Livingstone College - Livingstonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC)

Page 30 text:

Carnegie Library Aims For Academic Mr. Speller and Shirley Frye Carnegie Library at Livingstone College, primarily designed to widen frontiers of knowledge, is the hub of the student ' s educa- tional program. Its purpose is to serve the students, the faculty and the community. The library facilities of the college have grown considerably since its inception. The earliest records of 1883 show that the library staff consisted of one teacher-librarian, who handled 3,000 volumes which had been given to the college by friends. In those early days, the library was opened only three hours a week. Today, the library facilities have grown considerably. The staff now numbers five persons, including four professional librarians who service over 60,000 volumes. At present, the library is open seventy-one hours a week and greater use of its facilities has been afforded through the help of sixteen student assistants and a book budget, for 1966, alone, which amounted to over $11,000. Realizing that the aim for excellent higher education requires excellent library facilities, a $200,000 plan for expansion and modernization for Carnegie Library is included in the current Ten Year Building and Development Program of the institution. This expansion will include an enlarged reading room, a fully equipped basement with reading area, an enlarged Technical Services De- partment, a Rare Book Room including a vault, and air-condition- ing of the entire building. A change in curricula emphasis by a number of instructors has brought about the abandonment of the traditional, text-book- lecture method of instruction. A growing number of teachers are emphasizing independent research. This change has not only resulted in an increase in the amount and type of reading done by students in general, but also in greater student use of the library. In response Sunday library hours have become, not only expedient. Mrs. Josephine Sherill Librarian

Page 29 text:

R. L. Clayton F. H. Thomas Bernard Brown Department of Sociology and Anthropology The Department of Sociology and Anthropology provides a general education program of a combina- tion of courses in an Introduction to the Social Sciences. However, for students majoring in the department, many of them hope to pursue careers in Social Work, Social Welfare, and general public service work. Some areas of study are so designed to benefit the student in his professional training. These are Social Work, Statistics, Social Research and Counseling. Many students in this area also study extensively in the area of psychology. Dr. Richard Sallet, Chairman of Division 25

Page 31 text:

Excellence Through Expanded Services L. M. Rountree Assistant Librarian, Archivist J. W. Mims Catalogue Librarian B. F. Speller Reader Service Librarian M. H. Clayton Assistant Circulation Librarian but necessary. A generous three-year grant has also helped to make these additional hours possible. In cooperation with the General Education Program of the col- lege, the library promoted a program designed to teach students how to use the material and tools of the library so that students would be able to read and study more effectively. The progress made in the last few years is in keeping with the philosophy ( f the librarians: There is no more intimate and far-reaching relation in human life than that which is established when the right book and the right reader are brought together . . : It is the mission of the librarian, not merely to supply the best books to the greatest number, nor yet at the least cost, but to bring together the right book and the right reader- -at any cost. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION Vivian Leeper 27