Public Services Study Team - Background Material - Reports, Studies, Surveys
Scope and Contents
As a member of the Association of Research Libraries, the Newberry Library was chosen as one of six institutions to participate in a 1983-1984 study of its public services. The Association of Research Libraries Office of Management Studies received a grant from the General Electric Foundation to conduct the Public Services in Research Libraries Project. One component of this Project supported assisted self studies. The Newberry received a modest subsidy and free consultation services from the Office of Management Studies to pursue its study. The Library's study, chaired by Cynthia H. Peters, concentrated on providing service guidelines for the new Reference and Bibliographical Center and the renovated reading rooms.
Includes memoranda, correspondence, minutes and agendas, working papers, task force reports, and a final report.
Creator
- From the Collection: Newberry Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The Newberry Library Archives are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).
Unprocessed records are available by appointment only. Advance notice is necessary, particularly for administrative files, so that files may be screened for personnel records that are removed when records are processed.
Files containing personal or confidential information about individuals (including individual files on members of the Board of Trustees, individual donor files and records reporting the donations of an individual, personnel records, payroll records, and individual accepted fellows files) are closed for 30 years.
Repository Details
Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository
60 West Walton Street
Chicago Illinois 60610 United States
312-255-3512
reference@newberry.org