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Show Page Sixteen - The Springville Herald - November 27, 1980 1 tktmm m. ri-i iir f i - , , Springville Chamber of Commerce nominating committee met Monday at noon to plan the ballot for the coming elections. Arline Watkins, executive secretary, left, discussed nominations with Marilyn Crandall, president-elect; John Grobben, .presi dent; and Roger Williams, past-president. As soon as the nominees are contacted, a ballot will be prepared and Chamber members will elect a new slate of officers to be installed in the installation banquet, January 8, 1981. James Michener: How to use a library By James A. Michener Mr. Michener is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, author of "Tales of the South Pacific," "Hawaii," "Centennial," and "Chesapeake." This article is part of a series prepared at the request of the International Paper Company to help all Americans read better, write better, and communicate com-municate better. You're driving your car home from work or school. And something goes wrong. The engine stalls out at lights, holds back as you go to pass. It needs a tune-up and soon. Where do you go? The library. You can take out an auto repair manual that tells step-by-step how to tune up your make and model. Or your tennis game has fallen off. You've lost your touch at the net. Where do you go? The library for a few books on improving your tennis form. "The library ! " you say. "That's where my teacher sends me to do ugh homework." Unfortunately, I've found that's exactly the way many people feel. If you're among them, you're denying yourself the easiest way to improve im-prove yourself, enjoy yourself and even cope with life. It's hard for me to imagine what I would be doing today if I had not fallen in love, at the ripe old age of seven, with the Melinda Cox Library in my hometown of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. At our house, we just could not afford books. The books in that free library would change my life dramatically, s Who knows what your library can open up for you? My first suggestion for making the most of your library is todo what I did: read and read and read. For pleasure and for understanding. How to kick the TV habit If it's TV that keeps you from cultivating this delicious habit, I can ofer a sure remedy. Take home from the library a stack of books that might look interesting. Pile them on the TV set. Schouten Optical "The best care in sight" Eyes examined for glasses and contact lenses Wide selection ol Irames In Orem at Carillon Square West ol Wolles 224-3133 Next time you are tempted temp-ted to turn on a program you really don't want to see, reach for a book instead. Over the years, some people collect a mental list of books they mean to read. If you don't have such a list, here is' a guggestion. Take from the library some of the books you might have enjoyed dramatized on TV, like Remarque's "All Quiet op the Western Front," Clavell's "Shogun," Tolkien's "The Hobbit,'' or Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables." If you like what you read, you can' follow up with other satisfying books by the same authors. Some people in their reading limit themselves to current talked-about best sellers. Oh, what they miss! The library is full of yesterday's best sellers; and they still make compelling reading today. Some that I've enjoyed: A.B. Guthrie's "The Big" Sky," Carl Van Doren's "Benjamin Franklin," Mari Sandoz's "Old Jules," and,Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead." How do you find these or any other books you're looking for? It's easy with the card catalog. Learn to use the card catalog Every time I go to the library and I go more than once a week I invariably make a beeline to the card catalog before anything else. It's the nucleus of any public library. The card catalog lists every book in the library by: 1. author; 2. title; 3. subject. Let's pick an interesting in-teresting subject to look up. I have always been fascinated by astronomy. You'll be surprised at the wealth of material you will find under "astronomy" to draw upon. And the absorbing books you didn't know existed on it. CAUTION: Always have a pencil and paper when you use the card catalog. Once you jot down the numbers of the books you are interested in, you are ready to find them on the shelves. Learn to use the stacks Libraries call the sehlves "the stacks." In many libraries the stacks will be open for you to browse. To me there is a special thrill in tracking down the books I want in the stacks! For invarably, I find books about which I knew nothing, and these often turn out to be the very ones I need. You will find the same thing happening to you when you start to browse in the VALLEY TAX SERVICE, INC. OPEN ALL YEAR Tax Accounting - Bookkeeping Business Consulting Estate Planning Xerox Copies 4e - Notary Public SPRINGVILLE OFFICE 489-8224 25 WEST 200 SOUTH (Upstairs Central Bank Bldg.) stacks. "A learned mind is the end product of browsing." CAUTION: If you take a book from the stacks to your work d esk , d o not try to return it to its proper place. That's work for the experts. If you replace it incorrectly, the next seeker won't be able to find it. Learn to know the reference librarian Some of the brightest and best informed men and women in America are the librarians who specialize in providing reference help. Introduce yourself. State your problem. And be amazed at how much help you will receive. CAUTION: Don't waste the time of this expert by asking silly questions you ought to solve yourself. Save the reference librarian for the really big ones. Learn to use The Reader's Guide to Perodical Literature This green-bound index is one of the most useful items in any library. It indexes all the articles in the major magazines, including newspaper magazine supplements. Thus it provides a guide to the very latest expert information on any subject that interests you. So if you want to do a really first-class job, find out which magazines your library subscribes to, then consult The Reader's Guide and track down recent articles on your subject. When you use this wonderful tool ef- ";'f''?IJ fectively, you show the 'StKft mark 01 a reaI s?nolar- r our personal ninis Since you can take most books home, but not magazines, take full notes when using the latter. Many libraries today provide a reprographic machine that can quickly copy pages you need from magazines and books. Ask about it. If you are working on a project of some size which will require repeated library visits, keep a small notebook in which you record the identification numbers of the books you will be using frequently, this will save you valuable time, because you won't have to consult the card catalog or search aimlessly through the stacks each time you visit for the material you seek. Some of the very best books in any library are the reference books, which may be taken home. Learn what topics they cover and how best to use them, for these books are wonderful repositories of human, knowledge. Your business and legal advisor Your library can give you help on any subject. It can even be your business and legal advisor. How many times have you scratched your head over how to get a tax rebate on your summer job? You'll find answers in tax guides at the library. Thinking of buying or renting a house? You'll find guides to that. Want to defend yourself in traffic court? Find out how in legal books at the library. Library projects can be fun-and rewarding Here are a few ideas: 1. What are your roots? Trace your ancestors. Many libraries specialize in genealogy. 2. Did George Washington sleep nearby? Or Billy the Kid? Your library's collection of local history books can put you on the trail. 3. Cook a Polynesian feast. Or an ancient Roman banquet. Read how in the library's cookbooks. 4. Take up photography Check tlie library for consumer reviews of cameras before you buy. Take out books on lighting, composition.or darkroom techniques. Or you name it! If you haven't detected by now my enthusiasm for libraries, let me offer two personal notes. I'm particularly pleased that in recent years two beautiful libraries have been named after me: a small community library in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, and the huge research library located at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley. 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