University of Tennessee Knoxville - Volunteer Yearbook (Knoxville, TN)

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Students were able to View the model of the proposed $25 million library l 4ILibrary

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Chuck Jones Chuck Jones I JUST WORK HERE. Kay Dew. senior in business administration, plays the part of a lady custodian during a skit held during orientation. FRESHMEN REGISTRATION. During one of the summer orienta- tion sessions, Glenda Trice, a senior in public relations and Annetta Langdon, a senior in management, prepare registration forms for all the in-coming freshmen. Schriver guides ever-expanding Orientation program t first, her petite 5, 2,, frame and youthful face seemed out of place behind the big oak desk. However, Debby Schriver, assistant dean of Student Orientation and Con- duct was hard at work in her office located in the Student Services Building. A casual observer of this lively young Woman would probably never guess the diversity of the duties that she performed for local and national student orientation groups. For 10 years, Schriver organized the sum- mer orientation program, The Freshmen Aid Coor- dinating Team, peer counsel- ing sessions, and tutorial ser- vices for incoming freshmen and transfer students. Schriver was active in dif- ferent professional associa- tions. In October 1982, Schriver was elected Na- tional Orientation Dlirectors Association president, an of- fice which presented numerous new responsibilities. til was really excited about being elected NODA presi- dent. When I returned home from the conference, I discovered that my office had been filled with all shapes and sizes of colored balloons. It was neat to have everyone so happy about my new posi- tion? said Schriver. Schriver explained that as NODA president she would be overseeing the associa- tionls general workings and representing the group at dif- ferent conferences. ill also will be directing the projects and goals for the national organization throughout the year, Schriver added. In this position I will be visiting other college cam- puses across the country? Schriver continued, uwhich is great since I love to travel? iiPeople have always been the focus of my work and I find it very rewarding to help people? said Schriver. aGlenda Trice Owen Poveda Debbie Schriver Orientation l1 3

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he long-awaited ar- chitecfs model of the new addition to the Undergraduate Library was presented Winter Quarter in the University Center Auditorium. were very pleased with the new design, said Donald Hunt, library director. ttltis a very functional building. At an estimated cost of $25 million, the new 250,000 square foot expansion was ex- pected to bring the Undergraduate Library floor space up to 352,000 square feet. The model was designed by Library Associated Ar- chitects, a three-firm organization composed of Lindsay and Maples; McCar- ty, Bullock, and Hollsaple; and Cooper and Perry. llWelre basically building on all four sides tof the ex- isting structurel and above two tloorsf said architect Doug McCarty, who explain- ed the new design to the large group of students, faculty and others who attended the presentation. The addition was expected to expand horizontally to within 20 to 25 feet of the sidewalk along Volunteer Boulevard and Andy Holt Avenue. Two floors will be added to the top, one for stu- dent and faculty use and the other for mechanical and equipment purposes. The interior of the existing building was expected to serve as the core of the new structure and will be remodel- ed to match the design of the new addition, McCarty said. tllt was a real challenge to design the building to func- tion well and to relate scale sizes to the adjacent building, he said. uIt is a very large building for the site, but we feel that by certain concepts we,ve developed we have designed a building that will be a real center to the university? The expanded library was expected to become the main library of the campus and house the entire main collec- tion, said Clayton Dekle, UT Paul Helhmon architect and director of facilities planning. The current Main Library was expected to be used for special collections, archives, noncirculating holdings, maps and the Science and Engineering Library, Dekle said. The new building will be adaptable to the needs and changes of the future, he said. tilt is designed to facilitate and accommodate change and maximize the use of com- puters, microforms and all of the latest technology that libraries are using, Dekle said. The Tennessee General Assembly appropriated $400,000 last year to begin the pre-planning stages of the library expansion. Governor Lamar Alexander pledged his support for the project and was expected to ask the legislature for more planning funds. uWe anticipate an addi- tional $400,000 from the general assembly to complete the tmore detailedl planning for the library expansion, Dekle said. Bids to begin actual con- struction of the building would come at the conclusion of the 1984 session of the state legislature, he said. ttThe project will take at least 30 months to complete once itls under contract, so late ,86 or 87 would be the earliest date that we could ex- pect it to be completed, Dekle said. Building the library without interrupting student and faculty use will mean greater expense and an addi- tional nine months of con- struction time, McCarty said, but previous library expan- sion projects had successfully carried out similar procedures. The decision to expand the UGL rather than build a third major library will save money and better serve the needs of the campus, Dekle said. -Wesley Loy Libraryl l 5