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University Group 54
Records, 1955-1992
2.0 cubic feet
The records of the Public Services section of the University of Idaho Library were transferred to the Special Collections at various times between 1984 and 1995. They were processed by Judith Nielsen in November 1997.
The operation of the University of Idaho Library is divided into Technical Services (UG 53) and Public Services. Prior to reorganization in 1993 the Public Services division of the University of Idaho Library was composed of three divisional libraries (Humanities, Social Science, and Science), Circulation and Interlibrary Loan. When the new library addition was occupied in 1993 the divisional libraries combined to form a centralized reference area.
The records of the Public Services division of the University of Idaho Library span the years 1955 to 1992.
Included in the records are correspondence, committee records of the Humanities and Science librarians, videotapes and other papers.
The records of the Public Services division are arranged by subject library. Apparently the Social Science library did not transfer its records to Special Collections, so it is not represented in this collection. The records in each of the series are arranged alphabetically. There were a few folders transferred which did not fit into a divisional library and were classed in a series "Other" along with several videotapes.
The first series contains the records of the Humanities Library. Included are correspondence relating to the Bookmark, a library publication, and Snapdragon, a literary journal published in cooperation with the English department, library guides and handbooks, and material relating to the Orientation Committee and the Ezra Pound lecture series.
The records of the Science Library are in the second series. Among the papers are materials relating to the Automation committee, Library survey committee, and Library Affairs Committee, searching manuals, and the correspondence files of the several Science Librarians.
The remaining material is in series three. It includes material relating to ERIC searches, LITTY and reciprocal photocopy agreements, and four videotapes, three of which were used for library orientation presentations.
Routine correspondence requesting information was discarded, as were monthly billing records for computer searches and photocopy requests. This reduced the volume of records by 2 cubic feet.
I. Humanities Library, 1955-1987 1 II. Science Library, 1958-1992 1-2 III. Other Areas, 1969-1991 2
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 Bookmark: Complimentary letters, 1955-1983 29 2 Correspondence, 1958-1983 89 3 Indexes and bibliographies, n.d. 3 4 Library guides, n.d. 48 5 Library handbooks, n.d. 2 6 Orientation committee: Minutes, 1979-1983 20 7 Foreign students, 1981-1986 15 8 Library instruction, 1980-1983 4 9 New student orientation, 1982-1987 29 10 Tours, General, 1983 24 11 Tours, Specific, ca.1982 6 12 Workshops, 1979-1981 6 13 Pound Collection, 1975-1983 7 14 Pound Lecture, AHI grant proposal, 1979 6 15-17 Pound lectures, 1979-1982 51 18 Pound lecture, Miscellaneous, 1978-1984 7 19 Pound lectures, Printed, 1975-1979 5 20 Procedure manual, ca.1981 1 21 Safety, 1978-1980 6 22 Snapdragon, 1979-1982 32
23 Automation committee, 1987-1990 50 24 Burns, Robert W. Preliminary file analysis and flow charts for automation of serials selection, 1968 1 25-31 Correspondence: Burns, 1960-1967 324 32 Burns/Hardies, 1968 38 33-42 Hardies, 1969-1978 330 43-49 Hanson, 1979-1990 274 2 50 Defense Documentation Center correspondence, 1970-1974 52 51 General information on computer searches and data bases, 1971-1976 4 52 Hospital agreements, 1985-1989 8 53 Idaho Health Information Association, 1976-1985 8 54-55 Library Affairs committee, 1986-1992 82 56 Library Survey Committee, 1988-1989 20 57 Report, 1989 58-59 Memos, 1958-1972 170 60 National Agricultural Library - Land Grant State Agricultural Project, 1986-1988 5 61 On-line searching manual, 1976 6 62 Public Services manual, 1970 1 63 Report on holdings in the science library, ca.1958 1 64 Utility Review committee, 1987-1988 23 65 Vet Science, 1975-1978 4 66 WAMI, 1972-1975 20
67 ERIC searches, 1975-1981 49 68 LITTY agreement, 1969-1974 3 69 Photocopy reciprocal agreement, 1964-1973 10 70 Video: Library services promo, July 10, 1987 1 71 U of I Library, July 14, 1987 1 72 UI - An investment in Idaho, January 1991 1 73 UI Library Christmas party, December 1991 1
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