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Salient. Official Newspaper of Victoria University of Wellington Students Association. Vol 40 No. 13. June 5 1977

[Introduction]

At the Library Committee meeting on May 28th, the main business centered on the presentation of the results of the Library Cut backs Survey, with the main aim of the student reps, being to get three main proposals endorsed by the committee as recommendations to be put to Prof. Board.

The proposals were that for the remainder of 1977:
1.That the Library be reopened on Friday nights, two weeks prior to and during, all examination periods.
2.That the Library hours be extended in Sundays to 1pm — 11pm inclusive
3.That the Library remain open until 11pm on Mondays. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thrusdays during the August vacations.

Neil Gray presented the results and these proposals to the committee on behalf of the Students Association. Neil then proceeded to try, (although getting the main issue clouded by his rhetoric), to answer queries and questions from the academics who were obviously fencing around to try and find some way out of handling the issue.

Several points emerged from the ensuing discussion:
1.That only $3,500 would be saved (out of a total of $33,000 saved in cuts) by closing the Library on Friday nights and after 6 pm during the vacation.
2.The Library Committee members felt that they had no power to recommend or alter the 1977 finances for the Library.
3.Committee members also felt that seeing as Prof Board had just made the decision to cut the services (favouring to keep its credibility intact) it would not reverse its policy for mere student wishes. The following motions were then passed with student Reps dissenting.

Moved Prof. O.F. McKenzie seconded Ms S.R. Bell.

That the Student's Association report on Library usage be received and that this Committee expresses it's appreciation to those who prepared it.

That while it is sympathetic to student requests for extended access to the Library, especially proceeding final examinations, it nevertheless thinks that given the finance available to the Library this year the Library Committee cannot consider further extension of opening hours in 1977. That the question of the cost of providing extended opening hours in relation to the financing of book and periodical purchases in and after 1978 be referred to the Book Budgeting Sub-Committee.