OSU Library Directors Joseph Milliken, also Professor of Languages 1874-1876 Josiah Smith, also

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OSU Library Directors
Joseph Milliken, also Professor of Languages
1874-1876
Josiah Smith, also Professor of Ancient Languages
1876-1881
Samuel Derby, also Professor of Latin and Librarian
1881-1893
Olive Branch Jones, first full-time Librarian
1893-1927
Earl Manchester
1928-1952
Lewis Branscomb
1952-1971
Hugh Atkinson
1971-1976
William Studer
1977-1999
Joseph Branin
2000-2009
Carol Diedrichs
2009-present
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Early Days of the University Library
JOSIAH R. SMITH
Profe~sor of Greek, Ohio State University
0 ONE FEATURE of the university more forcible suggestion of the mighty diifere:1ce
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life ~ore impressively emphas.izes .its (;X· betwee:-~ them ar.d no\v could be offered than a
panswn than the growth of 1ts library. :implc transcrir:tion of one of these tabies. Read
And no one can feel this more profound it. ye children of a richer generation; imd while
h· than one who has been on the ground since the you smile, be thankful. Here it is:
l:radle·days of the institution, back in the seven
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tics: the days \\'hen the biggest thing about the
college was its na:ne-Ohio Agricultural and Me 0. A. & M. COLLEGE
chemical College."
LIBRARY./
As one who still "persists" from that archaic
period, I have been asked to contribute a para
gr.lph or t\vo of library remi:tiscences. Those were
times of "combination" rather than specialized,
chairs: and I got'off very easily with the titles of M 0;d-
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a5sistant professor of ancient languages, secretary
o( the faculty, and librarian. /-:2= .: ... ..
.!llcov e, ................
The duties of the latter position could hardly
he described as onerous. The modest little col
lr.ction of less tha:1 1,000 books was housed in Shelf, .......................................................
the roo:n in University Hall now occupied by the
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.1dministrative department of the Arts College. 1. 'fhe Library is open for the with
\\'alnut cases, called alcoves, ran round the room, drawal of books on TueJ;dan
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and Friday;:;, from l :30 P.
;md near the window stood a small table which
to 2 P. :\I.
~crnd every purpose of accessioni:tg, irtdexing and
Charging. All information necessary for the use 2. Stmlents are n!lowecl to take two
of the library was given out in a placard on the books at n time1 if they whih.
door and a gray-blue label pasted in the coVer of 3. All book.c; must bE: rctLinlt'd or
t·ach book. renewed within t\\'0 ,1·eek~.
Searching through the I 0,000 volumes in our •1. Books of refe1·cnC'C'1 !:'llL'h :1~ diL'
'plendid ope,·shelf room of today, I found a few tlonal'ic:-;, encyclopL'tlir.:-<, l'te.,
h.1ttcred veterans of that pioneer epoch; and recog are not to be tnkl'n n·om tlll:'
room.
nizrd my own handwriting filling the blanks in
this venerable first book-plate of the library. No
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The Library in Retrospect
S.C. DERBY
Professor of Latin, Ohio State University
--.z. N 1881. WHEN PROF. J. R. SMITH The board of trustees were granted by the
;~;~~ relinquished hi5 professorship at the Uni- next legislature ( 1884) the sum of $5,000 "for
~FJ versity in order to make a prolonged removal and addition to the library." During the
tour in Europe, his duties as librarian summer of I 884 the library was transferred lo
as well as those of professor of Greek and ~ati:t the large room at the east end of the third story
fell to me. Apparently Prof. Joseph Millikin had of the Main Building. This room had been va
been the university's first librarian. cated by the removal of the department of bOtany
The library, when it came under my care, and horticulture. The new quarters were equipped,
was kept ia that room of the Main Building which and a card catalogu·e made of the books belonging
is nO\\o" the office of the dean and of the secretary C\f to the collection for less than six hundred dollars.
the College of Arts. At that time it was furnished The services of Messrs. Watt and Ray were of
with shelves and served also as a reading room and decided value in planning and furnishing the new
study-room for students. The number of books quarters. The remainder of the appropriation of
was about 2,000; two years later, June 20, 1883, $5.000 was expended in the purchase of more
than 2.000 volumes. To the careful selection of
it had increased to 2,402.
this, the first important addition to the library,
The ordinary annual appropriation for books
much attention was given by the president and fac
was perhaps $300, and the space devoted to the
'J.lty as well as by the librarian. From this era
library in the first annual report of the _new pres~ the development of the library has been continuous
ident was two lines and a half. In the words and increasingly rapid.
often applied to the early condition of the uni
The assistant librarians during my term of ser·
versity by its fust president, that was "the day of vice were: 1881-82, Belle Swickard; 1882-83.
~mall things." A better day was dawning. The Minnie E. Bird; 1883-86, Emu•l Lehner; 1886-
next year's appropriation for the library was $600, 87, Clara Fisher and Annie N. Scott; 1887-93,
and the space given it in the president's report was Olive Jones. All gave willing, intelligent and un
20 lines. slinted service
Shall Ohio State University Continue Inferior In
Library Development?
, lh l'ww~:l'i:;oll (;EOIIG~: H. ILln:~s. Clwirmau, F(/("lf{l!f ('ommi/11-r 011 the Library
A i{(JI':'\1> lh<' lilmtr,,· :tnd its books must ct•Uil·r to a· n•rygn•alt•xlent lht• study carrit•d on by both fn<'Uity
:~ud stlldt·nts. lu tlw loug ruu, ot!l('r things being equal. tht· sl rnngt·st fucultit•:<; ,,·illgatht•r inlhost•unh·t·r
~!lit·s lmving lilt' ht•st lihrarit•s: that is to say, lhl' l:tq.{t•st numltt•r nf t·an•fully sdn~lt•d books. Only tlw
lllll\ <'r.-;tt tr.~ with goml liltr:tr,\' fueilit it•s t·an hope ln ht• lt•adcrs in tht• ('dUC'al inual world.
~hall<>ltio~Lall' l1c a lt•oult•rttra l:iggartl? Its Jlrcst•Ltl sil1mtiun witlt rt'Sfll'Ci ltJ lillrary clc\'clopna•nt is
grnphu:a II_,. slwwu by the following charts, which should he of gTt'al iut<-rl'sl to nil frit•nds of the Cniwrsily.
C~hart [shows thrt>c things: t!w uumbt•r of volumes on librarit•s at ~lichigan. Illinois, ::'\Iinncsola.
\\'i .. ;co~u~m. :tnd Ohio Stnlt•; lht> growth iu vohunt·s duriug the la$l leu years: and the rank of t•ach library nmoug
tlw nl\n•r LIILi\·c·rsit.\· lil,r:Lrit•s nf tht' t 'nilt'fl ~talt•s.
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Nf..IMBEROF VOLUMES 5HToASTT.£ l
MICHIGAN 1LLIN015 Coc
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Chart l !'hnw!l that Illinois has added, during the last ten years alone, mure book~
than an• tu tn bt• fnund in the entir(' Ohio State University library at the present timt•. Illinoi"
and Michigan, with over 450,000 volum<'ll, ar<> t.!:.LCh more than twiecas wcllcquippl:"ri with bonks
as Ohio Stahl. In national rank by libraritos, the_ universiti~ stand: Michh:-an eighth, lllino:s
ninth, Willc'uns\n t•lt•venth. Minnt'flotn twelfth, and Ohio Sta1e11ixtecnth.
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MONTHLY
Charl II shows !Itt• amount of 1noncy being spcnl for books :uul periodicals in the same fh·c uni\·crsilil'S
during the past .rear :uul-\\·hat is much 111ore signific:lllt-thc a \'eragc a mount per .n.'ltr during the last ten years.
It shows also the natioual rnnk of c:1ch uni\·crsity :ts measured by book appropriations.
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i OOOX APP.RORIAT/ONS
'- 1.92/-1.922
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Chart II shows the book Ei.ppropristions, ranging from $81,000 for Illinoi.s to $16,300
for Ohio State. While during the last ten years Illinois has averaged per year $58,000, Minn
esota $39,000, Michigan $37,000, and Wisconsin $32,000, Ohio State baa averaged only $21,000,
In national rank by book appropriation&, Illinoilllltands 11eeond(being aurpa1111ed only by Har
vard). Michigan fourth, Wi11conllin fifth, Minnesota fourteenth, and Ohio State twenty-third.
In student enrollment Ohio Stntc is sixth in rank among the uni\'ersitics of the <:ountry.
In number of \'olumes in the libr.ary Ohio State stands sixteenth.
In the amount of money being spent for hooks Ohio State ranks twenty-third.
It is in vic11· of these facts that the President and the Board of Trustees of the University have recom
lncluk-d to the Legislature an appropriation during the next biennium of $50,000 per yeur for the purchase of books.
Tlmt thh. n•conunendntion is a conservath·e one, the charts show. The Cnh·ersily :ulminstration should there
fore lmve the complete and hearty support of the Legislature in securing th~ full amount recommended nnd sorely
lll'eded. Without it, Ohio State cannot tnke its proper rank as one of the lending nnh·ersities of the country.
:=:hall Ohio, fourth richest stnte in the Union, coutinlle to rank twenty-third in the support given its university library?
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THE MAIN LIBRARY 'l'he GHADUATE LIBRAHIE::; Which offer refer
ence ~:~crvlce and specialized collections in
English and Speech (304), Foreign Language::~
(333), and History, Political Science and Phi
HOURS Weekdays 7:45 a.m. to Mhlnight losophy (233). Access limited to graduate stu
Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
dents and faculty after 5 p.m. and on weekends.
Sundays 1:00 p.m. to Midnight
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The FINE ART::i LIBRAHY (204). ,
Between quarters and during holiday
periods these hours may vary. The
bulletin board outside the main en~ The DIVI~10N OF RAHE BOOKS AND SPECIAL il
trance will Ust the hours in force at COLLECTIONS (214). 'I
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any time. Hours of service areas
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within the main llbru.ry also vary. One flight down from the Main Lobby via the ,,
stairway in the northwest corner it'! the DROWS II
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ING ROOM (G-6) which house!:! a collection
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chosen for extra-curricular reading, and phono
The key to the resources of the llbraries is the graph r-ecords which may be borrowed. Also 11
MAIN CATALOG in the main lobby. lt lists the on this lower level is theSPECIALMA'l'ERIALS 11
holdings of the entire llbrary system by author, HOOM (G-1) where U. S.andforelgnnewspapers II
subject, and tltle. There is a librarian at the are kept along with the archival collection of
INFORMATION DESK weekdays to assist ln the 0 S U theses, and most of the library•s micro I
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use and interpretation of the catalog. text holdings, II
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The University Libraries operate a nwnber of Davis Welding, 200 Ind. Engr.
DEPARTMENT LiBRARIES whose collections Education, 060 Arps Hull
are smaller lllld more specialized thun those of Electrical Engr., 162 Caldwell Lab,
the Main Library, Hours of opening of these Health Center, 101 Hamilton Hall
libraries are posted at the entrances, Home Economics, 325 CumpOOU Hull
Materials Engr,, 197 Watts Hall
The DEPARTMENT LIBRARIES and their loca Mathematics, 010 Math, Bldg.
tions are as follows: Microbiology, 7 Pharmacy Bldg,
Musto, 101 Hughes Hall
Aero-Civil Engr., 322 Civll Aero, Engr. Bldg. Orton (Geology), 100 Orton Hall
Agricultural, 46 Agr1o. Admin, Bldg, Pharmacy, Pharmacy Bldg.
Botany lllld Zoology, 200 B and z Bldg. Physics, 202 Physics Bldg.
Brown Hall, 103 Brown Hall Social Work, 400 Stillman Hall
Chemistry, 310 McPherson Lab, Topaz, 114 Optometry Bldg.
Children's Hospital, 661 South 17th St. Veterinary Medicine, 229 Sisson Hull
Comn1erce, 204 Page Hall
THE MAIN LIBRAHY In the REf'ERENCE HOOM (124~125) librarians The UNDEHGRADUATE LlllHAHY (Room::J 215 1'he GRADUATE LlBRAHIES which offer refer
are on duty to help you in making the most and 316) containl:l 600 ~Jtudy stations, several ence service and spuclalized collections in
effective use of library resources. 12,000 non~ thousand general circulation bookl:l on open English und Spcecll (304). Foreign Language~
circulating volumes comprise the reference shelves, and complete rtms of over 1,000 bound (333), and Hh>tury, Political &ience and Phi~
HOURS Weekduys 7:45 a.m. to Midnight collection. periodicals. loaophy (233). Access limited to graduate stu
saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. dents und faculty after 5 p.m. and on weekends.
Sundays 1:00 p.m. to Midnight
In the PHOTODUPLICATION HOOM (208) mate
At the CIRCULATION DESK in the main lobby
rial from books und periodicals can be cop led at
your requests ure received and books charged
10 cents per page.
for you. Normal loan is 3 wt:eks, there are no The FINE AHTS LIBRAHY (204).
netw een quarters and during holiday telephone renewals, und fines are 10 cents and
periods these hours may vary. The 25 cents per day. The stacks are open to faculty Other service arcus in the Main Library include:
bulletin board outside the main en~ and graduate students only. Under certain con~ The DOCUMENTS HOOM (120) which u:;sists in The DIVISION OF RAHE BOOKS AND SPECIAL
trance will Ust the hours in force at ditiona temporary stack permits may be issued locating and using U, S. Government and Ohio COLLECTIONS (214),
uny time. Hours of service areas to Wldergraduates by the Heferenct!Depnrtment. State publications and selected tectmicul reports.
within the main library also vary. One flight down from the Main Lobby via the
The INTEHLIBRARY LOAN DEPAHTMENT stairway In the northwest corner it1 the BROWS
In the UNDERGHADUATE RESERVE HOOM (110) (131 C) which lucatcs for faculty IUld graduate ING ROOM (G-6) which houses a collection
all tmdergraduate reserve books are housed and students materiuls not In the 0 S U LIIJrurtcs' chosen for extra-curricular n:ading, and phono
The key to the resources of the libraries Is tho circ•tlated, collections, graph recorda which may be borrowed. Also
MAIN CATA LOQ in the main lobby. It lists the on this lower level is theSPECIALMA1'ERIALS
holdings of the entire library system by author, The RESEARCH CONSULTANT (112) who as HOOM (G-1) where u. S. and foreign newspapers
subject, and title. There is a librarian at the The CURRENT PERIODICAL ROOM (109) has sists graduate students and faculty in planning are kept along with the archival collection of
INFORMATION DESK weekdays to assist in the over 2,000 current periodicals--most of them on blbliographic searches and gives class lectures 0 S U theses, and most of the lillrary's micro
use and interpretation of the catalog~ open shelves. on research materials. Hours by appointment. text holdings.