page 8 daily ncbraskan Wednesday, november 7, 1979 YoniBg people9 minorities volunteer a KZUM D By Michelle Carr Helping Lincoln youth and minorities get a chance is the theme of a Lincoln organization's broadcasts on radio station KZUM, according to one of the organiza tion's members. Youth Opportunity Services and the Malone Center are aiming their broadcasts at juvenile delinquent prevention and pro viding opportunities for minority disc jockeys at the same time, according to James Terry, community organizer special ist and job developer of the Malone Center juvenile prevention program. Terry said several minority disc jockeys who could not get jobs at local bars or radio stations were encouraged to volunteer their time to develop the radio show on KZUM. "It's a shame that these very talented announcers or disc jockeys can't break into the mainstream of broadcasting in local bars or local radio stations in the Ail American city " he said. The disc jockey volunteers not only helped the radio show but helped them selves by practicing their skills and receiving air time, he said. The disc jockeys also play at several local dances to benefit the members of the organ ization, he added. - The broadcasts concentrate on youth and minorities, Terry said. The broad cast features job listings, minority business listings, minority church listings and black music. A talk show with community organ izations or leaders ah o is a part of the V A " I vs ) f frt fo A if' M Photo courtesy of KZUM Radio Several minority disc jockeys are getting a chance to perform'on KZUM radio. V T le Weston U Iv The Santa Fe TOT. XV The Ultimate Walking Shoe With The Contoured Footbed The Cheyenne Tbotlooge C&cFancy 1 2 1 9 P St. Rampark Bldg. 432 - 6 1 1 9 Maybe Snow White looked good without a tan . But you don't have to he white-as-snow this winter! Come down & Get brown ""O I ilflMUtbl. Th Atrium 1200 "N" Street Lincoln -475-9027 program, he said. Terry, a UNL scoiology major, said the local radio stations would not offer enough' air time for the organization's message. "They said it was not sellable to the public," he said. KZUM, a non-profit radio station, agreed to give the organization two hours of air time, Terry said, and this was later expanded to six hours. The Malone Center's juvenile program has about 250 members, Terry said, and is open to anyone between ages 12 and 18. The program accents job opportunities and explores different careers, he said. "We show them several job opportuni ties and try to expose them to a lot of types of careers. We also try to show the different minorities in careers." , The group has traveled to other cities and states to get knowledge of career opportunities elsewhere, he said. . Tlie Malone Center and the Youth . Opportunity Service created the program with a grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, Terry said. Workers for the program are volunteers, he added. Library security system expected to cut book theft By Alice Hrnicek f ' . The flow of hundreds of students who walk in and out of Love Library doors each day is suddenly stopped by the sound of an alarm. The exit gates lock, trapping another offender who is attempting to remove material without checking it out, . Love's security system, installed two years ago, has detected a sensitized portion of the material. A similar system was placed in C.Y. Thompson Library on East Campus a year ago. A savings of 80 percent of the previous $15,000 loss per year from stolen books has been projected from a small, study of a heavily used portion .of the library, according to Dean Waddel, assistant dean of UNL libraries. One of five types of security systems currently available for libraries, he said, it reaches the expected range of 80-100 percent savings of most libraries with simi lar systems. AT LEAST 10 other libaries in Nebras ka have installed a security system, he re ported, including both college and public libraries. "We believe that the system is effective," he said. With a $27,000 installation charge for equipment alone, he noted the system in volves all circulation workers. - When checking out material, circulation workers desensitize it so that it can be car ried out of the library. , The material is resensitized when re turned, Waddel said. Waddel would not give details of how the system works, because, he said, "it's like a bank does not give out the combina tion to their vault. The materials need to be protected." Waddel claimed he passed one sensitized book around to 23 people, in a meeting .A before installing the system and asked them if they could detect the checks. ' ONE PERSON found a check, but could not locate what were five other security checks, he said. Materials have a varying number of sensitized places, he said, to discourage challengers of the system. "The theft detection system was instal led to help students and faculty, not to set up a challenge." "The front desk' does stop people" he said. The first time is usually considered an "innocent mistake" because persons sometimes forget to check out materials. In those instances, the person is allowed to check out the material. , - But, he said, the workers do watch out for "flagrant offenders" who continually try to beat the system. UNL police are alerted to habitual of fenders, he said, adding the library will prosecute if the situation warrants. PEOPLE ARE prosecuted, he explained, because replacing materials is costly. Library books average $20 a piece, and if they are missing, they are lost. i Before materials are replaced, staff members must determine that an item "is definitely, missing. It may be only mis placed, he said, which can be discovered from a search. The cost for a new volume may be more than the original, he said, and the book may not be available or may be only in another form. v Staff time also'is required for proces sing the new material and deprocessing the old in catalog files, Waddel said. "It's a very expensive process to re place." Waddel reported that branch libraries on campus rely on a "less formalized" system, which involves a person who checks and observes persons leaving the li brary. To install a similar system in any of the branch libraires would cost $9,000 to $10,000, he said. UNL libraries currently have no money budgeted for equipment. "We can't give it serious consideration at the moment," Waddel said. 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