Science Graduate

(This particular student has had library experience in a well-known library, and has used VUC library extensively in the past two years.)

The classification is good from a librarian's point of view, but in some of the Sciences it is not recent enough—the subdivisions in the catalogue are not up-to-date. The inter-library loan requests are not despatched immediately they are received as far as I can see. The stacks are not easily accessible and the librarians are very rarely seen, and even then they are not very helpful".

If it is possible, I would like to see the library obtain two copies of the exam papers (external ones). In 1947 someone pinched the copy of some exam papers I needed and hung on to them until just before finals. I think that the losses from the library would decrease if more books per student were issued.

I would like to sec those paintings and photographs on the walls above each alcove taken down, and a large notice put in their place showing just what subjects are covered by the books in that alcove. An information desk in the main library would be a good idea if there is the staff to run it, and I think it in-dispensible in the first few weeks of the session.