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  • Contributing Institution: California State University Archives
    Title: CSU Library Affairs / Council of Library Deans Collection
    Creator: California State University. Library Affairs
    Identifier/Call Number: CSU.017
    Physical Description: 10 boxes (10.83 Linear Feet)
    Date (inclusive): 1950-2008, undated
    Abstract: Records of the Library Affairs Office at the CSU Chancellor's Office, the Council of Library Directors and other library related committees (1950-2008).
    Language of Material: Collection material is in English

    Access

    There are no access restrictions on this collection.

    Publication Rights

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from content must be submitted in writing to the Gerth Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Archives as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Preferred Citation

    For information about citing archival material, see the Citations for Archival Material  guide, or consult the appropriate style manual.

    Acquisition Information

    Materials in this collection were transferred by the Chancellor's Office, California State University and collected by archives staff. It is a growing collection.

    Processing Information

    Processed during 2004-2006 CSU System-wide Archives Processing Project. Finding aid created by Greg Williams in 2008; addendum added and finding aid updated by Petra Warren in fall 2021.

    Institutional History

    The California State University System was formally established in 1960 by the Donahoe Higher Education Act. It is the nation's largest university system, with 23 campuses. The CSU is one of three public higher education systems in the state of California (the others are the University of California and the California Community College System). The System is the direct descendant of the California State Normal School (now, San Jose State University) established by the California Legislature on May 2, 1862. By 1895 there were four State Normal schools. In 1921, the schools were re-named the State Teacher's Schools. In 1935 the colleges were re-named the California State Colleges and were run by the State Department of Education. With the creation of the California Master Plan for Higher Education along with the Donahoe Act, the California State Colleges were placed under control of the CSC Board of Trustees. In 1972 the system was renamed the California State Colleges and Universities. The term "Colleges" was dropped in 1982.
    Responsibility for the California State University is vested in the Board of Trustees, whose members are appointed by the Governor of the State of California. The Trustees appoint the Chancellor, who is the chief executive officer of the system, and the Presidents, who are the chief executive officers of their respective campuses. The Academic Senate of the California State University, made up of elected representatives of the faculty from each campus, recommends academic policy to the Board of Trustees through the Chancellor. Chancellors of the system include Buell Gallagher (1961-1962); Glenn S. Dumke (1962-1982); W. Ann Reynolds (1982-1990); Ellis E. McCune [Acting] (1990-1991); Barry Munitz (1991-1998); Charles B. Reed (1998-2012); Timothy P. White (2012-2021); and Joseph I. Castro (2021- ).

    Scope and Content

    CSU Library Affairs records consist of pre-CSU system State College Librarians Council and CSU system Council of Library Directors (renamed the Council of Library Deans in 2008) meeting minutes (1950-1973, 1984-2008), correspondence, and administrative files. Other library committees, subcommittees, and task forces, such as Library Development Advisory Committee; Serials Editorial Advisory Committee; and PHAROS Management Task Force files contain agenda, minutes, memos, correspondence, drafts, and reports.
    Library Affair's administrative files contain budget formulas, inter-institutional library cooperation articles, acquisitions, de-acquisition policy, employee classification and reclassification, Librarian Personnel Plan, library surveys and statistics, and implementation of automated circulation system across libraries. CSUC Librarians' Chapter of California Library Association's correspondence, recorded meetings, and newsletter (1977-1992) are also part of this collection. Library Strategic Plans and various Request for Proposal documents are also present.

    Related Material

    California State University Reports Collection

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    University libraries
    Academic librarians -- California
    California State University
    California State University. Library Affairs
    State College Librarians Council
    California State University. Council of Library Directors
    California State University. Council of Library Deans