What
      the
      Robertson
      Library
      has
      to
      offer
      besides
      books
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      S.
      Clow
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Last
      week
      I
      visited
      the
      library
      was
      an
      intended
     
     
      purpose.
      My
      quest
      was
      to
      find
      out
      if
      that
      large
     
     
      building
      on
      the
      side
      of
      the
      campus,
      otherwise
      known
     
     
      as
      the
      Robertson
      Library,
      contains
      anything
      useful
     
     
      to
      offer
      to
      the
      student
      population
      besides
      books.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      the
      help
      and
      direction
      of
      Marybeth
      Harris
     
     
      (Head
      of
      Circulation
      Desk),
      I
      discovered
      many
     
     
      useful
      things.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      To.
      start
      off
      with,
      I’d
      like
      to
      inform
      you
      that
      there
     
     
      are
      numerous
      telephone
      books,
      for
      all
      the
      Canadian
      .
     
     
      cities
      and
      for
      the
      major
      American
      cities,
      which
      can
     
     
      be
      found
      at
      the
      Information
      Desk.
      So,
      if
      you
      have
     
     
      a
      friend
      who
      you’d
      like
      to
      call
      who
      lives
      in
      New
     
     
      York
      or
      even
      if
      you’d
      like
      to
      just
      make
      a
      phone
      call
     
     
      to
      New
      York
      and
      maybe
      even
      make
      a
      friend,
      always
     
     
      remember
      that
      your
      local
      Robertson
      Library
     
     
      probably
      has
      the
      telephone
      numbers
      you’ll
      need.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Besides
      phone
      books,
      there
      is
      a
      another
      extremely
     
     
      interesting
      feature
      in
      the
      library
      known
      as
      the
      PEI
     
     
      Collection.
      This
      collection
      includes
      annual
      reports,
     
     
      biographies,
      information
      on
      historical
      sites,
      etc.
      If
     
     
      you
      ever
      wonder
      about
      the
      area
      in
      which
      you
      now
     
     
      live,
      the
      PEI
      Collection
      is
      sure
      to
      have
      information
     
     
      on
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Another
      feature
      which
      is
      in
      a
      way
      historical
      are
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
      many
      newspapers
      and
      magazines
      to
      be
      found
      in
      the
      .
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Robertson
      .
      Library.
      Some
      examples
      are:
      London
     
     
      Times
      (which
      goes
      back
      as
      far
      as
      1785),
      Globe
      and
     
     
      Mail,
      New
      York
      Times,
      Royal
      Gazette
      (a
      PEI
     
     
      newspaper
      1791-94).
      I’ve
      only
      listed
      a
      few
      of
      the
     
     
      many
      newspapers
      and
      magazines
      offered.
      Sometimes
     
     
      it’s
      really
      interesting
      just
      to
      read
      some
      of
      those
     
     
      newspapers
      from
      way
      back
      when...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Newspapers
      and
      magazines
      are
      kept
      on
      microfilm
      ~
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      the
      librarian
      would
      be
      happy
      to
      show
      you
      how
      ,
     
     
      to
      load
      the
      microfilm
      into
      the
      machines,
      should
      you
     
    
   
   
    
     
      need
      assistance.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Besides
      microfilm,
      there
      are
      also
      microfiche
      which
     
    
   
   
    
     
      are
      basically
      the
      same
      idea
      as
      the
      microfilm
      except
     
     
      the
      information
      is
      on
      a
      card.
      You
      can
      bet
      books,
     
     
      thesis
      and
      articles
      on
      microfiche.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      media
      centre
      also
      contains
      records,
      cassettes
     
     
      and
      even
      videos
      which
      can
      be
      borrowed
      by
      students.
     
     
      This
      collection
      of
      videos
      has
      practically
      everything
     
     
      from
      "Great
      Expectations"
      to
      Shakespearean
      plays.
     
     
      In
      order
      to
      borrow
      the
      videos,
      they
      must
      be
      booked
     
     
      in
      advance.
      ‘
      :
      oe
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      special
      collection
      of
      art
      books
      can
      be
      found
      in
     
     
      the
      media
      centre
      as
      well
      as
      calendars
      from
      other
     
    
   
   
    
     
      universities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      all
      this
      information
      I’ve
      provided
      you
      with,
      I
     
     
      sincerely
      hope
      you
      all,
      as
      students,
      will
      make
      honest
     
     
      efforts
      to
      see
      more
      in
      our
      library
      than
      just
      books.
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      *
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      October
      12,
      1990