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New Veterinary Library Staff
The new library team consists of Anne
Christie, veterinary librarian, and Derrick
Padar, library technician.
Christie has been a biological sciences
librarian at Valley Library since 1989
and now spends eight hours per week
with responsibilities at the veterinary
library. She is responsible for the administration
of the veterinary library and
works with a committee of college
faculty to decide on new additions to
the library collection.
Padar came to OSU from Michigan
State University, where he worked in
three different departments during his
five years at the main library. He now
works full-time for the College of
Veterinary Medicine, handling the
day-to-day operation of the library.
Christie and Padar’s first task was
to bring the library collection online,
working with the cataloging staff from
OSU’s Valley Library to convert the card
catalog to an electronic catalog.
“Allison laid great groundwork, so
we’re able to expand on that,” says
Padar. “We are enjoying getting to
know the students and faculty.”
hen Allison Bates began
her career as the OSU
College of Veterinary
Medicine’s first librarian in
July 1980, Magruder Hall
was under construction. The library, consisting
of less than 350 books plus a few
videos and journals, was housed in Dryden
Hall. “There was no room in the library for
my desk,” says Bates. “I had a desk in the
hallway, and it wasn’t near the library.”
In September of that year, two days
before school started, the library moved to
Magruder Hall. She says the collection was
moved in a sheep truck. “It was pretty
rickety, but we managed it. I rode right
along with the collection.”
Before she took early retirement in
June 2004, Bates was pleased to have been
able to move the library into its new,
updated quarters in Magruder Hall. As the
sound of construction equipment drowned
out Bates’ voice during an interview with
her last spring, she quipped, “That’s one of
the unique things about this situation: I
first saw this room in a hard hat and now
I’m seeing the new library in a hard hat—
hard hat to hard hat. I’m privileged to have
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Library Fact #1:
The College of Veterinary Medicine library
now houses 3,000 books, plus numerous
journals, video cassettes, slide and sound
packages, CD-ROMs, and DVDs.
Library Fact #2:
The collection will need to expand to
accommodate new four-year program needs.
Wayne Knudsen Retires
taken the library
from its original
beginnings to its
new beginning.”
Bates says that
in the early days,
the library had only
one computer. “In
the beginning, I did
all the database
literature searching for everybody—it
was pretty labor intensive,” she says. But
improved database systems and the
Internet changed that.
In addition to students and faculty,
the general public uses the library.
“I’ve worked with farriers, physicians,
attorneys—all sorts of people needing
veterinary information from a different
perspective,” says Bates.
Bates says she enjoyed her career as
the college’s veterinary librarian, which
spanned the administrations of several
deans.
The college’s faculty, staff, and students
have valued her service to the college
and the profession.
Library Fact #3:
The library’s collection will be catalogued
online, making it accessible to users from
their own desktops.
Library Fact #4:
Nine new computers are now available
for library users.
Library Fact #5:
Wireless access makes it easier than ever
for researchers to use their own laptops.
Wayne Knudsen, information systems analyst, retired this past summer. He began
employment with OSU Computing Center 1973 and joined the college in 1986. He
designed and maintained the Veterinary Teaching Hospital and Veterinary Diagnostic
Laboratory computer system and is serving in a temporary appointment to assist with
the transition to a new computer system.