University of South Carolina Libraries
Committee By KLLEN' ROBINSON Gamecock Staff Writer Two committees to study services provide center now exist at USC after the creation ( committee to study complaints leveled at According to Joe Drawdy, SG vice-presid Health Services Investigative Committee is; complaints he received about the Health Ce campaign for office. ? SG members serving on the committee wei Drawdy and were originally organized to vesngation ol complaints through hearings any actions of the Health Services Advisor The Health Services Advisory Commi committee created to solve complaints, \* and chartered by the USC president's office i investigate complaints, to review the policie the health center and study and make rec regarding health education programs. Fad items * don't sell By DEBBIE SHEPHERD CiunuHtM'k Staff Writer Although some buyers may think Farah F Majors posters and Elvis Presley t-shirts hottest items on the market, local r disagree. Most Columbia merchants say products don't sell well and many stores doi ciirrv I ho it?rr?? "Wo sell Ihe old standbys ? stuffed t< music boxes are big selling items," said Br ^ Bit manager Bob Culpepper. "We do carr ^ fad items, but they're getting old. Farrah F Majors posters sold well in the beginni they're not selling now." Most store managers said they feel fad itc flllicklv at first hilt wIipii Iho nnnnlarilu rl -1 / ? ? 1,iV Xproducts such as pet rocks sit on the shelves. "WE DON'T SELL fad items because stuck with a lot of products that don't sell Charles Black, manager of Marty's To Things. Black said the competition with other sto Kckerd s Drugs makes selling fad itci profitable. According to Black, most stor # directly from the factory. Hut many stores Kckerd's sell the products at wholesale whereas gift stores have to up the price to profit on "hot" items. "Stores like Kckerd's sell fad items in ordt people in the stores." said Black. "There i: not enough profit in fad items, but Ecker afford to lose the money." "Stores like Kckerd's sell fad items in ord? people in the stores," said Black. "There i not enough profit in fad items, but Ecker afford to lose the money." The C.amecoc'k contacted the manager of Eckerd's, but he declined to comment. Newspapers have sh Document By DIANNE POSTON Ideal< (ianiecock Staff Writer 70 d humid An air-conditioning and humidity " Al. 0 control system will be installed in can p> the South Caroliniana Library said I within the next year to help maint preserve old documents. consta Deterioration of books, condit documents, manuscripts and "ut newspapers is a common library P?ssid problem. Deterioration is caused ,Jv*e hv liuhl human honrlo ni? DOOKS v "O?I '?MllMO, an J Tpollution, acid content in paper and . natural wear and tear of cheap sP^'a leather bindings and wood-pulp r paper, said Davy-Jo Ridge, n"10** associate director of libraries. newsp acid c South Carolina's hot and humid wood-] # weather also helps the disintegration of printed materials. - "N* s study health The committee is composed of three staff from Student Affairs, five faculty memb< health fields of pharmacy, nursing, he d by the health psychology and medicine. Also on the com >f a new ad hoc students, two of whom, must be nursing the center. majors, and the ex officio director of the ent, the ad hoc Center who will act as advisor. jdirect result of Tin? center treats 45,000 students during ntor* Hnrinrt * - - mU....6?io calendar year according to A1 Menard, c Health Services Advisory committee. Anc re appointed by receives fewer than ten complaints a yeai conduct an in- Most of these are in regard to how the pei separate from personally, not medically. The commi y Committee. mediator between the student and medi< ttee, the first manner that an agreement is worked out to ^as established of both parties involved. "We do noi to consider and stamp complaints as the health cei s and plans for us to. We try to deal with each complaint ommendations individually," said Menard. The izoals of the sprnnH cnmmitino ^iBSa ?' M ?. aweettare the ^H^HBHHnn^K' etailers ^^B^BBBW8M6BfiBIMi?BH^B% -fad- aMBBiiiiMi^iB^,^ n't even res like es buy sueh as prices, make a ?r to get s really HaBSa^^^BffiSSBliiiKHWBi^H^^W^r T^ no get Murky s really Trees lining a drainage ditch on can d's t'an unappealing scene. Modern Kates a local bflow ort lifespan preservation sy conditions for documents are lifespan," said Les Inabinctt, J egrees and 50 percent librarian at the South Carolim '"y- ~~ Library. The only answer i preserving wood-pulp newspai TllOl ir.ll fhnrA ic um r ? r r r ------- - lies in microfilming." otect one million volumes The |jb houses ,he ,ar lidge, "we are required to t.ol,ection south Caro am cool temperatures and a newspapers in the state. It iilt level of humidity. Air- more than one-half million orig oners not only cool the air, copies includin(( current is! ct somewhat as filters for an(j 9 oqq reels of newspapers le air pollution." microfilm. vention of deteriorating ^ relatively new process is less costly than a cure. preServing documents toger Mortimer, director of UP,al.i1ijn,..-iiinn in k. . collections ana rare Docks. some deacidification is done"' >rioration is perhaps the Deacidification involves ant? m?Sj u- 'I! plying calcium-based chemi apt^ This is due to the high ^icf haIt deterioration, ontent in the cheap form of pg^ js (^en coated with ace 3ulp paper used. Snd rag tissue. ...,on<nE.nc t . , "It is not now feasible .WSPAPKRS have a short deaddify each page o( c\ service co representatives government are much ?rs of the allied been some question to ttlth education, the senate committee mittee are three and pharmacy However, Drawdy ss Student Health wore constitutional. 1: ignore the rules lo ser the course of a the committees might hairman of the but a final decision hi i the committee combination Vet. r. In addition lo dealin son was treated Services Advisory cor ttee acts as a programs to ease prob cal staff in the I he long waiting perio the satisfaction . t just rubber A nurse Petitioner iter would want "1.e will hi objectively and "ho nced d,rect a?enti? have more medical res ated by student fpr consultations and i *JSC)? sik& - I fetal " ' yfl?|||lS i. *WnfiBn?i^iv ipus give a mysterious and primeval ri?P? <klll i\f thn <>An<ar in ------ ? ? V VVII%VI VUllll il stem to be lead book," said Inabinett. "Microfilm iana is the only feasible means of to preservation," pers ANOTHER TYPE of presergest vat ion used by the library is a lina lamination process, applying silk has chiffon to the paper. This is used inal on manuscripts and strengthens sues the paper. ; on Deacidification and lamination can be done locally at the S.C. State for Archives. Prices for this process is vary with the condition and not size x?ks of the document tn he "The greatest enemy and the ap- greatest threat to printed cals materials are the human hands," The Inabinett said. tate In the rare books department of the Thomas Cooper Library the to main problem is the wearing of rery leather binding and the chemical mplaints i like those of the first, but there has the constitutionality of the creation of lid that as far as he knew, his actions >ut added "sometimes you have to ve the students " DmwHv nUn caiH possibly be combined in the future as not been reached concerning the ig with basic complaints, the Health nmittee is working on several new lems around campus, one of which is >ds in the health center. program is being implemented so ave more time to deal with students 3n. The specially trained nurses will ponsibilities, leaving time available tiore individual care. \ onunmBH Bill Boin??u-THE GAMECOCK look to an otherwise ist to the dense foliage j installed breakdown of leather. That department does some preser vation also. ONB PROCESS involves using a potassium lactate solution which adds natural preservatives to the leather binding. Books published before 1850 are in better condition than those published between 1850 and 1910 During these years eheaper leather was used in binding and the chemical breakdown of this leather is evident, the librarians said. After 1910, a better form of leather was once again used. Books there that are in good condition are treated with potassium lactate as well as those in bad condition. This is a preventive measure.