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DATE:ÀÀÀÀ January 1, 1979

TO:ÀÀÀ GSLS Alumni Group, Scholarship Committee

FROM:ÀÀ Diane N. Nahl

I.ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ Goals in the Library Profession:

I am pursuing interdisciplinary graduate studies in social psychology and library science in order to study the information needs of the community. My social science background is research oriented and I am keenly interested in the use of libraries as educational facilities to enhance the literacy skills of community members. I feel that libraries should become more involved in organizing the information in the community in order to strengthen our ties to the past and preserve the future, and I feel that the professional librarian should be the educator in this process. Through working in both teaching and in library situations I have been fascinated by the delight that people express when a new learning is accomplished, and I believe that it would be of great benefit to our community to make this sense of contact with knowledge more and more available in our libraries through our librarians.

The Daily Round Archives (DRA) project that I am currently involved in represents a new type of library facility, and thus a new area, which demands the knowledge, and expertise of a librarian. The project is described more fully below. As computers are playing more and more of a role in the functions libraries currently serve, I see two likely areas of application. One area represents consolidating library resources via networking and computerized retrieval systems; the other area centers around improving libraries as educational resources. My research focus is on the development of a computer based educational library facility used by students of Social Psychology 222. I am planning a thesis for my MLS degree which will address the role the librarian plays in community educational areas such as this.

II.ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ Professional Commitment:

In order to better serve the real needs of the public and to gain an understanding of the tools a librarian has to work with, I am engaged in a systematic program of learning about all aspects of libraries and how they can serve the community. During my first year as a GSLS graduate student I was fortunate to experience several areas of librarianship.

I was familiarized with materials in the stacks through my part?time work for Dr. Berninghausen and Dr. Harry Uyehara of the GSLS for whom I inventoried holdings in special areas to determine book order needs. Through this process I learned the practical problems that a library user encounters, particularly, how the titles of the cataloguing system help the user to profitably extend the particular topic he starts with.

I was fortunate for my subsequent job to be chosen as an intern at the Humanities and Social Sciences reference desk at Hamilton Library under the supervision of Mrs. Rachel Liang. This part?time work gave me an especially favorable position from which to observe and deal with the day?to?day scholarly needs of library users. Through this experience I have become more aware of the unique opportunities that librarians have as educators.

During the past three years I have volunteered my services on a project in social psychology under the direction of Professor Leon A. James of the Psychology Department at the University of Hawaii. This project is known as the Daily Round Archives and to data has received no funding. However, in the Fall 1978 semester I qualified as a work?study student and thus am able to work part?time (10 hours per week) in the DRA. This project represents an educational facility for students in social psychology, which gives them an opportunity to study themselves and their community as well as learn indexing skills related to this study. I have worked in many capacities during its development, currently in helping to develop an indexing and cataloguing system for the specialized data in the DRA, supervising indexing work done by students, helping to develop forms for ?keeping track? of community information. As well, I have been volunteering as a part?time secretary, providing clerical services to Transactional Engineering Corporation (TEC), under the supervision of Dr. Barbara Gordon, president, in exchange for training in how to make forms for ?mining community information? and the prospect of future employment. Dr. Gordon is a consultant in educational linguistics and a Visiting Colleague in the Psychology Department collaborating with Dr. James on the DRA project.

I am a member of the Curriculum Committee and have been principally involved in developing two questionnaires, which aim to evaluate the GSLS program for the self study portion of the reaccreditation process. Through this I have the exciting opportunity to witness first?hand and to be a part of establishing the future of GSLS and thus the future of librarianship in Hawaii.

I am taking research courses with Dr. James in social psychology doing cataloguing research on the nature of classification. Through this I have come to realize the amazing natural ability people have for classifying, which enables us to understand the world around us.

My library course work has enabled me to view and study the relationship between my studies in social psychology, the library field, and the community?s needs. I have found my professors to be flexible in allowing me to directly apply my assignments in their courses to my area of specialization which allows me to better define my thesis topic.

I was surprised and pleased to be asked to serve as a general board member for the Friends of the Library of Hawaii for 1979. I did not hesitate to accept their offer and am looking forward to this opportunity for further professional experience in my pursuit of librarianship.

I have discovered that the people in the library community are very congenial and I am looking forward to spending a productive lifetime with them here in Hawaii. As one who was raised here, I believe Hawaii has a special role to play in the pioneering of library based educational facilities for the public at large.

At DRA Office:

1.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Check to see if there are CFF forms needing to be bound. they should be located on the table by the refrigerator, in portfolios.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Check and put CFF forms in numerical order, according to I.D. #. Also put visitors and staff CFF forms at the back of the pile. Do this for each lecture period.

3.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Get binding materials from the bottom drawer of the chest, on the right handside of the door as you face the hallway.

4 ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ From the material box take: 1 front cover, 3 yellow sheets,

1 back cover, and one flat velobind (black color) for each lecture.

5.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ After gathering all materials, take these and the CFF forms to Kuykendall 10? (Main Office-?Open 8:OOa.m.?4:15 p.m. M-F). Have the DRA center call the Instructional Resources Center.

At Instructional Resources Center:

1.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Explain that the expense goes on Dr. James ongoing account.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Explain that you do not know how to bind (first time). Someone will help you to run the binding machine.

Helpful Hints:

1.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Listen carefully to what the helper tells you and observe how she uses the machine to punch holes.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ You should arrange book with front cover up, 3 yellow sheets, CFF forms in order, visitor?s and staff?s FF, and back cover.

3.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Observe how the binds are put on and how the machine is run.

4.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Remember how to run the machine for subsequent visits to the Resources Center.

Back at DRA Center:

1.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Next step: cut and paste a yellow paper strip to the binding edge of the booklet. All materials are in the top drawer of the same chest that the binding materials came from.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Ask for a typed label for this booklet. Glue the label to the bound edge of the booklet--check past volumes for placement if unsure.

3.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Ask for and paste sign-out sheet to inside front cover.

4.ÀÀÀÀÀÀ Take volume to the library. However, have the person in charge check to be sure everything is A-O.K.

Directions for Preparing and Binding CFF?s for Library Usage:

At DRA Offices

1.ÀÀÀÀ Check DRA work table by refrigerator to see if there are CFF?s to be bound. Make sure CFF?s are in numerical order by I.D. numbers.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀ Get binding materials box from bottom drawer of chest on right side of office by door. These include front and back covers, yellow sheets, velobine spines (if not , the IRSC will have them).

3.ÀÀÀÀÀ Arrange book with front cover up, 3 yellow sheets, CFF?s, Visitor?s FF at back, 1 yellow sheet, and back cover. Be sure all edges are even.

4.ÀÀÀÀÀ Make one book for each lecture?s CFF?s. Put materials in a small box to carry to Kuykendall Hall.

5.ÀÀÀÀÀ Have DRA Center call Instructional Resources Service Center to let them know you are coming over.

6.ÀÀÀÀÀ Go to room 10? Kuykendall Hall (main office ? open 8 to 4.15 MF)

At Instructional Resources Center:

1.ÀÀÀÀÀ Explain that the expense goes on Dr. James? ongoing account.

2.ÀÀÀÀÀ Explain that you do not know how to bind (first time you go) on the velobinder. Someone in the office will help you. Ask that helper for 1 velobind with spines for each book you are binding.

Helpful Hints:

1. Use #1 or #2 ABDick 7201 velobinder in room 106.

a. Arrange book with front cover up, 3 yellow sheets, CFF?s Visitor?s FF at back, 1 yellow sheet , and back ÀÀÀ ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ cover.À Be sure all edges are even.

2. If any forms are on spiral notebookÀ paper, cut off on paper cutter and line up.

a. Punch bottom cover and last pages first --À up to the front cover.À Punch holes on left side of page facing upÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ

ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ (about 5-8 pages at a time).

3. Punch holes in top cover and bottom cover even if they already have holes.

4. After holes are punched place velobind with spines on top cover and gently push down through entire book.

5. Watch out for ?pin arrow? on binder machine where flat spine for book binding is placed, small hoe is placedÀÀÀÀÀÀ

ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ adjacent to arrow pin and laid down in between spine holes to bind book.

6. Press both bind buttons simultaneously.

7. If you have any problems, ask IRSC personnel for help (that is their job) or dial DRA Center ?8005.

Back at DRA Center:

1. Next step: cut and paste yellow paper strip on side of book binding.À Paper is in bottom drawer of chest.

2. Typed labels are found on first pin-up board left of office door.À Glue label to bound book.À Note past volumes for

ÀÀÀÀÀÀÀÀ placement of label.

3. Paste sign-out sheet inside front cover.

4. Fill out library form for adding volumes to reserve list.

5. Take volume to the library.

Procedures:

1. All instructions must be signed (ID#) and dated.

2. All annotations of instructions must be signed and dated.

NOV 1, 1979

I.D. #'s 98 & 54 10/29/79