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Title: Geology Library Subject File, 1970-2011

Predominant Dates:1979-1999

ID: 35/3/421

Creator: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Geology

Extent: 1.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: By Subject

Date Acquired: 09/05/2018

Languages: English [eng]

Geology Library Subject File contains reports, memos, newsletters, minutes, correspondence, maps and budgets concerning equipment; inventory; library policies; facilities; acquisitions; building plans; job descriptions; library guides; meetings; staff matters; reference; OPAC; statistics; problems; finances; gifts; space usage; digitization and news.

The Geology Department has offered courses under the Department of Natural History (1868);¹ College of Natural History (1870);² College of Natural Science (1871-90);³ College of Science, School of Natural History (1891-1912)⁴ and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (1913- ).⁵ In November 1919, the Geology Department was organized on a committee basis.⁶ During this period, the Geology and Geography Department was organized, but the Geography Department became separate in 1947.⁷ The Department offers both undergraduate and graduate courses.

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 2nd Report, 1868, p. 6.

2. Ibid., 3rd Report, 1869-70, p. 14.

3. Ibid., 4th Report, 1870-71, pp. 43-44. Ibid., 5th Report, 1871-72, pp. 42, 45. Ibid., 15th Report, 1888-90, pp. 212, 221.

4. Ibid., 26th Report, July 8, 1911, p. 446.

5. Ibid., 27th Report, June 9, 1914, p. 764.

6. Ibid., 30th Report, November 1, 1919, p. 606.

7. Ibid., 44th Report, August 5, 1947, p. 487. Ibid., 44th Report, April 24, 1947, p. 340.