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opened its doors to the public June special pen is passed over the
4 giving students their first view of student's ID card and then over a
the $9.4 million structure. Ap- sticker inside the book, recording
proximately 1500 students took the the information. The circulation
opportunity to visit the building department is also using a
which houses the University's 1.2 minicomputer in keeping its
million books. records; another first in the United
Several additions make the States.
library unique. The light-pen Dr. Kenneth E. Toombs, director
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What of Mckissick?
By Kathv L. Walker
McKissick Library has served untold numbers of university
students in the past 36 years. Nov; this facility which was once such a
vital part of academic life has been replaced by a more spacious,
modern library. What is to become of McKissick now?
According to Dr. Barry Rosen, Director of Archives, McKissick will
become the new home of the various campus museums. The Geology
museum, located in LeConte college, the Education Museum, located
in Wardlaw College, the art gallery from Sloan College and the
University Museum which occupies the second floor of the War
Memorial Building will all be moved into the single structure for more
convenience.
In addition to the consolidation of the museums, plans include a new
Information Center which will probably replace the existing services.
Such a facility will provide maps for visitors and lost students, information
about all campus organizations and activities, and will
provide forms and applications for the student body.
The proposed date lor the transfer and reopening of the museums is
September 1, 1976. There will be no major renovations in the building,
according to Rosen, due to a lack of funding. A lot of cleaning, maybe a
little painting, ana only necessary repairs are on tne agenda tor
McKissick this summer. Large scale repair work will be done in the
future as money becomes available.
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of libraries at USC, emphasized
that the building was designed to
be comfortable and functional as
well as attractive. Nine hundred
private rooms are available for
temporary assignment to students
doing research, as well as for individual
studies for the faculty.
Rooms are offered to small groups
of students who want to study
together or as seminar rooms for
class use. Soundproof typing rooms
and specially ventilated smoking
rooms are found at most levels.
The seven-level building contains
6.5 acres of carpet, the
largest single carpet contract in
South Carolina history. The library
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million students are expected to
use it during the coming year.
Toombs said the facility was
probably one of the best academic
buys in the country, pointing out
that the project stayed within its
budget. He compared its cost of
$24.03 per square foot to that of the
Edgar A. Brown Building, which
cost approximately $41.03 a square
foot.
"Thp library is nrohahlv thf? best
buy for a student," Toombs said.
He added that one of the few items
to come down in price, from a dime
to a nickel, was duplicating
material.
The library's tighter security
system was installed to cut down
on the theft of books, and every
person leaving the building must
pass through a special detection
device, btuaents caugni stealing
books will be prosecuted by the
university, Toombs said.
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