ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries


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closely w ith a senior staff m em ber and to see how 
policy, budget, and other system-wide decisions 
are m ade in the library. In  addition, such a p ro ­
gram  m ay also provide a second staff developm ent 
opportunity such as occurred in 1985/86. A refer­
ence lib ra ria n  in th e Business L ib ra ry  was a p ­
pointed acting Business L ibrarian for the period of 
W in lan d ’s internship. Such an opportunity m ay 
not always be available but w hen it can be taken 
advantage of, it can be another valuable experi­
ence for a staff m em ber who w ould like to explore 
the m iddle-m anagem ent experience before making 
a perm anent com m itm ent.

Not to be overlooked are the costs of such a pro­
gram . The m ajor cost is, of course, tim e—the tim e 
of the host adm inistrator, the tim e involved for the 
intern, the tim e of other adm inistrators and staff 
who m ay be asked to p articip ate in projects w ith 
the intern or to orient the intern to various activi­
ties, etc. In addition, there is a cost for the staff re­
m aining in the departm ent w hich the intern has 
left tem porarily. In both instances, the reference 
departm ents in the affected libraries operated for

th a t six-month period w ithout a replacem ent for a 
full-tim e staff m em ber. This places an extra b u r­
den on the staff mem bers left behind. O n balance, 
this has been m ore th a n  offset by the contributions 
the interns m ake to the Libraries as a whole and to 
their departm ents upon their return.

The M anagem ent In tern  Program  at the C olum ­
bia University Libraries is a successful program  
th a t provides staff developm ent opportunities on a 
small b u t effective scale. Not only have the interns 
learned new skills and benefited from the chance to 
p articip ate in system-wide planning meetings, bu t 
the host adm inistrators have also benefited from 
w orking closely w ith a staff m em ber for a specific 
period of time. Although not w ithout its costs, the 
benefits of such a program  m ake the effort needed 
to carry it off w orth while.

The author w ould like to acknowledge the assist­
ance o f Paula T. K aufm an, fa n e  W inland, and 
Charling Chang Fagan in the w riting o f this contri­
bution to “Innovations. ”

“Knowledge Bound” at San Francisco State University

On April 28,1987, from 5:00 to 7:00 p .m ., the J. 
Paul L eonard L ibrary at San Francisco State U ni­
versity was the site of a perform ance art work. 
Among the unusual site-specific events th a t were 
staged there was a doctor listening to the stacks 
w ith a stethoscope, a table set w ith a feast of books 
in different languages, ghostly likenesses of great 
w riters w andering the stacks, and three furies en­
ticing people to enter the L ibrary.

The event, “Knowledge B ound,” involved ap ­
proxim ately 35 activities, events, and installations

Tasting gala at Texas A&M

T he Friends of the Sterling C. Evans L ibrary 
at Texas A&M University recently sponsored a 
unique fundraising event— a tasting gala. The 
gala featured recipes from the cookbook, H u l­
labaloo in the K itchen, w hich was com piled by 
the Dallas A&M University M others’ C lub and 
includes favorite dishes of local and national ce­
lebrities. M any of the local celebrities prepared 
their ow n dishes and brought them  to the event.

In addition to sam pling the m any kinds of 
food, guests had the opportunity to purchase 
books from the lib rary ’s Special Collections D e­
p artm en t, and to p articip ate in an auction of 
tw o copies of the cookbook th a t had been signed 
by some of the celebrity/chefs. The gala, w hich 
was atten d ed  by eighty people, raised over 
$2,750 for the Evans L ibrary.

th a t sim ultaneously took place throughout the un i­
versity library building. This project represents a 
new and non-traditional approach to cam pus out­
reach by the L eonard Library.

“ K now ledge B ound” was th e m aster’s degree 
C reative W ork Project of tw o graduate students 
from the San Francisco State University In ter-Arts 
C enter, Nancy Beckman and Levia Stern. Their 
great love of libraries led them  to explore im agina­
tively the physical, cultural and intellectual envi­
ronm ent of the Leonard L ibrary. Their purpose 
was to bring to life great thinkers and to explore 
themes related to books and education.

T h e  a c tiv itie s  in v o lv e d  in th e  p u r s u it of 
k n o w le d g e — o b s e rv in g , d o c u m e n tin g ,
classifying—were portrayed along w ith hum orous 
interpretations of traditional and contem porary 
attitu d es to w a rd  libraries. Beckm an and Stern 
gave delighted onlookers from  th e cam pus and 
com m unity an opportunity to experience the li­
b rary  in new and im aginative ways.

F or m ore in fo rm atio n  concerning this event, 
contact Victoria Scarlett, Exhibits Specialist, J. 
Paul L eonard L ibrary, San Francisco State Uni­
versity, 1630 Holloway Ave., San Francisco, CA 
94132; (415) 469-1198. ■  ■