Dear
      Fourth
      Year
      Student:
     
    

    
     
      Enough
      of
      Library
      Woes.
     
    

    
     
      Thank
      you
      for
      your
      letter
      to
      the
      Editor
      ‘X-Press
     
     
      November
      7’
      regarding
      you
      experience
      in
      the
      Univer-
     
     
      sity
      Library.
      Your
      sense
      of
      frustration
      certainly
      came
     
     
      through.
      Without
      making
      excused,
      the
      implementa-
     
     
      tion
      of
      an
      automation
      system
      in
      your
      Library
      has
     
     
      inconvenienced
      and
      frustrated
      many
      persons,
      faculty,
     
     
      students,
      library
      staff
      and
      library
      administration.
      It
     
     
      is
      an
      experience
      that
      is
      presently
      shared
      in
      several
     
     
      hundred
      university
      libraries
      in
      North
      America
      with
     
     
      the
      view
      that
      the
      end
      result
      will
      be
      a
      major
      benefit
      to
     
     
      all
      members
      of
      the
      University
      community.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Despite
      these
      interruptions,
      it
      is
      inappropriate
      to
      have
     
     
      discourtesy
      extended
      from
      the
      Library
      staff
      and
      it
      is
     
     
      inappropriate
      to
      have
      discourtesy
      extended
      towards
     
     
      Library
      staff.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      University
      has
      set
      up
      procedures
      so
      that
      problems
     
     
      such
      as
      yours
      can
      be
      addressed.
      You
      can
      speak
     
     
      directly
      to
      the
      Supervisor
      of
      the
      Circulation
      Depart-
     
     
      ment.
      Another
      alternative
      is
      that
      you
      advise
      one
      or
     
    

    
     
      all
      of
      the
      three
      student
      representatives
      on
      the
      Senate
     
     
      Library
      Committee.
      Another
      alternative
      is
      that
      you
     
     
      can
      address
      your
      complaints
      directly
      towards
      the
     
     
      Chief
      Librarian.
      In
      all
      cases,
      if
      a
      problem
      is
      to
      be
     
     
      resolved,
      names
      and
      time
      of
      day
      are
      important.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      letter
      states
      your
      perception
      is
      that
      many
      other
     
     
      Students
      are
      being
      affected
      ina
      similar
      manner.
      |
     
     
      would
      appreciate
      the
      opportunity
      of
      discussing
      this
     
     
      with
      you
      alone
      or
      in
      accompaniment
      with
      other
      stu-
     
     
      dents.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      With
      reference
      to
      your
      questions
      on
      the
      operation
      of
     
     
      terminals
      in
      the
      Library,
      these
      comments
      are
      ad-
     
     
      ‘dressed
      to
      all
      students
      but
      especially
      to
      Senior
      Uni-
     
     
      versity
      students,
      You
      have
      had
      this
      system
      thrust
     
     
      ‘upon
      you
      in
      your
      final
      year
      at
      the
      University,
      Please
     
     
      ‘try
      the
      terminals,
      If
      you
      can’t
      access
      the
      information
     
     
      that
      is
      required
      please
      let
      the
      Reference
      staff
      know,
     
     
      The
      system
      is
      the
      most
      ‘‘User
      Friendly’’
      system
     
     
      ‘available,
      After
      graduation
      you
      will
      still
      need
      compu-
     
     
      fer
      access
      to
      information,
      Do
      it
      now!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yours
      sincerely,
     
     
      ©.
      Merritt
      Crockett
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Whata
      great
      idea,
      CIMN
      Radio
      will
      be
      fantastic,
      and
     
     
      it’s
      so
      simple,
      why
      didn’t
      I
      think
      of
      it.
      All
      we
      have
      to
     
     
      do
      is
      play
      Top
      40
      music
      and
      students
      will
      love
      us,
     
     
      who
      needs
      this
      alternative
      crap
      anyways.
      We
      will
     
     
      finally
      have
      a
      ‘‘Real
      Radio
      Station’’,
      competitive
      to
     
     
      anything
      else
      in
      Charlottetown,
      wow.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Well,
      I
      think
      it’s
      time
      to
      take
      a
      reality
      pill.
      Okay
      ina
     
     
      non-regulated
      world
      your
      idea
      might
      have
      a
      slight
     
     
      chance
      of
      being
      true,
      However
      we
      don’t.
      CIMN
      hasa
     
     
      licence,
      which
      is
      issued
      by
      the
      C.R.T.C.
      (Canadian
     
     
      Radio
      and
      Telecommunications
      Commission).
      All
     
     
      Radio
      and
      Telev:sion
      Stations
      in
      Canada
      must
      have
     
     
      one
      to
      Broadcast.
      CIMN’s
      licence,
      like
      all
      other
     
     
      university
      stations
      in
      Canada,
      is
      an
      alternative
      li-
     
     
      cence.
      This
      gives
      artists
      who
      do
      not
      get
      exposure
      on
     
     
      commercial
      Top
      40
      Radio
      Stations
      a
      chance
      to
      be
     
     
      heard
      and
      also
      insures
      that
      Student
      Subsidized
      Radio
     
     
      does
      not
      compete
      with
      Commercial
      Stations
      who
      are
     
     
      attempting
      to
      make
      a
      living
      ina
      highly
      competitive
     
     
      industry.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      CIMN
      Radio
      Management
      has
      set
      a
      goal
      of
      Broad-
     
     
      casting
      on
      FM
      airwaves
      (Weare
      currently
      on
      cable
     
     
      FM).
      This
      would
      require
      a
      new
      licence,
      more
      costly
     
     
      equipment,
      and
      much
      more
      alternative
      music.
      The
     
     
      alternative
      policy
      at
      CIMN
      is
      only
      the
      first
      small,
     
     
      very
      small,
      step
      toward
      what
      would
      have
      to
      exist
      to
     
     
      broadcast
      open
      air
      FM
      with
      C.R.T.C.
      approval.
      As
     
     
      CIMN
      exists
      now
      the
      amount
      of
      truly
      alternative
     
     
      music
      which
      is
      played
      in
      relation
      to
      the
      amount
      of
     
     
      popular,
      if
      not
      Top
      40
      music,
      is
      well
      below
      what
      the
     
     
      licence
      requires.
      CIMN
      gets
      away
      with
      it
      because
      we
     
     
      do
      not
      hurt
      anyone
      and
      are
      too
      small
      to
      be
      aconcern
     
     
      to
      the
      C.R.T.C.
      brown
      shirts.
      However
      if
      CIMN
     
     
      dumped
      its
      alternative
      policy
      and
      freely
      played
      all
      the
     
     
      Top
      40
      ‘‘most
      students’’
      want
      to
      hear,
      eventually
      it
     
     
      would
      effect
      other
      local
      Top
      40
      stations
      markets
     
     
      which
      would
      most
      definitely
      trigger
      complaints
      to
      the
     
     
      C.R.T.C,
      and
      the
      end
      of
      CIMN,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      ANTI-ALTERNATIVE
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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