Love Library languishes for lack of $
by MICK MORIARTY
Nebraakan Staff Writer
"Nebraska may beat the hell out of
other Big Eight football teams every
year, but comparatively,, the University
library is at the bottom of Big Eight
schools," says Frank A. Lundy, Director
of University Libraries.
"The University of Nebraska library
ranks 46 out of 47 in the Association
of American Libraries," Lundy said.
"Our undergraduate library would be
adequate with 250,000 volumes, but as
a school with 46 Ph.D. programs we
"If the library is weak in collect
ions and in services, this institu
tion is inescapably mediocre."
should have 1.5 million volumes and
working towards acquiring two or three
million," Lundy said. (The University
libraries have just reached one million
volumes. )
In buying necessary books, t h e
University is already 10 years behind.
"And it's not easy trying to catch up,"
Lundy said. "For example, every book
we buy this year is an act of censorship
against the 19 we don't buy."
Lundy blamed former University
Chancellor Clifford M. Hardin (now U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture) for causing
the library "to steadily lose ground."
"The director of libraries can't get
the money needed for the library by
himself. He needs help from the
University and from public officials,"
Lundy said.
Lundy said he is pleased the Universi
ty now has a chancellor who sees the
necessity of a strong library.
But Lundy said the chancellor alone
cannot resurrect the library. "The peo
ple of this state must realize that our
library is an indispensable center of
intellectual work. If the library is weak
in collections and services, this instit
ution is inescapably mediocre."
Besides falling short in acquisition of
books, Lundy said the state legislature
has not increased the library staff com
mensurate with its needs.
"Few people realize that our four main
libraries (Love, Thompson, Nebraska
Hall and Law) are each open 100 hours
a week. That's two and one-half office
weeks in one week. We just don't have
the staff to provide adequate help and
services," Lundy said.
Another pressing problem of the
library is the lack of space. Presently,
there are 100,000 social science volumes
in the Law Library which should be
at Love, the main library building, Lun
dy said. There are 100,000 science
volumes in the East campus library
which should be at Love and in 1971
there will be 100,000 humanities books
placed in Nebraska Hall due to the
space shortage at Love.
Lundy said tentative plans call for
storing another 100,000 books in a
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warehouse until additions are made to
the central library building.
Other present inconveniences due to
the space shortage include the library
office being spread through five floors
of the west wing of Love.
Lundy also said the present 12
libraries on all the campuses only have
seating room for 10 per cent of the
students. "The minimum average stan
dard is 25 per cent, and most school
libraries have a higher per cent."
"Even when the new undergraduate
wing and the research center are added
Tentative plans call for storing an
other 100,000 books in a ware
house until additions are made to
the central library building."
to Love, the seating capacity will be
only 20 per cent of the student body,"
Lundy predicted.
The addition Lundy referred to was
approved by the Legislature in 1969,
then stopped by the Nebraska Supreme
Court because of a technical error in
legislative procedure. The Unicameral
is expected to authorize and appropriate
the money for the library addition next
session.
Using another comparison, Lundy said
Cornell University, which has 14,000
students, has a library budget of $4.5
million. The University of Nebraska with
20,000 students, has a library budget
of $1.5 million.
"Some state legislators have actually
asked what a third class university
library would cost," Lundy said. "The
people of Nebraska must decide where
they want their money to go," he added.
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THE NEBRASKAN
MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1970