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"ABle Nagy, VP Phi Kappa Phi, explained the "Phi Kappa Phi Library Challenge" to the audienceat the Blue Key Library Fair Luncheon. With Allie at the head table, from the left are Dr. MelvinGeorge, Dr. John Byrne, Jessa Wittwer, Coordinator of the Fair, Robert Lundeen, Chairman of theLibrary Expansion Project, and Jeff Valdes, President of Blue Key.

Blue Key Library Fair: Student Demonstration resultsin a pledge of $500,000 for the Library Expansion Project!

The Associated Students ofOSU Senate voted April 17th to pledge$500,000 in student fees over a periodof years to help fund the Kerr LibraryExpansion Pro ject. JessaWittwer, stu-dent representative on the Friends ofthe Library Board, and a member ofBlue Key National Honor Fraternity,introduced Bill # 50-AB-18 in the Stu-dent Senate as part of the "Blue keyLibrary Fair" activities.

"We want to demonstrate ac-tive student support for the Library tothe state, the community and OSUleadership. We must increase the vis-ibility of the Library Expansion Projecton campus and provide an opportu-nity for students to get involved inimproving the Library," said Jessa,coordinator of the fair.

The "Library Fair" was heldon Wednesday, April 24th in the Me-

morial Union quad. In spite of Aprilshowers, Blue Key members circu-lated petitions to the Legislature ask-ing for a state appropriation for li-brary construction to be made with-out delay.

Students studied the modelof the expanded Library and voted fortheir favorite areas with "Blue KeyBucks." Blue Key members also spon-sored a used book sale and awardedprizes donated by local merchants.

At the "Library Fair" Lun-cheon, AllieNagy, Student Vice Presi-dent of Phi Kappa Phi, told leaders ofthe Corvallis business community, theUniversity and some members of theLegislature, "Our Library, which isthe foundation of academic leaning,which houses the Linus Pauling Col-lection and which serves as a resourcefor anyone with a need, is worthy of

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support and the students of OregonState University are proud to supportthe Library Expansion Project."

As a part of the "Library Fair"activities, Phi Kappa Phi organizedtheir "Library Challenge." Phi KappaPhi, OSU's only national honor soci-ety for upper classmen, had chosen tosupport the Library because of its roleas the foundation of scholarship andas a resource that all students use. PhiKappa Phi challenged about 100 otherstudent groups cooperatively to matchtheir donation of $2,000 to the LibraryExpansion Project. The purpose of thechallenge was to mobilize students insupport of the Expansion Project.

A number of groups re-sponded to the challenge and ex-ceeded the match with a donation of$3,750. In addition, the OSU StudentFoundation pledged to contribute$50,000 to the Expansion Project overthe next ten years. The checks andpledges were presented to Dr. MelGeorge. Following this presentation,Bob Lundeen, Chairman of the Li-brary Expansion Project VolunteerSteering Committee, spoke briefly onthe "Importance of the OSU FamilyCommitment." President Byrne re-marked on the "Significance of Stu-dent Leadership" at OSU.

The significance of the Stu-dent Senate's action cannot be over-emphasized. Jim Kennison, LibraryExpansion Project Director, pointedout, "A $500,000 commitment fromstudents, at a time when tuition isgoing up 42%, plus a possible sur-charge, when programs are being cutand enrollments are being downsizedand then capped, shouts a loud andclear message: OSU students care."

The students assumed a criti-cal leadership role in the fund raisingeffort and they willingly and eagerlyaccepted the challenge of providing a

lead gift in order to encourage faculty,community, and state support for theLibrary.

They were asked to be vision-ary: "WHEREAS, this is an opportu-nity to leave a lasting contribution toour university and all students to fol-low", and were inspired by LinusPauling's senior oration remarks from1922,

"This, then, is the way we canrepay OAC -by service. Our college isfounded on the idea of service, andwe, as students, are the representa-tives of the college. It is upon us thatthe duty falls of carrying out that ba-

The Friends of the Library An-nual Meeting

"Great universities, like greatcities, are measured by their librar-ies," said Scott Smith, of Sasaki Asso-ciates, and the architect for the OSULibrary Expansion Project. Mr. Smithwas the guest speaker for the FriendsAnnual Luncheon. "I view librarybuildings as the heart of educationalinstitutions since they provide a dy-namic, intellectual force in university

sic idea. We are going into the worldinspired with the resolution of ser-vice, eager to show our love for ourcollege and our appreciation of herwork by being of service to our fellowmen."

There is a positive irony tothe timing of the passage of the Stu-dent Senate bill. On the day FrankRoberts was taking higher educationto task from a distance, those for whomhigher education is intended, the stu-dents of OSU, were saying "We be-lieve in and are committed to the fu-ture of the University."

Scott Smith, the architect for the Library Expansion Project, discussed the plans for the expandedlibrary at the Friends Annual Luncheon."

life. The library plays a myriad of vitalroles in university life. It is a house ofknowledge. It is a protected site forthat collection, as well as for accesssystems. It is a center for the distribu-tion of knowledge to a student popu-lation which represents future gen-erations."

Dr. George introduced Mr.Smith, who has designed a wide rangeof buildings for educational, commer-cial and governmental projects inter-nationally. Currently, Mr. Smith is aprincipal with Sasaki Associates

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which is collaborating on the OSULibrary project with a Portland firm,SRG Partnership.

As Mr. Smith prepared thedesign for the current library expan-sion project, he adhered to theLibrary's historic position as the cen-ter of the campus. He admitted thatwhen architects and library directorsare asked to plan for 20 years, it is adifficult assignment since electronicadvances are increasing the complex-ity of a multi-faceted system of ser-vices.

He gave a quick tour of theLibrary expansion project by usinglarge board drawings of the Libraryfloor plans. The building will be en-larged by 125,000 square feet. Archi-tecturally, new floors and ceilings willline up with the existing structure. Hedisplayed the new northern facade,which would be sympathetic to thehistoric architecture around the quad-rangle.

He also described the inte-rior. The new entry in the expandedLibrary will provide a porch for shak-ing off the rain, a vestibule in which tomeet friends, an Information Desk toanswer directional questions, a secu-rity point to protect the collection,access to 3 new high speed elevatorsand a Circulation Desk. A rotunda,located outside the mam security area,will provide a 24 hour study area aswell as vending machines for refresh-ments. In other parts of the building,the reading/study tables will be lo--

cated toward the exterior walls forbest access to light. The 4th floor willbe designated for technical and bib-liographic services. The 5th floor willhouse stacks, readers and special col-lections.

In conclusion, Mr. Smith saidthat the new facade provides a strongentry, articulated windows and towerstructures which complement adja-cent buildings.

Anne Merryfield, Presidentof the Friends, welcomed the Friendsfor lunch, and conducted the meet-ing. She drew attention to the Bene-factors. Those attending the luncheonreceived a copy of the Linus PaulingSenior Class Oration, which had beenspecially printed to celebrate Dr. Linus

Pauling's 90th birthday.Anne recognized another

group of Friends for their donationsof 5 or more consecutive years. Thesedonors are important to the Friends inmeeting the FOL pledge to the Li-brary Expansion Project.

Dr. Melvin George recog-nized several Friends and staff mem-bers who have contributed to theLibrary's progress this year. He saidaccomplishments were not possiblewithout good friends and colleagueswho supported Library programs anddevelopment with contributions. Dr.George introduced Dean Almgren andDon Hunt who were involved withLibrary expansion in 1963 when thefirst 4 floors were completed and in1971 when floors 5 and 6 were addedto the central Library.

Dr. George highlighted a fewsignificant accomplishments for 1990-91. He introducedThe Pauling Cata-logue. This volume was prepared bySpecial Collections Librarian, CliffordMead, with funds from the FOL, andtook 3 years to complete. It was pre-sented to Dr. Pauling during his cam-pus wide 90th birthday celebration. Itis a first edition and complete bibliog-raphy of 923 items which are impor-tant to the history of science and thedevelopment of new scientific ideas.

Dr. George also appraised theFriends of a 3.5 million dollars en-dowment given by the Campbell fam-ily. This gift provides for the endowedchair awarded to Dr. George and al-ters his title to read, "The Delpha andDonald Campbell Director of Librar-ies." He said that some of the incomefrom the Campbell endowment wouldbe available for the expansion project.

A third important occasionfor 1990-91 was the designation of$500,000, as a deferred gift, by Mr.TillmanForman. Dr. George thankedPresident Byrne and the UniversityFoundation for their steadfast sup-port of the Library. "Although BallotMeasure 5 will have an impact, theexpansion project will continue tobuild on private contributions, andthere is still a good chance that statefunds will be available in the nextbiennium."

Dr. George named HenriettaChambers as the recipient of the

Director's Award for 1990-91.Henrietta has been responsible fororganizing the Docent programs thisyear, and planning the tours in whichthe docents demonstrate their skilland knowledge as guides in the Li-brary. Several docents were availableto guide the Friends before the lun-cheon.

Dr. George reminded theFriends of the Blue Key National

Honor Fraternity Library Fair Day forApril 24th in the Memorial Unionquadrangle.

Mary O'Brien announcedthat Clell Conrad, John Decius, DonHunt and Roger Lindquist had beennominated and agreed to serve on the199 1-92 Board of Directors. They wereelected by a voice vote. Freda Varswas unanimously elected Presidentfor the coming year.

Pat Grace, Head of Special Reference Services, explained the Government DocumentsDivision to patrons.

Government Documents AsLibrary Resources

Kerr Library is a depositoryfor U.S. Government publications. Thenational depository library program,which began in the late 19th century,authorizes the Government PrintingOffice (GPO) to distribute, free ofcharge, the publications of many gov-ernment agencies to depository librar-ies throughout the country. Many ofthese documents can also be pur-chased at various GPO bookstoresaround the country.

Each state has one regionaldepository and can have at least one

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selective depository per congressionaldistrict. Regional depositories -Oregon's is at Portland State Univer-sity Library - acquire all depositorypublications. The selective deposito-ries pick only the publications that arenecessary to carry out their mission.The OSU Libraries are a selective de-pository.

The U.S. government is one ofthe largest information producers andpublishers in the world. Each depart-ment and agency generates informa-tion: the Spotted Owl Report producedby the Forest Service; daily weathermaps produced by the NationalWeather Service; Supreme Court cases;the Congressional Record and hear-

ings; medical literature indexes fromthe National Library of Medicine;maps from the U.S. Geological Sur-vey. These come to our library as onlypart of the depository program.

Of particular interest to thisuniversity, with its emphasis on thesciences, are technical reports Thelatest research reports from NASA,the Environmental Protection Agencyand the Department of Energy, forexample, are made available, somefree of charge or at nominal cost.Agricultural and economic informa-tion from the Department ofAgriculture's Economic Research Ser-vice and Agricultural Marketing Ser-vice is heavily used here. Banking,commercial, and trade information isin plentiful supply from the Depart-ment of Commerce and the FederalReserve Board. The Consumer PriceIndex and employment statistics comefrom the Labor Department. The big-gest collection of statistics comes fromthe Census Bureau.

The government is using thelatest technology to provide informa-tion. Compact disks (CD-ROMs), simi-lar to high quality music recordings,can hold large quantities of informa-tion. The Congressional Record forone year fits on two of these smalldisks. Most of the 1990 Census, whichwill be available this summer, willalso be on CD-ROM. Up-to-date in-dexes to government publications arealso on compact disks.

The Patent and TrademarkOffice offers inventors the ability tolook up their own patent information.Using CD-ROMs, the library user cansearch the Patent Office's holdings fortheir inventions in a few hours. Thisservice has been heavily used by in-ventors from around the state andresearchers from the university. TheState Library in Salem has more com-plete patent information.

The wide variety of govern-ment information makes it difficult tofind specific items. This research pro-cess is simplified by a growing num-ber of commercially produced in-dexes, handbooks and other tools,which are specifically compiled toprovide access to government publi-cations.

Production and distribution

of information through the deposi-tory program has undergone changesin recent years. The government isproducing less informtion and mak-ing even fewer publications availableto depository libraries. There is atrend toward privatization, or con-tracting with private industry to mar-ket government produced informa-tion. Members of the library commu-nity are lobbying vigorously to keepaccess to this source of informationopen and available. The depositoryprogram is a good example of ourdemocracy in action.

Pat Grace,Head, Special Reference Services

FOL Docents Celebrate"daVinci Days" with LibraryTours

The Friends of the LibraryDocents will be participating in the"daVinci Days" for the second year.The Docents will be leading tours inthe Library from 11 am to 2 pm onSaturday, July 20th. The tours willbegin in the Seminar Room, #135 firstfloor, Kerr Library. Each tour will in-clude several areas of the Library, in-cluding: the Pauling Collection, theMcDonald Room, the Maps and Docu-ments collections, "Art in the Library",and demonstrations of newer tech-nologies such as OASIS. TheMcDonald Room, which was not in-cluded in last year's tours, holds suchtreasures as ancient Egyptian clay tab-lets that are almost 4,000 years old, a15th century Flemish choirbook, an18th century French encyclopedia andmany important historical works forthe study of early pharmacopoeae,ornithology and northwest naturalhistory. Each tour is limited to 12people, and will be led by a Docentwho has his or her own "favorites" inthe collection.

Whether your interest is inthe "treasures" in our library or inbecoming a Docent, you are invited toattend the "daVinci Days" tours or

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the Docent seminars, which are opento the University community and thepublic. For more information, call 737-2438, and mark your calendar for Sat-urday, July 20th!

Henny Chambers,FOL Docent Program

Third National Conference onLibrarians and InternationalDevelopment: "InformationManagement in the Develop-ing World"

The OSU campus broughtforth an exquisite array of spring blos-soms for the "Third National Confer-ence on Librarians and InternationalDevelopment", held at OSU April 28-30. Participants, who had lived andworked worldwide, were truly in aweof our lovely setting. We gathered toshare international experiences andexpertise.

Linda Spencer and RachelVan Wingen, Office of InformationResources Management, EPA, Wash.D.C., recounted recent efforts in south-ern Africa and eastern Europe. Spen-cer set up a UN sponsored environ-mental network in Botswana. VanWingen, with amazing speed, openedan environmental center in Budapest.President Bush, who visited Hungaryin the summer of 1989, suggested thecenter. In the fall Congress fundedthe 5 million dollar project, and EPAwent to work. Plans were formulated,a site chosen, a building renovated,equipment and materials obtainedand staff trained. The grand openingwas held in September1990, one shortyear later.

Susan Vince Emerson, a con-sultant with Technology GenerationInc. discussed the challenging admin-istrative aspects of working withinthe governmental infrastructure inEgypt and other areas of the MiddleEast. Sarojini Balachandran, Head ofScience and Technology, AuburnUniversity Library, related the trialsand joys of setting up a network of

fisheries research centers in Indone-sia, a nation of islands scattered fromthe South Pacific to the Indian Ocean.Antoinette Paris Powell, librarian ofthe Agriculture Library, University ofKentucky and editor of the OuarterlyBulletin of the International Associa-tion of Library Information Special-ists, spoke about the extent of resourcesharing in developing countries asrepresented in the library literature.

Two participants joined usthanks to special funding. Annie King,recently retired library director fromTuskegee University, was funded bythe OSU Office of International Re-search and Development. IdrisaPandit, formerly of the University ofKashmir and presently a doctoral stu-dent at the School of Infomation Sci-ences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign received a scholarshipsponsored by DIALOG, Inc.

John Byrne, OSU President,and Mel George, Director of OSU Li-braries, both strong supporters of in-ternationalizing the OSU experience,were active participants at the confer-ence. The original proposal to hold itin Corvallis was the idea and effort ofBonnie Avery, Kerr Library facultymember, who has had library devel-opment experience in Yemen, Malawiand Morocco.

In her presentation of EPA'swork, Linda Spencer reminded us thatenvironmental issues are not con-tained withinacountry'sborders. Shespoke of global challenges and build-ing bridges. This whole conferencewas really about building bridges:bridgesbetween librarians with inter-national development interests,bridges linking universities with com-mon multicultural goals, bridges join-ing developed countries with theirlesser developed neighbors, not justone-way bridges, but two-waybridges, all.

M. Anne Fox,OSU International Librarian

stead in Corvallis, knownthen as Marysville. Herother grandparents,George and Cynthia BristolHumphrey, came by wayof the McKenzie Pass. Mrs.Tschanz's father was bornon the way across theMcKenzie.Esther Humphrey enteredOAC in the fall of 1914 afterher junior year of highschool. Her parents hadboth died within the year.Her guardian arranged forher to go to OAC becauseshe needed a place to live.Her major was Home Eco-nomics, which includedcooking and sewing. "Oh, Ihad to take Chemistry ofFoods and Chemistry ofTextiles - I hated that! But Imade my graduation dresswhile I was in sewing. Dur-ing war-time food was ra-tioned. We only made onethird of a recipe. Helen

Blackwell and I made gingerbread oneday. We left out one ingredient, so weate it fast so no one would notice."

She was a member of theHome Economics Club whose "prin-cipal aims are to make housekeepingan inspiring profession instead of adrudgery..." Mrs. Tschanz said, "Anelderly friend told me that she did notmake button holes quite to suit MissSnell's liking. Miss Snell had her do50 on one piece of material. Since thenshe has done all the buttonholes forher family because she does them soexpertly."

She was also a member ofWaldo Hall Club. The purpose of theorganization was to promote a demo-cratic spirit, aid in forming strong andvaluable friendships by bringing itsmembers together and working forthe best good of all. (Beaver, 1918,p.303) "My room was on the thirdfloor at Waldo Hall. We hurried downto breakfast taking several steps at atime, for if we didn't get there right onthe minute, the door was closed andwe had no breakfast!"

William Jasper Kerr wasPresident of OAC in 1917. John B.Homer was a Professor of History

Esther Humphrey Tschanz, Class of '17,

"The world means something to the capable"

Esther Tschanz, Oldest FOL

"Over a hundred men of ourgraduating class of 1917 were away atwar and there were a good many tearsevident by the lady members of theclass", said Mrs. Esther HumphreyTschanz in a recent interview abouther days at OAC. Mrs. Tschanz wasrecognized at the Friends of the Li-brary Annual Meeting, Saturday,April 6th, as the Friends oldest mem-ber. She has donated to the Universityevery year since her graduation in1917. Since she was unable to attendthe Friends Meeting, Anne Merryfield,President of the Friends, took theFriends to her in Portland.

Mrs. Tschanz was born in1896 in Santa Clara (Eugene) whereher father had a large prune orchard.She said that both sets of her grand-parents had come across the plains incovered wagons. Joseph A. and EstherBell Hanna came with the Presbyte-rian colony by way of The Dalles.Before reaching The Dalles, they wererobbed of all but one horse and wagon.At Oregon City they were helped byDr. McLaughlin and went on to home-

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who used to put his glasses on histhumb. One day Esther was drawinga picture of him doing this and hecaught her at it. Her grandfather'sstovepipe hat is now in the Homermuseum.

After graduation from OSU,Mrs. Tschanz taught school for about8 years at Molalla, Scio, and SmithRiver. She had to get to Smith Riverby boat. She taught English, algebra,advanced mathematics, and severalhistories. "One boy was able to name70 British colonies. There aren't 70British colonies anymore."

Esther married Emil Tschanzand moved to Portland in 1924. Shehad two daughters. Cara, a graduateof U of 0 '54, works for Signal Press inEvanston, IL. Emilla, a 1947 OSUgraduate in Home Economics is onthe faculty at Humboldt State Collegein Arcata, CA.

One day in 1933 the "Bottleand Rag Man" came around in hiswagon, and asked if Mrs. Tschanzhad any antiques? She sold him asmall chest for a modest profit. Fol-lowing a visit to the two antique shopsin Portland on the east side of theriver, she opened her own shop fromher home where she still "serves herguests a little something." She hasbeen actively involved in the antiquebusiness from this pleasant neighbor-hood location for 58 years. "I do allmy correspondence at night in bed. Itis more comfortable and there are nointerruptions that way. Then I sleeplate mornings." The world has in-deed meant something to this capablewoman. We are proud to call her ourFriend.

Nancy Powell,Library Developement Officer

Katherine Whipple Hughes Osbom,Former O.S.U. Science librarian

A Tribute to Katherine HughesOsborn: Her Spirit, Truth'sBanner

Katherine Whipple HughesOsborn (June 3, 1906-March 20, 1991)dedicated 42 years of her professionallife to the development of a qualityscience-technology collection at KerrLibrary. Responsible for upgradingand organizing the library's resourcesand services, Mrs. Osborn inspiredthe library staff with her indefatigablespirit and clear sense of direction. Inadditionto servingtheuniversity com-munity as a librarian, she fulfilled ateaching role from 1928 to 1971.

Mrs. Osborn earned herM.A.in Botany at OSU in 1939 and a degreein Library Science at the University ofWashington. She held membershipsin her professional associations, in-cluding the American Library Asso-ciation, Pacific Northwest Library As-sociation, Oregon Library Associationand the Association of College andResearch Libraries. She was also amember of Phi Beta Kappa, Phi KappaPhi and Phi Sigma. As recently as1990, her master's thesis, "Contribu-tion toward a bibliography of Oregonbotany with notes on the botanicalexplorers of the state", 1939, was citedby S.A. Spongberg in a new work

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entitled A Reunion of Trees.Harry Goheen wrote the fol-

lowing sonnet to honor the energeticand committed librarian whose firmand gentle guidance played a distin-guished role in the history of KerrLibrary:

To Katherine Osbornon the Occasion of Her RetirementAfter Forty-two Years of Service,

May 15, 1971

The deaths of hope and strength inscience' shade

Have made the wicked grow andvirtuous die;

But some have held aloft truth'sbanner high,

Content to serve the future, poorlypaid.

The flood of error has not ever madeThe right be wrong, or nay be

careless aye;The pig may loll, the princess sweep

a sty,But virtue shines in spirit

undismayed.

Our Lady Katherine's virtues bringus here.

Through ceaseless serving she hashelped us all.

Her strong but gentle rule wasalways clear,

She was the boss! But ever at ourcall.

She helped us see the future lessunclear,

To teach and learn and to the truthbe near.

- Harry Goheen

Ella-Marie Christensen,Library Development Office

Birthday Celebrations at OSUHonor Dr. Linus Pauling

In honor of his 90th birthday, '"Dr. Linus Pauling and his daughter,Linda Kamb, attended a dinner hostedby OSU in Portland on March 5th.Additional events were held in Salem

Nobel Peace prize winner, Dr. Linus Pauling is surrounded by well wishers in the Memorial Unionat the OSU celebrations in honor of his 90th birthday. (Photo courtesy of W. Becker/Gazette Times)

and Corvallis on March 6th and 7th toherald this special occasion.

Most of the seventy-threepeople in attendance at the dinner

ere business leaders from Oregon.epresentatives of the Boardsof Trust-

ees of both the Meyer Memorial Trustand the Murdock Trust were present.Since Dr. Pauling is the honoraryChairman of the Volunteer SteeringCommittee for the Library ExpansionProject, the model of the new librarywas on display as a focal point for theguests who gathered to visit over cock-tails. Dr. George and other OSU staffhad several opportunities to discusshow the new space would benefit theoverall library program.

Mr. Gerry Frank welcomedthe guests and served as the Master ofCeremonies for the program and thepresentation of the birthday cake. Dr.Pauling was as alert at 90 as he hadbeen at 22, and responded withwarmth and good humor, mention-ing the Library several times duringthe evening.

President John Byrne gave ahumorous chronicle of Dr. Pauling's

,Jife and quoted from his writings, es-ecially as they related to OSU and

the Library.On March 6th, the day began

with televized interviews in Portland

an Salem. The Governor had signed aproclamation declaring March 6th"Linus Pauling Day in Oregon." CliffTrow and Tony Van Vliet arrangedfor our Nobel laureate to be intro-duced in both houses of the Oregonlegislature. In the House he listenedto a portion of the debate on the effectsof Ballot Measure 5. He responded tothat debate, when he was introduced,by saying that he was an Oregonianand had received an excellent educa-tion in Oregon in Condon, Portland,and at OSU. He hoped the Legislaturewould continue to support excellencein education in Oregon.

Dr. Pauling was introducedto and visited briefly with the Gover-nor before going on to lunch with theEditorial Board of the Statesman Jour-nal. From there he came to OSU to thewildly successful Campus-wide Birth-day Celebration held in the MULounge. Approximately 500 OSU stu-dents, faculty and staff attended theparty to hear Dr. Pauling be intro-duced by Shahid Yusaf, President ofthe OSU Associated Students. AnneMerryfield, President of the Friendsof the Library presented him with aboutonniere. "Scram" Graham,Alunmi Director Emeritus, gave himan "old school tie." Cliff Mead, Headof Special Collections in the library,

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and Zelek S. Herman, Pauling bibli-ographer, presented a copy of the re-cently published "The Pauling Cata-logue." The Hot Air Band played amidballoons, birthday cakes and fountainsof apple juice. Dr. Pauling spokebriefly, then signed autographs.

The next morning, Dr.Pauling spoke for about 30 minuteson the dangers of war and the needto preserve peace to a crowd of 250 -300 students and staff in the MUBallroom.

Coming Soon to a TerminalNear You: A Friendlier,More Powerful OASIS

During the summer, the OSULibraries will introduce an enhancedversion of OASIS, the Libraries' onlinecatalog. The enhancements will in-clude a greater ability to restrict orbroaden searches as well as two searchmethods: munu-driven searching forthe new user and command search-ing for the experienced user.

When the new version ar-rives, Online Catalog Assistants willbe available at the terminals on themain (2nd) floor of Kerr Library todemonstrate the new features. Formore information about OASIS, con-tact Loretta Rielly at 737-7271 or viacc:mail or the Internet atriellyl@ccmail.orst.edu.

The Messenger is published threetimes a year by the Friends of theLibrary to provide informationabout the OSU Libraries' programs,materials and activities. Commentsand suggestions are invited. Directcomments to Nancy Powell at theLibrary Development Office, OSULibraries, Oregon State University,Corvallis, OR 97331-4501, or call737-2438.

Thanks to our contributors:Henny Chambers, Ella-MarieChristensen, Pat Grace, Nancy Powell,Loretta Rielly. Photos by Steve Flemingand Laurel Maughan.)

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