The director of the UT libraries, Fred Heath, is a member of our advisory board at
UNT, and I have heard him discuss this situation. What you are reading is
inaccurate. The library is being RELOCATED, not destroyed. The old Undergraduate
Library building is next to an overcrowded (and OLD!) student union building. They
are turning the old facility into an academic center - sort of a cross between a
study hall and Starbucks. Considering how small dorm rooms are these days, that is
infinitely more appealing for group study than all piling onto someone's bed. The
BOOKS from the Undergrad collection will be moved into the Perry-Casteneda Library
(a =huge= facility) and other libraries around campus.
Carol Simpson, Ed.D.
Assoc. Professor - School of Library & Information Sciences
University of North Texas
PO Box 311068
205 Chestnut, ISB #205
Denton, TX 76203
940-565-3776 (voice)
940-565-3101 (fax)
carol_simpson@unt.edu
>>> CHRISTINE HATAMI <christine_hatami@YAHOO.COM> 08/30/05 8:14 AM >>>
Hi Friends!
This is an interesting article about the University of Texas transferring all of
the volumes in one of their many libraries and replacing them with computers and a
cafe.
Archives from the Christian Science Monitor are only available free for 5 days.
from the Aug 23, 2005 edition (Christian Science Monitor)
Academic libraries empty stacks for online centers
No Books By Kris Axtman AUSTIN, TEXAS When students wander into the former
University of Texas undergraduate library this fall, gone will be the "Quiet
Please" signs, the ban on cheeseburgers or sodas, the sight of solemn librarians
restocking books. The fact is, there will be no more books to restock. The UT
library is undergoing a radical change, becoming more of a social gathering place
more akin to a coffeehouse than a dusty, whisper-filled hall of records.
Christine Hatami, LMS
Queens, N.Y.
christine_hatami@yahoo.com
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