1910s

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1910

– Library fee merged into general tuition

1911

– Author, subject, and title catalogs merged

– Series of lectures delivered to Freshman on use of the library

– Holdings grow to 10,000 bound volumes

1912

– Rena B. Findley appointed Head Librarian

1913

– College property including library and collections transferred to city of Akron

– Engineering and biology libraries created

1915

– Library Building Fund created to fund building new library

– Ground breaking for new college library

– First library annual report

1916

– New library building completed (Carl F. Kolbe Hall)

– Library privileges extended to “all citizens”

– Mathematics and physics libraries established

1917

– Library participates in American Library Association War Book Fund

1919

– First Associate Librarian appointed (Josephine Cushman)

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