2. Library Departments and Other Units, 1913-2012

The Library departments in this series include: Acquisitions, Advancement and Marketing, Archives and Special Collections, Cataloging, Circulation, Collection Development, Documents/Microforms, Information Commons, Instruction, Interlibrary Loan, Processing Reference, Reserves, Selections, Serials/Periodicals, and Technical Services.

Of note are the records of the Archives and Special Collections Department's NHPRC grant, which include records of the advisory boards (including audio cassette recordings and MiniDV recordings of meetings), collection recruitment information, reports submitted to the NHPRC, and promotional materials.

This series also include records of NU divisional libraries and branch libraries, including: the African-American Institute Library, Boston-Bouvé School Libraries, Burlington Campus Library, Dedham Campus Library, Chemistry/Biomedical Sciences Library, Curriculum Library, Marine Sciences Library, Mathematics/Psychology Library, Music Library, Nursing Library, Physical Therapy Library, Physics/Electrical Engineering Library, Rehabilitation Library, and Law Library.

Other units represented include: the F. Andre Favat Center (including accession lists, acquisitions lists, annual reports, brochures, budgets, donations, events, and policies), the Media Center, the Peer Tutoring Center (including brochures, College Reading & Learning Association training and certification, and statistics), and the Office of Learning Resources. The office of Learning Resources was originally called the Office of Educational Resources, was briefly called the Learning Resource Center, and ultimately was named the Office of Learning Resources (OLR). The OLR material includes: records of the advisory board, annual reports, brochures, budgets, resource guides, instructional materials catalogs, memoranda, newspaper clippings, objectives and functions of the OLR, an organizational history, policies and procedures, publications, reports and statistics, and staff job descriptions.

The Marketing and Advancement Programming and Communications Committee file backup discs contain .fcp files that are not viewable (see the file inventory in the electronic control file for more information).