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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.
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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
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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