EFFECT OF COPYRIGHT DATE ON PATRON BORROWING PATTERNS AND

 

IMPLICATIONS FOR MAINTAINING A PATRON-USEFUL/DIRECTED COLLECTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of Copyright Date on Patron Borrowing Patterns and

 

Implications for Maintaining a Patron-Useful/Directed Collection

 

Pamela R. Dennis

 

Southern Connecticut State University

 


Abstract

In a study of the actual and perceived correlation of copyright date and patron borrowing patterns at Lambuth’s Gobbel Library, undergraduates did not perceive copyright date as an influence on their book selection. However, circulation records showed a strong correlation between copyright date and borrowing frequency. These findings suggest that, where physical appearance or content currency are responsible, undergraduates prefer to obtain information for academic use from books with recent copyright dates. Student perceptions were gathered through a questionnaire distributed with each borrowed book during the Fall 2001 semester. Characteristics (such as copyright date) of books borrowed during the Fall 2001 semester were obtained from the university’s Voyager electronic library system.


Introduction

            A controversial issue in the library is collection management, which includes maintaining up-to-date materials while protecting the historical integrity of the collection. It is understood that older books are needed when researching the background or history of a discipline and when reading classical literature. Each academic field has a different “classic” age that requires maintenance for protecting the historical integrity of the collection. However, studies show that patrons tend to check out the most recent materials. Out of date and inaccurate materials should be removed on a regular schedule. Current trends can only be studied if the collection is updated continually. Since space is at a premium in most libraries, consideration must be given to how this limited space can be expanded to include both the old and the new.

            A literature search of ProQuest, Infotrac (Gale), ERIC, WorldCat, ArticleFirst, and Dissertation Abstracts databases yielded many studies that concluded that library users are more likely to select current materials when given a choice. Stieg (1942) found that an undergraduate prefers titles that are “closest chronologically to his own generation” (p. 39). Boardman (1994), in a later study, stated that

teachers as well as students believe implicitly that the current date is always better informed, more accurate, more interesting, than anything published last year, last month, two months ago, or yesterday. I often think if my students and teachers had their way, every single item any student looked at on any topic in the library would be dated with today’s date (p. 27).

            The majority of the studies dealt with the effect of book characteristics and likelihood of selection by the patron.  Physical properties including book jacket cover, size of book, or color (Vacek, 1982; Gilmore, 1985; Shore, 1986; Robinson, Larsen, Haupt, & Mohlman, 1997; Rinehart, Gerlach, & Wisell, 1998; Campbell, Swartz & Hendricks, 2000) were found to affect book selection. Older students were more influenced by their peers, by television/movies, and by subject (Samuels, 1989; Kragler & Holley, 1996).

            Only two studies dealt specifically with copyright date, and both used perceived data rather than actual comments by the borrowers (Jain, 1968; Perrault, 1997). Additionally, they found that academic libraries are used most frequently by students (as opposed to faculty and staff). Jain (1968) noted that graduate students use the library three times as much as undergraduates and four times as much as faculty. It must be remembered that the undergraduate library is not a repository for research materials, but its books are intended for use (Connell, 1991). This use is different for each level of user. Hardesty found that

classroom faculty [in purchasing books for the library] have not developed well-defined attitudes regarding the types of materials that are appropriate for the undergraduate library . . . this lack of understanding may result in the selection by academic libraries of huge numbers of titles that go unused (Kuo, 1986, p. 27).

            Other studies dealt with the realization that as students move into more specific fields of study, academic discipline may be a factor in the number of books they check out. While literature and history-related subjects tend to be checked out more (Jenks, 1976), teaching styles, course requirements, and student interests also play a role in library utilization (Lipscomb, 1987). Faculty who do not require their students to use the library for course-related work may find that their students are not motivated to check out books on any subject. Additionally, McGrath (1972) found that faculty and students do not always check out books specifically related to their own disciplines. Therefore, basing collection development solely on the number of students and faculty in a department and the number of books in that related Library of Congress classification may not be an accurate means of measurement. With more and more emphasis by accrediting agencies on cross-disciplinary study, there may be less and less evidence of discipline-related library usage.

            In all related studies using circulation measurement, the results were based on books returned to the library and not on actual information provided by the user (Stieg, 1942; Davidson, 1943; Ettelt, 1978; Hardesty, 1981). Collection size in each study was determined by estimation of number of shelf list cards (McGrath, 1968, 1972; Jenks, 1976; Lipscomb, 1987; Perrault, 1997) rather than actual numbers of books. In the past decade we have acquired the ability to access data through integrated electronic library systems. Since books are barcoded, they may be linked by bibliographic record through the online circulation and control system (OPAC). Printed reports may be generated concerning any aspect of patron or item record for use in collecting fees, determining shelf maintenance, and predicting collection development needs. Hamaker (1992) conducted the only study found that discussed this up-to-date approach to collecting data.

            A study is needed that will query the actual borrowing patrons concerning patron needs for books and that will compare those data with actual materials found in the library. Lambuth University, a coeducational, liberal arts, undergraduate institution, sought answers to these issues in its collection development operations using its new electronic operating system.

 


Method

Subjects

            Participants in the study included all borrowing patrons of the library at Lambuth University during the three weeks preceding the Thanksgiving holiday. The total possible circulating population included approximately 50 faculty members, 50 staff members, 900 students (undergraduate only), and an undetermined number of guests (alumni, spouses of faculty and staff, local ministers, and students of consortial schools in West Tennessee).

Instrument

            All books were checked out through Endeavor’s Voyager circulation module. A survey was administered to the patron at the time of check out by library staff and student workers. The circulation personnel were told about the survey in advance and instructed on how to administer it to avoid undue delays for the borrowing patron. The patron was asked to give the following information: first eight digits of the call number, purpose for checking out the item, classification, and degree of study. Since the library employed Library of Congress classification, the digits, in most cases, included two letters, one to four numerals, a period, and at least the first letter or number following the period. That provided sufficient information to correlate the checked out book with the Access report list of checked out books or OPAC display. Finally, the patron was asked the following question: “Was copyright date a factor in your decision to borrow this book?” If the answer was positive, the patron was asked for an explanation (see Appendix 1).

Procedure

            Completed surveys were collected at the end of the allotted time for evaluation. The library’s server was queried through Access reports to determine which books were checked out during a specified time by Library of Congress classification. The call numbers were matched to their copyright dates and tied to the status of the patron (faculty, staff, student, guest) (Appendixes 2a and 2b).

            Since some books had not been completely cataloged, the books associated with the records did not appear as checked out. As a result of this inconsistent information, written partial call numbers from the surveys were checked in the OPAC. Access to the OPAC was accomplished by logging into the university’s web page (http://mylu.lambuth.edu) and selecting “Library Links.” The “Quick Search” took the user to a simple search screen that was queried by call number, and the results contained 50 records per page. Great care was taken to enter only the first eight digits as requested of the patron, even if more information was given. In many cases, this method resulted in having to check several records with similar call numbers in order to retrieve the correct one (Appendix 3).

            Copyright dates gathered for the books through the electronic system were separated by decade and then compared to the classification of the student borrowing the book to determine the relationship between level of study and age of the book. Resulting information appears in the next section.

            To determine the relationships between selected items and total number of books in the collection, Voyager was queried and the figures tallied (Appendixes 2a and 2b). To determine an approximate total number of books, shelf list cards were measured, with 60 cards equaling one inch. No attempt was made to determine volumes per card since they were so infrequent.


Results

Two main findings resulted from the study: 1) patrons do not perceive copyright date as a factor when checking out a book, and 2) newer books are more frequently selected by borrowers.

Of the 500 items checked out through the Voyager system, only 257 (51%) were also tallied by circulation survey. It is unknown why other surveys were not completed. Student workers were taught how to present the surveys to patrons at checkout. Either surveys were not given to the patrons, or the patrons chose not to fill out the forms. Over one third of the books were selected by seniors, with little use indicated by freshmen (Table 1).

Table 1

Study Body versus Items Checked Out

Students

By Classification

Percent of Books Checked out by Classification

Freshman

      269 (30%)

                          31 (13%)

Sophomore

     198 (22%)

                          55 (22%)

Junior

     198 (22%)

                          70 (28%)

Senior

     210 (23%)

                          92 (36%)

Special

       28 (3%)

                            3 (1%)

 

It was assumed that copyright date was of value to the students, since one of the major complaints on academic library evaluation forms was lack of current materials. The surveys indicated that borrowers did not perceive copyright to be a factor in checking out books.

Only 10 (4%) stated that it was a factor, with three others returning the response of “sort of.”  Reasons given by those who were affected by the copyright date were as follows:  “[need] 1995 to present,” “need current research,” “for recent knowledge in the study,” “for a paper needing recent resources,” “I was trying to get more recent info,” “recent information is more useful to my report,” and “I am doing a research paper on the 1960s.” Of those affected, seven (54%) were seniors, two (16%) were juniors, and four (31%) were sophomores, a direct correlation between number of students checking out books in each classification and number affected by copyright.

            Books were also analyzed by decade. Only those books which had been completely cataloged in Voyager could be studied. Seventy-three percent of the collection was copyrighted since 1960, with 22% being in the last 20 years (Table 2).

Table 2

Books Cataloged by Decade

Decade

Number of Books

Percentage of Collection

Pre-1920

  1,437

                   3

1920-1929

     810

                   2

1930-1939

  1,408

                   3

1940-1949

  2,588

                   5

1950-1959

  6,858

                 15

1960-1969

  5,549

                 33

1970-1979

  8,807

                 18

1980-1989

  5,882

                 12

1990-1999

  4,003

                   8

2000-2001

     415

                   1

Total

47,757

 

Note. *Cataloging errors account for the discrepancy in total found in other tables.

            In evaluating books checked out during the study, only 32 books were copyrighted before 1960 (12%), with 46% of the books checked out being dated in the last 20 years (Table 3).

Table 3

Books Checked Out by Decade

Decade

Number of Books

Percent of Books Checkout Out

Pre-1920

                   3

                    1

1920-1929

                   3

                    1

1930-1939

                   4

                    2

1940-1949

                   8

                    3

1950-1959

                 14

                    6

1960-1969

                 42

                  16

1970-1979

                 33

                  13

1980-1989

                 55

                  21

1990-1999

                 59

                  23

2000-2001

                   4

                    2

Not found in OPAC or cards

                 20

                    8

Number other than copyright date given or line left blank

                 13

                    5

Total

               257

 

 

Note. Errors in survey completion by borrower are noted as numbers other than copyright date of entries left blank.

 

Thus, while students perceived that copyright had no effect on their borrowing patterns, these figures indicated that it was a significant factor.

            In studying the copyright ranges by classification of student, it may be noted that freshmen checked out the earlier materials, while juniors and seniors were more likely to check out the more current materials in the collection (Table 4).

Table 4

Copyright Date by Student Classification and Purpose

Copyright range

Classification

Purpose

1960-1969

Freshmen=8

Sophomores=7

Juniors=7

Seniors=15

1 senior needed current material

1970-1979

Freshmen=2

Sophomores=13

Juniors=10

Seniors=8

1 junior needed 60s material

1 senior needed recent information

1980-1989

Freshmen=4

Sophomores=14

Juniors=14

Seniors=23

1 senior needed current material

1 sophomore needed recent information

1990-1999

Freshmen=6

Sophomores=6

Juniors=18

Seniors=27

2 juniors and 3 seniors needed current material

1 sophomore needed recent information

2000-2001

Freshmen=0

Sophomores=1

Juniors=0

Seniors=3

 

 

            A subproblem was encountered during the study. Based on survey completion, it was determined that library users do not understand call number format. Only 34 (13%) of the surveys were correctly filled out, though an example was given on the survey and circulation staff were available during the time of its administration (Table 5).

Table 5

Call Numbers Provided by Survey

Correctly completed

No call number

Accession number instead of call number

Fewer than 8 digits

More than 8 digits

34 (13%)

8 (3%)

5 (2%)

31 (12%)

179 (70%)

 


Discussion

            The study provided an excellent opportunity to scrutinize the collection to determine uses and problems of the present electronic and shelf list cataloging procedures. In order for the study to be conducted as originally designed, all books must be completely cataloged in the electronic system by barcode number. Errors were found in previously cataloged books and have been corrected because of the findings of the study. Care has been taken to weed the collection on a regular basis to keep the collection historically sound but up to date. Having the books completely cataloged will allow the circulation staff to keep records related to number of times each book is checked out to determine use. Information was not collected as to internal use of the books versus external use, though tallies are kept of numbers of books left on tables each day. These figures indicate that much more of the collection is used than checkout figures indicate.

            Only one-half of the selected books were tallied on surveys. Reasons for this low percentage may be 1) borrowers refused to fill out the surveys, 2) borrowers were not asked to fill out surveys by circulation staff, and 3) borrowers filled out one survey per exit rather than one survey per item. Only two incidents of patron dissatisfaction were reported, and both patrons filled out the forms even though they expressed impatience in having to do so.

            It was expected that faculty and upperclassmen would have been the heaviest users of the library because of their advanced studies.  However, faculty were the lowest users of the library. The two faculty members who completed surveys had to be discounted, because one was a library faculty member and the other was a retired faculty member (technically, a guest). The report generated by the electronic system shows that there were 17 circulating books checked out by faculty and 17 by staff (Appendix 2a), but collected surveys do not include these items. It is unknown why the discrepancy in the figures. The remainder of the books were checked out by students. The greatest numbers of books selected were in the areas of interior design and education (children’s literature), both areas having large papers due during the timeframe being studied. Though we were unable to generate a report showing Library of Congress classification by decade, it is known that this library contains many older books in the areas of architecture, interior design, and children’s literature, retained specifically for their classic appeal and color illustrations. These time-honored classics do not lose their worth over time. Thus, copyright date would not have been a factor in their selection.

            The surveys showed that students perceive no influence by copyright date, though the majority of their selections were taken from the newer materials. Students may have been influenced by book cover, color, and pictures that would have given a fresher appearance, and they may not have recognized that currency was the influencing factor. Some reasons given by students for selecting books were confusing. For example, one student stated that the book was selected because he/she needed “’60s material.”  However, the book selected was dated 1974. Another student selected a 1970s era book stating that he/she needed recent information. Generally, a thirty-year-old book is not considered “recent.”

            As was expected, borrowers selected books for academic purposes. College students state that they have little time for recreational reading during the academic year because of the heavy reading assignments related to the classroom. A concern is that, since more people attend college in this generation than in previous generations, this lack of practiced recreational reading in young adults may influence library use in the future.

            A major problem in the study was the fact that the entire collection had not been completely cataloged. Reports generated contained discrepancies among themselves. Part of the collection (approximately 20,000 titles) was partially cataloged several years ago. In an effort to allow the books to circulate, the books were accessioned and barcoded, and a shelf list card was typed that included a matching barcode. However, the barcodes were never entered into the electronic system. Because of this cataloging dilemma, the reports only showed approximately 61% of the collection since the other books had not been entered into the electronic system. In trying to alleviate the problem by estimating shelf list cards, a new problem surfaced. Voyager categorizes only by call number; thus, location (Reference, Juvenile, etc.) was of no consequence. Shelf list cards were filed by number and location, creating differences in total numbers (Table 6).

Table 6

Total Books in the Collection by Shelf List Card versus Computer Count

Classification

By Cards*

By Computer

Reference

  3,360

      

A

     180

      155

B

11,460

   8,984

C

     480

      513

D

  5,640

   4,408

E

  4,320

   3,528

F

  1,770

   1,380

G

  1,500

   1,207

H

  8,400

   6,640

J

  2,520

   1,953

K

     810

      685

L

  1,530

   1,418

M

  1,110

   1,029

N

  1,620

      942

P

17,700

 10,979

Q

  3,450

   2,428

R

     480

      433

S

     240

      194

T

     900

      939

U

     240

      224

V

       60

        21

Z

     480

      731

Juvenile

  1,800

 

Young Adult

     540

 

Quarto (Oversize)

  3,600

 

Total

74,190

 48,791

 

Note. Partially cataloged books = at least 25,399 (39% of the collection). Cards were figured by multiplying number of inches of cards by 60 cards/inch.

            Another problem encountered was the number of errors in filling out the survey. Several problems were encountered while conducting the project. It was assumed that library users understood the term “call number” and would be able to write down the first eight digits. However, only 13% of the surveys were filled out per the instructions. Some students wrote down accession numbers or student IDs instead of call numbers. Even when filled in properly, call number sequences were difficult to read because of varying handwritings (i.e., “5” could be read as “S” and “2” could be read as “Z,” etc.). Extra care was taken to make sure that the correct book was found in the electronic system. In a future study, it would be helpful to draw eight, short, individual lines rather then one long line for completion of the call number.

            At Lambuth University, the six largest departments are business (including accounting, management, economics, and marketing) (133 students); education (including elementary, exceptional learning, and interdisciplinary) (82); biology (including pre-professional biology) (76); psychology (61); communications (46); and physical education (38). Of those, all but psychology were represented in the surveys. These figures indicate that, while there is a correlation between number of students in a department and percentage of students using the library, there is no correlation between number of books related to a discipline and number of students enrolled in that discipline.

            In conclusion, this study found that students were influenced by copyright date (though they may not be aware of it) and students of an undergraduate institution (but not freshmen) are more likely library users than are faculty. This study was one of only a few that has attempted to determine usage of books through electronic circulation data and should be attempted again when cataloging conditions are more favorable.

 

 

 


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Appendix 1

Questionnaire

October 25, 2001

 

Dear Lambuth University Patron:

 

We are interested in the reasons that go into decisions to check out a book from our library. We ask for your help. Please complete the following five questions about the book you have just checked out from our collection. If you have checked out more than one book, please complete a form for each book. Please place completed forms in the marked box at the circulation desk. It is estimated this form takes less than a minute to complete.

 

1.      What are the first 8 digits of the call number (example: PR6210.R) of the book you are checking out?

      __________________________________

 

2.      What was your purpose for checking out this book?

            _____  academic

            _____  personal study

            _____  leisure

            _____  other (please specify)

 

3.      Was copyright date a factor in your decision to borrow this book?

      _____  yes

      _____  no

 

3a. If yes, why was it a factor? _________________________________________________

 

4.      What is your classification?

      _____  faculty

      _____  staff

      _____  student

      _____  guest

 

4a. If student, what is your level?

      _____  freshman

      _____  sophomore

      _____  junior

      _____  senior

      _____  other (please specify) ______________________________________

 

5.      What is your major area of study/research/teaching?

      _______________________________________

 

Thank you for your participation.

Please place this completed form in the marked box at the circulation desk.


Appendix 2a

 

Circulation Transactions by Patron Group and Item Type

 

        StartDate:                        10/28/01                                         EndDate:                   11/20/01

  Patron Group                      Item Type                             Circulation Charges

  Lambuth Faculty

                                          Circulation Desk                                                16

                                          Main Collection                                                  1

                                          Video                                                              2

  Summary for Lambuth Faculty (3 detail records)

  Sum                                                                                                      19

  Avg                                                                                                       6.3

  Min                                                                                                        1

  Max                                                                                                      16

  Percen                                                                                              3.80%

  Lambuth Staff

                                          Circulation Desk                                                16

                                          Main Collection                                                  1

                                          Reference                                                         4

                                          Strict Reserve                                                     2

                                          Two Day Reserve                                                1

  Summary for Lambuth Staff (5 detail records)

  Sum                                                                                                      24

  Avg                                                                                                       4.8

  Min                                                                                                        1

  Max                                                                                                      16

  Percen                                                                                              4.80%

  Lambuth Student

                                          CD-ROM                                                          1

                                          Circulation Desk                                              439

                                          Juvenile Collection                                               1

                                          Main Collection                                                12

  Summary for Lambuth Student (4 detail records)

  Sum                                                                                                    453

  Avg                                                                                                    113.3

  Min                                                                                                        1

  Max                                                                                                     439

  Percen                                                                                             90.60%

  WeTALC Student and Facult

                                          Circulation Desk                                                 4

  Monday, November 26, 2001                                                                                                          Page 1 of 2


  Patron Group                      Item Type                             Circulation Charges

  Summary for WeTALC Student and Facult (1 detail record)

  Sum                                                                                                       4

  Avg                                                                                                       4.0

  Min                                                                                                        4

  Max                                                                                                        4

  Percen                                                                                              0.80%

  Grand                                                                                                   500

  Monday, November 26, 2001                                                                                                          Page 2 of 2


Appendix 2b

 

                                             Circulation Transactions Titles by Date Range

 

TITLE

NORMALIZED_CALL_NO

DISPLAY_CALL_NO

ITEM_ENUM

LOCATION_NAME

MinCharges

StartDate

EndDate

History of decorative arts.

NK  925            A 7713   1994

NK925 .A7713 1994

v.1

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Works of Charles Dickens.

PR 4550            D 5   1867

PR4550 .D5 1867

v.13

Main Collection

 

 

 

Concept of the marketing mix

#1178 C.1

#1178 c.1

 

Circulation Desk

 

 

 

Swimming and diving

#544

#544

 

Circulation Desk

 

 

 

26 Fairmount Avenue / Tomie dePaola.

PS 3554            E 11474   Z 473   1999

PS3554.E11474 Z473 1999

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

A is for Africa / Ifeoma Onyefulu.

DT    3            O 58   1993

DT3 .O58 1993

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Adventures of Tom Sawyer / Mark Twain.

PS 1306            A 1   1991 B

PS1306 .A1 1991b

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Ben and me : a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse Amos / lately discovered, edited & illustrated by Robert Lawson.

PZ    7            L 4384   BE

PZ7.L4384 Be

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Bill Pickett, rodeo ridin' cowboy / written by Andrea D. Pinkney ; illustrated by Brian Pinkney.

GV 18336           P 5   P 56   1996

GV1833.6.P5 P56 1996

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Boy who lived with the seals / Rafe Martin ; illustrated by David Shannon.

E   99            C 57   M 37   1993

E99.C57 M37 1993

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Brother eagle, sister sky : a message from Chief Seattle / paintings by Susan Jeffers.

E   98            L 3   S 39   1991

E98.L3 S39 1991

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? / by Bill Martin, Jr. ; pictures by Eric Carle.

PZ    83           M 418   BR   1992

PZ8.3.M418 Br 1992

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Cat, you better come home / by Garrison Keillor ; paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher.

PZ    83           K 27   CAT   1995

PZ8.3.K27 Cat 1995

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Charlotte's web / Pictures by Garth Williams.

PZ    7            W 58277   CH

PZ7.W58277 Ch

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Chato's kitchen / by Gary Soto ; illustrated by Susan Guevara.

PZ    7            S 7242   CH   1995

PZ7.S7242 Ch 1995

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Chicka chicka boom boom / by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault ; illustrated by Lois Ehlert.

PZ    83           M 4113   CH   1989

PZ8.3.M4113 Ch 1989

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Cinderella / Charles Perrault ; pictures by Susan Jeffers ; retold by Amy Ehrlich.

PZ    8            J 36   CI   1985

PZ8.J36 Ci 1985

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Davy Crockett : hero of the Alamo / story and pictures by Sanford Tousey.

F  436            C 9616

F436 .C9616

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Earthquakes / Seymour Simon.

QE  5213           S 54   1991

QE521.3 .S54 1991

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Falling up : poems and drawings / by Shel Silverstein.

PS 3569            I 47224   F 3   1996

PS3569.I47224 F3 1996

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Freedom train : the story of Harriet Tubman / by Dorothy Sterling.

E  450            T 89   1991

E450 .T89 1991

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Grandpa's face / Eloise Greenfield ; illustrated by Floyd Cooper.

PZ    7            G 845   GS   1988

PZ7.G845 Gs 1988

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Harlem : a poem / by Walter Dean Myers ; pictures by Christopher Myers.

PS 3563            Y 48   H 37   1997

PS3563.Y48 H37 1997

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Hiawatha / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; pictures by Susan Jeffers.

PS 2267            A 3   1983

PS2267 .A3 1983

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

I have a dream : the story of Martin Luther King / by Margaret Davidson.

J  3234           K 585   DAV

J323.4 .K585 dav

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

I want to be / Thylias Moss ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.

PZ    7            M 8537   IAW   1993

PZ7.M8537 Iaw 1993

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Lee, the rabbit with epilepsy / by Deborah M. Moss ; illustrated by Carol Schwartz.

RC  372            M 68   1989

RC372 .M68 1989

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Life and strange surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe / by Daniel Defoe ; illustrated by Lynd Ward.

PR 3403            A 1   1946

PR3403 .A1 1946

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Light in the attic / Shel Silverstein.

PS 3569            I 47224   L 5   1981

PS3569.I47224 L5 1981

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Little Eight John / by Jan Wahl ; illustrated by Wil Clay.

PZ    81           W 126   LI   1992

PZ8.1.W126 Li 1992

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Little match girl / Hans Christian Andersen ; adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney.

PZ    8            P 575   LI   1999

PZ8.P575 Li 1999

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Magic of color / Hilda Simon.

QP  483            S 57

QP483 .S57

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Meet John F. Kennedy.

E  842            Z 9   W 47   1967

E842.Z9 W47 1967

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Moss gown / by William H. Hooks ; illustrated by Donald Carrick.

PZ    8            H 77   MO   1987

PZ8.H77 Mo 1987

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

News about dinosaurs / by Patricia Lauber.

QE  862            D 5   L 46   1994

QE862.D5 L46 1994

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

On Mardi Gras day / Fatima Shaik ; paintings by Floyd Cooper.

PZ    7            S 52785   OJ   1999

PZ7.S52785 Oj 1999

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Owl moon / by Jane Yolen ; illustrated by John Schoenherr.

PZ    7            Y 78   OW   1987

PZ7.Y78 Ow 1987

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Picture book of Abraham Lincoln / David A. Adler ; illustrated by John & Alexandra Wallner.

E  457905         A 35   1989

E457.905 .A35 1989

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr. / David A. Adler ; illustrated by Robert Casilla.

E  18597          K 5   A 63   1989

E185.97.K5 A63 1989

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? / by Bill Martin, Jr. ; pictures by Eric Carle.

PZ    83           M 4113   PO   1991

PZ8.3.M4113 Po 1991

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

President has been shot! : true stories of the attacks on ten U.S. presidents / Rebecca C. Jones.

E  1768           J 66   1996

E176.8 .J66 1996

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Soldier's life : a visual history of soldiers through the ages / Andrew Robertshaw.

U  750            R 63   1997

U750 .R63 1997

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Southeast : Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee / by Thomas G. Aylesworth, Virginia L. Aylesworth.

F  2093           A 953   1988

F209.3 .A953 1988

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Story of John F. Kennedy ; editorial production: Donald D. Wolf ; design and layout by Margot L. Wolf ; edited under the supervision of Paul E. Blackwood.

E  842            M 5   1964 A

E842 .M5 1964a

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Story of the ice age / by Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames. Pictures by Thomas W. Voter.

QE  697            W 99

QE697 .W99

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Talking eggs : a folktale from the American South / retold by Robert D. San Souci ; pictures by Jerry Pinkney.

PZ    81           S 227   TAL   1989

PZ8.1.S227 Tal 1989

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Three billy goats Gruff / retold and illustrated by Janet Stevens.

PZ    8            S 614   TH   1987

PZ8.S614 Th 1987

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Time of wonder.

PZ    7            M 1336   TI

PZ7.M1336 Ti

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Where the sidewalk ends : the poems & drawings of Shel Silverstein.

PS 3569            I 47224   W 54   1974

PS3569.I47224 W54 1974

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Wrinkle in time.

PZ    7            L 5385   WR

PZ7.L5385 Wr

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

Yeh-Shen : a Cinderella story from China / retold by Ai-Ling Louie ; illustrated by Ed Young.

PZ    81           L 947   YE   1982

PZ8.1.L947 Ye 1982

 

Juvenile Collection

 

 

 

10 natural laws of successful time and life management : proven strategies for increased productivity and inner peace / Hyrum W. Smith.

HD   69            T 54   S 6   1994

HD69.T54 S6 1994

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Abortion / edited by Janet Podell.

HQ  7675           U 5   A 22   1990

HQ767.5.U5 A22 1990

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Abortion : pro and con / Edited by Robert L. Perkins.

HQ  7675           U 55   P 5

HQ767.5.U55 P5

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Abortion and moral theory / L. W. Sumner.

HQ  7673           S 94   1981

HQ767.3 .S94 1981

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Abortion holocaust : today's final solution / William Brennan.

HQ  7662           B 73   1983

HQ766.2 .B73 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Abortion, society, and the law / edited by David F. Walbert & J. Douglas Butler.

HQ  7675           U 5   W 34

HQ767.5.U5 W34

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Adams chronicles : four generations of greatness / Jack Shepherd ; introd. by Daniel J. Boorstin.

E  3221           A 28   S 53

E322.1.A28 S53

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

After virtue : a study in moral theory / by Alasdair MacIntyre.

BJ 1012            M 325   1984

BJ1012 .M325 1984

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

America in 1857 : a nation on the brink / Kenneth M. Stampp.

E  436            S 78   1990

E436 .S78 1990

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

America through baseball / David Q. Voigt.

GV  863            A 1   V 64   1976

GV863.A1 V64 1976

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American Negro slavery; a survey of the supply, employment and control of Negro labor as determined by the plantation regime / by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips.

E  441            P 549

E441 .P549

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American Victorian : a style and source book / by Lawrence Grow and Dina von Zweck.

NK 20035           G 76   1984

NK2003.5 .G76 1984

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American federalism : competition among governments / Thomas R. Dye.

JK  325            D 94   1990

JK325 .D94 1990

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American furniture, 1620 to the present / Jonathan L. Fairbanks, Elizabeth Bidwell Bates.

NK 2405            F 34

NK2405 .F34

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American sculpture; a catalogue of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art / [by] Albert TenEyck Gardner.

NB  205            N 38

NB205 .N38

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

American visions : the epic history of art in America / Robert Hughes.

N 6505            H 84   1997

N6505 .H84 1997

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Art America / Mary Ann Tighe, Elizabeth Ewing Lang.

N 6505            T 54

N6505 .T54

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Art of China, Korea, and Japan.

N 7340            S 96   1963

N7340 .S96 1963

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Arthur Ashe, portrait in motion / Arthur Ashe, with Frank Deford.

GV  994            A 7   A 32

GV994.A7 A32

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Authentic decor : the domestic interior, 1620-1920 / Peter Thornton.

NK 1860            T 49   1984

NK1860 .T49 1984

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Banned books; informal notes on some books banned for various reasons at various times and in various places.

Z 1019            H 15   1970

Z1019 .H15 1970

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Baseball book of why/ Dan Schlossberg ; with a foreword by Bob Feller.

GV  863            A 1   S 35   1984

GV863.A1 S35 1984

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Battle of the books : literary censorship in the public schools, 1950-1985 / by Lee Burress.

Z  658            U 5   B 87   1989

Z658.U5 B87 1989

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Best stories / Edited, and with an introd., by Morton Dauwen Zabel.

PR 4553            Z 32   1959

PR4553.Z32 1959

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Beyond drugs.

HV 5801            E 42

HV5801 .E42

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Brief introduction to the genius of Nietzsche / Richard D. Chessick.

B 3317            C 53   1983

B3317 .C53 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Bulletin boards and displays : good ideas for librarians and teachers / by Gayle Skaggs.

Z  675            S 3   S 597   1993

Z675.S3 S597 1993

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Butterfly economics : a new general theory of social and economic behavior / Paul Ormerod.

HD   87            O 76   1999

HD87 .O76 1999

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Catcher in the rye.

PS 3537            A 426   C 3

PS3537.A426 C3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Censorship : the knot that binds power and knowledge / Sue Curry Jansen.

Z  657            J 3   1988

Z657 .J3 1988

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Censorship and selection : issues and answers for schools.

Z  675            S 3   R 42   1993

Z675.S3 R42 1993

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Century of Darwin.

QH  311            B 33   1969

QH311 .B33 1969

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Century of baseball lore / Illustrated by Jesse Jacobs.

GV  873            T 48

GV873 .T48

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Cigarettes, the battle over smoking / Ronald J. Troyer, Gerald E. Markle.

HV 5740            T 77   1983

HV5740 .T77 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Classics in total synthesis : targets, strategies, methods / K.C. Nicolaou and E.J. Sorensen ; with a foreword by E.J. Corey.

QD  262            N 52   1996

QD262 .N52 1996

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

College grows ... MCFI-Lambuth / by Sarah V. Clement.

LD 2933            C 55   1972

LD2933 .C55 1972

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Color of racism : understanding & overcoming discrimination / Sam B. Pearson, III.

E  185615         P 385   1995

E185.615 .P385 1995

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Coming of age in Mississippi / by Anne Moody.

E  18597          M 65   A 3   1976

E185.97.M65 A3 1976

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Coming of the Civil War.

E  338            C 92   1957

E338 .C92 1957

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Complete guide to furniture styles.

NK 2270            B 63   1969

NK2270 .B63 1969

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Confederacy of dunces / John Kennedy Toole ; foreword by Walker Percy.

PS 3570            O 54   C 66   1980

PS3570.O54 C66 1980

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Constitution of the United States of America / Byron Preiss and David Osterlund, editors.

KF 4550            C 59   1987

KF4550 .C59 1987

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Contemporaries. [Essays.

PS 3521            A 995   C 6

PS3521.A995 C6

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Created equal? The complete Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858 / Edited and with an introd. by Paul M. Angle.

E  4574           L 77

E457.4 .L77

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Dark world of witches.

BF 1566            M 28   1964

BF1566 .M28 1964

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Defusing censorship : the librarian's guide to handling censorship conflicts / by Frances M. Jones.

Z  675            S 3   J 727   1983

Z675.S3 J727 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Drugs and American society / edited by Robert Emmet Long.

HV 5825            D 786   1986

HV5825 .D786 1986

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Drugs in American life / edited by Morrow and Suzanne Wilson.

HV 5825            W 534

HV5825 .W534

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Early medieval art.

N 5970            B 4

N5970 .B4

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Economic interpretation of history / by Henri See. Translation and introd. by Melvin M. Knight.

D   168           S 4

D16.8 .S4

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Edgar A. Poe, the inner pattern.

PS 2631            R 43

PS2631 .R43

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Einstein and religion : physics and theology / Max Jammer.

QC   16            E 5   J 36   1999

QC16.E5 J36 1999

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

English furniture; an illustrated handbook.

NK 2528            T 6   1972

NK2528 .T6 1972

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Environmental tobacco smoke : proceedings of the international symposium at McGill University, 1989 / Donald J. Ecobichon, Joseph M. Wu, editors.

RA 1242            T 6   E 58   1990

RA1242.T6 E58 1990

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Ethic of democratic capitalism : a moral reassessment / Robert Benne.

HB  501            B 42

HB501 .B42

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Everything you wanted to know about drug abuse ... but were afraid to ask / [by] Charles L. Winek.

HV 5825            W 54

HV5825 .W54

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Faulkner reader ; selections from the works of William Faulkner.

PS 3511            A 86   A 6   1954

PS3511.A86 A6 1954

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Figure improvement and body conditioning through exercise / by Earl L. Wallis [and] Gene A. Logan.

GV  481            W 18

GV481 .W18

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Fireside book of football.

GV  959            N 4

GV959 .N4

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

First considerations : an examination of philosophical evidence / Paul Weiss ; with comments by Abner Shimony ... [et al.].

B   53            W 387

B53 .W387

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Founders of America in the days of the revolution; the lives and deeds of the great Patriots who gave this Nation its independence.

E  3025           W 64   1968

E302.5 .W64 1968

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Furniture past & present; a complete illustrated guide to furniture styles from ancient to modern.

NK 2270            B 64

NK2270 .B64

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Games / by Jessie H. Bancroft.

GV 1203            B 27   1938

GV1203 .B27 1938

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Gandhi, his life and thought / [by] J. B. Kripalani.

DS  481            G 3   K 66

DS481.G3 K66

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Gardens of William Morris / by Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, Penny Hart, John Simmons.

SB  470            M 67   J 55   1999

SB470.M67 J55 1999

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Genius revisited : high IQ children grown up / Rena Subotnik ... [et al.].

BF  723            G 5   G 365   1993

BF723.G5 G365 1993

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Greece and Rome; builders of our world.

DE   59            N 3

DE59 .N3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Haunted man ; a portrait of Edgar Allan Poe.

PS 2631            L 5

PS2631 .L5

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Hints on household taste in furniture, upholstery, and other details.

NK 2115            E 3   1969

NK2115 .E3 1969

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

How to stop worrying and start living.

BF  575            W 8   C 3

BF575.W8 C3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Hypnotic investigation of dreams / C. Scott Moss.

BF 1078            M 6

BF1078 .M6

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Identifying American furniture : a pictoral guide to styles and terms, colonial to contemporary / Milo M. Naeve.

NK 2405            N 28   1998

NK2405 .N28 1998

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Interior design and decoration.

NK 2110            W 55   1974

NK2110 .W55 1974

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Interval training; conditioning for sports and general fitness / [by] Edward L. Fox [and] Donald K. Mathews. Illustrated by Nancy Allison Close.

GV  481            F 65

GV481 .F65

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Introduction to chemical engineering / Charles E. Littlejohn, George F. Meenaghan.

TP  146            L 5

TP146 .L5

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Islam : a very short introduction / Malise Ruthven.

BP  1612           R 86   1997 B

BP161.2 .R86 1997b

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Japan, opposing viewpoints / William Dudley, book editor.

DS  8903           J 36   1989

DS890.3 .J36 1989

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Japanese cloisonnbe : history, technique, and appreciation / by Lawrence A. Coben and Dorothy C. Ferster.

NK 5015            C 6   1982

NK5015 .C6 1982

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Japanese house and garden / Translated from the German by Marcus G. Sims, with an epilogue by Udo Kultermann.

NA 7451            Y 613   1969

NA7451 .Y613 1969

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Jean-Paul Sartre / by Catharine Savage Brosman.

PQ 2637            A 82   Z 59   1983

PQ2637.A82 Z59 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Joan of Arc / translated with an introd. by Albert Guerard.

DC  103            M 612

DC103 .M612

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Jog, run, race / by Joe Henderson ; [photography by David Madison].

GV  494            H 46

GV494 .H46

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Karl Marx / Allen W. Wood.

B 3305            M 74   W 63

B3305.M74 W63

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Karl Marx's theory of history : a defence / by G. A. Cohen.

D   169           C 56

D16.9 .C56

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

King remembered / Flip Schulke, Penelope Ortner McPhee.

E  18597          K 5   S 38   1986

E185.97.K5 S38 1986

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Koran / a new translation by N. J. Dawood.

BP  109            D 3   1966

BP109 .D3 1966

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Liberalism : politics, ideology, and the market / John A. Hall.

JC  585            H 175   1988

JC585 .H175 1988

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Man stands alone / by Julian Huxley.

QH  311            H 92   1970

QH311 .H92 1970

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Meaning of anxiety / by Rollo May.

BF  575            A 6   M 35   1977

BF575.A6 M35 1977

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Mid-twentieth century American philosophy: personal statements / Edited by Peter A. Bertocci.

B  935            B 47

B935 .B47

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Mind of Poe, and other studies.

PS 2631            C 3   1962

PS2631 .C3 1962

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

National game : baseball and American culture / John P. Rossi.

GV  86764          R 68   2000

GV867.64 .R68 2000

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

New economics: Keynes' influence on theory and public policy.

HB  103            K 47   H 3

HB103.K47 H3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

New perspectives on race and slavery in America : essays in honor of Kenneth M. Stampp / Robert H. Abzug and Stephen E. Maizlish, editors.

E  441            N 5   1986

E441 .N5 1986

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Nietzsche and the promise of philosophy / Wayne Klein.

B 3317            K 614   1997

B3317 .K614 1997

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Nietzsche the thinker; a study. Introd. by Richard Gambino.

B 3317            S 3   1968

B3317 .S3 1968

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Nietzsche: disciple of Dionysus.

B 3317            P 43

B3317 .P43

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Nietzsche: philosopher, psychologist, antichrist / by Walter Kaufmann.

B 3316            K 3   1968 B

B3316 .K3 1968b

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Office design : the complete process from concept to move-in / Peter B. Brandt.

NA 6232            B 73   1992

NA6232 .B73 1992

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

On native grounds ; an interpretation of modern American prose literature / by Alfred Kazin.

PS  379            K 3

PS379 .K3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Opening doors : perspectives on race relations in contemporary America / edited by Harry J. Knopke, Robert J. Norrell, Ronald W. Rogers.

E  185615         O 64   1991

E185.615 .O64 1991

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Origin of capitalism / Ellen Meiksins Wood.

HB  501            W 615   1999

HB501 .W615 1999

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Our right to choose : toward a new ethic of abortion / Beverly Wildung Harrison.

HQ  7673           H 37   1983

HQ767.3 .H37 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Out of my later years. [Essays]

QC   16            E 5   A 3

QC16.E5 A3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Pennsylvania Germans : a celebration of their arts, 1683-1850 / Beatrice B. Garvan & Charles F. Hummel.

NK  835            P 4   P 53   1982

NK835.P4 P53 1982

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Pennsylvania-German decorated chest / Monroe H. Fabian ; foreword by Frederick S. Weiser.

NK 2435            P 4

NK2435.P4

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Percussion / James Holland ; foreword by Pierre Boulez.

ML 1030            H 64   1981

ML1030 .H64 1981

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Personal strategies for living with less stress / Richard A. Stein.

BF  575            S 75   S 72   1983

BF575.S75 S72 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Philosophers and philosophies / by Frederick Copleston.

B   29            C 617   1976

B29 .C617 1976

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Philosophy of religion / by H. D. Lewis.

BL   51            L 468

BL51 .L468

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Physics and philosophy; the revolution in modern science.

QC    6            H 34

QC6 .H34

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Politics and philosophy : the necessity and limitations of rational argument / Stanley S. Kleinberg.

B   65            K 64   1991

B65 .K64 1991

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Portable Faulkner / edited by Malcolm Cowley.

PS 3511            A 86   A 6

PS3511.A86 A6

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Power of non-violence / by Richard B. Gregg; with a forword by Martin Luther King, Jr.

HM  278            G 7   1960

HM278 .G7 1960

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Precussion; performance and instructional techniques / [by] Charles L. Spohn [and] John J. Tatgenhorst.

MT  655            S 66   1971

MT655 .S66 1971

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Preventing birth : contemporary methods and related moral controversies / by James W. Knight and Joan C. Callahan.

RG  136            K 595   1989

RG136 .K595 1989

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Principles of industrial chemistry / Chris A. Clausen III, Guy Mattson.

TP  145            C 67

TP145 .C67

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Pro football A to Z : a fully illustrated guide to America's favorite sport / George Sullivan.

GV  951            S 898   1975

GV951 .S898 1975

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Process engineering in biotechnology / A.T. Jackson.

TP  24824          J 33   1991

TP248.24 .J33 1991

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Professional football's greatest games.

BGV  954            M 5

B/GV954 .M5

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Radical liberal, new man in American politics / [by] Arnold S. Kaufman. Foreword by Hans J. Morgenthau.

JC  599            U 5   K 37

JC599.U5 K37

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Reading Nietzsche / edited by Robert C. Solomon and Kathleen M. Higgins.

B 3317            R 35   1988

B3317 .R35 1988

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Rediscovering the parables.

BT  375            J 413   1966 A

BT375 .J413 1966a

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Renaissance architecture in Venice, 1450-1540 / Ralph Lieberman.

NA 1121            V 4   L 53   1982

NA1121.V4 L53 1982

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Renbe Magritte, life and work / Uwe M. Schneede ; translated by W. Walter Jaffe.

ND  673            M 35   S 313   1982

ND673.M35 S313 1982

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Reptiles / by Archie Carr and the editors of Life.

QL  644            C 3

QL644 .C3

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Research methods in health, physical education [and] recreation.

GV   145           A 6   1959

GV14.5 .A6 1959

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Responsibility.

BJ 1451            G 58   1970 B

BJ1451 .G58 1970b

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Rise and decline of the state / Martin van Creveld.

JC   11            V 35   1999

JC11 .V35 1999

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Risks of passive smoking / Roy J. Shephard.

RA 1242            T 6   S 43   1982

RA1242.T6 S43 1982

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Sitting on the job : how to survive the stresses of sitting down to work : a practical handbook / Scott W. Donkin ; contributing editor, Joseph J. Sweere ; illustration and design, Jan Kelley Weinberg.

RC  965            O 3   D 66   1989

RC965.O3 D66 1989

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Slavery attacked : Southern slaves and their allies, 1619-1865 / Merton L. Dillon.

E  441            D 55   1990

E441 .D55 1990

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Sleep and dreams : a sourcebook / [edited by] Jayne Gackenbach.

BF 1071            S 585   1987

BF1071 .S585 1987

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Sleep and wakefulness.

QP  425            K 53   1963

QP425 .K53 1963

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Social aspects of sport / Eldon E. Snyder, Elmer A. Spreitzer.

GV  7065           S 63   1983

GV706.5 .S63 1983

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Social policy of the American welfare state : an introduction to policy analysis / Robert Morris.

HN   65            M 614

HN65 .M614

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Structure of social stratification in the United States / Leonard Beeghley.

HN   90            S 6   B 44   1989

HN90.S6 B44 1989

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Sun King.

DC  125            M 5   1966 A

DC125 .M5 1966a

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Tastemakers : the shaping of American popular taste / Russell Lynes.

N 6505            L 96   1980

N6505 .L96 1980

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Teaching with technology : creating student-centered classrooms / Judith Haymore Sandholtz, Cathy Ringstaff, David C. Dwyer ; foreword by Larry Cuban.

LB 10285           S 235   1997

LB1028.5 .S235 1997

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Tennis / Joan D. Johnson, Paul J. Xanthos.

GV  995            J 62   1997

GV995 .J62 1997

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Testament of hope : the essential writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. / edited by James Melvin Washington.

E  18597          K 5   A 25   1991

E185.97.K5 A25 1991

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Those great cowboy sidekicks / by David Rothel.

PN 19959           W 4   R 673   1984

PN1995.9.W4 R673 1984

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

To be young and gifted / edited by Pnina S. Klein and Abraham J. Tannenbaum.

BF  723            G 5   T 6   1992

BF723.G5 T6 1992

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Trust your children : voices against censorship in children's literature / Mark West.

Z 1037            A 1   W 38   1997

Z1037.A1 W38 1997

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Twentieth century interpretations of Dubliners : a collection of critical essays / Edited by Peter K. Garrett.

PR 6019            O 9   D 87

PR6019.O9 D87

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Twenty-five years of chemical engineering progress; silver anniversary volume / Edited by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick. Contributors: W. L. Badger [and others]

TP   20            A 5   1968

TP20 .A5 1968

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Urban riots: violence and social change / Edited by Robert H. Connery.

HN   58            U 7

HN58 .U7

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Victorian furniture.

NK 2528            J 4

NK2528 .J4

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Victorian rebel ; the life of William Morris.

PR 5083            E 75

PR5083 .E75

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Victorian revival in interior design / by Jim Kemp.

NK 21155           V 53   K 45   1985

NK2115.5.V53 K45 1985

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Violence, race, and culture / Lynn A. Curtis.

E  18565          C 8

E185.65 .C8

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Virtually safe cigarettes : reviving an opportunity once tragically rejected / Gio Batta Gori.

RA 1242            T 6   G 67   2000

RA1242.T6 G67 2000

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Way to life / by Ernest Fremont Tittle.

BR   85            T 55

BR85 .T55

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

World of antiques, art, and architecture in Victorian America / Robert Bishop and Patricia Coblentz.

NK  807            B 54   1979

NK807 .B54 1979

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Worldly philosophers : the lives, times, and ideas of the great economic thinkers / Robert L. Heilbroner.

HB   76            H 4   1986

HB76 .H4 1986

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Writing term papers : the research paper, the critical paper / Hulon Willis.

LB 2369            W 53

LB2369 .W53

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

You, your child and drugs.

HV 5801            C 49

HV5801 .C49

 

Main Collection

 

 

 

Millennium 2000 world book [interactive multimedia] / [developed for World Book, Inc. by IVID Communications, Inc.]

AE    5            W 55 X   1999   CDROM

AE5 .W55x 1999 CDROM

 

Media Center

 

 

 

American genre painting : the politics of everyday life / Elizabeth Johns.

ND 14515           J 64   1991

ND1451.5 .J64 1991

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

American impressionism / William H. Gerdts.

ND  2105           I 4   G 474   1984

ND210.5.I4 G474 1984

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

American impressionists, by Donelson F. Hoopes.

ND  2105           I 4   H 6

ND210.5.I4 H6

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Arts & crafts style / Isabelle Anscombe.

NK 1142            A 52   1991

NK1142 .A52 1991

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Arts and crafts house / Adrian Tinniswood.

NA 7325            T 56   1999

NA7325 .T56 1999

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Courts of the Italian Renaissance / Sergio Bertelli, Franco Cardini, Elvira Garbero Zorzi ; contributing authors, Elisa Acanfora ... [et al.].

DG  537            C 6713   1986

DG537 .C6713 1986

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Early American furniture, from settlement to city : aspects of form, style, and regional designs from 1620 to 1830 / edited by Mary Jean Madigan and Susan Colgan.

NK 2406            E 15   1983

NK2406 .E15 1983

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Encyclopedia of decorative styles, 1850-1935 / William Hardy, Steven Adams, Arie van deLemme.

NK 1370            H 37   1988

NK1370 .H37 1988

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

English vernacular furniture 1750-1900 / Christopher Gilbert.

NK 2528            G 45   1991

NK2528 .G45 1991

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Eskimos.

E   99            E 7   B 65   1971

E99.E7 B65 1971

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Events that shaped the century / by the editors of Time-Life Books, Alexandria, Virginia ; with a foreword by Buzz Aldrin.

E  741            E 94   1998

E741 .E94 1998

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Faces of bronze. Photos. by Pierre Allard and Philippe Luzuy. Pref. by Paul Morand. Text by Philippe Luzuy and Pierre-Andrbe Boutang. Translated by Douglas J. Gillam.

F 3722            A 613

F3722 .A613

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Flowering of American folk art, 1776-1876 / Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester.

NK  806            L 52   1977

NK806 .L52 1977

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

French furniture makers : the art of the bebbeniste from Louis XIV to the revolution / Alexandre Pradaere ; translated by Perran Wood.

NK 2548            P 6713   1989

NK2548 .P6713 1989

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

French interior in the eighteenth century / John Whitehead.

NK  947            W 48   1993

NK947 .W48 1993

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

French interiors & furniture. The period of Louis XIV / Francis J. Geck.

N 6846            G 44   1990

N6846 .G44 1990

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

French textiles, from 1760 to the present / Mary Schoeser, Kathleen Dejardin.

NK 8849            A 1   S 36   1991

NK8849.A1 S36 1991

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Grammar of ornament : all 100 color plataes from the folio edition of the great Victorian sourcebook of historic design / Owen Jones.

NK 1510            J 7   1987

NK1510 .J7 1987

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Great rivers of the world.

GB 12032           G 74   1984

GB1203.2 .G74 1984

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Historic ornament : a pictorial archive : 900 fine examples from ancient Egypt to 1800, suitable for reproduction / C. B. Griesbach.

NK 1530            G 7413   1975

NK1530 .G7413 1975

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Indoor action games for elementary children : active games and academic activities for fun and fitness / David R. Foster, James L. Overholt ; illustrations by Ron Schultz.

GV  443            F 65   1989

GV443 .F65 1989

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Louis Comfort Tiffany / Alastair Duncan.

NK 5198            T 5   D 86   1992

NK5198.T5 D86 1992

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Peoples and cultures / general editor, Alisdair Rogers.

G  128            P 46   1992

G128 .P46 1992

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Splendors of Versailles / presented by the Mississippi Commission for International Cultural Exchange, Inc. and Mus'ee National des Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon ; Claire Constans and Xavier Salmon,editors ; Jean-Marc Man"ai, photographer.

NK 2049            V 47 S 65   1998

NK2049 .V47S65 1998

 

Oversize Collection

 

 

 

Eleanor Roosevelt [videorecording] / written and directed by Sue Williams ; a film by Ambrica Productions, Inc. in association with the American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; WGBH-TV, Boston.

E  8071           R 7   E 43   2000

E807.1.R7 E43 2000

 

Video Collection

 

 

 

Troublesome Creek [videorecording] : a Midwestern / West City Films, Inc. ; produced in association with BBC/Fine Cut, WGBH/The American Experience ; produced, directed and written by Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher.

HD 1773            A 3   T 76

HD1773.A3 T76

 

Video Collection

 

 

 

Flowers for Algernon / by Daniel Keyes.

PS 3561            E 769   F 58   1967

PS3561.E769 F58 1967

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

Girl who chased away sorrow : the diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo girl / by Ann Turner.

E   99            N 3   T 87   1999

E99.N3 T87 1999

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

I know why the caged bird sings / Maya Angelou.

PS 3551            N 464   Z 466   1970

PS3551.N464 Z466 1970

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

I know why the caged bird sings.

PS 3551            N 464   Z 466   1969

PS3551.N464 Z466 1969

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

Last book in the universe / Rodman Philbrick.

PZ    7            P 52112   LA   2000

PZ7.P52112 La 2000

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

Stonewall / Jean Fritz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell.

E  4671           J 15   F 74   1989

E467.1.J15 F74 1989

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

They had a dream : the civil rights struggle, from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, and Malcolm X / Jules Archer.

E  18596          A 73   1996

E185.96 .A73 1996

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

To kill a mockingbird.

PZ    4            L 4778   T 0

PZ4.L4778 T0

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

We remember the Holocaust / David A. Adler.

D  8043           A 35   1989

D804.3 .A35 1989

 

Young Adult Collection

 

 

 

 

Appendix 3

 

Voyager OPAC Screens

 

 

 


October 25, 2001

 

Dr. Susan Kupisch

Vice President for Academic Affairs and

Dean of the University

Lambuth University

705 Lambuth Boulevard

Jackson, TN 38301

 

Dear Dr. Kupisch:

 

In follow up to our conversation on October 3, I would like to ask your permission to conduct a survey of library users of the Luther L. Gobbel Library. The survey would take place from October 28 through November 19, and results will be used as partial fulfillment of a research course being taken online through Southern Connecticut State University in the Master of Library Science program. Additionally, if accepted, the results may be published in a library science journal.

 

The project does not divulge any confidentiality of the student nor of the university. Information will be obtained through use of the Voyager electronic library system (without accessing patron records) and through brief survey (a copy of which is attached). Care is being taken to avoid disruption of the library’s daily procedures.

 

If permission is granted, please sign below, and this document will be submitted as part of the course project. All information collected will be submitted to the institutional research department.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Dr. Pam Dennis

Luther L. Gobbel Library

Lambuth University

705 Lambuth Boulevard

Jackson, TN 38301

 

Pam Dennis has my permission to conduct a research project in Luther L. Gobbel Library of Lambuth University library patrons. I understand that there is no breech of confidentiality in the study and all results will be submitted to the university’s institutional research department.

 

__________________________                                _______________________

Dr. Susan Kupisch                                                        Date

Vice President for Academic Affairs and

Dean of the University


 

 

 

October 25, 2001

 

Dr. Martha Glover

Director of Institutional Research

and Affirmative Action Officer

Lambuth University

705 Lambuth Boulevard

Jackson, TN 38301

 

Dear Dr. Glover:

 

I would like to ask your permission to conduct a survey of library users of the Luther L. Gobbel Library. The survey would take place from October 28 through November 19, and results will be used as partial fulfillment of a research course being taken online through Southern Connecticut State University in the Master of Library Science program. Additionally, if accepted, the results may be published in a library science journal.

 

The project does not divulge any confidentiality of the student nor of the university. Information will be obtained through use of the Voyager electronic library system (without accessing patron records) and through brief survey (a copy of which is attached). Care is being taken to avoid disruption of the library’s daily procedures.

 

If permission is granted, please sign below, and this document will be submitted as part of the course project. All information collected will be submitted to the institutional research department.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dr. Pam Dennis

Luther L. Gobbel Library

Lambuth University

705 Lambuth Boulevard

Jackson, TN 38301

 

 

Pam Dennis has my permission to conduct a research project in Luther L. Gobbel Library of Lambuth University library patrons. I understand that there is no breech of confidentiality in the study and all results will be submitted to the university’s institutional research department.

 

__________________________                                _______________________

Dr. Martha Glover                                                        Date

Director of Institutional Research

and Affirmative Action Officer


October 30, 2001

 

Registrar’s Office

 

Joanie, I am working on a library project and need to get some statistics. I am looking for numbers of students by the following categories:

1. Total number of students enrolled

2. Total number of students in each classification (freshman, sophomore, etc.)

 

 

 

 

3. Total number of students in each declared major + total undecided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you give me these figures or tell me who might have them? Please feel free to just write them on this form and return it to my box. I really appreciate your help.

Pam Dennis

x3479

dennis@lambuth.edu