1960s

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1961

President Auburn, Dorothy Hamlen, and two other men at the University Library Ribbon Cutting in 1961.

– New University Library building opens

The University of Akron library dedication program of April 16, 1961.

– New library building dedicated

– Acquisitions budget reaches $50,000 mark

Dorothy Hamlen and two visitors in the Muehlstein rare book room. Hamlen is reaching towards a book on the shelf, while the visitors standing on either side of her look towards the shelf.

– Reference inquiries top 2,000 annually

1962

Pauline Franks.

– First Head of Public Services appointed (Pauline Franks)

Dorothy Hamlen and a man and woman look at a book in the library stacks.

– Friends of University Libraries membership passes the 100 mark

1963

A letter written to the Librarian, Miss Dorothy Hamlen from The United States Superintendent of Documents, Carper W. Buckley. The letter describes that the University of Akron Library will become a Depositoty Library for Government Documents.

– Library becomes a Depository Library for Government Documents

1964

Two women in the corner library stacks of the University Library in 1960. One woman is sitting, turned towards a table. And the other is standing with a book open in her hands.

– Holdings pass 200,000 mark

– First documents for the Government Depository received

– Hours increased to 70 per week

The library staff of 1960's.15 employees are pictured here, 14 women and 1 man.

– Library personnel tops 30 employees

– First Xerox machine acquired

1965

Paul Schrank holding four books, next to him there are two older ladies looking at his books.

– H. Paul Schrank, Jr. becomes Acting Head Librarian

George Knepper and another man look at book near shelves of archival records.

– University Archives established

A man standing next to shelving units with placed psychological artifacts and labeled with cards. The man has both arms on the shelf as he is reading. Behind him is a filing cabinet with a small lamp and a piece of art sitting on top.

– Archives of the History of American Psychology (AHAP) established

– Dorothy Hamlen becomes first Director of University Archives and first Archivist for AHAP

Three people sitting in the Law Library reading room, sitting to the right of the library stacks.

– Law Library moves to McDowell Law Center

A catalog card for the book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade), by Mark Twain. Published in 1885, by author Samuel Landhorne Clemens and publisher Charles L. Webster.

– Library converts from Dewey Decimal to Library of Congress Classification System

1966

Students studying at the library. There are three students sitting at the table in focus and around 12 students sitting at tables in the background.

– Library hours increase to 91 per week

1967

Between two aisles of book shelving at the Law Library, looking towards the back wall shelving unit of books.

– Holdings surpass 250,000 items

– Library becomes member of Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and Inter-University Library Council (IULC)

Man helping woman at the general information desk.

– General Information Desk established

1968

Science and Technology Library interior.

– Science & Technology Library opens in Auburn Science & Engineering Center

1969

Norman Auburn and Paul Schrank displaying the model of Bierce library to two men standing to their left. Schrank holds a pointer stick towards the entrance of the mini model library.

– Over $8 million received from Ohio Legislature and OBR for new library building

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