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Rice University Committee on the Library records

 Collection
Identifier: UA 0279
Finding aid note: Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Scope and Contents

These records consist of the minutes, memoranda, correspondence and reports of the Committee on the Library.

Dates

  • 1915 - 1992

Creator

Access Restrictions

Access to this material is restricted.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.

Biographical / Historical

Usually called the Library Committee, it is more formally the Standing Committee on the Library, also the Faculty Committee on the Library and the Faculty Library Committee, charged 'to exercise general supervision of the operation of the library and purchase of books for it' (1947) and 'to concern itself with all matters that may influence the effectiveness of Fondren Library and all functions carried out under the Library's auspices' (1986). At first composed only of faculty members, the lbrarian was added to the committee, then undergraduate, graduate and alumni representatives. Examples of the committee's purview: construction, space planning, choosing directors, alotting carrels, the budget, borrowing privileges, membership in professional organizations, fund-raising, self-study, and long-range planning.

Extent

3 Linear Feet (3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The minutes, memoranda, correspondence and reports of the Committee on the Library.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

President's Papers (Hackerman); Library Committee Chairmen (Higginbotham, Al van Helden, John Boles). Received June 26, 1990; 1995.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Rice University Committee on the Library records, 1915-1992
Status
Completed
Author
Lynda Crist and Lee Pecht
Date
2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Woodson Research Center, Rice University, Houston, Texas Repository

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Contact:
Fondren Library MS-44, Rice University
6100 Main St.
Houston Texas 77005 USA

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