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1940
– Sheet music collection acquired
1941
– Friends of Bierce Library organized
1942
– Library participates in War Information Library and Victory Book Campaign
1943
– Albert I. Spanton Collection of English and American Literature acquired
1945
– Librarians granted faculty status
– Library holdings surpass 70,000
1946
– Dorothy Hamlen appointed Head Librarian
1947
– Library holdings surpass 100,000 volumes (books and periodicals)
– Temporary structure built to house education library
– Curriculum Center created
1948
– Library annex groundbreaking
– First full-time audio-visual librarian hired (William Meese)
1949
– Construction begins on library annex
– Library annex construction completed
– Rubber Division Library established
– Periodicals/serials and science and technology division added
– First microforms purchased
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