Mercer University - Cauldron Yearbook (Macon, GA)

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O tr-i tg tq AL UMNI! Above: It is a fun job, hut it also re i nires careful thought about ichat should he said. At right: As these students point out, the goal for the College of Liberal A its teas Si00,000. 8 Alumni Phon-a-thon

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Check It Out! onstrwtlon of the New Library for Mercer University is a! fl I m(,st complete this year. After the official ground-breaking m I ceremony in October of I'JHT. work ha continued cloudily arid bus be n kept on schedule. It is expected that a move into the new building will lx- possible in June of 1 l Kt . allowing it .o be open for summer school, but the official dedication ceremony is planned for October of 11 81«. The $7t million project which includes the removal and rebuilding of the tennis courts was financed by a bond issue. Plans for the new library Ix-guri near the end of 198-1 when a study committee, whose original goals were to upgrade the existing library decided that their hopes wen futile. Consultants came in the spring of 1985 and met with the committee to find out exactly what was desired of the facility. With the input from several sources, the building was designed so that it would lx “moresuitable for serving people and less of a book warehouse.” The new building which has three levels consists of 1 4,875 square feet. The mum entrance is on the second level which houses the refer enee collection and indexes, reference assistance, circulation services, and the current periodical and government documenta collections. A photocopy area, the computer lab. and other study and seminar rooms are also on this level. The first level has a new Z4 hour study room, a listening room, the Itouml periodical collection, the technical services unit, the microfilm collection, and several carrels and study rooms. Finally, on the third level can be found the special collection , the circulating book collection, and even more carrels and study rooms. Also, one special feature is the INNOVACQINNOPAC Integrated Li- brary Automation System, which automates the ordering, receiving, cataloging, and circulation of materials The total shelf capacity is approximately 500,000 volumes, and the total seating capacity is npp roxiinalely 750. After the old library has been vacated, the Stetson School of Busi- ness will later lx- moved to the second floor of the building The first floor will house other offices, hut a decision of which ones hasn’t lx en answered. Now Library 7

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Above: These ladies had the job of stuffing envelopes and of keeping a running total of the pledges. (§ ver 100 students voluntee- red to work at the annual alumni phon-u-thon this year. For four nights each week from October 10 until Nov- ember 3, these students took a few hours out of their schedules in order to call the alumni of the university. Two important goals are achieved by the phon-a-thon. First, it serves as a means of personal contact with the alumni, and second, it gives the alumni the opportunity to contri- bute the the Annual Fund which covers the remaining 35% of actual expenses not met by tuition charges. Besides the two important func- tions that it serves for the uni- versity, the phon-a-thon also prov- ides a unique way for the students who volunteer to work to learn more about the university and its past. As one student who worked said. “You get to find out a lot of neat things about what Mercer used to be like, especially when you talk to someone who graduated in 1928!” The phon-a-thon is conducted each year about the same time, and it is open to all students who wish to par- ticipate. Anyone interested in work- ing should contact someone in the University Relations office, third floor of the Administration Build- ing. Above: Arena Ciscro adds a “per- sonal touch to a letter that is to he sent with a pledge-card to an alumnus. Alumni Phon-a-thon 9