Arkansas Tech University - Agricola Yearbook (Russellville, AR)

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N «K The bookstore services the needs of ATU students and faculty Mr. Ron Parks, manager, will special order any supply item for you Wanda Heflin, bookstore clerk, helps a student find a needed item PERSONAL CHECK ONLY „0 COUNTER CHECf ACCEPTED REQUIRED Mr. Parks stated that any supply item or book a student requests can be ordered after a fifty percent deposit is paid. We are a university owned bookstore here to serve the needs of the students and the faculty. Joining Mr. Parks in the bookstore are Johnny Sue Burke, Bookstore Secretary; Jan Enms, Bookstore Clerk and Stenographer; Wanda Heflin, Clerk; and several Tech stu- dents from the work-study program. The Tech bookstore is open the year round, except from December 21st to January 2nd or 3rd. Year after year, Mr. Parks and his staff work hard to provide the best supplies and materials needed by the ATU students and faculty. Bookstore 21

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Along the beaten path . . . bookstore Expensive prices on textbooks are reaching new heights Elaine McGee writes a check for her books Besides textbooks, the bookstore has imprinted cloth ing. Roger Oakley finds something in his size. ATU ' s bookstore carries any item they think a student could use In addition to the usual items, they also stock popcorn and marshmallows. backpacks and paint Virtually every student goes to the ATU Bookstore where required books and other supplies are bought for classes. Mr. Ron Parks, bookstore manager, when asked why books were so expensive said that inflation was attributed to the problem. Publishers control the prices and paper shortages also contribute to the problem. Ev- erything is expensive and books are no ex- ception, said Parks. He also said that prices for books bought back by the bookstore are set by an industry standard. The student gets one half of his money back, according to the cost of the book. Used books have market guidelines also. The student receives one- third to one-fourth of the original book price back. The bookstore carries many other supplies besides textbooks and class materials. Im- printed clothing, sundries, general reading best sellers, and other general supplies are offered for the student. Kereigh Foster grudgingly purchases some required read- ing material for a class 20 Student life

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Debbie Cook is looking at one of the one hundred and fifty-four thousand volumes the library has. Along the beaten path . . . library Another facility along the beaten path is the Tomlinson Library. Upon entering the library, you may feel as though it is like any other library. The many heads bent over books and homework and the pressing silence ap- parent. Yet, Tomlinson Library has much more to offer. Tomlinson Library boasts a staff that consists of five trained librarians, six full time staff members and twenty student workers who are all dedicated to running the library for the students, faculty, and the community. One of the ways in which the library is able to help is by the use of approximately one hundred and fifty-four thousand books. Included are books arranged in the Dewey decimal system along with ap- proximately one thousand volumes of ref- erence material. The library has acquired three hundred and eleven thousand pieces of microfiche and nineteen thousand reels of microfil m. Tomlinson Library also subscribes to ap- proximately one thousand periodicals. The Tech library also belongs to ERIC. (Educational Resources Informa- tion Center). Membership in this organi- zation enables the library to receive thou- sands of microfilm sheets each year. On these sheets is anything remotely as- sociated with education The Multimedia Orientation Pro- grams is a new service for ATU students. Stephen Blackford looks at one of the one thousand sub- scribed penodicaJs from the library Just one of the many students taking advantage of the carrels is Alan Aunspaugh f 1, c -V p • r V 5S he Fred Lipscomb and Gary Gordon look through reference materials for a homework assignment 22 Student lite