Harold B. Lee Library
Dates
- Existence: 1973-
Administrative History
The Harold B. Lee Library (1973- ) is the library on the campus of Brigham Young University, and is responsible for providing students and the community with valuable resources for research, media projects, and personal use.
The Harold B. Lee Library was aligned with Media Services under the Assistant Academic Vice President of Brigham Young University in 1973. In that same year, the J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library was renamed the Harold B. Lee Library. Internally, the Harold B. Lee Library is managed by the library director, who is aided by an associate university librarian and assistant university librarians, who oversee divisions of the library. Directors have included Donald K. Nelson (1973-1980), Sterling J. Albrecht (1980-2002), Randy J. Olsen (2002-2009), Julene Butler (2010-2012), Scott Duvall (interim, 2012-2013), Jennifer Paustenbaugh (2013-2019), Brian Rennick (interim, 2019-2020), and (Rick Anderson, 2020- ). The library building was expanded in 1976 and 2000, and continues to provide students and faculty access to scholarly materials.
Citation:
Its manuscripts to 1846, 1977Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, via WWW, Apr. 13, 2009 (BYU Library)
Brigham Young University campus map, via WWW, Apr. 13, 2009 (Harold B. Lee Library; Lee Library; HBLL; originally named the J. Reuben Clark Library, but library name was changed)
Harold B. Lee Library, via WWW, Apr. 13, 2009 (library renamed in 1973)
BYU Organizationational History Project website, viewed on Dec. 2, 2011 (Harold B. Lee Library; university library at Brigham Young University; previously known as J. Reuben Clark, Jr., Library, renamed 1973; library directors: Donald K. Nelson, 1973-1980; Sterling J. Albrecht, 1980-2002; Randy J. Olsen, 2002-2009; Julene Butler, 2010- )
BYU Organizational History Project website, via WWW, Oct. 31, 2014 (Julene Butler, 2010-2012; Scott Duvall (interim), 2012-2013; Jennifer Paustenbaugh, 2013- )
E-mail from Jennifer Paustenbaugh, Nov. 22, 2019 (resigning from position, effective immediately)
Email from Wendy Duran, Sep. 1, 2020 (Rick Anderson beginning term September 2020)
Found in 141 Collections and/or Records:
Harold B. Lee Library records on promotions, 2010
Contains documents used to promote the Alice Louise Reynolds lecture and the Sparky Awards in the Harold B. Lee Library. Dates are from 2010.
Harold B. Lee Library records on scholarly communication, 2009-2012
Contains documents related to open access and scholarly communication. Dates are from 2009 to 2012.
Harold B. Lee Library records on the Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives, 2003-2013
Contains minutes, reports, presentations, and other documents related to the library's involvement with the Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives. Dates are from 2003 to 2013.
Harold B. Lee Library records on Universitatea din Bucuresti donation
Correspondence, newspaper articles and other memorabilia concerning the collection and donation of 45,000 books to Universitatea din Bucuresti (Bucharest University) in Romania in 1991.
Harold B. Lee Library records on Utah Academic Library Consortium, 2005-2011
Contains meeting minutes, project proposals, and other materials related to the Utah Academic Library Consortium. Dates are from 2005 to 2011.
Harold B. Lee Library records on visiting scholar program, 2009-2012
Contains information on the Visiting Scholars program sponsored by the library. Visiting scholars included Barbara Tillett, Deborah Jakubs, Margaret Robb, and Patricia Ianuzzi. Dates are from 2009 to 2012.
Harold B. Lee Library rendering of the library addition
Materials include an artistic rendering of the proposed addition to the Harold B. Lee Library. Dated 1996.
Harold B. Lee Library reports and procedures, 1954-2007
Harold B. Lee Library retirement video recordings
Contains two video recordings honoring retirees from the Harold B. Lee Library. The first video features A. Dean Larsen, Chad J. Flake, and Gloria D. Jenson. The second video features Sterling J. Albrecht.
Harold B. Lee Library slides
Contains slides of faculty and staff of the library as well as images of the library itself, as well as slides of the Social Science Citation Index that were used for library instruction between the 1970s and 1990s. Also includes a script for a presentation on the library that involved Rex E. Lee which was prepared in 1991.