NTE2ua1981_06.xml Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Library Advisory Committee Office Files 1958-1968 Washington State University Libraries Library Advisory Committee Office Files Finding aid prepared by Mark O'English Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections © 2022 Finding aid encoded by Suzanne James-Bacon. 2022 Finding aid written in English. English. Finding aid based on DACS 2nd Edition ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard). Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections UA1981-06 Washington State University. Libraries Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Library Advisory Committee Office Files 1958-1968 0.25 Linear feet of shelf space 1 Box Reports and memoranda detailing the future development of WSU libraries from the Library Advisory Committee from 1958-1968. (MASC STAFF USE) 2-40-01-2 Collection materials are in English

The Washington State University Libraries date to the founding of the Washington Agricultural College and School of Science, when the library was just a shelf in the President’s office in the first campus building. It quickly grew and became a room in the original College Hall, then half a floor in the Administration Building (Thompson Hall), then half of Bryan Hall, then the full Holland Library, and then the Owen Science and Engineering Library as well. Over time a number of departmental libraries acted as branches of the system, some officially and some unofficially. The Library Advisory Council was implemented in 1978 to advise the director of the libraries about policy decisions and other administrative duties. The Committee consisted of voting members and non voting members to assist in making decisions about the libraries and met monthly. In 1980, at the recommendation of the Management Review and Analysis Program, the Library Advisory Committee was disbanded.

Contains mostly administrative reports, meeting minutes, and memoranda related to the development of library policies and procedures. Items include reports on ways to increase worker and operation speed, as well as a detailed report on specific policies and procedures from about 1958-1968.

This is an unprocessed collection. Any arrangement reflects either a pre-existing order from the records' creators or previous custodians, or preliminary sorting performed by staff.

Items are contained in a single file folder and are in order roughly by ascending chronological order.

This collection is open and available for research use.

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Preliminary Guide to the Washington State University Libraries Library Advisory Committee Office Files, 1958-1968 (UA1981-06)

Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

This material was transferred to WSU Libraries' MASC by Pauline Lilje of the Libraries on November 8, 1978 and February 17, 1981 and retained as UA1981-06.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Washington State University. Libraries -- Records and correspondence Washington (State) Colleges and Universities