Ball State University - Orient Yearbook (Muncie, IN)

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----....,,,, i+-1 THE LIBRARY Through the Loan Service last year approximately 96,000 items were charged to Ball State students and faculty. Many other materials not charged were used by library visitors at stack desks and in library rooms. In the Technical Service all li- brary materials are processed for use. Books and other materials are ordered and cataloged here, cards are prepared for the public catalog, and books and periodicals are pre- pared for and received from the bindery. HE Ball State Teachers College Library is a modern center of recorded communications. It serves students and faculty through varied book and non-book resources. Rooms for study, reference service, recreational reading, and for preview, class, or individual use of hlrns, recordings, and other non-book materials are provided. A graduate study room is available for the special ufe of graduate students engaged in research. 4 24

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I pr M. fi if -, l 1 'D i XS-N. ,HN y 1... i HOME MANAGEMENT HOUSE HE Home Management House, a residence just oH the campus, was purchased during the summer of 1939. It is used as .1 practical laboratory in family living by home economics students. Each family group occupies the house for one term. A baby obtained from a home or institution is always a member of the family group. This year jama Lee, pictured above, was the honored member of the house. The Home Management House is under the direction of Miss Theresa Schermer. 23

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like ge ,mgaus new 12.7 af... , ,, ,Wann THE LIBRARY The Reference Service is cen- tered, at the present time, in the Reading Room on the main floor of the Library. Throughout each day and evening .1 fully-trained reference librarian is available to assist students in locating informa- tion. 1 WORKSHOP IICHNIQIIIS L located the film library containing ' ' In Teaching Materials Service are over 300 film titles, the picture files of over 20,000 mounted pic- tures, and other collections of il- lustrative teaching aids. These in- clude such items as pottery, wood carvings, textiles, radio transcrip- tions, slides. maps. film strips, etc., .gf vi' 4 'Q , . Roig, - whlch may be borrowed upon pre- . S13i5i'5 5 , ' ' sentation of library card. up ...uma f . . . .:,.,:.' ':'i'k' W i 'f 1. I Q - 7 11 N -. HE book stacks house .ipproximatelv 85,000 volumes exclusive of Burris Library titles and are open for use of students and faculty. On each of the three stack levels now in use, study carrels are conveniently placed for students who wish to work near the book shelves. Annual book accessions average approximately 4,000 volumes. Over 460 periodicals are received currently. The four service divisions of the Library are described in the accompanying pictures. 25 L... rvw ,ni 'Ns . s, .. at ,