Volume 6, Issue 6 - Sept. 28, 1983

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September 28

Student Activities:

Goodbye card catalog, Hello PAC

assistant director resigns, position open The MSC Student Activities Office is searching for a new Student Assistant D.irector following the resignation of the appointed assistant director on Wednesday. The resignation comes as yet another blow to the MSC Student Activities Office, which has suffered a series of problems since it was reorganized this summer. The Assistant Director, Mike Maggard, was one of six students appointed to help run the Student Activities program this summer. Earlier this year, he told The Metropolitan "All things considered, I think we're doing a damn good job." Maggard resigned following his withdrawal from classes this semester. When contacted by The Metropolitan, Maggard declined to comment on the reasons for his withdrawal or his subsequent resignation from Student Activities. According to Gina Johnson, Director of Student Activities, plans are being made to fill the position as soon as possible. "We've got to fill the position - because it's a vital one and I need that person," Johnson said. "At this point, I'm not quite sure how to do it."

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PAC is coming to Auraria's Library. PAC, Public Access Catalog, is an electronic card catalog and will make your present card catalog skills obsolete. A prototype PAC on the main floor of the library has received positive ratings from students. Twelve more terminals are due for service by Oct. 7th. About the same time the seven Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL) are also expected to be loaded into PAC. As one delighted MSC student said: "The program is enjoyable. It really beats the heck out of the card catalog and speeds things up. And the people here are exceedingly helpful." Dan, a UCO student, is a three time user. "It's very easy to use because it's interactive and it is menu driven, which means it gives you help along the way be giving instructions. The biggest drawback is that it doesn't have a printer." Allen, also a UCO student, found it to be an efficient way to browse. But many students either don't know PAC is available or haven't had the time to sit down and learn it. A study of how students use the card catalog indicated that initially at least, twelve terminals would be sufficient to handle the demand. Ms. Carol Robinson, assistant to the director at the Auraria Library, explained, "There will be a couple of express terminals for patrons who know the book they want, can punch it in, get the call number and be done. For the other terminals there will be time limit if someone else is waiting. If that doesn't work we'll order more terminals as we can afford them." According to Robinson, there are seven research continued on page 9

Carol Robinson, and the first of 14 Public Access Catalogue computers.

A moment of glory page 14

Ultimate sports page 12

A familiar face page 16

The main difficulty in filling the position, Johnson said, is to devise a plan to pay the new employee. The six student coordinators, including Maggard, were paid tuition and fees. Since a new appointment would be selected from current students, (who had already paid their tuition) an alternative payment would have to be found, Johnson said. The assistant director oversees the work of the coordinators and the overall expenditures, as well as helping out whenever possible. Until a new assistant director is found, Johnson said life would be more difficult for everyone in Student Activities. "I think it's going to be a problem, because the position is so vital," Johnson said. "I really view the position as my right hand." 0

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