The PUC Library
Where do the professors stand?
By: Joelle Halon
Issue date: 11/9/09 Section: News
In the article "The PUC Library may not have it all," which ran the week of Oct. 19, discussed the PUC library and how the students' needs weren't being met in terms of research facilities and material availability. In addition to the students, some professors also have been sharing their frustrations.
Many of the professors on campus use the PUC library for their own research and often recommend that students peruse the library for materials before looking at other options such as Interlibrary Loan and visiting other area libraries. For English students and professors, finding the material needed is like searching for a very fine needle in a haystack.
English composition professor Carolyn Boiarsky uses the PUC library for her own scholarship. While doing her research, Boiarsky stated she "would need to do Interlibrary Loan, which can be fine sometimes and other times very, very slow. I've gone to other libraries when I've needed something quickly."
PUC English professor Mita Choudhury mentioned lacking material isn't the administration's fault, but is due to the nature of the university. Choudhury stated "there isn't a PhD program on any of the PUC campuses; that is why we have what we have-one floor of a building that houses materials for many departments."
With the above considered, PUC currently has over 100 hundred degree programs available.
"In terms of my classes, I've made sure the library orders the books I need, and I've tried to keep up over the years," Boiarsky stated. "The major problem I have is that the library does not carry some of the journals I need. That has meant that I've ordered them and paid for them myself, and they are part of my own library."
"It's very important for students to have a standalone structure," Choudhury said. "It would be attractive to create an environment where students feel comfortable to browse resources and books."
Purdue Lafayette has the Hicks Undergraduate Library, a standalone complex housing many materials for the areas of study available there. Many of the Interlibrary Loan orders come from Purdue Lafayette. Granted that Lafayette is the larger campus, why can't PUC have a standalone library to cater to its ever-growing population?
Many of the professors on campus use the PUC library for their own research and often recommend that students peruse the library for materials before looking at other options such as Interlibrary Loan and visiting other area libraries. For English students and professors, finding the material needed is like searching for a very fine needle in a haystack.
English composition professor Carolyn Boiarsky uses the PUC library for her own scholarship. While doing her research, Boiarsky stated she "would need to do Interlibrary Loan, which can be fine sometimes and other times very, very slow. I've gone to other libraries when I've needed something quickly."
PUC English professor Mita Choudhury mentioned lacking material isn't the administration's fault, but is due to the nature of the university. Choudhury stated "there isn't a PhD program on any of the PUC campuses; that is why we have what we have-one floor of a building that houses materials for many departments."
With the above considered, PUC currently has over 100 hundred degree programs available.
"In terms of my classes, I've made sure the library orders the books I need, and I've tried to keep up over the years," Boiarsky stated. "The major problem I have is that the library does not carry some of the journals I need. That has meant that I've ordered them and paid for them myself, and they are part of my own library."
"It's very important for students to have a standalone structure," Choudhury said. "It would be attractive to create an environment where students feel comfortable to browse resources and books."
Purdue Lafayette has the Hicks Undergraduate Library, a standalone complex housing many materials for the areas of study available there. Many of the Interlibrary Loan orders come from Purdue Lafayette. Granted that Lafayette is the larger campus, why can't PUC have a standalone library to cater to its ever-growing population?
Be the first to comment on this story