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1967-1989
ARC17.06
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Title: Library Collection
Date (inclusive): 1967-1989
Collection Number: ARC17.06
Creator:
Ames Research Center
Extent:
Number of containers: 5
Volume: 5 cubic feet
Volume: 5 cubic feet
Repository:
Ames Research Center,
Ames History Archives
Moffett Field, California 94035
Abstract: The Library Collection provides insight on library staff, culture, planning, operations, and facility changes for nearly two
decades, from 1967 to 1989. This collection of materials contains an array of photographs, outreach materials, and administrative
documents from the Ames Main Library, later named Technical Library, and the Life Sciences Library. Photographs depict personnel,
library interiors, and facility changes. Outreach materials include the Library's
Upstairs, Downstairs, and Across the Street newsletter and brochures. Administrative documentation includes planning and operations files.
Language:
English
Collection is open for research.
Copyright does not apply to United States government records. For non-government
material, researcher must contact the original creator.
NASA Ames History Archives, NASA Ames Research Center. Moffett Field, California. ARC17.06, Library Collection, [Container
number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].
NASA ARC. ARC17.06, [Container number]: [Folder number]. [Identification of item]. [Date, if available].
Transferred by the Technical Library on March 22, 2017 (Acc. 2017-006).
The following terms may be used to index this collection.
Ames Research Center
Life Sciences Library (Ames Research Center)
Main Library (Ames Research Center)
Technical Library (Ames Research Center)
Alexander, Diane
Andrejak, Catherine R.
Cohen, Doreen C
Clark, Deanna K.
Dueker, Sarah C.
Fleek, Edna
Frazier, Beverly
French, Patricia
Greene, Mickey
Head, Sylvia
Johnson, Esther K.
Johnson, James F.
Keegan, Sheila H.
Landers, Harry M.
Pappas, Daniel T.
Ponce, Kathleen
Roncaglia, George J.
Rutkowski, Susan
Sandford, Betsy R.
Schubert, William
Schwier, Robert R.
Shiplett, Darrell D.
Snyder, Kenneth A.
Steere, David
Walsh, Mary E.
Yung, Donna Y.
Zeleny, Steven C.
Ames Research Center -- Libraries
Ames Research Center -- Libraries -- Periodicals
Libraries -- Design and Construction
Library Buildings -- Safety Measures -- Planning
Library Management (Ames Research Center)
Library Resources -- California -- Ames Research Center
Science and technology librarians
The Library collection consists of photographs, outreach materials, and administrative documents from both the Main Library
(later named Technical Library), and the Life Sciences Library. The materials depict library personnel, planning operations,
and physical changes to the facilities from 1967 to 1989. The photographs and documents are evidence of different phases of
improvements and footprint reductions, while the outreach materials are examples of communication efforts during those two
decades. The collection is arranged into three series: Photographs, Outreach, and Administrative Documentation. Though multiple
libraries were in operation during this time, with each library serving a specific research interest, this collection focuses
on the Main and Life Sciences Libraries.
The Photograph Series provides views of librarians and library interiors, such as the reading room, offices, and shelving
units from both the Main and Life Sciences Libraries from 1967-1971. Other images depict staff preparing for a collection
move prior to the Main Library's seismic retrofit from 1988-1989. Documentation related to the collection move and other physical
changes to the library facility shown in these photographs can be found in Series III. The photographs in this series include
snapshots taken by library personnel and official images taken by an Ames photographer.
The Outreach Series is predominately made up of bound volumes of the Library staff newsletter
Upstairs, Downstairs, and Across the Street, which ran from 1977-1980. Other materials in the series include Ames Astrogram articles and brochures about the library
services dated from 1969-1980.
The Administrative Documents Series includes topics related to library planning and operations. The majority of the documentation
captures how the library physically changed between 1968-1983. Throughout the years the Main Library and Life Sciences Library
experienced improvements, expansions, and reductions. Library services and the physical footprint of facilities changed over
time. The planning and operation documentation provide insights into some of those changes. Photographs from Series I provide
visual documentation of facility changes.
Arrangement of the Library Collection
The Library collection was received with no apparent order beyond materials being organized by format. The materials are arranged
in three series by format and function, and then in chronological order.
- Series include:
- I. Library Photographs, 1967-1989
- II. Library Outreach, 1969-1980
- III. Administrative Documents, 1968-1983