University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives
Dean of Library Records
Force, Ron W., 1941-2023
UG 151
2 cubic feet
1993-2002
Contains materials related to the renovation and addition of the University of Idaho Library, including correspondence about the project, reports, budgets, project planning materials, and copies of architectural materials. Also contains additional dean of library records, including a faculty service award, leadership retreat packets, University of Idaho Foundation records, and meeting agendas/minutes for committee meetings.
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Collection spans the years 1951-2004 (with bulk from 1990-2004) and contains materials related to the renovation and addition of the University of Idaho Library, including correspondence about the project, reports, budgets, project planning materials, and copies of architectural materials. Also contains additional dean of library records, including a faculty service award, leadership retreat packets, University of Idaho Foundation records, and meeting agendas/minutes for committee meetings.
Ron Force was appointed dean of library services in June of 1991, following the service of Warren Owens (1968-1986) and Eileen Hitchingham (1987-1990). Before this, Force attended Iowa State University, the University of Minnesota, and Ohio State University; served as assistant director for public services at Washington State University; and served as assistant science librarian, access services librarian, and humanities librarian at the University of Idaho before being promoted to associate dean of library services and acting dean of library services in June 1990.
In September of 1991, ground was broken for the University of Idaho Library renovation project. (unveiled May 1991). Construction on the project was completed in 1993.
Materials are arranged by general topic, with folders organized alphabetically. Collection consists of two series. Series I contains all files and documents in the collection; Series II consists of non-document materials, including booklets, books, and a faculty service award plaque.
Materials transferred by Mary Jane Bailey in 2004 (UA 2004-12).
FOR PHOTOS: Photographer, "Title," date. Collection name, object ID. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
FOR DOCUMENTS: Author, Description or "Title" of item, date. Collection name, collection number, box, folder. University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives, Moscow, ID.
Duplicates removed; no other processing decisions that affected the collection.
PG 34 – University of Idaho Library Photographs (includes photos of renovation projects)
University of Idaho Library History: https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/history/postmodernism/index.htm
Correspondence
Academic libraries
University of Idaho
Building
Architecture
Architectural Drawings
Idaho
Series 1: Files
American Federation of Teachers
2 items
Contains papers from the Idaho chapter of the American Federation of Teachers, including historical background on Beth Palmer and the Campus Climate Committee of Athena and a reflection on post-tenure review written by Nick Gier, Professor of Philosophy.
undated
1
1
America's 100 Best College Buys
1 item
Contains the 5th Annual Report on "America's 100 Best College Buys" by Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc. Includes in-state and out of state tuition, as well as entering freshman's high school GPA, SAT, and ACT scores for many colleges across the US.
2000
1
2
Building Articles
4 items
Contains miscellaneous building articles on libraries, computer rooms, workstations, and space needs for a depository library.
January 1983-15 March 1990
1
3
Caxton Press
2 items
Contains correspondence and press release on a trade distribution agreement between the University of Idaho and Caxton Press.
16 June 2002-9 June 2004
1
4
Core Curriculum Cluster Reports
83 items
Contains Core Curriculum Cluster Reports for assorted academic departments at the University of Idaho, as well as a newsletter reporting on changes in the UI Core Curriculum.
7 December 2001-August 2002
1
5
Dean's Council
10 items
Contains dean's council correspondence, reports, and meeting minutes. Correspondence includes assorted reports, such as a summary of university-wide teaching evaluations for the 1995 Spring Semester and the final report of the Review Committee on Postdoctoral Employment at the University of Idaho.
31 August 1993-15 June 2000
1
6
Elisabeth Zinser Presentations
5 items
Contains transcripts of presentations and speeches by UI President Elisabeth Zinser.
13 November 1994-16 May 1995
1
7
Faculty Affairs Committee Report
1 item
Contains a report from the University of Idaho Faculty Affairs Committee titled "What Matter Most to Morale in the Academic Community? Thoughtful Responses from Faculty Members". Report includes methodology, findings, and recommendations for improvement.
1999
1
8
Fiscal Emergency Committee
155 items
Contains fiscal emergency committee files, including correspondence, executive summaries, meeting notes, and program reports.
11 April 2001-23 September 2003
1
9
Hotel Receipts
1 items
Contains hotel receipts for Ronald Force on a trip to visit libraries in Minnesota and Iowa.
22 April 1990-23 April 1990
1
10
Idaho Science and Mathematics Indicators
1 items
Contains a science and mathematics indicators electronic survey form (version 5.0) detailing state indicators of science and mathematics education for the Council of Chief State School Officers State Education Assessment Center.
25 May 2001
1
11
Information Technology Infrastructure
16 items
Contains information technology task force agendas and overviews, outreach and technology action plan updates, and drafts of The Idaho Science and Technology Strategy and An Economic Analysis of Industry and High Technology in Idaho prepared by Technology Partnership Practice Battelle Memorial Institute.
18 February 1998-March 2001
1
12
Leadership Retreats
7 items
Contains materials from University of Idaho leadership retreats, including agendas, summaries of discussions, and IPB data.
14 June 1999-12 August 2002
1
13
Library Building Overhead Projection Sheets
10 items
Contains transparent overhead projection sheets depicting architectural plans for the library building project.
undated
1
14
Library Building Planning Workshop
13 items
Originally a binder, contains correspondence and handouts from a library building workshop at HBW Associates Inc. in Dallas, Texas. Handouts cover topics of consultants and architects, site selection maintenance, fee/lighting energy saving, and signage.
23 April 1985-9 May 1985
1
15
Library Facility Project Budgets
19 items
Contains Department of Facility Design project budget summaries for phase II of the University of Idaho Library remodel and addition project.
16 January 1991-12 May 1992
1
16
Library Faculty Employment
168 items
Originally a binder, includes library job descriptions, affirmative action forms, job application guidelines, Moscow housing information, job advertising, interview guidelines, selection forms and vacancy announcements.
2 February 1972-August 1987
1
17
Library Floor Plans with Revisions
2 items
Contains copies of library floor plans, with revisions, as well as a plan of the library reference desk.
11 July 1991-28 June 1992
1
18
Library Fundraising
25 items
Contains library fundraising materials, including an overview of the University of Idaho Library Development Plan, plans for the fundraising campaign, private funding plans, committee meeting overviews and schedules, and lists of fundraising committee members.
20 November 1991-13 November 1992
1
19
Library Furniture and Desk Planning
15 items
Contains materials for library furniture and desk planning, including prioritized furniture and equipment lists, correspondence, and furniture specification plans.
October 1991-10 September 1992
1
20
Library Landscape Planning
2 items
Contains notes from a planning session for the library landscape and a sketch of the plans.
12 August 1991
1
21
Library Periodical Plans
8 items
Contains library periodical plans, including an article on periodical/microform rooms, a list of the linear feet of humanities department periodicals, meeting overviews, and space diagrams.
16 November 1989-5 March 1990
1
22
Library Planning Committee
17 items
Contains materials from the library planning committee, including correspondence, notes from a program verification work session, copies of floor plans, projected collection growth numbers, and linear measurements of 3rd floor bound periodicals.
20 February 1981-10 April 1991
1
23
Library Policy Manual Revision (1)
125 items
Originally a binder, this is a library policy manual from 1960 dated for revision 1968, with notes and materials scattered throughout ranging from 1951-1985.
8 February 1951-17 January 1985
1
24
Library Policy Manual Revision (2)
37 items
Originally a binder, this is a library policy manual from 1960 dated for revision 1968, with notes and materials scattered throughout ranging from 1951-1986.
8 February 1951-28 April 1986
1
25
Library Remodel Phase 2 (1)
29 items
Contains materials from phase two of the library remodel, including design guidelines, correspondence, budget requests, document surveys, meeting agendas and notes, comments on the draft program for the project, and copies of space diagrams.
3 December 1984-19 June 1991
1
26
Library Remodel Phase 2 (2)
30 items
Contains materials from phase two of the library remodel, including correspondence, progress meeting minutes and agendas, transmittal letters, and pre-construction meeting notes.
27 June 1991-23 August 1993
1
27
Library Remodel Proposed Schedule
31 items
Contains materials relevant to the library model proposed schedule, including schedule drafts, baseline schedules, proposed phasing, contractor bid packages, cost estimates, library project workflow chronologies, construction news, and a naming opportunities catalogue.
18 January 1991-5 August 1993
1
28
Library Remodel Publicity
14 items
Contains publicity materials on the library remodel, including newspaper clippings, newsletters, and copies of articles.
May 1990-7 June 1993
1
29
Library Services Correspondence SWOT
38 items
Contains library services correspondence and a copy of the library strategic plan from 1995.
May 1995-12 January 1999
1
30
Library Shelving Planning
17 items
Contains library shelving planning materials, including linear feet measurements, correspondence, inventory, book counts by floor, moving schedule, schedule for a library shelving work session, library shelf bracing diagrams, and miscellaneous handwritten notes.
21 February 1990-3 May 1993
1
31
Library Special Collections
9 items
Contains library and special collections correspondence.
24 April 1970-7 July 1986
1
32
LiLI 5th Year
9 items
Materials celebrating the 5th birthday of LiLI (Libraries Linking Idaho). Includes handouts, flyers, brochures, as well as workshop and training materials. Also includes a floppy disk titled "LiLI-D Renewal 2003".
7 January 2003
1
33
Lionel Hampton Jazz Collections Recommendations
1 item
Contains a report titled "Recommendations for the Jazz Collections at the Lionel Hampton Center for the Historical Study of Jazz" by F. Ross Peterson and Michael W. Johnson.
22 July 1999-7 February 2000
1
34
Miscellaneous
7 items
Contains miscellaneous files, including a Summary of Idaho Commons Theme Discussion, Guidelines for Program Review and Approval, a University of Idaho customer profile, a faculty council meeting overview, and executive council report titled "University of Idaho 2001: Creating Incentives to Seize the Opportunities of the New Millennium", and presentation notes.
30 April 1999-11 April 2000
1
35
Miscellaneous Reports
7 items
Contains miscellaneous reports, including University of Idaho retention data, an INRA (Inland Northwest Research Alliance) Research Capability Statement, "The Report of a Special Panel Appointed by the President of the University of Idaho" by Strategic Directions in Legal Education in Idaho, a University of Idaho Internal Communications Survey, "A Full-Scale Evaluation Committee Report" by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and "The University of Idaho's Action Plan for the Northern Idaho Panhandle".
22 September 1994-6 October 2004
1
36
NASC Commission on Colleges Accreditation
4 items
Contains NASC (National Association of Schools and Colleges) Commission on Colleges accreditation materials and reports.
5 October 1994-6 August 2002
2
37
Office of the Provost
21 items
Contains correspondence, presentation schedule, and president/provost area summary of general philosophy and process.
3 December 2001-11 December 2001
2
38
Other College Library Plans
5 items
Contains plans for various library projects, including an article on fundraising for the library at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, a floor-by-floor tour of the "New Main" library in San Francisco, a report on additions and alterations to the University of Oregon Knight Library, a University of Oregon policy statement on naming facilities, and a summary of a technology endowment to the University of Oregon Library.
17 June 1992
2
39
Resumes
2 items
Contains cover letters and resumes for candidates applying for faculty positions at the University of Idaho.
22 June 1999-9 March 2001
2
40
Scholarships
1 item
Contains final copy of the University of Idaho Scholarship Plan for University of Idaho Funded Scholarships from 1999-2000.
1999
2
41
Spacesaver
6 items
Contains flyers, correspondence, and informational booklets from Spacesaver Storage Systems. Also contains an article titled "Public Use of Compact Shelving" by Leslie R. Morris and Frank M. Webster.
17 November 1988
2
42
Strategic Planning (1)
54 items
Contains University of Idaho strategic planning materials, including strategic plan summaries, strategic plan drafts, task force reports, and strategic planning timelines.
4 February 1998-12 October 1998
2
43
Strategic Planning (2)
22 items
Contains University of Idaho strategic planning materials, including strategic plan goals and objectives, strategic planning and financial resources overview, strategic plan drafts, strategic plan progress report, leadership workshop materials, action plan development and evaluation schematics, Northern Idaho Center for Higher Education subcommittee reports, task force reports, and a special advisory group agenda.
2 June 1998-June 2000
2
44
UIF Boise Property Development Program Planning Committee
11 items
Contains UIF Boise Property Development Program Planning materials, including a Unit Action Plan prepared by the Boise Center Strategic Planning Committee, a University of Idaho Boise Center Action Plan Update/Progress Report, draft of a report on The University of Idaho in the Treasure Valley in the 21st Century, list of UIF Boise Property Development contacts, committee meeting notes, and copies of aerial photographs of downtown Boise.
4 January 1999-20 July 2000
2
45
University of Idaho Foundation
20 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation materials, including an overview of the purpose of the UI Foundation, a UI Foundation Treasurer's Report, Consolidated Investment Trust overviews and activity reports, prospect tracking list, revised and restated articles of incorporation for the University of Idaho Foundation, bylaws of the University of Idaho Foundation, correspondence, and University of Idaho Foundation charitable giving highlights.
17 September 1970-19 October 1999
2
46
University of Idaho Foundation
11 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation materials, including an investment committee report, treasurer's summary report, graphics of proposed changes to UI Foundation structure, and a complete overview of the UI Foundation.
9 November 2001
2
47
University of Idaho Foundation Meetings
19 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. meeting materials, including correspondence, meeting minutes, materials for discussion at UI Foundation meetings, and meeting RSVP sheets.
11 February 1993-17 November 1995
2
48
University of Idaho Foundation Meetings
37 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation, Inc. meeting materials, including correspondence, meeting minutes, RSVP lists, and a treasurer's report.
8 March 1996-9 November 2001
2
49
University of Idaho Foundation Member Handbook
138 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation member handbook.
17 September 1970-23 May 1992
2
50
University of Idaho Foundation Membership
10 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation membership lists and directories.
August 1993-November 1997
2
51
University of Idaho Foundation Membership
10 items
Contains University of Idaho Foundation membership lists and forms.
12 March 1999-16 September 1999
2
52
University of Idaho Gifts and Development
6 items
Contains campaign plan gift table and fundraising materials.
10 February 1999-12 August 2002
2
53
University of Idaho Research Office
7 items
Contains reports of research proposals submitted/awarded by college and department, a draft of the INRA (Inland Northwest Research Alliance) Research Capability Statement, and a list of University of Idaho's research centers, units, and affiliations.
24 February 1999-2 August 2000
2
54
University of Idaho Resources/Policy
6 items
Contains a copy of Idaho Residency Law, University of Idaho Policy of Nondiscrimination, analysis of University of Idaho's 1999 workers compensation claims, and other University and Idaho policy and resource summaries.
22 January 1997-22 April 2004
2
55
University Courses
8 items
Contains materials related to courses at the University of Idaho, including a proposed Freshman Catalog, lists of distributed learning courses that had enrollments, list of majors at the University of Idaho, and correspondence about new core curriculum at the University of Idaho.
26 October 1994-12 August 2002
2
56
University Finances and Budget
16 items
Contains University of Idaho finance and budget reports and correspondence.
1 January 1993-23 April 2004
2
57
University Outreach
7 items
Contains outreach materials, including copies of newspaper articles, plans for the next steps in UI outreach, presentation materials on UI extension updates, an image campaign companion, and a list of action items for educational outreach and technology.
17 January 1999-24 October 2001
2
58
Chautauqua Flyer
1 item
Contains a flyer for a Chautauqua celebration at the University of Idaho, celebrating the dedication of the new University of Idaho Library.
undated
2
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Comments on Action Plans and RCM Operations
1 item
Contains comments and statistics on university action plans and RCM operations.
9 April 2001
2
60
Series 2: Books
University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition
1 item
Comb bound booklet titled "University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition" by Ellis-Feeney Architects & Planner (design team) in association with INTEGRUS Architecture, Atwood Hinzman (structural engineer), and Riley Engineering Inc (Mechanical and Electrical Engineers). Booklet details design development of the University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition project.
March 1991
1
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University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition
1 item
Comb bound booklet titled "University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition" by Ellis-Feeney Architects & Planner (design team) in association with WMFL, P.S., Architects & Engineers; Suden, Golden, & Guest (structural engineer); and Riley Engineering Inc (mechanical and electrical engineers). Booklet details schematic design of the University of Idaho Library Renovation and Addition project.
November 1990
1
62
Visions
1 item
Spring 1993 fourth edition of Visions, a newsletter from the College of Letters and Science at the University of Idaho.
1993
2
63
Fact Book 2001
1 item
Spiral bound 2001 University of Idaho fact book, divided and labeled in sections.
2001
2
64
Fact Book 2000
1 item
Spiral bound 2000 University of Idaho fact book, divided and labeled in sections.
January 2001
2
65
Library Building Program DPW Project No. 90-254
1 item
Comb bound book titled "Library Building Program 1990 DPW Project No. 90-254" by Ellis-Feeney Architects in association with WMFL, P.S. Architects and Engineers. Book covers the final planning program for the University of Idaho Library Remodel and Addition, containing numerous planning documents previously completed, including the Library Faculty Study (1986), the Space and Operational Study, and the Department of Facilities Planning (1989),
27 June 1990
2
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Library Building Program 1990
1 item
Comb bound rough draft of the University of Idaho Library 1990 Library Building Program.
30 June 1990
2
67
BOOR/A
1 item
Comb bound information book on the interior design firm, BOOR/A, including a statement of qualifications.
14 August 1991-16 August 1991
2
68
University of Idaho Faculty Award for Outstanding Service
1 item
Wooden plaque with the names of the recipients of the University of Idaho Faculty Award for Outstanding Service from the years 1981-1989.
1989
2
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