Series I: Departments, 1953-2020
- Scope and content:
The subseries contains documents regarding former library directors. Lynn Walker served as the first director from 1966-1982. Anne Marie Allison took the role as Library Director from 1983-1996. Barry Barker was the director from 1997-2019. In 2021, the Library Director position was elevated to a Dean of Libraries position. Beau Case was the inaugural Dean of Libraries. From former director Walker there are photographs in box 8 that show (left to right) Arthur L. Ketchersid (Chief of Technical Services), L.W. Walker (Director of Instructional Resources), and Geraldine Snellings (Acquisitions Librarian) in 1967 at the FTU Library. Other materials included are budgeting, blueprints, cataloging, monthly reports, and other departmental activities. Under the Allison subseries, the LaBrake Project was to gather statistics from every state and their universities. This project was coordinated by the Statistics for College and University Libraries Committee, a division of the American Library Association.
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Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- The entire collection is open for research except for the following: Box 206, Flat Files 2-7, and Objects 1-3. Access to UCF Facilities drawings, documents, and sensitive data is available to authorized university staff and approved consultants only, per university policy, and under lawful exception to Florida's Public Records Law. For more information, please contact staff in Special Collections University Archives.
- Parent terms of access:
- Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
- Location of this collection:
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John C. Hitt Library12701 Pegasus Drive, Building 2OrlandoFL32816-8030USA
