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STAFF PHOTO BY SUSAN USME* MEDICAL RECORD TECHNOLOGY student Tikila Morgan (foreground) helps BCC Librarian Sha ron Gore (background) as bar-coding of the entire library collection continues. On-Line Catalogue, Circulation Making BCC Library Easier To Use BY SUSAN USHER Brunswick Community College's library is going high-tech this sum mer. By making the library easier to use, the move to automated or "on line" catalogue and circulation is ex pected to benefit the entire school community, students most of all. The on-line card catalogue is al ready available, and has been well received. "The best reason for automation is the very positive comments we're getting from the people who are us ing it," librarian Sharon Gore said. "The students thought the micro fiche card catalog was a royal pain and it was hard for some of them to use." The conversion project will even tually save staff time and reduce their workload. Now though, it is very time-consuming. This week, the li brary staff and medical record tech nology student volunteers arc bar coding the library's entire collec tion?approximately 10,000 vol umes, so that they can be "read" or identified by machine. The students arc getting extra credit for the work, since it provides them with experi ence in a type of record management. W ''' (/< V* GALLERY LOCAL ART ? POTTERY JEWELRY ART SUPPLIES STITCH ERY "THE UNUSUAL" Selected for your pleasure by Artist ? Owner f Betty Peat ? Calabash Post Office Complex " Mwy. 179 ? (919)579-9929 ' If all goes well Gore hopes the li brary will be checking out books af ter students register for summer quarter. "We could run into some prob lems that we don't know about, but that's our target," she said. "We may not have all the books bar-codcd by then." The summer term will serve as a trial run, a chance to work out any glitches in the system before fall quarter. The system will be easier?and faster?to use than the manual ap proach. Information about the library's entire collection has been stored in a computer data base. From two pub lic computer terminals, library users can quickly Find out if material by a certain author or on a specific sub ject is available, and its location on the shelves. All they need to do is type in a few key words, following the instructions on the monitor screen. Starting in June, check-out will be simpler?no signing or stamping of cards. The bar code assigned each item in the library means that it can be "read" or identified by computer, the same way food stores electroni cally scan packages at the checkout counter. Patrons will use identification cards that also have bar codes. When the books and cards arc scan ned, a computer record is made of each transaction. That will make it easy to check any time to see what items arc in circulation, or are over due, and who borrowed them. Automation will make it possible to generate other reports as well, such as what items are being circulated, and which aren't being used at all. It should also speed inventory-taking, since the library has a portable scan ner. Students and faculty will also benefit in other ways. For example, the library will now be able to quickly provide instructors with a bibliography of books available on a certain subject A major reason for automation is gaining the capability to network with other libraries. With additional funding, BCC's library will be able to link with other community col leges across the southeastern region, sharing card catalogues, making in terlibrary loans and sharing other re sources. Spearheaded by Carteret Community College, a coalition has applied for a grant to do just that, and is also exploring other sources of funding. "We're all schools in the same re gion, of similar size and with some of the same problems and chal lenges," said Gore. Automation of the college library "took a little cooperation on every one's part," she said, involving the college, the Brunswick Community College Foundation and the BCC Student Government Association. The effort began a year ago, with a presentation to a receptive BCC Foundation, which provided more than 510,000 to match BCC funds. The SGA bought the hardware need ed to create the cards, which for stu dents and employees will also serve as BCC identification cards. Community patrons (the library's collection and services are available to the public) will also need an iden tification card to borrow materials. A fee of $2 per card will be collect ed to cover the cost, said Gore. The project is costing approxi mately S20.000, and has been a learn-as-you-go experience for li brary staff, "but it's worth it," said Gore. Automation of the BCC library will leave the Brunswick County Public Library system one of the few in the region without automa tion, and one of only a handful of public libraries in the state with manual operations. Brunswick County high school libraries are al ready on-line, as are other college and public libraries in the area. STAY IN RANGE \? fj0 With hands-free com munication, even in hard-to-reach environ ments PAGER RENTAL ?Superior audible quality, when you as low as need to hear a message . ^ . 'Blinking red light or an optional 50 CENTS PER DAY Silent vibration feature alerts you when you're paged. ?Convenient volume control makes sure that you get the message loud and clear. ?So lightweight and compact, it easily aMTIO attaches to a belt or fits in your pocket AI LAN I IO ? Wide-area coverage TCI PPHONF '24-hour service ' 'Call today for information and a free 754-4311 demonstration. BCC Auditorium Status Uncertain Construction crews are still working a regular work schedule on the Odcll Williamson Auditorium site, though the project is approximately five months behind schedule. "The contractor is still not putting the manpower on the job we'd like to see," Ken Phelps of Boncy Architects told Brunswick Community College trustees last Wednesday. "They're still working a 40-hour stan dard week." Phelps estimated the project is three to four weeks from a "semifinal" inspection. After that it will be "three to four weeks or however long it takes to complete" any work that remains or needs correcting. Phelps said a new project superintendent on the job has been good at catching needed repairs before they are pointed out by the architect, which should help shorten the completion time. BCC is still uncertain of the project's status since de claring the contractor in default in mid-April. As of last Wednesday, said board chairman David Kelly, the bond ing company is still "not acknowledging" BCC's notifi cation and the original contractor. Hatcher Construction Co. of Fayetteville, is still on the job, though a new pro ject superintendent is on site. All correspondence is be ing routed to the bonding company, ITT Hartford, with repairs pointed out "on the spot" and through the archi tect's correspondence. At a particular point in the construction schedule, a day or more of "silence" (possibly over a weekend) will be required on the site to accommodate the acoustical technician. "Silence" is perhaps a misnomer, since the technician wants no construction noise, but does want to bring in a live "audience" into the facility so that the acoustics can be properly adjusted. Rigging and theater technicians also need lime in the facility. In other business trustees: ?approved the hiring of Porcia Starks as library techni cal assistant at a salary of $16,288. She is presently a li brary assistant with the Columbus County Schools; ?accepted the resignation of Glenn Barefoot, resources development officcr and executive director of the Brunswick Community College Foundation. ?set their June 16 meeting at the Southport annex on North Lord Street, so as to look over recent building renovations; ?accepted a $3,545 bid to build an overflow parking lot for the Williamson Auditorium; ?learned that BCC's state audit was without exception, as anticipated, with only brief mention of the physical inventories since auditors were not on campus for that; a 10,000 gallon underground fuel tank has been moved; the greenhouse at the Brunswick Interagency Program was nearing completion; and that federal auditors were recently on campus for only the second time since BCC opened, with a report due within the next several months following a "good" exit interview. ?heard from BCC President W. Michael Reaves that he is preparing proposed list of members for both an Odcll Williamson Auditorium Board and a separate advisory group, to be presented to trustees in June. BCC SUMMER QUARTFR Registration For Summer Begins Tuesday Registration for summer quarter while new students should contact and refrigeration; general education; curriculum classes at Brunswick the Office of Student Services for automotive mechanics; business ad Community College begins Tues- assignment of an advisor. ministration; cosmetology; welding; day, June 1, on the main campus Late registration is Wednesday, general education; general office; north of Supply. June 2, and Monday, June 7, from business computer programming; Registration will be from 10 a.m. ^ .P,m .and 5 P.m- *1 electronic engineering technology; to 7 p.m? said public information L \ Cg^Tadmm.strat.ve office technology; officer Anne Marie Bellamy. are ava. able Thursday, June 3. from and real estate. *0 a.m. to 1 p.m. The student services office can be Reluming students are required to Students can select classes in reached at 754-6900, 457-6329 or see their curriculum advisor first, these areas: air conditioning, heating 343-0203. For June Brides Dana's Creative House & t of Buys Garden Shop ?"Bridal Flowers" Book 'Wedding Herbs ?Herb, Garden & Cookbooks 'Journals ?Pottery *Note Cards "Yankee Candles ?Baskets ?Handpainted Birdhouses Big Healthy Tomato Plants ? Roses ? Herbs ? Flowering Perennials ? 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