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CO l friday, april 25, 1975 lincoln, nebraska vol. 98 no. 118 f V ;' t P.- h rary dean recommends rary move undergrad , Gerald Rudolph, Dean of University Libraries The undergraduate library in Nebraska Hall may not be there next year. According to Gerald Rudolph, dean of libraries, the undergraduate library should be closed and its material, books and staff be combined with those of Love Library. Rudolph said he sent a letter last week to Adam Breckenridge, acting vice chancellor 'for academic affairs, recommending the closing of the undergraduate library. The letter, he said, was received favorably. It has been no secret that the libraries should be combined, Rudolph said, it has not received much publicity because the decision came late in the year and had to be presented to the UNL administration, the Faculty Senate Library Committee and ASUN, he said. Two reasons According to Rudolph, there are two reasons for moving the undergraduate library. "Over a period of time, there has been reduced funding to the undergraduate library," he said. Because of this, the undergraduate library has fewer books and staff members than it needs to function, Rudolph said. "The undergraduate library is not a cheap operation," Breckenridge said. He added that the move is a matter of using available funds. Rudolph said the feasibility of continued service in the undergraduate library has been analyzed. The analysis explained that "what you see is what you get until about the year 2,000 A.D.," according to Rudolph. To continue its operation, the undergraduate library needs "a massive shot," but the funds for such a shot are not and will not be available for a long time, he said. Because of the reduction in funds, UNL will not grow much in the next 25 years, Rudolph said. "It would be an injustice to say that the undergraduate student is getting sufficient service" in the undergraduate library, he said. When it was established in 1969, the undergraduate library was to serve freshmen and sophomores. Later, Rudolph said, it was expanded to serve all undergraduates. He said similar undergraduate libraries containing from 80,000-100,000 volumes are appropriate. The UNL undergraduate library has 55,000 volumes. The undergraduate library is similar to a high school library, he said. Rudolph added that it was meant to wean the undergraduate student from the small library to the large library, but it has not fulfilled its purpose. Studies have shown that a person's success in school is closely associated with his success in the use of libraries, Rudolph said. Lose, gain benefits Breckenridge said benefits would be lost by the move, but that many would be added. The decision, he said, is not final. If the libraries are combined, Rudolph said, he would have to face the students should the experiment fail. However, he said he did not expect the combination to fail. Breckenridge said the more branch libraries there are, the higher the costs are. There are 12 branch libraries in the UNL system. However, Rudolph said any departmental library combinations would be virtually impossible because of interdepartmental politics. The combination of Love Library and the undergraduate library would not begin until next fall, he said. Rudolph added that it probably would not begin until next Christmas break, or the end of the 1975-76 school year. ETV auctioneers hope to bring In $75,000 By Lisa Brown Nebraskans can support the Nebraska Educational Television Network (NETV) while acquiring any one of several hundred items ranging from vacations to college tuition grants to a garment designed by Mrs. Gerald Ford's dress designer at Auction '75. Businessmen and individuals across the state have donated items to be sold by telephone bid at the auction, to be viewed over NETV the evenings of April 30 through May 4. Auction '75 is sponsored by Nebraskans for Public Television, Inc., a nonprofit citizen support organization of NETV whose goal is to develop citizen involvement in public television. The proceeds make possible shows , which the network might otherwise not air. With the $30,000 raised last year, Mary Hillegass, auction general chairman, said they helped support "Dateline Nebraska,".. Bookshelf, UNL Football broadcasts, "Lilias, Yoga and You," and Omaha and Lincoln live symphony concerts. New items All the items up for bid are new and worth $25 or more, Hillegass said, except for collector's items, bonafide antiques or art works. She said some of the items are priceless and some are one-of-a-kind "happenings" or services that can never be duplicated. Hillegass said they hope to receive $75,000 this year, but said they still need more merchandise .to reach their goal. The wide range of items includes tuition grants to Kearney State College, Concordia College, Hastings College and Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln; first editions of books and autographed books from well-known Nebraska authors; hand-tied patchwork quilts; clothing; household furnishings; and music equipment and lessons. Items that Hillegass put in the "frankly fabulous" category included a "night at the opera," an offer by the Omaha Opera Company to present a one-time performance anywhere in the state during the next tour schedule; a porcelain sculpture valued at $1,000; and a $ 1 ,600 natural mink cape. Press box tickets Other items she included in this group are press box tickets for the UNL football season opening game, a clubhouse table for one of the Ak-Sar-Ben races and a performance anywhere in the state by a puppeteer group. if A Travel items include trips to Las Vegas, Kansas City, Minneapolis and Breckenridge, Colo. Entertainment packages include tickets to dinner theaters and major league baseball games, and other live entertainment. The auctidn will be held for 30 television hours: Weunesday, Thursday and Friday starting at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 6 p.m. Items will be shown and described on the air, then bidders may pnone men uu w, vow, v. -36 telephone lines, 18 of which will be state WATS lines. The bids then will be placed on one of seven bidding boards for viewers to see at intervals while other items are shown. HUJegass said she encouraged bidders to raise bids . by more than one dollar to compensate for the time lag between when the bid is made and when the runner places it on the board. - Only round dollar bids will be accepted, she said. After the board is closed the final bids will be confirmed and arrangements made for payment and delivery. Many of the items are stored in warehouses in Lincoln and Omaha. Editor is selected for fall Nebraskan Rebecca Brite, a senior majoring in journalism, has been chosen as the Daily Nebraskan editor-in-chief for next semester. Brite was selected at the Thursday meeting of the Publications Committee. Applications for news editor, associate news editor, managing editor and special editor are available in the Daily Nebraskan office, Nebraska Union 34. The applications are due at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Applications for all other staff positions are also available in the Daily Nebraskan office. These applications are due noon May 2. Spring Day dead, Comstock instead Snrinff Dav has not existed officially for several years and does not exist this year either, according to Ron Gierhan, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. Spring Day "came to be associated in 1970 with Cornstock-the afternoon of music on East Campus. That was the first year of Cornstock and the last official Spring Day," Gierhan said. "Spring Day used to be an official day on the university calendar and would consist of contests, games and team competitions. These were usually held on East Campus because there was more room," Gierhan said. In the late '60s, the participation in official, spring day activities declined and it was decided it wasn't worth having an official celebration with no participants, he said. "The last Spring Day was also the first Cornstock and students probably started to tie the two together then," he said, "but the administration has not named Friday or any day Spring Day and classes are not dismissed Friday afternoon, contrary to rumor." Gierhan said it is up to an instructor if he wants to dismiss his class, but there is no official recommendation to do so. "Any instructor has the choice to cancel a class if hj feels there is any reason-such as an activity he would ' like his class to attend-but that is his individual choice," Gierhan said. t ,
