Academic libraries
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Works on academic libraries in special fields, such as law school libraries, are entered under headings for special libraries, e.g. Law libraries; Business libraries; etc.
Found in 22 Collections and/or Records:
Catalogue Department, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 303
Overview:
The records consist of filing notes, cataloging manuals and guides, classification schemes, administrative files, and memoranda of the Catalog Department (previously spelled Catalogue Department). Topics include the Yale classification system, shelf lists, cataloging procedures, and filing courses at the Yale University Library.
Dates:
1900-2014
Certificates for copyrights held by the Yale University Library
Collection
Call Number: RU 178
Overview:
The materials consist of copyright certificates, an index, and miscellaneous notes documenting copyrights held by the Yale University Library.
Dates:
1944-1978
Communications Committee, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 1043
Overview:
The records consist of minutes, correspondence, reports, and bulletins documenting the mission and activities of the Yale University Library Communications Committee.
Dates:
2002-2005
Brian Kiss photographs of stained glass in the Sterling Memorial Library Nave, Yale University
Collection
Call Number: RU 1136
Overview:
The collection consists of digital photographs (eighty .tiff files) of close-up images of the stained glass medallion windows located in the Sterling Memorial Library Nave.
Dates:
2014
Librarian, Yale University records
Collection
Call Number: RU 120
Overview:
The records consist of the central administrative files of the Yale University Library, correspondence, memoranda, and reports dealing with all aspects of library business and historical photographs from library events. Records for the earlier years appear to be part of a central filing system for the library, while those in later years primarily reflect the activities of the university librarian's office.
Dates:
1701-2020
Library Shelving Facility, Yale University, construction records
Collection
Call Number: RU 860
Overview:
The records consist of photographs and their negatives of the site for and construction of the Yale University Library Shelving Facility (LSF) in 1998 and an exhibit materials from exhibit titled "Library Shelving Facility".
Dates:
1998-1999
Preservation Department, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 881
Overview:
The records consist of correspondence, subject files, and reports of the Yale University Library Preservation Department.
Dates:
1947-2013
Publications Office, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 755
Overview:
The records consist of correspondence, working files, orders, printed material, and financial records of the Publications Office, Yale University Library. Topics include the publication projects, Research Libraries Group, and Systems Office projects.
Dates:
1920-1978
School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Library, Yale University, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 1119
Overview:
The School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Library records consist of accession lists, annual reports, classification files, library guides, photographs and a plaque honoring Dr. Frances Mary Bolton.
Dates:
1900-1998
Selective book retirement program, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 467
Overview:
The records consist of working papers and source material used in the writing of a report titled, "Yale's Selective Book Retirement Program." The records document a three-year project directed by John H. Ottemiller, associate university librarian, Yale University Library.
Dates:
1961-1962
Standing Committee on Professional Awareness, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 154
Overview:
The records consist of memoranda, minutes, agendas, videotapes, and correspondence documenting the operations and activities of the Standing Committee on Professional Awareness (SCOPA) at Yale University Library.
Dates:
1986-2004
Sterling Memorial Library, motion pictures
Collection
Call Number: RU 376
Overview:
The motion pictures document the construction of Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, and the procession of books and move of the library from the Old Library (now Dwight Hall) to Sterling Memorial Library.
Dates:
1928-1932
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, photographs
Collection
Call Number: RU 696
Overview:
The materials consist of photographs and pictures of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale. Includes views of interiors, exteriors, decoration, and construction.
Dates:
1927-2018
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, photographs of windows
Collection
Call Number: RU 392
Overview:
The materials consist of photographs documenting the decorative windows in the Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, with an emphasis on the main reading room and the stack tower.
Dates:
1995-1998
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, post-construction photographs
Collection
Call Number: RU 620
Overview:
The materials consists of photographs taken following the construction (and before the opening) of Sterling Memorial Library at Yale. Included are interior and exterior views, photographs of floor plans, friezes, archways, and window details.
Dates:
circa 1930
Systems Office, Yale University Library, records
Collection
Call Number: RU 181
Overview:
The records consist of correspondence, notebooks, subject files and magnetic tapes documenting the activities and operations of the Yale University Library Systems Office. Included are research and development records maintained by Frederick G. Kilgour and Ben-Ami Lipetz.
Dates:
1960-2006
Yale Digital Media Center for the Arts, symposia material
Collection
Call Number: RU 389
Overview:
The material consists of audiotapes and a poster documenting a 1997 symposium sponsored by the Yale Digital Media Center for the Arts titled "Moving Images: University Libraries and Museums in the Digital Marketplace."
Dates:
1997
Yale University Library materials concerning events and exhibits
Collection
Call Number: RU 368
Overview:
The materials consist of invitations, posters, programs, Four photographs of Simon Samoeil, curator of the Near East Collection, Yale University Library, providing a guided tour of the "Middle Eastern and Islamic Cuisine" exhibition in Sterling Memorial Library, and videorecordings documenting Yale University Library activities, events, exhibits, and functions.
Dates:
1996-2008
Yale University Library personnel records
Collection
Call Number: RU 100
Overview:
The records consist of personnel files of former employees maintained by Library Human Resources, Yale University.
Dates:
1909-2008
Yale University Library photographs and memorabilia of collections and events
Collection
Call Number: RU 387
Overview:
The collection consists of photographic negatives of new acquisitions, specifically acquisitions for the Rare Book Room (now the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library). Also included are photographs of exhibits, library staff at work, various library operations and departments, and bookplates, as well as a commemorative edition of the Yale Daily News featuring the opening of Sterling Memorial Library..
Dates:
1925-1963