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Show /•'• University of Utah Library Bulletin Page 2 October 9, 1967 Literature Reference service. Before the move she will provide reference service for this collection from her office which is located in the hallway west of the stack tower on the stack entrance level. The materials of the Social Sciences have been shelved on level two. Miss Chizuko Ishimatsu, former head of Government Documents, has been appointed head of this newly created reference collection. She will be assisted by Larry Murdock in the new Library and will be available part of each day in late October to give assistance to students using this collection., The Behavioral Science books, except for the Education and Social Work collections, have been brought together on level three (third down from the stack entrance level). Miss Mary Jane Hair, who presently heads the Education branch in Milton Bennion Hall, has been appointed head of the Behavioral Science Reference service in the new Library. The complete collection for this new service will not be brought together until the move. It will include the materials of Anthropology, Psychology and Education. Other preparatory shifts made during the vacation were the return of the Rosenbaum collection from the Middle East Center to the main Library and the transfer of circu-lating copies of Utah books from the Utah Room to circulating collections. Western Americana The scope of the Utah collection is being expanded to include Western Americana. This collection will be open but non-circulating. Its purposes will be to support the PhD program and other research in Western Americana. In the new Library, the same reference área will also shelve in closed stacks the University Archives and the Rare Book collection. The First Year With The L.C. System Plans were completed a year ago on September 1, 1966, to change the University Libraries' system for classifying and shelving books. In place of the Dewey Decimal classification system, used since 1892 when the Libraries' collections were first classified, has been the newer and more expansive Library of Congress classification system. From September 1, 1966, forward, alí new monographic and cataloged series acqui-sitions have been classified according to the new system. Holdings classed with the Dewey system were compacted to make shelf space for books classified according to the L. C„ system. Although the shelves set aside for materials classed with the L. C. system still appear to be quite empty, progress has been made. To date, approximately 35,000 pieces have been classified in the L. C. system. We have been made aware that students, in some instances, have had difficulty at first in getting used to the new system. However, after explanations have been made, it is generally agreed the L. Ce system is not too difficult for the patrón to learn |