Series consists of administrative files from the Principal and Office of the Chief Librarian including acquisitions, annual reports, collection development, building development, organizational charts, manuals and policies. Correspondence includes memos, letters, telex messages and campus newsletter, in addition miscellaneous questionnaires, surveys and detailed planning on new library building including furniture & equipment, shelving and space allocation.
The bulk of the records consist of inter-university correspondence providing insight into the workings of the library during a period of library and academic expansion, computerization and transition.
Donations, potential consultants for new library expansion written on behalf of Dr. Braun. Information related to donation list 1960 and 1962, new coding system for library budgets, budget recommendations, and detailed information regarding future expansion of Lakehead College (1960's). Miscellaneous lists of periodicals ordered in 1965 by Ontario Dept. of Lands & Forests, St. Lawrence Waterway, and T.S. Eliot collection.
Public library correspondence on various issues.
Folders include Friends of the Library correspondence, professional library staff 1964, donation letters, GST requisitions, memberships 1964 and budget notes for fiscal year 1964/65. Also includes folder labelled Lakehead College Library reports and library expansion starting July 1964.
Summaries of allocations, expenditures and carry forward by budget plus book budget expenditures for June and February 1966.
Book budgets expenditures July to November 1965 and January 1966.
Book budgets expenditures July to November 1965 and January 1966.
Questionnaires and surveys on library policies and procedures. Annual reports of University and College Libraries from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Ottawa are included.
Correspondence on staff vacation, and staff lists, job evaluation survey/study, payroll, department memos, parking facilities, position classifications according to Canadian Association of College & University Libraries. Also includes booklet on Collective Agreement between Lakehead University and Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 81 and a Library Readers' Guide, 1967 and 1968-1969 and a report on pension, group life and salary continuance plan for Lakehead College of Arts, Science & Technology.
Mock up of first Library Bulletin and distribution lists.
Memos on new staff, season tickets to athletic contests, summer hours/schedules, residence housing, Lakehead Film Society, Lakehead University Faculty Association (LUFA), Lakehead University Charity Fund Committee, banking services on campus and parking regulations. Lakehead University's Audio-Visual Department in conjunction with CKPR present Montage, a 15 minute-program featuring interviews with members of teaching staff, student body, and administrative staff. Also includes an entry form for Lakehead University school song contest, a notice of a special meeting to discuss the integration of Teacher's College and election procedure and faculty office space. Trevor Page memorial fund was initiated. In 1967 the University Library became a full depository for all Canadian Government publications as per the Queen's Printer.
Varied materials on library building surveys, academic status, 1972 Canadian Association of College and University Libraries (CACUL) salary and budget survey, 1969 and study on guidelines for the development of resources and services in academic libraries in Canada. Also includes booklet entitled Resources of Canadian Academic and Research Libraries, 1967.
List of task force #1 Government documents, letter re: employment interviews with B.I.S. students, 1969.
Statistics on Xerox copies by circulation desk staff for students, faculty and library staff plus costs.
Memos dealing with book and periodical budgets 1966/67, photocopy requests, photocopy revenue receipts. Folder also includes teacher budget sheets, inter-library loan statistics, periodical subscriptions, departmental supplies, claims, items ordered.
Budgets, departmental allocations, need for periodical budgets expansion.
Library holiday hours, senior staff and all staff memos dealing with cataloguing, circulation, and other library issues.
Donation letters from various donors and thank you letters from Chief Librarian plus requests for free publications.
Correspondence on visiting lecturers for School of Library Technology, library purchases, donations, outstanding invoices, tours, cheque requisitions and external borrowing privileges. Also includes Lakehead theses and their inclusion into National Library yearly list.
Memo and letters dealing with library issues including hours, staffing, budgets, holidays and cost of journals.