University of Wisconsin River Falls - Meletean Yearbook (River Falls, WI)

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The Old Library Makes Way

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 The Board of Regents, quite obviously with its eye to future intellectual and physical growth, appointed former University of Wisconsin Vice President Dr. George R. Field as its president on August 1,1968. Field, a relatively young college president at 39, replaced Dr. Richard J. Delorit, academic vice president at River Falls, who served as acting president during the 1967-68 school year. Generally, students, in walking from class to class, idea to idea, belief to belief, on the R F campus, throughout the 1968-69 school year, found it a time of pleasant change and stimulating growth. 5

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For The New Additional Space The new library annex was opened for use by the beginning of winter quarter. The large annex added to the Chalmer Davee Library has provided the space for large-scale expansion of present jibrary facilities and an addition to present student services. The $1,300,000 building is constructed on a two-floor, highly versatile plan. The second floor will house 10 classrooms and many faculty offices which can quickly be converted into library facilities when necessary. A few of the facilities available on the main floor include two reserve desks, expanded stack facilities, a music listening room and a furnished typewriter room, a large periodical room and individual study coves. A collection of rare books will be displayed in a small room with space for additions. The basement area of the library will contain expanded facilities for the audio visual department, the textbook library, a museum, IBM equipment, reading rooms, a library science classroom and other uses. 7