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Show Subjects at all levels Artwork Microforms in the Library The library lends more than just books. Art prints, originals and reproductions, are framed and ready to hang in your home or office. Sculptures and statuettes, exact duplicates of priceless originals can be borrowed to grace a table or illustrate a report. All these can be checked out for up to 60 days at no charge. Art Library prints owned by the are lithographs, and ink etchings, woodcuts, created drawings, directly under the of supervision such artists as Jay Seely, Hanna Greaver, and Henry Wolf. The 104 art reproductions (printed from photographs of the originals) range from the old Masters to contemporary artists, including Blish, Chagall, Picasso, and Rockwell. Most of the sculptures are cast from impressions of the original museum pieces. Some, representing originals of monumental size, are scale models. The 28 pieces in the collection represent a wide range of historic periods, from Early Egyptian to Contemporary American, including the bust of Queen Nefertiti, an African elephant, and a modern metal Isosceles. entitled sculpture Microform The library has several types of material available in microform. These microforms are photographic reductions of printed material which are viewed on a reader. The reader magnifies the materia) to its original size and projects it on a screen. The New York Times, Ugden Standard Presently, microforms do not circulate and must be viewed on readers within the library. This format is becoming increasingly popular and may become the paperback of the future. Just imagine an entire book on a 4x6 card you can read at home with a small device called a lap reader. Examiner, college catalogs, Come in and get acquainted with magazines and American Civilization using microforms - its the printed materials are available in this format. page of the future. Volunteer Program are an important element in the library system. By giving of their time and talents, they aid the staff in providing better service to the community. Volunteers donate time in all departments, with from books which are donated for this sale are used for special projects and materials in the library, books program in an elementary school, RIF is a national reading motivation program. Volunteers afro offer a delivery service to shut-in- The Volunteers activities ranging from mending to giving service at the in- formation desk. In addition to their regular duties, they sponsor a used book sale every year. The proceeds This year the volunteers reached out into the community to sponsor a RIF (Reading Is Fundamental) s. |