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Show -11- .. .As Does a CLR Fellow Richard Harshcopf, Assistant Director for Public Services at Colorado State University Libraries, visited the Marriott Library for two days early in November as part of his study for the Council on Library Resources Fellowship for 1976-77. The purpose of this grant is to make a comparative and historical study of the subject divisional arrangement of collections, services, and staff. During his visit, he was sguired through our collection by Dr. Dale Cluff, Head of Information and Instructional Services. .. .And a Number of Other Library Visitors In June, Mrs. Dien Santosa Pranata, Program Assistant with the United States Information Service in Jakarta, Indonesia, was a visitor to the Marriott Library. She spent the morning touring the library as a guest of Bob Runyon, Associate Director, and the afternoon touring the Salt Lake County Library with him. Last July, a group of librarians from Brigham Young University visited the Cataloging Department where they received demonstrations and instructions in the on-line cataloging facilities provided by OCLC (Ohio College Library Center) in Columbus. This service provides computerized access to records of books in any Roman alphabets, and of music scores, along with records of nonbook materials such as microfilm, and serials. As of April, 1976, the O C L C data base contained more than two million records. During October, Professor (Sir) Roy Niblett, Director of Higher Education in Great Britain, toured the Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, the Middle East Library and Western Americana. Led by Paul Mogren, General Reference, they focused on our collection of materials for higher education. November brought visitors from Australia, Ivan Droop, computer expert, and Smith Richardson, Librarian at N e w England University of Australia. They came to see our new computerized circulation system as well as other computer applications in libraries-such as the O C L C cataloging described above. They are looking for a tailor-made system, but British technology is generally not compatible with U.S. counterparts. These guests were guided by Beth Oyler and Javier Acosta of the Circulation Department. |