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Thursday, October 4, 1934
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Vol. 84 No. 30
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Dy Gene Gentrtip
Daily Ncbnwkaa Senior Reporter
Marvin Kivett, director of the Nebraska
State Historical Society, Tuesday an
nounced hb retirement from the society.
Kivett submitted his retirement request
to the State Historical Society Board
Tuesday and said he will retire Dec. 31,
1984. He has served ah administrative
director since 1 963 and has been with the
staff for 35 years.
Kivett's retirement comes at a time
when society members have questioned
the society's election procedures. Nebra
ska folklorist Roger Welsch calls the soci
ety's executive board "Kivett's hand-picked
people."
Kivett said normal procedure calls for
the society's nominating committee to
appoint the executive board, not him. He
did say however that recommendations
can be made by anyone, including himself.
The committee last week nominated
four board members for reappointment,
but was challenged by an alternate slate,
of four society members. A resolution was
passed adopting the nominating commit-
tee's selections. committee's proposal was based on a desire to return to his
Welsch said there was no election, but Kivett said he felt no pressure from the archaeological work for the Smithsonian
only a vote on whether to accept the society to retire, and that his decision
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Marvin Kivett
Institute, a job he "temporarily put on
file" when he joined the historical society
staff in 1949. Kivett is a recognized arch
aeologist wilth the Smithsonian Institute.
Kivett said he has only one regret about
his term as State Historical Society direct
or. "Last year the Legislature voted down
my request for $600,000 in funds to reno
vate the society's headquarters building;
we really needed that," he said.
The funds were to be used for new
shelving and a new humidifying system,
he said.
During his 21 -year reign as director,
Kivett said he has helped establish geo
graphical branches of state-operated mu
seums across Nebraska., He also helped
establish the new state museum at the
old Elks Building and new facilities for
state archives.
Kivett said a search committee has
been assigned to find a replacement for
him and that an announcement should
be made soon.
Library indirectly recieves money
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D&U' Nebraskan Senior Reporter
Editor's rcte: This is the last
article in a. four-part serfs? cx
mniidzig how etsdeiit money paid
to the university is spent.
Micki Zach decides to borrow a
book from UNL's Love Library. A
typical student, she fprgets to
return the book on time.
Weeks pass into months and
Micki overlooks the overdue book
notices the same way she over
looks the parking tickets on the
floor of her car.
A year later, she returns the
book and finds she chalked up a
large fine.
For Micki and many students
with a tight budget, losing those
hard-earned dollars is as painful
as having teeth pulled. As that
thin billfold gets thinner, one has
to wonder where fine money paid
to the library goes.
The UNL library system has
two types of fine collection an
overdue book fine and lost book
oolc tines
fine, said Anita Cook, of library
circulation services. The overdue
book fine, a maximum of $10,
applies to any material that is
returned late,.. .
Overdue penalties differ, de
pending on the loan periods for
the materials.
Overdue charges for regular
books, loaned for four weeks, us-
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ually are 10 cents per day, while
fines for a one-day loan reserve
material are $3 for each day the
library is open.
For books considered lost or
mutilated, the library charges a
$35 minimum fee, $10 of which
goes to processing, Cook said.
Lost or ruined bound journals
will cost the borrower $55, and
theses or dissertations cost $50.
The money the library collects
for overdue books goes directly to
the university general fund, Cook
said. Fines from lost or damaged
material go into a revolving lost
book and fine account, where
money is used to replace mate
rials, she said.
As of September 1983, the re
volving account had about $9,000
after refunds and replacement
fees were taken out, she said.
Library fines fall into the cate
gory of other cash funds in the
university general fund account,
UNL Comptroller James Knisely
said. Every year, library fines ac
count for about $40,000 of the
account, which includes endow
ments, fund income and invest
ment income on idle cash, he
said.
Indirectly, the library does re
cieve the overdue book money
deposited in the general funds,
said Larry Kahle, associate pro
fessor of libraries.
The total library budget in
cludes money from state and fed
eral funds and revolving accounts.
Most of the $5,1 18,726 budget for
fiscal year 1983-84 ws designated
for salaries.
About $1,860,940 was used to
buy books, periodicals and new
binding. Library staff salary and
wages cost $2,170,650. About
$366,590 provide staff benefits
and health insurance, while near
ly $666,860 was used in operating
expenses. A federal grant of
$53,690 was used to establish a
railroad history collection.
When a book is not returned
the library will send up to four
overdue notices, Cook said.
The first notice is mailed three
days after the deadline. Notices
then are sent every three weeks,
up to nine weeks, she said. After
nine weeks, the book is consi
dered lost and the library charges
the borrower, she said.
Students who fail to pay the
overdue fine or the lost book fine
are placed on registration hold,
Cook said. Registration holds pre
vent students from registering
classes for the next semester.
Payment of the fines are negot
iable. But students who pay for a
lost book and return with the
book after a year or more will not
get a refund.
Some students keep books for
several reasons, so a line must be
drawn, she said. In that situation,
because students already have
paid for the book, they can either
keep the book or give it to the '
library, she said. ,
Bob Voelker, assistant profes
sor of Law Library, said he has
few problems with overdue or
lost books.
Law Library, which operates
apart from the university librar
ies, has a different lending policy,
he said. Because the library cat
ers to a select clientele and most
books need to be available to
everyone, the books are not circu
lated, he said.
"About 75 percent to 80 per
cent of the books don't get out of
the library and don't get that
kind of abuse," he said.
Book fines usually amount to
about $100 a year and are placed
in the university general funds.
The library has a budget to replace
books if necessary, he said.
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By Jna MyfMcr
Daily Kc fcntikan Stall Writer
Initial steps in the construc
tion of UNL's Lied Performing
Arts Center have begun and
the NU Foundation will begin a
major fund drive for the pro
ject, the liaison between the
foundation and the donor said
Wednesday.
Dave Fowler told the Asso
ciation of Students of the Uni
versity of Nebraska that the
foundation will launch a fund
drive Friday to raise $7 million
or $8 million for part of the
capital for the $20 million
building. Money from the foun
dation fund drive also will
create an endowment fund to
run the center after it's built.
Last February, the NU Foun
dation announced the $10 mil
lion gift from the Lied Founda
tion Trust to build a performing
arts center at UNL The gift is
from the estate of a 1927 NU
graduate, Ernst F. Lied, who
died in 1980. The Nebraska
Legislature has pledged $7 mil
lion for the construction of the
center.
When the Nebraska Book
store completes its new build
ing at 13th and Q streets in
about one year, the university
will begin demolition of the
present Nebraska Bookstore
facility, Fowler said. The cen
ter, to be built on the south
west corner of 13th and R
streets, may be completed in 3
to 4 years, he said.
Although it will be two or
three months before a final
design is ready, Fowler said
the 2,500 seat center will be
six or seven stories tall. Its
"gracious" lobbies will be 20
feet above street level Cater
ing service may be available in
the balcony lobbies, he said. .
The stage will be 70 feet by
50 feet and 30 feet high, "enough
to accommodate any major
performing group that's tra
veling in America at the pres
ent time," Fowler, professor
emeritus at UNL's School of
Music, said.
Kerrey designates week
to battle family violence
By Bany Trevanow
Daily Nebrss&n Staff Writer
Domestic violence victims in
Nebraska list emotional support,
emergency shelter and profes
sional counseling as their great
test neeeds, according to a state
Department of Social Services re
port issued Wednesday.
Gina Dunning, department di
rector, released the report as Gov.
Bob Kerry designated Oct. 8
through 14 as "Domestic Violence
Awareness Week"
The report, titled "Domestic Vi
olence In Nebraska," was prepar
ed by the department from qucs
tionaires completed by domestic
violence victims who sought help
for the first time in 1 983 from one
of the state's 23 domestic abuse
programs. The report shows that
888 adults and 1,079 children
requested services from the pro
grams last year.
Nebraska law defines domestic
violence as abuse that occurs
between spouses or adult mem
bers of the same household. Abuse
includes attempting to cause bod
ily injury or placing another in
fear of serious harm. It includes
psychological or sexual methods
and may involve the destruction
of property and pets.
Almost 90 percent of the vic
tims indicated a need for emo
tional support. Emergency shel
ter was needed by 68.6 percent
and 52 percent requested profes
sional counseling.
Transportation, legal, financial
and medical aid were also re
quested. Volunteers provide these
services at centers across the
state.
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