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October 4, 1985
Vol. 85 No. 29
By Todd von Kampen
Senior Reporter
Lagging budgets for staff, salaries and new materials contrib
uted to the UNL library system's low ranking among Big Eight and
peer land-grant universities in a recent Association of Research
Libraries study.
In a composite of ARL rankings for the 1983-84 academic year,
UNL libraries ranked last among the 11 schools belonging to the
American Association of Universities, which includes land-grant
schools with a similar educational mission. UNL's law library was
not included in the study.
The University of Wisconsin ranked first among the peer-group
schools in the strdy, while the group's only other Big Eight
schools, the University of Missouri and Iowa State University,
ranked eighth and ninth respectively. In the Big Eight, the Univer
sity of Kansas ranked first, while UNL outranked only Oklahoma
State University. Kansas State University, which is not an ARL
member, was not included in the study.
UNL's standing cannot be blamed on any shortcomings of
university or library staff, said Kent Hendrickson, newly-appointed
dean of libraries. UNL administrators identified the library system
as one of their top priorities, he said, but those who make the
budget decisions have not been convinced.
UNL spent about $4.7 million on libraries in 1983-84, about half
that of Big Eight leader Kansas and $9 million less than Wisconsin,
the study showed.
James Ford, associate professor of English and chairman of the
' UNL Faculty Senate's University Libraries Committee.said ARL
rankings are "sort of a spiritual barometer of the ranking of
academics." If a university's library ranks low, he said, the rank
ing indicates the university's other programs are not being sup
ported as well.
Specific library problems identified by Ford and Hendrickson
include:
Physical space. UNL will run out of library space within five
years unless expansion is approved, Ford said. The library also
needs many more cubicles and desks for students to use while
handling library materials and studying, he said.
Hendrickson said the library system needs about $11 million to
expand and to renovate existing space. Ford said possible expan
sion plans include filling in the space under the link between
Love Library's two wings and adding two floors to Love's north
wing.
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access to the library, Hendrickson said. For UNL to automate, he
said, the library system needs between $1.5 million and $2 million
over several years.
O Materials. The ARL study showed UNL spent about $1.9
million on books, periodicals and binding in 1983-84, about
two-thirds the amount Kansas spent. To improve the library's
offerings and provide computer access to research Hendrickson
Kurt EberhardtDaily Nebraskan
said, the library needs a materials budget increase of $500,000 a
year.
Staff and salaries. Among all ARL institutions, UNL ranked
90th of 104 in payroll. Ford said the library has boxes of archive
materials that cannot be unpacked because the library lacks
funds and staff to handle them.
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By Ad Hudler
Senior Editor
Selleck Quadrangle officials will
meet today with UNL police about a
confrontation between students and
police officers who used profane
language in settling a noise dispute
at 1 a.m. Wednesday. No one was
arrested.
UNL Police Chief Gail Gade said
officers Wayne Farrin and Greg
Meyer were called to Selleck to
quiet students who were yelling
from their room windows to some
students camping in the Selleck
Quadrangle courtyard.
The campers John Williams,
Bobby Eden, Craig Hulke, Steve
Katelman, Becky Spawn, Lisa Bolin
and Deborah Vollmer said Farrin
used profane language in the dis
pute. Farrin said he asked the campers
to leave and told them they needed
a camping permit to spend the
night on state property. Everyone
but Katelman went inside. As Farrin
talked to Katelman, students began
to gather in the courtyard.
Charles Lieurance a student
who was watching from his window
then went outside and sat in the
courtyard to protest what was hap
pening. He said Farrin eventually
took him and Katelman to another
part of the courtyard to talk with
them.
Lieurance said the police "man
handled" him before they took him
and Katelman across the quadrangle.
"They actually lifted me up by
the arm, pulled me up and started
pushing me to the side, away from
the crowd," he said.
But Farrin said that action wasn't
improper. He said Meyer put his arm
on Lieurance's shoulder and pulled
him up from the ground.
Farrin said about 20 students
were yelling from their windows in
Selleck, calling him and Meyer
names. He said some of the resi
dents camping in the courtyard pro
voked the officers.
Sometime during the dispute,
Ray Korpi, Selleck president, step
ped outside to ask the police to turn
their car radios down. He said he
was speaking as a resident, and that
the radios were waking up other
hall residents.
Korpi said Farrin, using profan
ity, asked him to go back inside the
residence hall.
Korpi said he didn't hear the
remark.
"I was sort of in shock," he said.
Farrin said he knew the remark
' was "improper."
"I realized it when I said it," he
said.
Gade said he doesn't know all the
details of the incident yet, but he
said a full report will be made today.
Glenn Gray, director of Selleck,
said he is concerned about the inci
dent. He said Farrin's "inapprop
riate actions" could destroy rapport
between residence hall students
and police. That's one reason Sel
leck officials will meet with the
police, he said.
Gray said residents and police
will have a larger, more formal
meeting early next week.
execs decide
against filing lawsuit
By Diana Johnson
Staff Reporter
Although the Residence Hall Asso
ciation could press charges against the
UNL athletic department for violating
residence hall building-use policy, RHA
executives John Danforth and Pete
CastellanO' said they will not file a
lawsuit.
Danforth and Castellano met with
Nebraska State Ombudsman Marshall
Lux Thursday, who told them they
could file suit because the athletic
department had violated a landlord
tenant agreement.
"We sought the advice of him (Lux)
because the administrators we've been
meeting with kept pointing to public
pressure and the legislature as their
reasons for building the women's
athletic facility so quickly," Castellano
said.
Castellano said he also felt Jthe
Smith women's athletic facility issue
"wasn't worth arguing about with the
university."
Lux's advice was also sought because
Castellano and Danforth wanted to find
out "what kind of credibility student
rights had outside this system."
"If we did fight this with the univer
sity, it would only put everyone on the
defensive," Castellano said.
Castellano said he and Danforth
were encouraged to find they do have
rights outside of university policy.
Filing a lawsuit could be expensive
and time consuming, Lux said.
However, Lux did not discourage
RHA from seeking further legal advice,
Castellano said.
Castellano said he and Danforth are
undecided about what to do next but
are considering speaking informally
with the NU Board of Regents.
"We're not backing down from this
issue. We're trying to leave more chan
ces open for productivity between us
and administrators," Castellano said.
He said he is also confident that the
UNL athletic department will pay for a
replacement pianostudy area in the
Harper-Schramm-Smith complex.