Collections

The papers include committee minutes, reports, statistics, surveys, photographs, renovation and future plans, policies, manuals, etc.

Organizational records, 1928, 1999, undated include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments, 1974-1984; Building Blueprints, etc., 1955-1981;’ Publications, B8udgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports, 1973-1987; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes, 1971-1975; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes, 1980-1983; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans, 1984-1983; and unpublished OCLS (Off-Campus Library Services) Conference materials, 1988-1999. Most of these materials came from Dean of Libraries Tom Moore’s office files while he was dean, but others were created and collected during the time John Weatherford was Director of Park, 1970-1988, with a few folders predating this. The collection is ongoing. It is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and chronologically.

For additional information about the Park, see other, related collections documenting the history of the Park Library housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

Processing Note: Previously this collection was CMU.Park Library vertical files. Reference Point Newsletters are separately cataloged and housed as periodicals.

Organizational records, 1960, 2000, undated, include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, attachments; Building Blueprints; Publications, Budgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans; and unpublished OCLS Conference materials. .

Organizational records, 1960, 2000, undated, include: various library committee Meeting Minutes, agendas, attachments, 1974-1984; Building Blueprints, etc., 1966-1981; Publications, Budgets, Five-Year Plans, Reports, 1973-1987; Central Michigan Interlibrary Region (CMIR) Grants and Meeting Minutes, 1971-1975; Council of State College Undergraduate Library Directors Meeting Minutes, 1970-1983; Dept. of Instructional Resources (DIR) Meeting Minutes, Reports, Five-Year Plans, 1974-1983; and unpublished OCLS Conference materials, 1977-2000. The collection is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and chronologically. Some publications have been separately cataloged.

The papers include DAC (Dean’s Advisory Council) and SFC (See, feel, care) Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments, annual reports, five-year plans, bylaw revisions, goals, publicity and art materials, library master plan, 2015, LibQual Survey, 2011.

Organizational records, 1984-2016, include: DAC (Dean’s Advisory Council) and SFC (See, feel, care) Meeting Minutes, agendas, and attachments; Five-Year Plans, Annual and other Reports; Bylaws Revisions by the Faculty and by the Dean; Long-term plans; Goals; Libraries Review and Evaluation; Dean’s Evaluation, June 29, 2011; Dean’s Retirement information, June 2016; Publicity, Art, 2006-2009; Library Master Plan, 2015; and a LibQual Survey, 2011. These materials came from Dean of Libraries, Tom Moore’s office, after he retired in 2016. All boxes are .5 cubic foot boxes except #1, #3 and #7, which are .25 cubic foot boxes. The LibQual Survey was very important and highly positive about the services the library and library staff provided to the university community and surrounding communities.

The collection is ongoing. It is organized by series, alphabetically by topic, and in original order, which is reverse chronological.

For additional information about the Park Library, see other, related collections housed in the Clarke Historical Library.

The Central Michigan University Off-Campus Libraries Services (OCLS) Organizational Records, 1981-2018, and undated includes mostly OCLS but also some Institute for Personal Career Development (IPCD), and College of Extended Learning (CEL) reports, goals, promotional, educational and informational materials, including posters and U-Matic and VHS videotape recordings, budgets, photographs, student satisfaction surveys. The Annual reports, Goals folder includes some individual reports and goals of OCLS staff.

The Central Michigan University Off-Campus Libraries Services (OCLS) Organizational Records, 1981-2018, and undated includes mostly OCLS but also some Institute for Personal Career Development (IPCD), and College of Extended Learning (CEL) reports, goals, promotional, educational and informational materials, including posters and U-Matic and VHS videotape recordings, budgets, photographs, student satisfaction surveys. The Annual reports, Goals folder includes some individual reports and goals of OCLS staff. A 2021 addition (Box 3) includes planning documents, with some lists of conference attendees and evaluations for the 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 conferences.

Researchers may also be interested in additional OCLS, IPCD or CEL information found in numerous other collections in the Clarke Historical Library.

The Archivist would like to acknowledge that identifying CMU Library staff member in older photographs would not have been possible without the help of current Park Library staff member Vicki Swarthout, who once worked in OCLS.

Processing Note: During processing approximately .5 cubic foot of duplicates and miscellaneous materials were withdrawn from the collection.

The collection consists of project renovations plans, meeting minutes, notes, blueprints, and other materials for Central Michigan University's Park Library and Finch Fieldhouse renovations, 1998-2009.

The Gerry Edgar Papers consist of project renovations plans, meeting minutes, notes, and other materials, and blueprints for the Park Library and Finch Fieldhouse renovations, 1998-2009.

Processing Note: Two cubic feet of materials, mainly duplicates and financial records (copies), were removed from the collection during processing.

The collection documents the reconstruction and new addition of the CMU Park Library building, as well as ongoing life in the new building.

This collection documents the reconstruction and new addition of the CMU Park Library building, as well as ongoing life in the new building, located on the corner of Preston and Franklin Streets in Mount Pleasant, through photographs, webpages, clippings (copies), publications, and other materials. This collection was kept separate from prior Park Library collection due to its timely nature and for ease of retrieval, as requested by the Dean of Libraries.

Included here are various publications of exhibits and events, news articles, website pages, and brochures generated since 2002 documenting ongoing events in the building. Of particular note is Library needs of faculty in a changing environment: report of findings, a report based on a survey, written by Professor Mary A. Senter, December 2006. Also included are two CD-Roms, one of the library’s opening, January 9, 2002, and another of the 50th anniversary of the library’s federal depository program, January 24, 2008.

Later additions to the collection from the Dean’s Office include materials used to plan the new building, 3 CD-Roms of photographs of the construction and dedication. The collection is ongoing. A 2023 addition from the Libraries Business Services legacy files includes photographs of the interior construction and completed building exterior, and a Michigan Construction journal featuring the new building, and a questionnaire asking for construction details which were included in the article (see Box 1 Exhibits/Events Brochures folder).

Reference Point, the Park’s newsletter, is separately cataloged and housed as a periodical in the Clarke’s collections.

For additional information about the Park, see other, related collections documenting the history of the Park Library in the Clarke Historical Library.