Inventory of the University of Texas at San Antonio: Library: Public Services Department Records, 1974-2003


Descriptive Summary
	Creator:	University of Texas at San Antonio. Library. Public Services Department
	Title:	University of Texas at San Antonio: Library: Public Services Department Records
	Dates:	1974-2003

	Creator Abstract:	The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Library was established in 1973, the first year students were admitted to the new university. As of 2017, the Library has four locations: the John Peace Library and the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, both on UTSA's 1604 Campus; the Downtown Library at UTSA's Downtown Campus; and the Special Collections Reading Room located at the HemisFair Campus-Institute of Texan Cultures. The Public Services Department oversaw reference, instruction, outreach, and other functions related to aiding UTSA faculty, staff, and students in library research.
	Content Abstract:	The collection spans the 1970s through the early 2000s and documents the operations of the Public Services Department of the University of Texas at San Antonio Library. Materials appear to emanate primarily from Margaret Joseph, Assistant Director for Public Services. Materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, surveys, statistical reports, policies and procedures, press releases, calendars, brochures, maps, and instructional materials.
	Identification:	UA 05.02
	Extent:	4.7 linear feet (5 Boxes)
	Language:	Materials are in English.
	Repository:	University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections

Historical Note

The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Library was established in 1973, the first year students were admitted to the new university. As of 2017, the Library has four locations: the John Peace Library and the Applied Engineering and Technology (AET) Library, both on UTSA's 1604 Campus; the Downtown Library at UTSA's Downtown Campus; and the Special Collections Reading Room located at the HemisFair Campus-Institute of Texan Cultures.

The Public Services Department oversaw reference, instruction, outreach, and other functions related to aiding UTSA faculty, staff, and students in library research. Public Services staff administered the University's Library Instruction Course (LIB 1001), in which UTSA students were taught how to conduct library research and compile bibliographies.

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Scope and Content Note

The collection spans the 1970s through the early 2000s and documents the operations of the Public Services Department of the University of Texas at San Antonio Library. Materials appear to emanate primarily from Margaret Joseph, Assistant Director for Public Services.

Accession 1998-029b includes brochures, maps, instructional materials, correspondence, pathfinders (library subject guides), and question-and-answer forms from the Library's suggestion Box. Instructional materials document the Library Instruction course LIB 1001.

Accession 2002-034 comprises files transferred from the office of Margaret Joseph, Assistant Director for Public Services. Materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, surveys, statistical reports, policies and procedures, press releases, calendars, and other materials.

Accession 2015-007 includes a single VHS tape transferred from the Libraries' reference desk.

Accession 2017-047 includes correspondence, instruction notes, policy documents, annual reports, meeting minutes, and other materials.

This collection is housed at UTSA's Hemisfair Campus and must be accessed via the Institute of Texan Cultures Special Collections Reading Room. To request access, please schedule a visit.

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Organization of Collection

		Original Deposit of August 1998 (Acc. 1998-029b)
		Addition of July 2002 (Acc. 2002-034)
		Addition of January 2015 (Acc. 2015-007)
		Addition of August 2017 (Acc. 2017-047)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

Usage Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

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Index Terms

	Personal Names
		Joseph, Margaret.
	Organizations
		University of Texas at San Antonio. Library. Public Services Department.
	Subjects
		Public services (Libraries)--History--20th century.
		Public services (Libraries)--History--21st century.
		Academic libraries--Reference services--Texas--San Antonio.
		Academic libraries--Reference services--History--20th century.
		Information services--User education.
		Library orientation.
		Academic librarians--Texas.
	Locations
		San Antonio (Tex.)
	Genres/Formats
		Correspondence.
		Minutes.
		Annual reports.
		Brochures.
		Curricula.
		Maps.
	Local Subjects
		UTSA History
		UTSA Records

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Related Materials


	There are no other known archival collections created by the UTSA Library Public Services Department at the date of accessioning.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], UTSA. Library. Public Services Department, UA 5.02, University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries Special Collections.

Acquisition Information

Transferred from the UTSA Library in August 1998 (Acc. 1998-029b), July 2002 (Acc. 2002-034), January 2015 (2015-007), and August 2017 (Acc. 2017-047).

Processing Information

The collection is in 4 accessions, and has been encoded by Angela McClendon Ossar, University Archivist. More detailed processing is not anticipated at this time. Addition of 2015-007 added by Julianna Barrera-Gomez. Addition of 2017-047 added by Kristin Law, University Archivist.

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Inventory of the University of Texas at San Antonio. Library. Public Services Department Records

Original Deposit of August 1998 (Acc. 1998-029b)

Includes brochures, maps, instructional materials, correspondence, pathfinders (library subject guides), and question-and-answer forms from the Library's suggestion Box. Instructional materials document the Library Instruction course LIB 1001, in which UTSA students were taught how to conduct library research and compile bibliographies.

Materials appear to have been created by Margaret Joseph, Assistant Director for Public Services.

Box

Miscellaneous Library brochures, maps, and assorted materials

Assorted brochures, programs, and other materials

Correspondence

Procedures Manual for Margaret Joseph, 1973-1975

Pathfinders and instructional materials, 1974-1979 and undated

Library Instruction (LIB 1001) curriculum, units 1-5

Library Instruction (LIB 1001) curriculum, units 6-10

Library Instruction (LIB 1001) curriculum, units 11-13

Copy 1, Library Instruction (LIB 1001) grading manual, units 5-9, 1977-1978

Box

Library Instruction (LIB 1001) signage, undated

Suggestion Box questions and answers, 1974-1978
(3 folders)

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Addition of July 2002 (Acc. 2002-034)
	These files of the Public Services Department were transferred from the office of Margaret Joseph, Assistant Director for Public Services. Materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence and memoranda, budgets, surveys, statistical reports, policies and procedures, press releases, calendars, and other materials.
Box	Folder
3	1	Accreditation Reports
	2	Agenda Management Group
	3	Alamo Community College District
	4	Allocation Formulas
	5	Budget – UT System
	6	Budget – FY 1994-95
	7	Classified Staff Salary Survey
	8	Classified Stff Affairs Committee
	9	Circulation Statistics Codes
	10	Coral Statistics 1990-
	11	Coral Statistics 1972-1990
	12	Coral
	13	Coral Circill
	14	Coral Continuing Education Committee
	15	Complaints and Suggestions
	16	Committee Teaching Effectiveness
	17	Confidentiality of Library Records
	18	Copyright
	19	Director – Correspondence, Memos
	20	Distance Learning
	21	Disability Awareness
	22	Exhibit Policy Committee
	23	Extended Hours Plan
	24	Feedback Exercise
	25	Flex Time
	26	Grantsmanship information
	27	General correspondence
	28	Goal Assessment FY91
	29	Goals FY1993-94
	30	Goals for 1992-93
	31	Interviewing Policies
	32	Learning Community Study Group
	33	Learning Theory
	34	Library Focus
	35	Library Instruction Evaluation Projects
	36	Librarians Salaries - Studies
	37	Location codes in Notis
	38	Loex
	39	Loex News
	40	Materials Availability Survey
Box	Folder
4	1	Materials Availability Survey 1992
	2	Materials Availability Survey 1994
	3	Materials Availability Survey 1998
	4	Management Group
	5	Management Group Meeting Minutes
	6	Memorandum Received
	7	Memorandum Sent
	8	Multimedia Center
	9	New Student Notebook
	10	Paisano
	11	Palo Alto – UTSA Courses
	12	Peace – Pipeline
	13	Paraprofessionals at Reference
	14	Permanent Reserve collections: Definition and Scope
	15	Police
	16	Policies – Library
	17	Presence of the University of Texas at San Antonio
	18	Privacy of Library Records
	19	Procedures-Publications Review
	20	Public Services Annual Report, 1975
	21	Public Services Annual Report, 1977-1978
	22	Public Services Annual Report, 1978-1979
	23	Public Services Annual Report, 1979-1980
	24	Public Services Annual Report,1980-1981
	25	Public Services Annual Report, 1981-1982
	26	Public Services Annual Report, 1982-1983
	27	Public Services Annual Report, 1983-1984
	28	Public Services Annual Report, 1984-1985
	29	Public Services Annual Report, 1985-1986
	30	Public Services Annual Report, 1986-1987
	31	Public Services Annual Report, 1987-1988
	32	Public Services Annual Report, 1989
	33	Public Services Annual Report, 1989-1990
	34	Public Services Annual Report, 1990-1991
	35	Public Services Annual Report, 1991-1992
	36	Public Services Annual Report, 1992-1993
	37	Public Service Minutes and Memos
	38	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1993
	39	Reference Sampling Survey 1992
	40	Reference Sampling Week 1991
	41	Reference Sampling Fall 1990
	42	Reference Satisfaction Survey Oct 1990
Box	Folder
5	1	Public Services Program Goals
	2	Publicity
	3	Publicity – Press Releases
	4	Reciprocal Borrowing
	5	Reference Sampling Fall 1994
	6	Reference Assessment Manual
	7	Reference Desk Schedule Basic Calendars
	8	Reference Effectiveness
	9	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1985
	10	Reference Sampling Survey Spring 1986
	11	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1989
	12	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1988
	13	Reference Sampling Survey
	14	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1987
	15	Reference Sampling Survey Fall 1986
	16	Reference Sampling Survey 1995
	17	Reference Sampling Refresher Training
	18	Reorganization
	19	Petty Cash Reports
	20	Self Study Report
	21	Salary Study Classified Staff
	22	Sexual Harassment Policy
	23	Staff Request 1992
	24	Statistical Methods
	25	Stopwords
	26	Student Guide
	27	Style Manuals
	28	Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, calendars
	29	Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, calendars
	30	Miscellaneous correspondence, reports, calendars

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Addition January 2015 (Acc. 2015-007)

This is a VHS cassette produced by the Public Services Department as a reference video of microfilm use instruction, created circa 1987-1989.

Box

Folder

VHS video: Microfilm instruction video, circa 1987-1989
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Addition of August 2017 (Acc. 2017-047)
	This accession includes correspondence, instruction notes, policy documents, annual reports, meeting minutes, and other materials.
Box	Folder
6	1	Community Services Inventory, 1995
	2	Equipment Requests, 1994-1999
	3	Equipment Requests, 2000-2003
	4	Government Documents Inspection Information, 1994-1995
	5	Incidents, 1988
	6	Instruction - Class Materials; Maggi Joseph, 1993
	7	Instruction - College Entrance Library Skills Diagnostic Tests, 1993
	8	Instruction - Information Literacy and UTSA Library, 2001
	9	Instruction - Statistical Data (Historical), 2000
	10	Job Audit, 1980
	11	Librarian's Meetings - Agenda, 1995-1996
	12	Library Policy - before 1993, 1984-1992
	13	Library Policy - Reference Procedures Notebook, 1986
	14	Library Policy - Reference Procedures Notebook - up to 1993, 1993
	15	Library Resources Committee; Dr. Craven, Chair, 1993
	16	Library Resources Committee; Report and Recommendations - First Administration, 1993
	17	Library Skills Test - 1/2, undated
	18	Library Skills Test - 2/2, 1989-1992
	19	Peer Institutions, 1995
	20	Pre-College Programs, 1993
	21	Public Services Annual Report, 1979-1982, and 1995
	22	Reference Sampling Survey, 1995-1997
	23	Reference Standards, undated
	24	Renovations - Reference Office, 1995-1997
	25	Renovations - Reference Stacks and Offices, 1995-1999
	26	Renovations - Space Analysis, 1992
	27	State of the University Address, 1990s
	28	Tennessee Williams Festival, 1993
	29	The Kirkpatrick Legacy, 1999
	30	UTSA Current newsletter, 1991-1993
	31	UTSA Downtown Campus, 1995-1997
	32	UTSA History (In the beginning there was a complaint…), 1979
	33	UTSA Library Handouts (Originals), 1982-1993
	34	UTSA Library Self-Guided Tour, 1992
	35	Virtual Libraries, 1993-1994

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Inventory of the University of Texas at San Antonio: Library: Public Services Department Records, 1974-2003

Organization of Collection

Access Restrictions

Usage Restrictions

Original Deposit of August 1998 (Acc. 1998-029b)

Addition of July 2002 (Acc. 2002-034)

Addition January 2015 (Acc. 2015-007)

Addition of August 2017 (Acc. 2017-047)