University of Nebraska Lincoln - Cornhusker Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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Its week day hours are 9:00 .-im. to 10:00 IAM. It is open on Sundays from 2:00 to 10:00 1'.M. A short introductory course of lectures on the use of the library is, at the open- ing of the year, given each class entering the University. A description of the univer- sity library and of other libraries in the vicinity, the arrangement of the books, use of the catalogue, indexes, and reference books, methods of reading and research, especially as related to university studies, are explained in these lectures. Personal assistance and suggestion upon all matters relating to the use of the library are cheerfully given at all times by the librarian or the assistants. In case six or more students showing adequate preparation wish, a course of forty lectures with laboratory work in library science and bibliography is offered' by the libra- rian. Credit is given those who finish the course. In filling vacancies on the library staff preference is shown those whose ability in the work merits recognition. il? il? Museums The State Museum occupies the second and third Hoors of the east wing in Ne- braska hall. Important departmental museums, such as those of botany and horticul- ture, zoology, entomology, pathology, chemistry, mechanic arts, the classical, literary, and historical departments, the Library, and State Historical Society supplement the museum proper. The museum of the State Historical Society occupies fire-proof apart- ments in the Library hall. The State Museum, well stocked and growing, is drawn upon by all departments for illustrative and instructional material. Important additions, both by purchase and by donation, are made annually. The geological collections consist chiefly of well systematized sets of minerals, crystals, rocks, rock sections, ores, and fossils for class use. Some of these, which are large and very complete, represent foreign as well as American material. Conspicuous among the geological collections are the donations of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, of Lin- coln, for many years a Regent of the University. This one collection, chiefly paleon- tological, occupies most of the space on the main floor of the Museum. Many miscel- laneous sets are collected and donated by citizens of the state. Fresh water, marine, and land forms in general, with special collections of in- sects, birds, reptiles, fishes, and certain mammals from the state and elsewhere, together with numerous osteological and anatomical preparations for class use and for the in- struction of the public, comprise the Zoological collection. The Agricultural Museum is an important feature of the State' Museum. It now comprises the forestry of the state as represented by timbers, shrubs, vines, and fores- try photographs, the insects injurious and those beneficial to vegetation, the woods, grains, grasses, and fruits of the state, and a complete soil collection with analyses of the same. Important additions come to the agricultural museum through the state board of agriculture. In the archeological collections, the 4,000 Indian relics from the various states, donated by Dr. M. H. Everett, of Lincoln, Neb., is the most important single contribution. Adjoining or near the departments concerned are to be found the departmental museums. A I4

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f The entire library is classified by the decimal system, and the card catalogue of authors and subjects is complete to date. Five hundred periodicals are received. These include thirty. local state papers which are generously donated by the publishers. The reading- room of the main library seats 300 and the departmental library reading rooms seat 250. All the libraries are open for reference to any one, Whether connected with the University or not. Reference work for teachers and students throughout the state is cheerfully done by correspondence. Assistance in book selection, purchase of httings, suggestions for cataloguing and administration is gladly rendered to other Nebraska libraries, especially to those of high schools. UNIVERSITY HALL The library is open on all week days during the academic year from 8:00 A.M. to 10:00 DM., except Saturdays, when it opens at 9:00 A.M. During the summer term and short vacations the hours are 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 ILM., and in the summer vacation 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 M. The state library, in the capitol, is one of the strongest law libraries in the country. It contains valuable sets of periodicals supplementing those of the univer- sity library and a good collection of economic literature. It is open from 3:30 ix.M. to 5:00 iam. ' The library of the State Historical Society receives regularly all newspapers pub- lished in the state and has a valuable collection of state newspaper files. lt is located on the Hrst 'floor of library hall and is open to readers from 9:00 .x.M. to 5 :oo 11.11. The Lincoln city library is free to students both for reference and for lending. 13

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1 The collections of the State Geological Survey have assumed important propor- tions. During the past biennium some 25,000 specimens have been added. The build- ing stones, clays, bricks, and other samples representing the economic resources of the state are exhibited in cases in the gallery of the state museum. The fossils are found in the west half of the main geological laboratory. W W The University Herbarium The university herbarium fills room 110, Nebraslfa hall. It contains about 100,- 000 mounted specimens of plants representing the North American and European Horas. The Survey Herbarium of 10,000 mounted specimens of Nebraska plants, and the 'iWillia1ns Collection of Lichensf' consisting of 3,819 specimens belonging to the es- tate of the late Professor Thomas A. Wfilliams, deposited by his heirs, are included with the university herbarium. W W Grounds and Buildings The campus of the University, comprising twelve acres of ground in the heart of the city of Lincoln, faces o-n R street, the main entrance commanding Eleventh street. The location is easily accessible from all the railway stations. The following buildings stand upon the campus: University hall, Chemical laboratory, Memorial hall, Nebraska hall, the Library, Mechanic Arts hall, the Observatory, the Plant house, the Boiler house, and the Shops. yn gsllz, - --Wg Jef-ini - -. MW mv. FSI, --F72 'v W It 5 , ,Sa 'L f I my 1 3