University Libraries (Athens Campus) Chronology
| 1814 |
First set of rules and regulations passed by the Trustees |
| 1830s |
Accounts by travelers estimate a library with 2000-3000 volumes. 'University of Ohio' receives a multi-volume set of historical documents 'to be perpetually preserved in the library' from the British Public Records Commission |
| 1880s |
University library and libraries of two literary societies consolidated |
| 1886 |
Library designated an official federal depository for government documents |
| 1900 |
Library has 15,000 volumes |
| 1905 |
Carnegie Library (now Scripps Hall) opens, for university and Athens community. Charles G. Matthews appointed first full-time University Librarian |
| 1925 |
Ann Keating named Librarian |
| 1931 |
Edwin Watts Chubb Library (now Chubb Hall) opens (with approximately 75,000 volumes) |
| 1949 |
Frank N. Jones named Librarian |
| 1957 |
Walter W. Wright named Librarian |
| 1968 |
Thompson M. Little named Director of the Library |
| 1969 |
Vernon R. Alden Library opens (with some 550,000 volumes) |
| 1971 |
Library staff enters first record into OCLC (originally Ohio College Library Center, now Online Computer Library Center) database |
| 1972 |
East and West Wings of Alden Library open |
| 1976 |
William F. Rogers named Acting Director |
| 1978 |
Hwa-Wei Lee named Director of Libraries |
| 1979 |
Libraries reach 1 millionth volume mark. Friends of the Libraries of Ohio University founded. First major endowed fund established. International internship program established |
| 1983 |
Libraries adopt online catalog (Alice) system. Libraries surpass 1 million units of microfilm |
| 1987 |
Libraries install first CD-ROM service.
Libraries named official US depository for Malaysian government documents |
| 1990 |
Libraries named official US depository for documents from Botswana |
| 1991 |
Libraries surpass 1.5 million volumes.
Libraries named official US depository for documents from Swaziland |
| 1992 |
Libraries become first user of OCLC's PRISM service |
| 1993 |
Libraries surpass 2 million units of microfilm. Library staff enters record number 29,000,000 into OCLC database. Libraries acquire Columbus Road building for Library Annex (remote storage facility) |
| 1995 |
Libraries link fully with the OhioLINK system. Libraries system reaches 2 million volume mark |
| 1996 |
Libraries system becomes a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) |
| 1997 |
Libraries named official North American depository for documents from Guatemala |
| 1998 |
Library Annex on Columbus Road opens for service |
| 1999 |
Julia Zimmerman named Dean of the Libraries. Annex renamed Hwa-Wei Lee Library Annex |
| 2000 |
President Emeritus Vernon Alden announces a major gift commitment of $5 million |
| 2002 |
Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn announce a major gift and the former Archives & Special Collections Department is renamed the Robert E. and Jean R. Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections |
| 2004 |
Libraries create the Learning Commons through a renovation of the second floor of Alden Library. |
| 2007 |
Dean Julia Zimmerman takes a position elsewhere; Jan Maxwell named as interim Dean. |
| 2008 |
Scott Seaman named as new Dean of Libraries. |
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