believe,\nPat eventually hopes to compile a book, showing how anyone\nwith little experience, a sizeable basement and limited\nfinances can, with enthusiastic imagination, provide\ninterests and a wealth of fun for both the neighbourhood\nchildren and themselves. Good GriefJ A Flux of Librarians.\nThe Board of Governors has been requested to appoint,\nas Librarians I, the following library school graduates:\nMiss Diana Cooper, Fine Arts (U.B.C.)\nMiss Adrienne Flook, Catalog Division (U.B.C.)\nMiss Jennifer Gallup, Humanities (McGill)\nMiss Isobel Godefray, Catalog Division (McGill)\nMr. Larry Green, B.M.B. (U.B.C.)\nMiss Linda Kwong, Asian Studies (U.B.C.)\nMrs. Susan Macrae, Acquisitions (U.B.C.)\nMiss Donna Shaw, Law Library (McGill)\nMr. David Thomas, Catalog Division (U.B.C.)\nNew Position\nHans Burndorfer (at present in Humanities) has been\nappointed as Bibliographer beginning July.\nUnfilled Positions\nAt present, there are a no. of vacant professional\npositions in Serials, Government Documents and Cataloging\nDepartments.\nAcquisitions Acquired\nMiss Judy McDermot as Clerk I on March 15, 19^5 and\nMrs. Kathaleen Rankin as Clerk I on March 31, 19&5.\nMarriage\nAnn Carson (Special Collections) became Mrs. Anne Yandle\nin March. -8-\nOffspring\nMargot Belak, ex of the Fine Arts Division, announces the\nbirth of a daughter, Brenda Allison, on March 12, 1965.\nLeft Us\nDeirdre Perth resigned from B.M.B. on March 12, 1965.\nCataloging lost Betty Deeth on the last of March.\nJohn Cull departed from Circulation March 31, 1965.\nJust Transferred\nMrs. Kristen Martin moved from the Cataloging Division to\nB.M.B. on March 2k, 1965.\nVivi Jorgensen transferred from Acquisitions to Serials\non March 15, 19^5 \u00E2\u0080\u00A2\nGlad to see that\nLen Williams is back at work. Almost forgot to mention\nVernon Smith takes John Cull's position as Len's\nassistant.\nCHUCKLE.1 --frustrated laughter.\nNotes Found on Shelves in PR Section\nThis section is all mixed up. Why is Lawrence in the\nmiddle of Lewis, etc., etc.\nBecause idiots keep taking books out, and dumping them\nany damned place they feel like. Until you all start\nbeing a little more careful, shelvers do not stand a\nchance of putting these books in order.\nSigned\nA shelver,\nstudent help, -9-\nTHE MARK\nIt began with my husband reading Life. He invented\nthe Sneer Mark,-^-, and the Suspicion Mark,>^w, and went\non to the Leer Mark, \u00E2\u0082\u00AC^ . We immediately realized that\nmodern English needs more marks of expression than have\nbeen provided to date. In past literature a hero could\nexpand and expound, to a full paragraph, his feelings\non, for instance, leaving his beloved for the wars.\nToday's hero is allowed a line. He slaps her young\nbrother on the shoulder and says \"Look after her, Seth\" .\nExit. In film, the sound of gritted teeth and the bulge\nof the jaw muscle supply the obviously much needed Choked\nEmotion Mark, |g) . In print, one might wonder merely if\nthe young man really cared.\nLaconic speech has its point but can lead to misunderstanding.\nTake the time-honoured phrase \"Come up and see me sometime\".\nIn speech, the acute male would be likelyito misinterpret\nthe invitation. But in a letter trouble could arise. If\nthe phrase were followed by a Threat Mark,^0^, you would\npolish up ,your karate before going. If, on the other hand,\nit were followed by a Promise Mark/O\" you wouldn't. The\nStudent evidently feels the need for a greater variety of\nmarks; witness the plethora of trite asterisks and\nexclamation marks on book margins. Let us pioneer a greater\nwealth of punctuation to cope with today's Great Society;-\nthe Pow Mark, the Squelch Mark, the Square Mark, the Easy\nMark-\u00E2\u0080\u0094\u00E2\u0080\u0094. Most magazines will stimulate you to invent\nmore.\nHelen Constable\nScience Division -10-\nLAW LIBRARY\nWhat's the difference between overtake and pass?\nHow long can money be held in Chancery in England?\nWhere could I find out about a case of poisonous\nhair oil that was sold on the market in about 1958?\nMy friend Bob studies in the Law Building in the\nafternoons, could you please find him and tell him that I\ncan't meet him at 4.30?\nI have a friend whoI would, like to know what the\nlaw for residence for divorce is. Could you tell me?\nCould I be extradited for not paying a traffic fine?\nCould you tell me where I could find the blue book\nthat used to sit on that shelf} right there, last year?\nHello, We'd like a copy of - by -. Yes, we'd like\nto xerox it. .\nBut sir, that would cost you approximately $35-00.\nWould you not prefer to try a book dealer first, where you\ncould purchase it for about $5-00?\nOh no, it8s not our money, it's.the municipalities8\nfunds...\nThe reference desk of the Law Library is a busy one!\nOne deduces that many enterprising individuals seek out free\nlegal advice daily, thus sustaining the sunny side of life\nin the Law Library,\nThe Law Library, which was under the jurisdiction of\nthe Faculty of Law until 1964, is now a part of the Main\nLibrary, The book collection consists of approximately\n45,000 active volumes, and 10,000 dormant housed in the\nmorgue. The checking, ordering, some cataloguing, and filing\nof books is shared by the library staff of 3 permanent\nemployees, as is the manning of the reference and reserve\ndesk and the checking in of mail. The size of the collection,\nbuilding and staff are in just the proper proportions to\ngive library personnel a substantial amount of daily exercise,\nBecause classes are held in the Law building, the silence of\nthe library is hourly shattered by the dull roar of class\nchanges. THE HAPPY WANDERERS\nOR\nThey also serve who\nonly stand & wait*\nRub-a-dub-dub six men in two\ntubs,\nAnd who do you think they were?\nThere was Basil, Bill, Bert,\nBob, Bsteve, and someBody -\nJust all boys together\nWith nary a care.\nThe sextet departed\nFrom those they'd outsmarted,\nHearts bursting to cement\nRelations \u00C2\u00BBere they went.\nMy, my were they keen,\nAnd so it would seem\nThe systems analysis\nContributed to paralysis, Expertise in selection\nTo increase our collection,\nGave each guy a share\nIn viewing things rare.\nThey returned bright and\nbreezy,\nBut it sure wasn't easy\nTo get back to the job\nAnd contend with the mob.\n(Signed)\nU.R. Fired"@en . "Periodicals"@en . 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