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operating equipment. The ophthalmic equipment is maintained by one full-time individual on staff.

The Facilities Department, headed by an Associate Director for Physical Plant, is composed of Engineering, Maintenance, and Housekeeping. These areas work together cohesively to ensure that the building achieves the highest level of operational efficiency and cleanliness. The Engineering Department consists of a full-time Plant Utilities Engineer II who supervises three full-time Plant Utilities Engineers, one full-time Plant Utilities Assistant and one Maintenance Assistant. The primary functions of this department are to (1) ensure that the building has adequate heating and/or air-conditioning and (2) maintain, troubleshoot, repair, test, and calibrate mechanical and electrical equipment providing heat, hot water, ventilation, air- conditioning, and electrical distribution. The Maintenance Department consists of four full time employees -- two General Mechanics, one Maintenance Assistant and one Cleaner. This department is responsible for the general maintenance of the building and performs a variety of repairs, installations and minor construction tasks. The Housekeeping Department consists of 10 cleaners reporting to a Staff Associate/Facility Manager. 7.2 The program must provide access to well-maintained library, study space and information facilities, sufficient in size, breadth of holdings, and information technology to support the program’s education and other missions. Library The Kohn Vision Science Library occupies the fourth floor of SUNY State College of Optometry, with windows facing 42 nd and 43 rd Streets. It is reached by elevators and, if necessary, also by stairs. In summary: • The total net area of the fourth floor is 13,895 square feet, including two restrooms. • The public areas are: four major stack sections, six group study rooms, two computer labs, one multimedia room with scanners, study carrels, couch and soft seating area, book and instrument display areas, and quiet study areas with tables. • The staff areas are: circulation desk, work room, offices, Reserve Collection stacks, and storage rooms. • There are four emergency exits leading to stairwells and a Fire Warden's telephone connection at Stairwell D on the 43 rd Street side. Holdings by Collection The Library collection supports the curriculum and research needs of the College and provides specialized material via Interlibrary Loan to outside institutions and patrons. New acquisitions are cataloged in-house by Library staff, either by downloading existing bibliographic records or by original cataloging. Library expenditures are given in Appendix VII-8 . Capital Projects Please refer to Appendix VII-2 for recently completed capital projects and those underway.

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