\"°‘ » , a THE If you have a question--any G R E E N question--related to postsecondary education a good place to call for B E A N answers is the NEXUS line recently opened by the American Association for Higher Education. NEXUS is described as a ~pe¤p1e bank", when UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY LIBRARIES you need information a call to NEWSLETTER N0•¥11 1/16/76 NEXUS can Connect you with the David Farrell, Editor Ext.7383l people who can provide it. Some · examples of problems submitted to NEXUS: --A faculty member wanted to know what schools similar to his had developed interdisciplinary freshman year programs. --A student wanted to know how others managed to get credit for student leadership work. •-A person in charge of a faculty development program wanted to know how others ran similar _ programs in their institutions. --A college president wanted to know what other medium-size schools had recently re-evaluated their total athletics program. NEXUS information is offered free of charge by telephoning (202) 785-8480; also by mail: NEXUS, American Association _§or Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Suite 780, Washington, D.C. 0036. Ag; ;;AI;;I;g;; 1915, 1976 The A.R.L. statistics for 1974-75 have just been published. Out of the 99 A.R.L. members, most of which are major university libraries, Kentucky ranks 53rd in total volume holdings. A comparison of Kentucky's rank in each of thirteen categories for this year and last year is given below: _, m m .5 isg `é '$ · 'gg? g m . E n cg u ·a¤ wg ·am 0 ¤ 3 · ··¤ om mo ·¤•-» ¤.·4.· .-un uc Nc um ·-•¢: an o va- mw HE uw, wu-a nu-u mw ma: mq., mn! mglng AB - Gd 6*3 Bos 83 8.*3 83 $$7 §¤¤ *33 Sem as >»-1 >¢¤ Su-• UE! cum zm t-cm Em xw mw £—~¤1•-nl HID 1¤73·#4 HEI 77 78 EE MEE - 7974-75 53 M 41 52 EEEEEEI 41 we have maintained our high rank in terms of microform holdings and have considerably improved our rank in volumes added. The increase in volumes added may have been due in part to the fact that we were careful_this year to report all materials acquired, not just those which were ordered through the acquisitions department. Similarly, our rank dropped in terms of current periodicals not so much because we cancelled subscriptions but because a more accurate count was made available as a by—product of the journal project. The N.E.H. grant which supports Instructional Services helped improve our rank in personnel. The A.R.L. statistics for Kentucky include the Law, Agriculture, and Medical libraries. Actual figures in each of the categories for 1974-75 are given below: Volumes in library 1,426,810 I Volumes added (net) 82,452 Total microforms 1,300,716 _ Current serials 23,313