1970s

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1970

– Library faculty granted eligibility for tenure

American History Research Center Annual Report for 1971-1972.

– University Archives becomes member of Ohio Network of American History Research Centers

– Card catalogs and shelf list microfilmed for security reasons

1971

– Library budget surpasses $1 million

Norman Auburn and four others posing for the groundbreaking of the new Bierce Library. They are standing around a pile of dirt. All wearing hard hats and holding shovels. They are dressed for colder weather, wearing coats and a couple people are wearing gloves.

– Groundbreaking for new University Library

– Library personnel tops 60 employees

A librarian sitting at the OCLC cathode ray tube computer terminal. She sits at the terminal, next to her is a cart of library books.

– Library goes “online” with acquisition of OCLC cathode ray tube computer terminal

– Library subscribes to first databases

Buchtel Hall post fire, with damages visible from this external view. There is building debris sitting on the roof of the building.

– University administration moves to library in wake of Buchtel Hall fire

1972

An external view of the mostly finished Bierce Library, constructed in 1972. The library has grid-like carvings on each side. There are two people completing construction work on the ground near the entrance of the building.

– New University Library constructed

A student studying in the library in 1974. The student's photo is taken through an opening in the library book stacks.

– Library holdings pass 300,000 mark

– Dorothy Hamlen retires after three decades of service

– University Archives renamed Archival Services

John V. Miller holding a hand bell with two hands. He is seated at a desk with shelves of books behind him. The Buchtelite newspaper cover page sits on the desk. John V. Miller wears thick rimmed aviator eyeglasses and a dark suit and matching tie.

– John V. Miller becomes Director of Archival Services

1973

Paul Schrank pushing an empty wooden cart through the new library in 1973. There are piles of boxes to either side of him. The library stacks in the background appear empty.

– New University Library opens

Paul Schrank and another man standing at a library desk conversing at the Bierce Library Dedication in 1973. One man flips a document while Schrank holds a pair of scissors. There is a small crowd of people located behind them.

– New University Library dedicated and named Bierce Library

– Library budget exceeds $1.5 million

1974

– University Library starts acquiring and cataloging materials for Wayne College Library

A fact sheet from Bierce Library from 1973 to 1974. This fact sheet displays that total holdings for the library have surpassed 700,000.

– Total holdings surpass 700,000

– Lois Myers (Assistant Professor of Bibliography) retires after 35 years service

1975

The Bierce Library general information desk. There are four people standing at the desk and two employees standing behind the desk. The library card catalog is located behind the information desk.

– Library users tops 1 million annually

– Library joins the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and Northeast Ohio Network of Major Academic Libraries (NEOMAL)

1976

– AHAP moves to Simmons Hall

– Library personnel tops 70 employees

– Library begins conversion of catalog records to machine-readable form

– OCLC terminal (online catalog) installed in S&T Library

1977

– University Library becomes charter member of OhioNET

– Reference requests surpass 10,000 mark

Patrons seated in pairs and individually in cubicles at the Science Library.

– Library hours top 100 hours per week

– Codaphone installed in library to provide patrons 24-hour service

A student sitting at a desk behind the library stacks, wearing headphones attatched to a tape player. She is writting on a notepad with an open binder of audio tapes on the desk.

– Online cataloging of non-book materials begins

– Friends of the University Library membership tops 400

1979

A report from Bierce Library in 1979 of the holdings in volumes. This report signifies that the library holdings have surpassed 1 million items.

– Library holdings surpass 1 million items

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