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Miss Ruth Porritt, head librarian, told the Council that some way must be found to improve the present system or she would personally abolish it. Books can now be reserved three days in advance, but this has proved ineffective because duplicate slips can be made for one book...
...crowded around the ibrary desk for 20 minutes waiting for busy librarians to scurry to the shelves for their books. A student Council committee recommended the addition of another person to take care of the overflow. Although this solution is now under consideration by President Jordan's office, Miss Porritt claims another person behind the crowded desk would not help...
...fact that three-fourths of the reserved books are never claimed in the basis of the present difficulty, Miss Porritt says. "Each girl must be sure of gelting the book she wants when she wash...
...here to get the books to the girls," Miss Porritt said, "and I'll do anything to help. But they can no longer expect the services of a small library. We can't resrve books for 1000 girls who gorget about them." A reserve books for 1000 girls who forget about them." A reserve system like Radcliffe's is feasible only in a small departmental library. Miss Porritt admires Lamont's system of releasing books at 9 p.m., when they will be used. A book from the Radcliffe library is usually idle between...
...replace the reserve system Miss Porritt would let the books in demand go at 4:30, although they will remain on closed reserve during the day. If the books don't have to be handled twice to prepare the reserves, she believes, the problem of extra work will no longer exist...