Library_1969-75_016

i THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO LIBRARY COMMITTEE Draft Minutes ikiim-o t UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES A. U> C. LIBRARY The Library Committee met at I0:45a.m., Thursday, November 19, in Room 302B of the Library. Present were Mr. Everett L. Moore (Director of the Library), Dr. Salah El Araby, Dr. James Heasley, Dr. Fenn C. Horton, Dr. Bassan el Shamy, and Mr. Robert Pippin. Absent were Dr. John Bennett, Dr. Dickran Kouymjian, and Dr. Helmy Ragheb Tadros. As former chairman of the Library Committee, 1969-70, Mr. Pippin was acting chairman of the present meeting. The agenda was approved, the Director of the Library introduced to the members of the committee, and the minutes of the final meeting of the committee of 1969-70 were read. The acting chairman made a statement of the nature and functions of the committee. Mr. Pippin was elected chairman of the present committee. The chairman then reported on the October 29 meeting of the Library Administrative Committee, at which he was present as its secretary, and relayed the Administrative Committee's request to the Library• Committee that the latter help to inform the university faculty at large of the present shift-over from Dewey to Library of Congress classification of library acquisitions. Last, the Director of the Library spoke on several aspects of A.U.C. Library growth and improvement. In the course of the several reports and ensuing discussion, the Library Committee voted unanimously to go on record as envisioning such increase in demand for use of the Xerox now being located in the library as will soon exceed the capacity of the present single machine. It was moved and voted that the Library Committee go on record as fully and f unanimously supporting reclassification and recataloging of the library book holdings, and the chairman was requested so to inform the Library Administrative Committee. The committee requested by unanimous vote that the. library provide faculty with regular listings of new book acquisitions. In response to a suggestion made in a memo to the committee from Dr. Mock, the committee voted unanimously to recommend to the Director of the Library that he develop and fully implement a system by which students may recall a currently circulating book from any borrower who may have it. Further consideration of further suggestions made in Dr. Mock's memo will be given by the committee at its next meeting. The committee adjourned its meeting at 12:30. \ - • , . R.G. Pippin Chairman and RGP/ma Acting Secretary \ •