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M.S.U. Libraries Archive

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Contact Information:

Special Collections
Michigan State University Libraries
100 Main Library East Lansing, MI 48824
517.884.6471
E-mail:spc@mail.lib.msu.edu
URL: http//specialcollections.lib.msu.edu

Date Received:

During the 20th century: approximately from the 1940s-

Date Processed:

May-July 2008, August 2009

Acquisitions Information:

Materials collected by MSU Libraries staff since the 1940s

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Box number, Folder number and/or title, M.S.U. Libraries Archive, MSS 313, Special Collections, Michigan State University Main Library

Copyright Notice:

Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Usage Restrictions:

None

Photoduplication Restrictions:

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Collection Summary:

11 boxes & 16 Albums containing official Michigan State University and MSU Libraries documents, instruction materials (including posters, audio tapes, slides & print files) and photographs (slides, photos & CD-ROMs) of library staff in various roles at work and in attendance at library sponsored functions.

Historical or Biographical Background:

The MSU Libraries began as a single reading room on the third floor of College Hall, the first classroom building at the Michigan Agricultural College. In the school's early years, students and faculty spent most of the day in the classroom and the fields, so the library was open only a few hours in the late afternoon and early evening. Student assistants were the very first library employees.

In the 1970s, libraries began transforming their collections and operations to take advantage of newly developing technology. Card catalogs were automated; videos and software joined books on the shelves; telecommunications allowed libraries to share information quickly and easily. In 1989, the MSU Libraries' catalog went online, allowing users to perform searches in a few seconds that would have taken hours with the card catalog.

Since the early 1990s, the astonishing growth of the Internet has allowed libraries to dramatically expand the range of services and materials they can provide to patrons. The MSU Libraries are on the leading edge of this movement, providing a comprehensive collection of full-text electronic resources in every discipline, online services that speed materials to scholars, and facilities to create the best possible learning environment for every student.

This archive represents a compilation of the efforts and achievements that the MSU Libraries has made on behalf of the academic community at Michigan State University.

Processing Note:

Processed by Molly Dean: May-July 2008, August 2009

Arrangement:

The M.S.U. Libraries Archive is arranged into four series:

Series 1: Library Administration

Contains library files devoted to Departmental business activities, Development, Diversity, Events, Facilities, Miscellanea, Organization and Policy, Preservation, Publications, Technology and the Library Suggestions Box Questions/Answers.
Box File Folder/Description
1 1 Departments: Branch Libraries/Reading Rooms - Final Report 2/28/90
  2 Departments: Document Delivery Service - 1993
  3 Departments: Handicapper Services
  4 Departments: Microforms Task Force - 1993
  5 Departments: Non-Affiliated Departmental Libraries - May 1984
  6 Departments: Non-Affiliated Branch Libraries/Assigned Reading Rooms - April 1998
  7 Departments: Non-Affiliated Reading Rooms/Libraries - 2000
  8 Departments: Outreach
  9 Departments: India Program
  10 Departments: Public Service Division - 1991/92
  11 Departments: Public Service Division - 1997/98
  12 Departments: Public Service Division - Expanded Info. Center - Final Report 4/19/93
  13 Departments: Public Service Division - Office of Management Studies - 1983
  14 Departments: Public Service Division - Fine Arts/Rare Books Task Force Report/1993
  15 Departments: Public Service Division - Periodicals Access & Control 1983
  16 Departments: Public Service Division - Retreat - July 1992
  17 Departments: Public Service Division - Serials Reconfiguration - April 1983
  18 Departments: Public Service Division - Strategic Planning - 1992
  19 Departments: Public Service Division - Strategic Planning - 1993
  20 Departments: Software Collection Statement - 1986/87
  21 Departments: Reference Reorganization - 12/18/97
  22 Departments: Reference Services - Main Library Report - 1992
  23 Departments: Reference Services: Reorganization & Facilities Plan - 1997
2 1 Departments: Reference Services: Task Force Reports - IRC, Microforms, Serials - 1993
  2 Departments: Science Libraries/Branch Libraries Program Definition - 1988
  3 Departments: Special Collections: Douglas C. McMurtrie Manuscript Collection
  4 Departments: Special Collections: University of Rochester Project
  5 Departments: Technical Services - Reorganization 1992
  6 Departments: Technical Services - Reorganization Plan 1992 - Implementation Team Report
  7 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Workflow Subgroup Report
  8 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Communications & Participation
  9 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Design Models - 1991
  10 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Final Design Recommendations - 1991
  11 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan Report - 1992
  12 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Training & Development Report
  13 Departments: Technical Services - Strategic Plan - Working Conditions - 1991
  14 Departments: Undergraduate Library
  15 Departments: University Outreach
  16 Development: 1990s
  17 Development: Friends Annual Meeting - 1992
  18 Development: Library Capital Projects - 1992
  19 Development: Public Relations
  20 Diversity: Diversity Article: Association of American Colleges - August 1989
  21 Diversity: Diversity Article: University of Michigan Library - 1988
  22 Diversity: Diversity Article: Academe Sept./Oct. 1989 & Fair Employment Practices - 1989
  23 Diversity: Discussion Paper - University of Wisconsin
  24 Diversity: Final Report - Stanford University - 1989
  25 Diversity: Ideas/Examples/Consultants
  25.1 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Campus Equity Climate Assessment Educational Consultant Services - 1989
  26 Diversity: MSU IDEA - College Level Plans: 1989/90
  27 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Faculty & Academic Staff Diversity Survey - 1991
  28 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - African Americans - 1968-1989
  29 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Contents
  30 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Handicappers - 1971?-1989
  31 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Diversity Issues
  32 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Hispanic American - 1971-1989
  33 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Jewish Students
  34 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Michigan State Univ. - 1967?-1989
  35 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Native Americans - 1971-1989
  36 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Racism, Sexism & Homophobia
  37 Diversity: MSU IDEA - History & Current Topics - Women
  38 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Libraries - Display Committee Final Report
  39 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Library Planning Program Report - 1990
  40 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Library Profile & Climate Review Task Force - Final Report
  41 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Newspaper Draft - April 4, 1989
  42 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Plan in Review - April 4/5, 1991
  43 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Program Planning Committee Report
  44 Diversity: MSU IDEA - Resource Manual (Institutional Diversity & Excellence in Action)
  45 Diversity: MSU IDEA II
  46 Diversity: MSU IDEA II - Draft - 1991
2A 1 Events: Library Staff Assoc. - Christmas Tea
  2 Events: Michigan Writer's Symposium - 1992
  3 Events: Michigan Writer's Symposium - 1993
  4 Events: Michigan Writer's Symposium - 1994
  5 Events: Michigan Writer's Symposium - 1997
  6 Events: Michigan Writer's Symposium - 1998
  7 Events: Mowbray Scholars Dinner - 1993
  8 Events: Oliver Harrington Exhibit - 1992
  9 Events: Seminars 1980-1993
  10 Events: Speech Honoring Dr. Richard Chapin by Henry Koch
  11 Events: Student Book Collection Competition 1 - 1998
  12 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 1998 Essays
  13 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 1999 Entries
  14 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 1999 Finalists
  15 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 1999 General Information
  16 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 2000
  17 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 2001: photos & disks
  18 Events: Student Book Collection Competition - 2007
  19 Events: Student Riot - 2003
3 1 Facilities - Library Floor Plans - 1993
  2 Facilities - Space Planning Subcommittee - 1997
  3 Miscellanea - Memorial Service Program - Richard Chapin 4/29/25 - 7/30/09
  4 Organization & Policy: Academic Program Planning & Review 1991/92
  5 Organization & Policy: Academic Program Planning & Review 1992/93
  6 Organization & Policy: All Staff Meeting - Summary 1996
  7 Organization & Policy: Annual Report 1959/60
  8 Organization & Policy: Annual Reports 1993, 1994/95
  9 Organization & Policy: Climate Assessment Survey
  10 Organization & Policy: Collection Development: Social Sciences 1986
  11 Organization & Policy: Committee: Serials Holdings List: 1975
  12 Organization & Policy: Ergonomic Action Team - 1992
  13 Organization & Policy: Ergonomic Action Team: Evaluations - 1994
  14 Organization & Policy: Ergonomic Design Recommendations - 1995
  15 Organization & Policy: Ergonomic Improvements - 1996
  16 Organization & Policy: Five-Year Program - 1960-65
  17 Organization & Policy: Food/Drink Policies - 1990/91
  18 Organization & Policy: Food /Drink Proposal - 1997
  19 Organization & Policy: General Readers' Services - Annual Report - 1985/86
  20 Organization & Policy: Goals - Short Term - 1992
  21 Organization & Policy: Goals & Objectives - 1991, 1992
  22 Organization & Policy: Handicapper Task Force - 1994/95
  23 Organization & Policy: Intellectual Map - SSHR (partial list) - Subject Index
  26 Organization & Policy: Library Advisory Council - 1991-1993
  27 Organization & Policy: Library Catalog - 1977-1980's
  28 Organization & Policy: Library Exhibits Committee
  29 Organization & Policy: Library Handbook - MSU Medical Schools - 1994
  30 Organization & Policy: Library Staff Association (LSA)
  31 Organization & Policy: Major Accomplishments - 2005
  32 Organization & Policy: Medical Information/Library Services Task Force Report 1990
  33 Organization & Policy: Multiple Versions Catalog Policy Team - 1993
  34 Organization & Policy: Music Information
  35 Organization & Policy: Organizational Chart (under Dr. Richard Chapin)
  36 Organization & Policy: Organizational Charts
  37 Organization & Policy: Policy & Procedural Manual
  38 Organization & Policy: Policy & Procedural Manual - 1997
3A 1 Organization & Policy: Reference Services Task Force - 1993
  2 Organization & Policy: Report on Science Reference Desk Statistics Project - 1990
  3 Organization & Policy: Report to the Board of Trustees - 1961
  4 Organization & Policy: Serials Holdings - 1992
  5 Organization & Policy: Strategic Planning Document - 1990
  6 Organization & Policy: Subject Catalog Filing Rules
  7 Organization & Policy: Summary: Six Month Issues & Opportunities - 1993/94?
  8 Organization & Policy: Supplementary Materials Task Force - 2000
  9 Theses Cataloging Policy
  10 Organization & Policy: Travel Committee - 1991
  11 Personnel: Librarian Personnel Handbook - 1994
  12 Personnel: Librarian Personnel Handbook - 1999
  13 Personnel: Library Faculty - Annual Review & Merit Increase Committee 1991, 1993, 1994
  14 Personnel: Library Faculty Governance - 1992-1993
  15 Personnel: Upward Evaluation
  16 Preservation: Disaster Handbook - 1985
  17 Preservation: Disaster Handbook - 1985 c.2
  18 Preservation: Disaster Handbook - 2nd ed. - 1987 (abbreviated version)
  19 Preservation : Disaster Handbook - 3rd ed. - 1999
  20 Preservation: Disaster Manual - 4th ed. - 2003
  21 Preservation: Interview Schedule - 1995 - Department Head
  22 Preservation: Preservation - 1985
  23 Publications: Library Identity Pkg. - 1994
  24 Publications: Library Information Updates - 1992, 1993
  25 Publications: Library Newsletters - 1991-1999
  26 Publications: Library of Michigan - Newsletter - July-Aug. 1993
4 1 Publications: Library Link - 1996, 1997
  2 Publications: Miscellaneous - Folder 1
  3 Publications: Miscellaneous - Folder 2
  4 Publications: MSU Faculty Publications: 1998-2003
  5 Publications: MSU News Bulletin Suppls. - 1990-1995
  6 Publications: News Articles - 1998/99
  7 Publications: Printing
  8 Publications: Visions - 1990/91
  9 Technology: ANGEL Task Force 8/2004
  10 Technology: Archive Graphics
  11 Technology: CD-ROM Index - NCJSR - 1992
  12 Technology: CD-ROM Networking Proposal - 1994
  13 Technology: Commercial Suppliers - Journal Articles - 1992
  14 Technology: Computer Files (MRDF) - 1986
  15 Technology: Computer Software - Catalog - Innopac - 1998
  16 Technology: Computer Software - Catalog - LTTS - 1996
  17 Technology: Database - 1983-1987
  18 Technology: Database Coordinator - 1982-1991
  19 Technology: Database Search Services
  20 Technology: Database Search Statistics - 1985-1990
  21 Technology: Database Searchers - 1989, 1991
  22 Technology: Database Searching - 1979-1983
  23 Technology: Database Task Force - 1984-1985
  24 Technology: Databases - Joint Working Groups - 1990
  25 Technology: Electronic Bulletin Board - 1985-1990
  26 Technology: Electronic Classroom
5 1 Suggestions: 1996/97
  2 Suggestions: 1998/99
  3 Suggestions: 1998-2000
  4 Suggestions: 2000
  5 Suggestions: 2001
5A 1
  2 Suggestions: 2003
  3 Suggestions: 2004
  4 Suggestions: 2005
  5 Suggestions: 2006
  6 Suggestions: 2007
  7 Suggestions: 2008
  8 Suggestions: 2009

Series 2: Library Instruction

Includes materials devoted primarily to library building use and instruction in the use of the on-line catalogs and databases
Box File Folder/Description
6 1 Library Instruction: BI (Bibliographic Instruction) Notebook - 1994
  2 Library Instruction: "Big Time Library Show" - Degree Navigator - VHS Tape
  3 Library Instruction: "Big Time Library Show" - VHS Tape
  4 Library Instruction: "Big Time Library Show" - Rough edit 6/4/96 - VHS Tape
  5 Library Instruction: "Tales from the MSU Stacks" - CD-Rom
  6 Library Instruction: Handouts/Outlines
  7 Library Instruction: Library-wide group - 1983
  8 Library Instruction: Magic II (On-line Catalog) - VHS Tour
  9 Library Instruction: Meetings 1976-1982
  10 Library Instruction: Statistics - 1981-1988
  11 Library Instruction: Statistics - 1990
  12 Library Instruction: Tours - Naples DVD - Proposed Text
  13 Library Instruction: Tours - Self-guided tour - fall 1999
  14 Library Instruction: Tours -Self-guided tour - Undergraduate Library
  15 Library Instruction: Tours - Slide/Tape Productions
  16 Library Instruction: MSU New Bulletin Supplements - 1987, 1988, and 1999
  17 Library Instruction: Open House - 1994-96
  18 Library Instruction: Signs, Graphics
  19 Library Instruction: Welcome Week - Components
  20 Library Instruction: Welcome Week - Narrative Script - 1996
  20.1 Library Instruction: Welcome Week - 2002
  21 (Envelope) Audio-Tape - "Finding a book in the MSU Library" - 1971
  22 (Envelope) Audio-Tape - "Lost in the MSU Library" - 1971
  23 (Envelope) Audiotape - Tour of the MSU Undergraduate Library - 1975 (2 copies)
  24 (Envelope) Audiotape - "Using Psychological Abstracts" - 3 copies
  25 (Envelope) Audio-Tape - "Welcome to the MSU Library" - 1971
Album 1   Slide Archive
Map Case   Library Posters:
  • 1990-1991
  • 1991
  • 1992-1993
  • 1993-1994
  • 1994-1995
  • 1995 (4 millionth volume)
  • Fall 1998
  • Chicano History Month - 2002

Series 3:

Library Staff Slides/Photographs/Negatives. Contains photographs, slides and negatives depicting library staff and patrons in their varied roles and functions from c.1907.
Box File Folder/Description
Album 2 MSU Libraries Slides - 1907-1995
Album 3 Photographs - 1940s-1960s
Album 4 Photographs - 1970s
Album 5 Photographs - 1980s
Album 6-7 Photographs - 1980s & 1990s
Album 8-12 Photographs - 1990s
Album 13-14 Photographs - 1990s & 2000s
Album 15 Photographs - Miscellaneous (undated)
Album 16 Photograph Negatives - 1983 - 2000s & Miscellaneous
7 & Envelope Photograph Negatives - in picture formats
8 MSU Library Building - 2005
Library Departmental Descriptions
Staff Photographs - 2005 - A-F
9 Staff Photographs - 2005 - G-V

Series 4:

Library Artifacts and Realia
Box File Folder/Description
9 1 Coaster: Award for Excellence -Biomedical Physical Sciences Building - MSU 1999-2001
  2 Computer-shaped clip "It's MAGIC!"
  3 MSU Libraries button - 91-92
  4 Plastic Cube (with enclosed photograph) of the MSU Biomedical and Physical Sciences Facility: Ground Breaking Ceremony - 2/10/99

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