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Show j 1 1 K 1 1 n r i i i 0 0 D I U UUUUUUUUJ 1JUUUUUUUUJ miT-wMHT-nimn-TmiiiniiiMi wiiTiti in t Tnnn The first outdoor wedding to be held in an indoor-outdoor reception center in Bountiful is planned tonight at Al ITHAAn Ufr-rrMftlst the Chandelier Reception Center, 600 North 500 West, UUIUUUn WlZUUlNGS Bountiful. The new outdoor facility is the first in Boun- tiful and the largest one-quarter acre in the Salt Lake Valley, according to Joe and Beth Ray, owners. The site is landscaped and complete with a gazebo and can seat up to 150 guests at an outdoor wedding. Library Board Prefers Money By TOM BL'SSELBERG FARMINGTON The Davis Library Board and staff seem to favor money over cataloging support from the State Library Board. THAT WAS the feeling last week as the group met to discuss dis-cuss a proposal that could see the system obtaining funding that would allow a tie-in with the nation's largest computerized compute-rized library information retrieval re-trieval system while enabling Davis County to keep its current cur-rent cataloging system. Last year, the board agreed to accept the state board's offer that processing be done from that Salt Lake City facility facil-ity over keeping cataloging in-house in-house at the main Farmington library. That decision came after af-ter an impartial study conducted con-ducted by a Brigham Young University library school official offi-cial where he recommended the change. AND WHILE Davis lost its catakiger to the state library, there has seemed to be little other impact from that decision, deci-sion, as of yet, with Library Director Jeanne Layton indicating in-dicating she was informed "there may be several levels of libraries that they (state) may not be able to serve." That would include Davis along with the other larger libraries lib-raries in Salt Lake City and county. Weber County, Provo and Orem, or those termed "network resource" libraries. That word came after complaints com-plaints from the Weber County library director who said the state's job has been "totally unsatisfactory" indicating the state does only about 50 percent per-cent of the workload and 15-20 percent of that must be done again by the Weber staff, Ms. Layton said. BUT RATHER than continue con-tinue state processing, the Weber We-ber library has now asked the state to help finance its conversion conver-sion to the OCLC Catalog, or Ohio College Library Center, with the largest library data base, bringing access to 600-800 600-800 of the nation's largest libraries. lib-raries. And the state library is now advocating such a system for local libraries. It already utilizes util-izes the service, Ms. Layton said noting, "That's something some-thing I've advocated for a number of years. It's a chance to get some money to help and computers are becoming increasingly in-creasingly less expensive. "WE COULD keep consistency consis-tency in our present system," she said, with alteration of the county catalog a major concern con-cern raised when the state asked todo processing. "It ties in with the state and national network," allowing for Inter-library Inter-library loan procedures directly direct-ly with other libraries. At the cost of about $ I a request, re-quest, or considerably less than at present, Davis County could direct request materials through the computer network rather than have to contact the state or some other library, she - explained, noting the system would also help Davis County prepare for eventual computerized compute-rized cataloging, such as has recently been implemented in Weber and Salt Lake county libraries. "NOW THE state library is proposing to help defray all costs. The board voted to go this way (with state processing) proces-sing) about a year ago. Now we have a cataloger trained who could make the transition. The state cannot answer whether they can do our processing or not. We have no idea what funding will be next year," Ms. Layton said, adding, "I frankly don't think they want us." Board Chairman Evan Whitesides said the long-term would have to be considered but added, "I've always had a question of whether they could produce." UNDER THE proposed computer system, a terminal would cost $3,800 with $275 monthly rental and $750 for the initial program. The Davis Library Lib-rary normally catalogs from 5-8,000 5-8,000 new titles each year, Ms. Layton said. That would mean under $5,000 equipment costs, she noted adding, "If we could get the state to commit we would then see a drastic change in library lib-rary service in the state. I think this looks very desirable." IT WOULD allow keeping the present catalog, saving manpower and giving access to some of the largest collections . in the nation, Ms. Layton said. |