Members Login
Username 
 
Password 
    Remember Me  
Post Info TOPIC: See - the library matters
Angeline

Date:
See - the library matters
Permalink Closed


http://hattiesburgamerican.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041208/NEWS/41208003/1002


"Previous story: Library funding could affect accreditation, official says"



__________________
stinky cheese man

Date:
Permalink Closed

there's no evidence that the library is the problem. frankly, all libraries are having budget problems.

__________________
Robert Campbell

Date:
Permalink Closed

Few libraries at national universities are getting shorted as flagrantly as USM's.


Robert Campbell



__________________
stinky cheese man

Date:
Permalink Closed

don't buy it robert. I'm on a list-serv where they are wailing about it.

__________________
foot soldier

Date:
Permalink Closed

quote:
Originally posted by: stinky cheese man

"there's no evidence that the library is the problem. frankly, all libraries are having budget problems."


The problem is, those libraries were way ahead of USM to start with. USM doesn't even qualify for a library organization that includes Univ. of AL-Birmingham, UNC Charlotte, East Carolina, UNC Greensboro, Ole Miss, MSU, and tons of other schools, some of which I'd never even heard of, all of which spend more on their libraries yearly than USM does. In dollars spent, USM has been way, way behind for years. The cuts are not from okay to bad, but from not much, to nothing. You can't support doctoral programs without a decent library. In my area, the collection would have been okay for undergrads, though there were gapping holes at every turn, and there were graduate programs. Interlibrary loan only goes so far for people who need to do certain kinds of research.



__________________
stinky cheese man

Date:
Permalink Closed

since i've been here (early '80s) the library has been inadequate. funds have never been good. the library issue is a "same-old-same-old" one. i've seen years ago when doctoral programs got fewer library funds than those with bachelors only. it is an ongoing fight to get good library resources.

__________________
Robert Campbell

Date:
Permalink Closed

scm,


With all due respect, you need to visit a university that has a decent library.  Clemson has the worst-funded library of any ACC school, yet by USM standards ours would look palatial.


If Monte Piliawsky's account in Exit 13 is correct, USM has had unusually inadequate book and journal collections for a couple of generations.


Robert Campbell



__________________
stinky cheese man

Date:
Permalink Closed

been at some of the best. if your basis for judging USM's library is Exit 13 then i think that speaks for itsself. i know it could be light years better. don't misunderstand me.

__________________
Page 1 of 1  sorted by
 
Quick Reply

Please log in to post quick replies.

Tweet this page Post to Digg Post to Del.icio.us


Create your own FREE Forum
Report Abuse
Powered by ActiveBoard