McNeese State University - Log Yearbook (Lake Charles, LA)

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“ Meeting of the minds rom meeting old friends to ad- miring fine art and performing meticulous research, the Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library is the place to be. It seems that more than one of us have realized this. According to Richard Reid, director, the library sees around 25 percent of the student population daily. When the University opened in 1939, the library was located in Kaufman Hall, containing few books. The library was erected in 1961 and a four story addition was completed in 1974. It was named for the first president of the University, Lether E. Frazar. The Friends of the library consist of faculty, staff and citizens throughout our community. These Friends, with their membership fees, make it possible for the library to bring us such things as literature readings, art displays, and many other special events deemed in- teresting to McNeese students and to the academic community. Richard Reid came to McNeese as Director of Libraries seven years ago. Besides being largely responsible for the tremendous growth in the Friends of the Library membership, Reid is proud to say that there is a professional librarian on duty every hour the library is open. He makes certain there is no book need- ed on campus not provided by the li- brary. Reid is genuinely concerned about the students here at McNeese. ‘‘Do you know what we want?’ he says. ““‘We want to rep resent service to the stu- dents. My whole idea is to serve the needs of the academic community.” There are well over 250,000 volumes in the general book collection, mostly 32 Library ) material supporting McNeese’s curric- ulum. The library is currently transfer- ring from Dewey Decimal Classification to Library of Congress Classification. This process is expected to take several more years to complete — a fair al- lowance considering the number of vol- umes involved. In the reference area, students may also utilize bibliographic aids such as a computer generated microfilm index, the DIALOG, INFOTRAC and ERIC sys- tems. On the fourth floor of the library is a government documents collection. This collection includes materials published by the United States Government, the State of Louisiana, and some documents of local and regional governmental bo- dies. Anything that a student cannot find locally can be found through the in- terlibrary loan service. Our library is a member of SOLINET, a regional com- puter network which makes the inter- library loan resources of other member libraries also available to McNeese. Other services include coin operated copiers, typing rooms, computer ter- minals, phonograph and tape decks, vending machines, large group meeting rooms, group study rooms, and indi- vidual study areas. A dedicated, responsible library such as this is vital to the University. The Lether E. Frazar Memorial Library is a fine example of such a facility; by serv- ing its students and faculty, it provides an indispensible resource for the entire community.

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George Kuffel . O. C. Karkalits John B. Keaton Dr. Michael Kurth . Larry Lan Dr. Loretta LeBato Joe Mathieu Dr. George F. Mead Dean, College of Dir. of Student Union Coordinator of Head, Dept. of Dir. y =e Head, Dept. of Health Resasarines ead Depe = Science and Student Programs Community Services Economics and and Physical Education Manager Mathematics, Computer Finance Science and Statistics co ananaee Frances Milburn Martha Misik oie ae ace eft Joe Moore Joyce Moore Dr.Judith Morgan 7 : Coordinator of Dir. of Center for ; y Superintendent of Property Control Dean, Graduate School ‘ogram for Gifted GommtnitSerices Econom iniEdueation and Student Head, Dept. of Management Grounds Officer Children y Publications Adviser and Marketing “We are very fortunate to have such outstanding faculty who 7] ie. Edward Murray Julie Northup : Joyce Patterson Jimmy Pitre Dir. of Medical Dir. of Research and came from Dir. of Alumni Affairs Dir. of Recreation such a wide and Placement Complex Intramurals array of graduate colleges throughout the nation.” Technology Planning Dr. Robert Hebert, harles Prejean Dr. Shane Primeaux , President Louis Riviere Richard Reid yt | Head, Dept. of Dir. of M. B. A. Dir. of Student Dir. of Library and Technology Services Endowment Coord. for 59th Ann. Campaign ¢ = + wea ¥ { | Charles Roberts Jan Roberts Dr. Fred Sahiman Dr.Joe Savoie Rebecca Sensat John Smith Dr. Charley Sparks Dr. William Edward Head, Dept. of Assist. Coord. of Head, Dept. of Head, Dept. of Budget Officer and Farm Manager Dir. of Student Stephens nmunication and Scholarships and Music Administration and Comptroller Teaching Dir. of Institutional Theatre Testing Supervision Research Dr. Harold Dr. Daniel Dr.Sundaram Johnny Suydam David Tate Penny Taylor Dr.John Vile ; Dr.Theresa Stevenson Sutherland Swetharanyam Manager of Burton Assist. Dir. of Dir. of High School Head, Dept. of Social Zimmer | | lead, Dept. of Head, Dept. of History Manager of University Coliseum University Police Relations Sciences Head, Dept. of Office a iological and : Computing Service Systems and Business nvironmental Communication Sciences Faculty 31

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YOLANDA WILLIAMS makes use of the microfilm equipment in the periodicals department of the library. JEANNIE FEAR takes advan- tage of the Listening Center, a major source of information when doing research. RICHARD REID is director of the library, and a pleased one of all its success. THESE MEMBERS of the Book Club attend a meeting in the reference section. FOR THOSE like Ruth Turner and Barbara Fonti who just want to relax, the library is well equipped with vending ma- chines and a sitting area. ONE OF THE most common sights at the library is ‘“‘term paper exhaustion,’ as demon- strated by English major Brett Reeves. It's a slow, but sure, process. MUU Library 33 5 ‘