Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Friends of the UCSB Library
- Abstract:
- Subject files, administrative/financial and event files, newsletters, reports, and audiotape reels generated by the Friends of the UCSB Library during the course of its activities from 1958 to its dissolution in 2008.
- Extent:
- 12.09 linear feet (29 document boxes and 3 audiotape reels)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Friends of the UCSB Library records, UArch 23. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Records of the Friends of the UCSB Library, documenting the activities of the organization from 1958 to its dissolution in 2008. Records include event files, research and subject files, annual reports, administrative/financial files, newsletters, as well as audiotape recordings of Friends- and library-sponsored events.
- Biographical / historical:
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From the Friends mission statement: "The Friends of the UCSB Library, founded in 1963, is dedicated to stimulating growth in library resources and facilities for the 21st century. The Friends seek to heighten community and alumni interest in the UCSB Libraries and to support academic programs at the University of California Santa Barbara by funding library collections and facilities." The Friends of the UCSB Library was dissolved in 2008.
- Acquisition information:
- Transfers from the Friends of the Library, various dates to 2009; Audiotapes merged from University Archives recordings in 2010.
- Arrangement:
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These records have been organized into five series: Series I. Chronological files, Series II. Finances, Series III. Newsletters, Series IV. Special Events, Series V. Audio.
- Physical location:
- The collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Research Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Research Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Research Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Friends of the UCSB Library records, UArch 23. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062