Physics Library records

Content Description

This addition to RG 12/9 (University Library/Science Libraries) contains reports, records, and documentation of the administrative operations, functions, and offerings of the physics department and library, along with materials on several other University libraries. The items include correspondence, notes, guidelines, and newsletters related to faculty research, course resources, library construction and renovations, collection management, circulation policies, staff procedures, and related library programs and services. The box contents are as follows: Box 1 (ca. 1978-2018) contains reports of yearly physics faculty activity and department research, and copies of A Brief History of the Physics Department of the University of Virginia 1922-1961 by Frederick L. Brown. Box 2 (ca. 1941-2005; bulk date, ca. 1990-2005) contains yearly reports of physics faculty activity, academic program department survey results, Herbert Jehle Scientific Papers Vols. I and II (2005), and Jae Shin Yun’s dissertation (1941), Newton’s Versus Natural Motion. Box 3 (ca. 1976-2013) contains correspondence, record files, and other documentation and notes on the administrative operations of the physics library, including employee and student worker hiring, library offerings and resources, and department and faculty support. This box also includes an incomplete run of LIBRA newsletters from September 1993 to February 1999. Box 4 (ca. 1970-2013) contains correspondence, record files, and other documentation and notes on the administrative operations of the physics library, including procedural and circulation guides, information on the faculty, students, and courses of the department, photographs of library spaces, materials, people, and construction. This box also includes A/V and born digital materials that include digital photos, an interview with Doris Wilsdorf, and physics research. Box 5 (ca. 1976-2020) contains correspondence, record files, annual reports, and other documentation and notes on the administrative operations and protocols, procedural guidelines, circulation information, project management plans, and site ratings and improvement goals of both the physics and science and engineering libraries, along with items on the history and faculty of the physics department and the Brown Endowment. Box 6 (ca. 1993-2015) contains correspondence, record files, annual reports, newsletters and other documentation and notes on the administrative operations, procedural guidelines, and project management plans of the University libraries and related programs, along with materials on construction and renovation plans, gifts, and awards. Box 7 (ca. 1976-2015) contains correspondence, record files, and other documentation and notes on the administrative operations, procedural guidelines, circulation policies, and planning recommendations of several University libraries, including science and engineering, math, chemistry, and physics, along with materials on construction and renovations plans. This box also contains information on department subjects and related course resources. The small flat file folder (ca. 2000s) contains a construction schematic of the new law building along with before and after photographs of the science and engineering library renovations.

Acquisition Type

Transfer

Provenance

Collection transferred by PJ Coleman, 18 August 2021.

Language of Description

English

Restrictions Apply

No

Access Restrictions

Original digital media (floppy disks, zip disks, thumb drives, born-digital files, etc.) and other media formats such as LPs, audiotapes, videotapes, films, CDs, and DVDs cannot be handled directly by patrons. Appointments must be made in advance to request these items held by Special Collections. In most cases, materials must be reformatted before they can be accessed, sometimes at the researcher’s expense. Please use our online reference request form (https://small.library.virginia.edu/services/reference-request) to request access to these materials or to ask for further information.