The IS&T The average daily Solution Center head count of is now located patrons for the entire on the ground Library was up 13% floor of the in 2016-2017 over Library; the previous year vending machines are being installed in Summer 2017. 4B: Library Faculty & Staff Ongoing UM Oral Within a few months Collect, preserve, and make available for scholarly Histories are in of posting the research material in the Milner Archives and Special progress. The additions to the Collections. University Wyatt Digital Expand archival and special collections through Archivist has Newspaper the deliberate and targeted acquisition of recorded 5 Collection, there primary materials, and expand electronic access hours of were nearly 900 to archival and special collections through a interviews with views. deliberate and targeted digitization plan. former UM President Jim 1200 titles were Vickery and donated for the students in an Grainger Collection. Honors Oral History class 300 titles were conducted donated for the interviews with Sledge Collection. a variety of subjects. The Pat Scales Special Collection Significant Room was additions to completed on the the Wyatt top floor of the Digital Library in Spring Newspaper 2017; several Collection thousand children’s were made in and young adult early Spring books have been 2017. received from Pat
The IS&T Solution Center is now located on the ground floor of the Library; vending machines are being installed in Summer 2017. The average daily head count of patrons for the entire Library was up 13% in 2016-2017 over the previous year 4B: Collect, preserve, and make available for scholarly research material in the Milner Archives and Special Collections. Expand archival and special collections through the deliberate and targeted acquisition of primary materials, and expand electronic access to archival and special collections through a deliberate and targeted digitization plan. Library Faculty & Staff Ongoing UM Oral Histories are in progress. The University Archivist has recorded 5 hours of interviews with former UM President Jim Vickery and students in an Honors Oral History class conducted interviews with a variety of subjects. Significant additions to the Wyatt Digital Newspaper Collection were made in early Spring 2017. Within a few months of posting the additions to the Wyatt Digital Newspaper Collection, there were nearly 900 views. 1200 titles were donated for the Grainger Collection. 300 titles were donated for the Sledge Collection. The Pat Scales Special Collection Room was completed on the top floor of the Library in Spring 2017; several thousand children’s and young adult books have been received from Pat