Mnvftmber 1978.
COMPASS
Library Has New Security System
Pages
By PATRICIA BLUNT
The Checkpoint System
is now operating in
Elizabeth City State
University’s G. R. Little
Library. Its purpose is to
remind forgetful people to
properly check-out library
materials. According to a
library sposkesman, such
an electronic detection
system is designed to: Pro
tect the collection against
unauthorized removals;
Enable the circulation
system to work more effi
ciently; and Provide better
library service for all
users.
For the system to work,
students must enter and
leave the library through
the prescribed entrance
and exit gates. If a student
wishes to borrow
materials, he must bring
them to the circulation
desk for proper charge-out
before exiting the library.
With Checkpoint it will not
be necessary to inspect
brief cases, parcels, etc.
unless they activate the
system. A library
spokesman said that if the
alarm should sound, the
student should return to
the circulation desk so so
meone on the library staff
can charge out the
materials for him.
Checkpoint was not
designed to catch would-be
pilferers, library official
said, but to monitor
“preconditioned” library
materials to insure they
are properly checked-out.
The library representative
also said that the system
electronically detects
library materials through
brief cases, parcels and
clothing, yet it is complete
ly safe and harmless. He
explained that it operates
on regular house current
(llOV) and requires less
power than is needed to
light a 25 watt bulb. The
system, he said will not af
fect film, cassette or com
puter tapes, or any other
personal object. Walking
through Checkpoint, he
assured the students, is as
safe as standing next to
your home radio.
“Through cooperation
with the borrowing pro
cedures, a library
representative said, all of
us can help eliminate the
inconvenience and frustra
tion of not being able to
find particular volumes
when they are needed. By
deterring unrecorded as
well as unauthorized
removal of library
volumes. Checkpoint
should help to minimize
financial loss and max
imize service for the entire
community of users.”
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Industrial Arts Major, Robert Branch, instructs
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New In Art Department
Ms. Jenny McIntosh
By. HENRY T. THARPS
Ms. Jenny C. McIntosh,
a native of Kingtree, South
Carolina, is the newest ad
dition to the ECSU Art
Department. Her back
ground includes a B.S. and
M.S. degree in art educa
tion, from Radford Col
lege. Currently she is
working toward her Ph.D.
at Flordia State Universi
ty.
Previously Ms. McIntosh
has taught art for four and
a half years. She has
taught in high school but
has also substituted at
Flordia State University.
Ms. McIntosh has a
sp'ecial interest in
silversmith work in which
a person can be very
creative. Her hobbies in
clude traveling and
boating.
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Leon Bates, Concert Pianist, at ECSU Performance
Speech/Hearing Center
Provides Campus Service
By TREQUITA HOOPER
The Elizabeth City State
University Speech and
Hearing center is an
outgrowth of the Speech
Pathology and Audiology
concentraticn. The center
was established in 1972,
with the purposes of pro
viding speech pathology
and audiology students
with background ex
perience in their field of
study and the opportunity
to work in a professional,
clinical atmosphere.
The Speech and Hearing
Center was initially under
the supervision of Helen
Caldwell. Currently Dr.
Lois Green, is directing the
Speech center and the con
centration.
Students who come to the
center for therapy are
referred or they come in on
a self-referral basis.
Students are usually refer
red by a teacher because of
their performance in class
or they are referred
because of their inability to
pass the speech per
formance test ad
ministered by the universi
ty. Students who come in
on a self-referral basis are
usually interested in im
proving their general
speaking ability. This
semester the center has an
enrollment of approx
imately 50 students.
Students enrolled in the
Speech Pathology and
Audiology concentration,
work as therapists and
assist in correcting speech
problems such as articula
tion, voice and stuttering
disorders. They are also
qualified to administer
audiometric evaluations,
articulation tests and oral
peripherals, which are ex
aminations of the oral
cavity. The students are
also in charge of individual
and group therapy, involv
ing a variety of cases.
Individual therapy is
designed to deal directly
with the problem. Group
therapy deals with general
speech improvement, con
centrating on pronuncia
tion, eye contact, posture,
and voice projection.
Usually Dr. Green will
recommend a student with
a more serious problem to
individual therapy, but the
final decision is up to the
student.
As part of clinical prac-
tium the students recently
participated in a screening
test for hearing disorders.
The students administered
audiological evaluations to
all the elementary school
age children in Elizabeth
City, Pasquotank County.