1992_09 The Daily Collegian September 1992

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The Daily Collegian
Sewemkr 15r 1992
ItIAPDEN Continued
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Although ALIS is shut down
this week in order to upgrade the
system, it should be in use again
by Monday, September 21. A
second survey will be conducted
this fall, and anyone who has any
comments about the system is
encouraged to fill one oul
Another addition to the library's
comrjuterrescHirces is the LEXIS/
w. NEXIS/MEDIS database. This is
a full-text database of over 60
million articles on business, bank¬
ing, news, law and regulations,
and medical and drug informa¬
tion. The database contains ar¬
ticles from major newspapers,
journals, and also transcripts from
shows such as MacNeil/Lehrer
Newshour, Newsline, and CNN's
24 hour a day programming.
There arecurrentiy two LEXIS/
NEXIS/MEDIS terminals, one
reserved for faculty and graduate
students, and the other for librari¬
ans to assist all other patrons in
their reference needs. The librar¬
ian will find the information the
person needs and then he or she
will be able to take notes from the
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When asked what the biggest
advantage to LEXIS/NEXIS/
MEDIS is, Lacks replied that "it is
extremely current, the files are
updated every fifteen minutes on
biisiness days. Tru> is far better
than Info-trac, and much more
information can be found."
Lacks said that it is a very use¬
ful tool to help job applicants find
out more about the companies they
would like to work for.
Another change that has taken
place in the library is the trans fer -
ral of the film and video collec¬
tions previously found in the In¬
structional Media Center (IMC)
and the Instructional Telecommu¬
nication Center (ITC) to the
library's Media Center (located in
the M usic Library on the 3rd floor.)
This collection includes instruc¬
tional videos in science, math, and
engineering as well as plays and
operas, it is estimated that there
are 1300 tapes altogether. There
are 24 viewing stations available
for previewing of tapes.
Ron Harlan of the Music Li¬
brary states that student use has
been "much more than ever ex¬
pected." Harlan explains the pro¬
cedure for use; first students go to
Instructional Media Services on
the ground floor to look through
catalogues and find what they need.
Students are then able to preview
the video at a station in the Music
Library. Faculty are allowed to
take videos out for campus use,
students must go through their
instructors in order to obtain a
video for use in class,
"Remote sites arc being set up
all over campus and should be
ready for use by Christmas." Har¬
lan saifj. "This means that the
videos would not have to be physi¬
cally removed from the library.
This would save the tapes from
additional wear and tear."
"One of the advantages of the
new location is more hours avail¬
able to students and faculty.'
Harlan said. "As soon as cata¬
loguing is completed the films and
videos can be looked up on ALIS.
This will be more convenient to
anyone who needs to find specific
films or videos.*
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DEMO DAYS
September 15 & 16
10:00 v 3:00
in front of Kennel Bookstore
Representatives from IBM, Hewlett-Packard & WordPerfect
will be present for demonstrations & to answer your questions
IBM PS/2
Notebook N51
4MB RAM,
40MB Hard Drive,
Mini-Mouse
DOS 5.0
$1475
Hewlett-Packard
DeskJet 500/DeskWriter $389
DeskJet 500C/DeskWriter C   $C39
LaserJet IIP Plus  $789
LaserJet HIP   $999
LaserJet III   $1499
LaserJet HID  $2279
IBM/Lexmark Printers
2390 24-pin printer   $309
LaserPrinter E  $939
LaserPrinter 5E $1019
m LaserPrinter 6 $1289
LaserPrinter 6A $1799
LaserPrinter 10   $1549
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WordPerfect
DOS.
Windows &
Macintosh
Versions
$135
Regular Semester Hours
Mon-Thur 7:45-7:15
Frf 7:45-5:00
Sat 10:00-3:00
KENNEL
COMPUTER
CENTER
Computer Pickup Hours
Mon-Fri 7:45 - 4:00
Sat Closed
Ph 278-2116
California Colleges
stricken by cuts
CPS—After a 63-day Stale-
male, California lawmakers passed
a budget that cut hundreds of mil¬
lions of dollars from higher educa¬
tion, prompting college officials
to consider new measures to keep
their schools solvent..
Students enrolled in three
higher education systems in Cali¬
fornia will likely be affected by
the new $57.4 billion state budget,
signed into law in early Septem¬
ber.
Officials at the nine-campus
University of California system
were particularly outspoken about
the budget's potential impact on
students. With a $1.9 billion
budget, the UC system will re¬
ceive $224 million less than last
year, or an 11 percent cut. Offi¬
cials were expecting a 7 to 10
percent funding reduc tion.
"This makes it much more
severe and puts everything back
on the table," said UC spokesman
Rick Melaspina. He said the UC
student fees, administrative cuts,
faculty cuts and limits on enroll¬
ment for next year-. Earlier this
year, the UC system raised student
fees by 24 percent in anticipation
of the state budget cuts.
California State University
officials were no more optimistic.
The 20 campuses will split up $ 1.5
billion, 8.8 percent less than last
year.
"It could mean more layoffs
and class cancellations in the
spring," said CSU spokeswoman
Colleen Bentley-Adler.
In August, CSU Chancellor
Barry Munitz directed $ 15 million
to reinstate about 1,000 laid-off
teachers and 3,500 classes that had-
been slashed from the fall sched¬
ule. Munitz had been hoping for"
only a 6 5 percent budget cut
The CSU system will still have
to drop more than 1,500 fall classes
and impose some faculty cuts,
despite a 4f>percent fee increase
system may consider increasing   Please see CUTS, page 6
Gorman
COMTINUtD mOW PAGE 1
dom, so it was particularly nice
that they gave it to a foreigner."
The Dewey Medal is awarded
to individuals or groups for recent
achievement in library manage¬
ment, training and the tools of
Librarianship, according to an ALA
spokesperson.
Gorman said he received more
than professional gratification
from the bronze medal and ac¬
companying certificate, which can
be received only once in a '
librarian's Lifetime.
*wi announcement in the Cali -
fornia Library Association's
summer newsletter said that two
California residents received na¬
tional awards, so I guess I have
been accepted as a Californian."
The ALA is the world's largest
library association, with over
20,000 members, Gorman said.
The certificate that Gorman
received noted his efforts in cata-
loging and classification and cal led
him a "nationally recognized ex¬
pert on library management is¬
sues."
Gorman was born in England
and graduated from Ealing School
of Librarianship in London.
He worked at various libraries
there including The British Li¬
brary, England's national library.
Gorman was the acting librar-
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ian at the University of Illinois for
11 years before coming to CSUF
in 1988. ^^
' Books have always been a love
flf Gorman's, he said.
"I enjoyed reading and going to
the library as a child." he said. "I
think libraries are important to our .
society because they perform so
many services."
Gorman said his four years at
CSUF have been rough because of
budget problems.
"Ihave spent nearly all of my
time fighting budget crises," he
said. "Before I came here, I thought
California was this wonderfully
rich state, but all I have done is
make cutbacks.
"We have been buying fewer
books, cutting periodical orders
and losing staff without hiring re¬
placements," he said. "Our budget
has been cut the last two years, yet
everything continues to go up in
price." -
Gorman said the library's
budget was reduced nearly 10
percent and three librarians are
retiring this semester.
When Gorman arrived at
CSUF, the library was open 8 a. m.
to 11 p.m. seven days a week.
Currently, the library closes at
Please see GORMAN, page 6  -
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