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A student who did not return checked out library books paid a fine of a few pennies a day. By 1930, Miss Harrison accumulated
several hundred dollars in fines and commissioned wood carver Peter Mansbendel to carve a "Library" wall piece. Magnificently
carved in black walnut, the sign still hangs today, in the library at the Lakeside Campus.
After World War II, academic challenges increased. The library's book collection saw greater and greater use. By the 1970s, the
beginnings of a change in technology began to press library space and resources.
When the library for the Lakeside campus was
designed, additional space for storage was added and two classrooms attached to the main library. Librarians became responsible for
audio-visual software and hardware.
And then, in the early 80s, the computer explosion occurred. More and more teachers used computers to enhance instruc tion. And
the school district began to provide guidance, hardware and even technical support for the schools. The library stood squarely in the
middle of this information revolution.
Today's library shows the change in information technology. Many computers provide students with access to multiple websites.
Fiction is still popular in hardcopy form, but reference books circulate much more slowly than thirty years ago. And the CD and
DVD players are far more common in the classroom than the videotape, audiotape, and DuKane filmstrip projectors we used in ear-
lier years. The library's media collection reflects the change as new orders for DVDs far outnumber the videotapes.
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