The White Falcon - 25.01.1980, Blaðsíða 4

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The White Falcon
January 25, 1980
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For pleasure or
The Naval Station Library, locat-
ed in the same building as the USO,
contains the majority of books and
reference material circulating the
Keflavik NATO base. "We have,"
says GS9 Susan Hastings, head lib-
rarian, "four fulltime employees,
and one parttimer working here."
The facility contains over 14,000
hardback books; receiving at least
40 new ones per month. Out of an
approximate 2,800 paperbacks avail-
able there, 60 are acquired each
month, with only the most popular
remaining. The others are "weeded"
out, and distributed evenly through-
out the barracks' lounges.
The library contains 80 magazine
subscriptions of which any issue can
be checked out except the most rec-
ent, 20 daily newspaper subscrip-
tions, of which they acquire the
Sunday edition, as well as the cur-
rent Squadron paper, Air Force and
Navy Times. In the library are some
40 8mm films, and access to hundreds
more through a catalog.
Special holdings include a good
reference section, out of whigh some
books can be checked out. There are
over 200 books (fiction and non-fic-
tion) in the Icelandic collection;
telling of sagas, etc., and about
2300 donated books in the children's
section. Old issues of magazines go
back three years, and may be checked
out.
The "paperback exchange," where a
person can check out several paper-
backs, and return them of their own
accord is a popular offering among
the various conveniences the library
has. In addition, base welcome
packets tell of the bases where one
could be stationed. Donated cata-
logs include mail order distributors
and smaller companies which can be
checked out for a week. And phone
books from various cities, as well
as a ZIP code directory, are avail-
able.
The library gets most of its
books from a central supply store in
Norfolk, and most check-out periods
for them are two weeks. "The book
selection is adequate, and the
library provides a comfortable
lounge area. If one merely wants
to lounge, they can easily choose a
Rolling Stone, Motor Trend, Time,
Billboard or any other favorite mag-
azine they have, to just enjoy read-
ing," Mrs. Hastings suggests. Fur-
ther , they also utilize the McNaugh-
ton collection program, in which
they receive 20 Best Sellers each
month. Twenty books are sent back
each month, leaving 250 books al-
ways on hand.
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Other services are: reading ad-
vice, which includes book marks sent
to the library regularly, telling of
the latest bestsellers. A librarian
can help you select books in your
interests and hobbies, as well.
Book reservations can be made if
the book you want is checked out to
someone, and you will be called when
it is available again. If the lib-
rary doesn't have the book you want
at all, it can be borrowed from a-
nother library in the States through
the "interlibrary loan" system.
Although the library doesn't open
until 12:30 p.m. for service (and
closes at 9 p.m.), if one chooses to
call before 12:30 p.m. they will be
helped gladly by any library assist-
ant.
Books pertaining to Webster Col-
lege courses are set aside on a sep-
arate shelf within the facility, and
for those interested in military law
there is a collection of UCMJ and
court martial manuals.
One can renew and reserve books,
and ask reference questions by phoi^^^^
as well. These are just a few
the advantages and conveniences
the base library. "We are busy, an^^^
we love it! We're oriented towards
people, so no one need worry about
asking a question, even though it
Annette Freeman (left) enjoys working at the library as much as the visitor (right) enjoys the privacy he gets to
lounge among the shelves of mystery and adventure the books in the library hold for him. (Photos by J03 David
Guise)