The
      Cadre
      +
      27
      October
      1998
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      News
      3
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      User
      fees
      implemented
      for
     
     
      inter-library
      loans
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MELLISA
      DOUCETTE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Students
      and
      faculty
      of
     
     
      UPEI
      must
      now
      pay
      a
      user
      fee
     
     
      for
      Inter-Library
      Loans
      (ILL).
     
     
      Undergraduate
      students
      pay
     
     
      $2
      foreach
      ILL,
      while
      faculty,
     
     
      graduate
      students,
      and
      outside
     
     
      borrowers
      pay
      $3.
     
    

    
     
      Under
      the
      old
      system,
     
     
      the
      first
      five
      ILL’s
      were
      free
     
     
      to
      undergraduates.
      For
      subse-
     
     
      quent
      loans,
      the
      library
      ab-
     
     
      sorbed
      the
      first
      five
      dollars
      of
     
     
      the
      cost,
      and
      the
      student
      paid
     
     
      the
      rest.
      Now,
      the
      $2
      user
      fee
     
     
      per
      loan
      isthe
      only
      one
      charged
     
     
      to
      undergrads.
     
    

    
     
      Dr.
      Marva
      Sweeney-
     
     
      Nixon,
      Biology
      Professor,
      con-
     
     
      tends
      that
      her
      department
      is
     
     
      not
      well
      equipped
      to
      reimburse
     
     
      students
      for
      ILL
      expenses
     
     
      accrued
      for
      class
      work.
     
    

    
     
      Often,
      biology
      students
     
     
      find
      they
      need
      to
      travel
      to
     
     
      Dalhousie
      University
      to
      con-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      duct
      research,
      continues
     
     
      Sweeney-Nixon.
     
    

    
     
      In
      addition,
      faculty,
     
     
      graduate
      students,
      and
      outside
     
     
      borrowers
      must
      pay
      the
      cost
     
     
      of
      the
      ILL
      as
      well
      as
      the
      user
     
     
      fee.
      Depending
      upon
      where
     
    
   
   
    
     
      the
      ILL
      comes
      from,
      ILL
      costs
      |
     
     
      can
      run
      anywhere
      from
      $5
      to
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      $20
      per
      loan.
     
     
      In
      the
      opinion
      of
      some
     
     
      faculty,
      the
      user
      fee
      coupled
     
    
   
   
    
     
      with
      the
      increasing
      cost
      of
      |§
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ILL’
      sisdiscouraging
      thorough-
     
     
      ness
      in
      research
      for
      all
      mem-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      bers
      of
      the
      university
      commu-
      |
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nity
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Sweeney-Nixon,
      who
      feels
      that
     
     
      budget
      cuts
      critically
      effect
     
     
      research,
      teaching,
      and
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
     
    

    
     
      Dr.
      Irene
      Gammel
      of
      the
     
     
      English
      Department
      comments
     
     
      that
      many
      professors
      are
      con-
     
     
      sidering
      travelling
      to
      Toronto
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      library
      is
      essential
      ™
     
     
      to
      campus
      activities,”
      notes
     
    
   
   
    
     
      or
      Boston
      for
      research
      pur-
     
     
      poses.
     
     
      “It
      is
      becoming
      increas-
     
     
      ingly
      difficult
      to
      conduct
      seri-
     
     
      ous
      research
      [at
      UPE!),”
      adds
     
     
      Gammel.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dr.
      Roger
      Gordon,
      Dean
     
     
      of
      Science,
      comments
      that
     
     
      publishing
      is
      fundamental
      fora
     
     
      professor's
      career
      stability
      and
     
     
      promotion
      in
      today’s
      highly
     
     
      competitive
      market.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      the
      library
      staff
      feel
     
     
      they
      had
      little
      choice
      in
      the
     
     
      decision
      to
      implement
      a
      user
     
     
      fee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Photo
      Richard
      Haines
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Student
      union
      general
      meeting
      given
     
     
      little
      attention
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      MELISSA
      DOUCETTE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      spirit
      of
      resounding
      in-
     
     
      difference
      characterized
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Pt:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      —
      aa«,€
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      first
      UPEI
      Student
      Union
      (SU)
     
     
      General
      Meeting
      of
      the
      year.
     
     
      The
      Pit
      was
      no
      more
      crowded
     
     
      than
      usual,
      and
      most
      students
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      seemed
      to
      be
      disinterested
      or
      of
      the
      meeting.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      unaware
      of
      the
      proceedings.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      poor
      attendance
      may
     
     
      be
      due
      to
      a
      lack
      of
      promotion
     
    
   
   
    
     
      According
      to
      the
      UPEI
     
    

    
     
      SU
      Constitution,
      Article
      XIV
     
     
      (F),
      all
      General
      Meetings
      re-
     
     
      uire
      proper
      notice
      given
     
     
      rough
      the
      campus
      radio
      and
     
     
      the
      student
      newspaper.
      No-
     
     
      tice
      of
      date,
      place,
      and
      agenda
     
     
      must
      be
      publicized
      in
      two
      con-
     
     
      secutive
      editions
      of
      the
      paper.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Quorum
      —
      the
      number
      of
     
     
      students
      needed
      to
      declare
      an
     
     
      official
      General
      Meeting—must
     
     
      also
      be
      met.
      If
      there
      is
      no
     
     
      quorum,
      another
      general
      meet-
     
     
      ing
      must
      be
      held
      in
      that
      semes-
     
     
      ter,
      as
      the
      SU
      is
      required
      to
     
     
      host
      a
      minimum
      of
      one
      per
     
     
      term.
     
    

    
     
      Under
      Article
      XIV
      (C),
     
     
      this
      number
      is
      set
      at
      five
      per-
     
     
      cent
      of
      the
      Active
      Members,
     
     
      roughly
      around
      100
      students.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      UPEI
      SU
      speaker
      is
      also
     
     
      obliged
      to
      officiate
      all
      Genera!
     
     
      Meetings.
     
    

    
     
      But
      notice
      of
      date,
      place,
     
     
      and
      agenda
      of
      the
      UPEI
      SU
     
     
      was
      not
      placed
      in
      two
      con-
     
     
      secutive
      issues
      of
      The
      Cadre.
     
     
      The
      UPEI
      SU
      speaker
      did
      not
     
     
      preside
      over
      the
      General
     
     
      Meeting,
      and
      it
      is
      not
      known
      if
     
     
      quorum
      was
      met.
     
    

    
     
      The
      meeting
      agenda
      was
     
     
      fairly
      limited,
      consisting
      of
      a
     
    

    
     
      eneral
      introduction
      to
      the
      un-
     
     
      ion,
      reports
      from
      the
      SU
      Ex-
     
     
      ecutive,
      and
      announcements.
     
    

    
     
      Out
      of
      all
      the
      Executive,
     
     
      Vice-President
      Pauline
      Tran
     
     
      tried
      to
      inject
      some
      vigour
      into
     
     
      the
      listless
      crowd.
      Many
      paid
     
     
      little
      attention
      to
      the
      happen-
     
     
      ings,
      and
      one
      person
      yelled,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *Continued
      on
      page
      4