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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 38, Number 10. 22nd May 1975

[Introduction]

Drawing of a book walking up and down stairs

The library is perhaps the most valuable asset to any university, especially if we could take example from the students I know at this university. They attend the library much more regularly than lectures. They read books more than they socialise in the union. They exercise their minds in the library more than they exercise their bodies in the gym. They queue at 8.30 am for the library to open but they roll up to lectures in dribs and drabs up to half an hour late. More people request reserved books than go and talk to their tutors. My point is not that they should be doing something else but that they see the value of the library and that it should become increasingly important as personal pursuit of study increases due to greater academic freedom. (I speak very generally here. I am well aware that ridiculous workloads do a great deal to destroy academic freedom). Now on the basis of this the library should be a primary concern for any university administration. This is the basic theme of this article which will become obvious in the following paragraphs.