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Life Sciences Library
| 2000 |
Library moved to the 4th floor of the Paterno Library |
| 1996 |
The Life Sciences Library Home page was created |
| 1988 |
Celebrated the 100th Anniversary of the Agriculture Library. Collection
size was approximately 270,000 volumes and 3,000 current journal
subscriptions received and serviced by eight full-time library faculty
and staff |
| 1985 |
To reduce crowding, materials were placed in the library annex,
and accessible storage facility in the Academic Services Building.
A microcomputer was made available for cataloging and data base
searching |
| 1982 |
First new money in ten years was made available for journal
subscriptions |
| 1981 |
Land Grant Agricultural Publications Microfilming Project began
in cooperation with the National Agricultural Library. Penn State
Libraries serve as coordinator. |
| 1979 |
Kneebone Mushroom Reference Collection was established with gift
of the personal library of Leon R. Kneebond, Professor Emeritus
of Botany and Plant Pathology, who continues to provide funds for
collection development. |
| 1977 |
Book budget was cut significantly and a full-time position lost.
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| 1974 |
Name was changed to Life Sciences Library; CAIN on-line computerized
bibliographic data base service began with research grant from the
National Agricultural Library. Holdings were 125,000 volumes; Library
experienced 5 percent cut in serials budget. |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences Library
| 1972 |
Library moved to East Pattee, where it occupied 70 percent of
shelf space on the second floor. |
| 1971 |
Applied Mycology was assigned to Penn State as a subject specialty
under proposed National Agricultural Library Network. Collection
had grown to 105,436 volumes and 1,789 journal subscriptions |
| 1969 |
Site dedication of East Pattee was held July 3 with Agricultural
and Biological Sciences Library slated to occupy 1 1/2 floors |
| 1968 |
Name was changed to Agricultural and Biological Sciences Library.
Collection totaled 87,930 volumes and 1,461 journals. |
Agricultural Library
| 1966 |
Agricultural Library was moved to Pattee, C107 (now Penn State
Room) but crowded conditions were unrelieved. |
| 1962 |
School of Forestry Library was added to the Agricultural Library.
Most collections were moved to Leete Hall during renovation of Patterson.
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| 1961 |
Plans were made for consolidation of library service in new addition
to main library. Agriculture and zoology were among the subjects
assigned to Penn State Libraries as State Regional Resource Center
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| 1959 |
No increase in space since 1940 created desperate situation, with
books piled on floor, radiators, and window sills. |
1952
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1957 |
Library experienced rapid growth and crowded conditions; during
this period 15,800 volumes were added. |
| 1949 |
Budget for books and journals reached $7,500; by 1987 the materials
budget was $450,000 |
| 1943 |
The Library had 32,000 volumes with reading rooms in the Forestry
Building (now Ferguson) and the Institute of Animal NUtrition (in
Armsby). |
| 1933 |
Agricultural Library opened in Patterson Hall April 20. |
Experiment Station Library
| 1908 |
Library of 2,500 volumes again moved, this time to the new agriculture
building (now Armsby).
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| 1902 |
George Blight Endowment Fund of $5,000 was established to purchase
books and journals in agriculture |
1888
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1889
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Agricultural Library began as the Experiment Station Library on
the second floor of Old Main and in 1889 moved to the new Experiment
Station building (now Art Education Crafts). |
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