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 58 Collections and/or Records:
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 reports and procedures, 1954-2007
Harold B. Lee Library statement of primary needs
Report that discusses the primary needs of the Harold B. Lee Library in 1989. It discusses physical facilities, collection development, personnel, automation projects, and preservation issues.
John O. Christensen administrative papers, 1973-1994
Contains Administrative Council minutes, budgeting documents, library goals, travel policy, and administrative request reports. Dates range from 1973 to 1994.
John O. Christensen papers on physical storage, 1990-2010
Contains minutes from the Auxiliary Storage Committee and notes and plans about moving items to auxiliary storage. Dates range from 1990 to 2010.
Karen Ann Griggs cataloging papers, 1985-2010
Contains the professional papers of Griggs. These include records on department views of cataloging, the Video Cataloging Guide from a faculty development seminar, an OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) newsletter from 2010, a possible workflow for media catalogs, and scanned images related to cataloging, 1985-2010.
Learning Resource Center annual reports
Contains collected annual reports for the Library Learning Resource Division, Educational Media Services, and Harold B. Lee Library from 1970-1990.
Learning Resource Center records
Contains fifteen filmstrips concerning the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Also contains meeting notes, reports, memoranda, tests, and manuals relating to the Learning Resource Center in the Harold B. Lee Library. Also referred to LEE LRC in the catalogue. Addendum includes auxiliary reports, memoranda, operating procedures, meeting minutes and budget reports.
LibQUAL report
Report containing the information gathered about the quality of services at the Harold B. Lee Library and the other CES consortium libraries. The report contains information from a survey conducted from Feb.-May 2004.
Library survey report
Committee report describing the current state of the library at Brigham Young University, and proposing plans for future expansion of the collections and physical facilities.