1984_02 The Daily Collegian February 1984

              Feb. 1,1984
Government Publications dept. has it all
Whether it be motel swimming pool
safety or peanut butter soup recipes, the
Government Publications Department of
the library has got it.
Located in the northwest corner on the
first floor of the library, the Government
Publications Department (GPD) has spent
the last 20years amassing 267,733 different
publications from various federal, stale
and foreign governments.
Erland Jacobsen, head of GPD, remem¬
bers a "very modest collection prior to
set-up" in 1963. The reason GPD was
organized, said Jacobsen, was "because
Congressman B.F. Siske had succeeded in
having this library designated as a de¬
pository in October, 1962."
GPD is a "selective depository" said
Jacobsen, explaining that only 55 percent
of all government publications are selected
by the department. Currently, the Federal
Government is the largest publisher in Ihe
world
"We simply dont have the space or staff
to receive everything," said Jacobsen. ad¬
ding that "there' are some things of abso¬
lutely no use to anyone" that are not
selected.
. A few of the things that can be found in
the department include sutistical informa¬
tion on agriculture, business, popuUtion
and housing.
"We've got publications on just about
'If someone is doing a
paper on anything they
should look at the things in
GPD.' .    ..
—Jacobsen
any subject you cann think of," said
Jacobsen. For example, the Driver's Hand¬
book Manual is available for use along
wfth material put out by the Smithsonian
Institution and National Gallery of Art.
"I even saw a Chaplain's handbook
back there," laughed Jacobsen.
Access to government publications is
gained through the use of GPDs card
catalogue or iu monthly catalogues. The
monthly catalogues conuin a complete
listing of all government publications, 55
percent of which will be found in the
department. The catalogues have served
as the main access for the past five years
and will eventually be the single source for
federal publications. California sute pub¬
lications, as well as foreign government
publications will still be filed in the depart¬
ment's card catalogue.
While materials on literature, phil¬
osophy and religion are almost obsolete,
"you shouldn't write this department off
or anything," said Jacobsen. "If someone
is doing a paper on anything, they should
look at the things in GPD."
Jacobsen cites the compactness of the
material as the greatest advantage a stu¬
dent would have using the department.
"Sometimes students don't want a great
big book on a subject," he said. "They
want something brief. This just might be
the ticket."
Toul circulation for the department in
1982-83 was 26,239 publications, a figure
lhat could be raised if more people were
aware of the department, said- Library
Assistant Christy Delbon.
"What this department needs is a good
P.R. person to serve the department and
faculty," said Delbon, adding that "some
things just sit here and are never checked
A "closed suck" area often puts stu¬
dents off, said Jacobsen, but he empha¬
sized that the reason the stacks are closed
is not to keep patrons from gaining access
to the publications.
"The reason is two-fold," he explained.
"First, we have so many small pamphlets
that it would be very hard to keep anything
in order if the stacks were open." Second,
the classification scheme* is not a subject
scheme. "Pubs are arranged by issuing
agency, not subject," said Jacobsen. All
materials requested are paged by one of
the department's II student assistants.
GPD is open regular library hours.
►Salary
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actual increase to almost 30 percent.
The presidents were also allotted cars
for official use.
President Harold Haak of CSUF.
whose salary is set by the Chancellor's
Office, was given a raise of S11.316 effec¬
tive last Jan. 1 and is now paid S81.576 a
year.
The salaries of the CSU presidents can
now go as high as $88,000 a year
CSU Chancellor W. Ann Reynolds-
salary was raised from $80,000 a year to
almost $98,000. The salaries of three vice-
chancellors were raised almost $10,000 to
$84,233 a year, and fourth vice-chancel¬
lor's salary was raised to $80,016.
After the increase was passed. Reynolds
explained that the raises were needed
because over the lasl 10 years faculty
salaries have gone up 59 percent
ct high-quality
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Presley said he
subject to legislate
kcepuppcr-echelor
feels if salaric
under control
i VC systems
should remain autonomous, but claimed
that "this autonomy must be based on
reasonableness." He said he feels they
have stepped beyond the bounds of rea¬
sonableness in setting salaries so high.
CSU officials told a state Senate com-
Associated
Students
Announces
The Asociated Students Senate
is now accepting funding requests
from interested organizations
for the 1984-1985 fiscal year.
All interested parties should
contact the
Associated Students Office,
College Union Room 316
between 8AM and 5PM
for a budget request form.
The deadline for
Budget   Requests is
Friday, February. 10, 1984.
Late requests
•will not be considered.
mittee last November that
necessary to retain and attn
personnel.
Reynolds cited the high
in California as a main reason tor trie
raises. Reynolds'blamed the loss of Sacra¬
mento State President W. Lloyd Johns
last year on fiscal reasons.
Johns left to become president of
Gallaudet College in Washington D.C, a
collegi for the deaf and also deaf ed-
David Gardner, president of the Uni¬
versity of California is paid $150,000, a
year, which is $55,000 more than David
Saxon was paid, who Gardner replaced
last March. Gardner was also given a new
Gardner's salary makes him the highest
paid employee in California.
William D. Crist, professor of labor
economics al CSC, Stanislaus, said before
the trustees vote that it is wrong to give the -
impression that only money will attract
the best people. He said it was an insult to
think that they don't have the best presi¬
dent because they are not paying the huge
Crist said he doesn't believe President
Haak is where he is.just because of the
Charles Davis, public relations officer
for the Chancellor's Office, said the trus¬
tees felt the raises were long overdue and
CSU presidents' salaries didn't compare
at all with other states.
When asked if the resolution would
pass, he said it probably would but
wouldn't explain why.
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Feb. 1,1984
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Geography dept.
buys map printer
The Geography Department it making
room for the additiorFof • new $45,000
computerized map printer in iu carto¬
graphy laboratory.
"Basically, what we're purchasing is a
computer, a digitizer, and a plotter to be
utilized in the production of graphics."
said Dr. Sun Norsworthy, head of the
Geography Department.  .
"In round figures, this represents about
a $45,000 investment, including software,"
Norsworthy said.
The computerized map printer is
expected to improve CSUF student train¬
ing in making map and charts, to a level
consistent with other universities in the
CSU system.
.."Its really a matter of catching up.
We've felt the need some time, but have'
simply lacked ("ie resources to acquire tbe
equipment," said Norsworthy. '
"Primarily, well use it in our cartogra¬
phy course work, where we're teaching the
science of map-making," Norsworthy said.
The cartography laboratory in room
176 of the New Science building is being
partitioned of to allow space for the map
printer. "Our ttudent work stations will be
ouuide of that room so we can minimize
traffic through there,"-said Norsworthy.
"I think that with the equipment in
place well see a rising demand for cartogra¬
phy training. And for what really amounu
to an up-to-date, state-of-the-art kind of
instruction," Norsworthy taid.
Dr. Norsworthy also feels that thefor
trained cartographers will continue to be
high. "This is it least one area in our
discipline where there is a rather consistent
demand for people in the job market"
"WeVe had a number of our students
find.work in this field in the past, and I
suspect we're going to see larger numbers
in the future," said Norsworthy.
InsuUation ofthe computer map printer
is expected to be completed during the
next few weeks.
"I hope that we can use it this spring in
our cartography course. That teems likely,
but we're going to require a Tittle bit of
start-up time," Norsworthy said.
•Senate
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been reported and dealt with. ■
"In the future." Watson wrote. "1 will
advise (AS secretary) Esther (Vega) about
what to put on the agenda concerning my
committee and what will be coming out of
it-. You worry about your reports and let
me worry about mine."
Baladjanian said it was his responsibil¬
ity to tell the secretary what should be on
the agenda, and that items could easily be
crossed off if it did not need to be dis¬
cussed. "We don't need to go to harsh
letters like this," he said.
No motion was made to approve Polly
Powell for the Monumental Arts Com¬
mittee after Sen. Earl Young asked,"Who
is Polly Powell? Can we get back into the
habit of meeting everybodyT
Powell was not in attendance, so appro¬
val was postponed Until the Senate could
meet the appointee.
Baladjanian announced for absent Presi¬
dent Andrea Hedgley that Move Verde is
the new AS Public Relation* AssisUnt.
He takes the place of Mark Hemphill,
who moved into the Administrative Assis¬
Unt position, held Ust semester by Ron
Gaul.
applauded for serving on last semester's
senate. Both lost eligibility to hold a
senate position when their grades did not
meet the academic requirements set in the
AS Constitution:       •
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