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RECORD
GROUP 25
LIBRARY The
Library was first housed in Old Main.
An initial purchase ($2,500) for books for the library was made
in 1870 by President Welch (who may have been in charge of the Library
until 1873.)
From 1873 to 1877, students in the positions of Librarian and
Assistant Librarian staffed the Library.
In 1878, J. C. Arthur was appointed Librarian on a part-time
basis, in addition to his duties as Demonstrator of Botany and
Zoology.
Flora Wilson was the first full-time Librarian, appointed in
1894.
The Library was moved to Morrill Hall in 1896 and to the
Central Building (now Beardshear Hall) in 1913.
By this time, only a small segment of the collection was
located in the Main Library.
Most of the volumes were housed in reading rooms in various
campus buildings.
In 1925, the new library building was completed and the
decision was made to consolidate the collections and house all of the
Library's 115,000 volumes under one roof.
The only volumes left outside of the Library were those in the
Chemistry and Engineering Reading Rooms.
The new facility was not large enough to allow for adequate
expansion and was outgrown in five years.
It was not until 1959 that the Legislature appropriated
$1,312,500 to build an addition to the Library.
This addition was completed in 1961, with a second addition
completed in 1967.
A third addition was completed in 1982.
In addition to the main library (Parks) there are also the
following reading rooms: Design (established in the Fall of 1978),
Economics and Sociology (established in the mid 1940’s), Mathematics
(established 1969), and Physical Sciences (established in November
1949).
The Veterinary Medical Branch Library was established in the
Fall of 1976.
25/1 DEAN'S OFFICE
The Dean of Library Services is directly responsible to the Provost Librarians, Directors, and Deans
Extension Librarian This
position was established in 1937 in an arrangement whereby the
Extension Librarian, although a member of the staff of the Library,
was jointly funded on an even basis by the Agricultural Extension
Service.
The function of the position was to provide resident and fields
staffs of the Extension Service with a specialized reference service.
In the fall of 1939, a special Extension Library, housed in the
Main Library but reserved for the use of Extension Service staff, was
established with matching purchase funds provided by Epsilon Sigma Phi
-- national extension honorary fraternity -- and the Library. The
position of Extension Librarian was abolished July 1, 1951.
The Extension Library with the agreement of Epsilon Sigma Phi
was absorbed into the general collection of the Library in 1952.
25/2 Assistant Directors:
25/3 Assistant Directors:
25/4
The Collection Development Division split from the Assistant Director
for Resources and Technical Services Division in 1974.
The Division was split and absorbed into other divisions in
1996.
(Preservation was absorbed into Technical Services.
Collection Development and Special Collections were absorbed
into Public Services.)
The position of Collections Officer was created in 1996, and
reports directly to the Dean. Assistant Directors:
Collections Officers:
25/5 Assistant Directors:
25/6
Assistant Directors (Information Technology Officer (1999-
):
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