Charles V. Park

Goodwin, Assistant Librarian in charge of services to the public decided to try to find two or three students who would be interested in working full time in the library – seven hours per day – while they carried a part-time schedule of graduate work.

Goodwin at Stanford came to Park during his senior year of studies in economics at the institution.

In his first year there, the school's newsletter reported his improvements to the library, which included moving the service desk away from quiet reading areas and purchasing several volumes at reduced cost and great value to the small-budgeted library.

[3] Later, when asked why he chose to move from Stanford (with a larger budget) to Central Michigan, Park (quoting Caesar) stated “I’d rather be first in a Siberian village than second in Rome.

"[4] Park's decision to use a ‘modular’ building because it was inexpensive and allowed for simpler additions.

[4] Another of Park's goals for the CMU library was to begin a department to instruct future college librarians.