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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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