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Lakehead University Library Papers / Chief Librarian’s Office
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Lakehead University Library Papers / Chief Librarian’s Office

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  • 1928 - 2015

These are the records of the Chief Librarian (University Librarian) of Lakehead University (Lakehead Technical Institute, Lakehead College of Arts, Science, and Technology.)

The records document the management and administration of the Lakehead University Library, including the construction of the Library building, policies, acquisitions, staffing, and more. Correspondence provides insight into the workings of the library during a period of library and academic expansion, computerization and transition.

The Chief Librarian had a significant role as a member of University administration, and participated on Faculty Council, Senate, and numerous committees. Records here reflect those bodies and their work throughout this time period, including proposed and new programs, enrollment, new construction, governance, and long range planning.

The Library's role in partnership with other organizations provincially, nationally, and internationally is also represented. Many libraries were adopting new technologies at this time, which allowed for more communications and cooperation, on projects including computerized cataloguing and inter-library loan.

The time period covered in these records includes major developments and changes within Lakehead University, and in the cultures and technologies of universities and libraries.

Staff general

Correspondence on staff vacation, and staff lists, job evaluation survey/study, payroll, department memos, parking facilities, position classifications according to Canadian Association of College & University Libraries. Also includes booklet on Collective Agreement between Lakehead University and Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 81 and a Library Readers' Guide, 1967 and 1968-1969 and a report on pension, group life and salary continuance plan for Lakehead College of Arts, Science & Technology.

Miscellaneous papers

Varied materials on library building surveys, academic status, 1972 Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) salary and budget survey, 1969 and study on guidelines for the development of resources and services in academic libraries in Canada. Also includes booklet entitled Resources of Canadian Academic and Research Libraries, 1967.

Forestry Collection 1973 - October 1977

Library representative from School of Forestry request for serial subscriptions, School of Forestry embarks upon the master’s program and regulations relating to undergraduate thesis requirements. Memos on further access to forestry literature especially on microfiche, library resources for forestry and proposed brief of Graduate Studies in Forestry to Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS).

Copies of correspondence 1983

Library related memos and correspondence from Chief Librarian M. Clinton to other departments. Also includes letters requesting employment at Lakehead University Library, Datatrieve retrieval and report writing system, MRDS (Marc Record Distribution Service), library service to off-campus students, Kurzweil Reading machine, establishment of the Northern Studies Librarian position and creation of a union list of serials for Thunder Bay.

Senior staff meetings, 1982 - 1985

Reports from various library task groups on automation, non-print materials, government publications, serials, donations, conference reports, planning, meeting minutes and agendas on various library related issues. Also includes Report on Workshop on Library Services to Print Handicapped Students for Resource Staff in Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), collection policy statements, mention of Oscar Styffe Collection and Royal Commission on Northern Development, Bicentennial Publishing Project : A vast and magnificent land: an illustrated history of Northern Ontario.

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