Thursday, August 27, 2009
The stacks in Watson Library can be a daunting place. There is row after row of books, organized in some mysterious order, and trying to find a specific book can be quite the task.
Sierra Amon, Lawrence sophomore, works at Watson Library shelving books. She says that the easiest way to go about finding a book is looking up the call number online at lib.ku.edu, and then looking at the stacks map. This shows you what call numbers are on what floor, and will point you to the right vicinity. For example, the call number PS3564.I362 T56 would be found in the center stacks on the fourth floor. Once you get to the fourth floor of the center stacks, you have to read the signs at the end of the shelves to find the right number range, and keep looking at the books until you find the number that matches. Amon says that what confuses people the most are the half floors and how to access the west, center and east stacks.
Amon often fields questions from students about where to find a certain book. She says sometimes they get confused when she explains it, so she directs them to the employees at the main circulation desk, who are used to helping the lost.
Kelsey Smith, Council Grove sophomore, works at the circulation desk at Watson. She says she answers many questions each day regarding how to find books in the stacks. The start of the semester is the busiest time for these types of questions, but Smith says most of the people who are lost are students of all ages who have never been in the library.
"Once they get in to the stacks it can be a little bit intimidating to them, but once you know where you are going and how to find your call number itís a lot easier," Smith says.
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