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<titlestmt>
<titleproper>Guide to the Roger Williams University Library Records
<date type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="1969/2020" encodinganalog="$245f">1969-2020</date>
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<author>Finding aid prepared by Heidi Benedict, with the assistance of students in History 203, Spring 2011.</author>
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<publisher>Roger Williams University Library</publisher>
<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="20120405" encodinganalog="260$c" type="publication">2012 April 05</date>
<address><addressline>Roger Williams University Library</addressline><addressline>One Old Ferry Road</addressline><addressline>Bristol, RI 02809</addressline><addressline>Tel: 401-254-3049</addressline><addressline>Fax: 401-254-0818</addressline><addressline><extptr xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="mailto:hbenedict@rwu.edu"/>email: hbenedict@rwu.edu</addressline></address>
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<creation>Finding aid encoded by Heidi Benedict
<date era="ce" calendar="gregorian" normal="20120405" encodinganalog="260$c" type="publication">2012 April 05</date>
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<langusage><language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English</language></langusage>

<descrules>Finding aid based on Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)</descrules>
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<language langcode="eng" encodinganalog="546">English</language>
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<corpname>Roger Williams University</corpname>
<address><addressline>Roger Williams University Library</addressline><addressline>One Old Ferry Road</addressline><addressline>Bristol, RI 02809</addressline><addressline>Tel: 401-254-3049</addressline><addressline>Fax: 401-254-0818</addressline><addressline><extptr xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="mailto:hbenedict@rwu.edu"/>email: hbenedict@rwu.edu</addressline></address>
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<corpname source="local" encodinganalog="110" role="creator" normal="Roger Williams University Library">Roger Williams Unviersity Library</corpname>
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<unitdate type="inclusive" era="ce" calendar="gregorian" encodinganalog="245$f" normal="1969/2020">1969-2020</unitdate>
<unittitle type="filing" encodinganalog="246$a">Roger Williams University Library Records</unittitle>
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<extent encodinganalog="300$a">19 box(es)</extent>
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<abstract encodinganalog="520$a">The collection is comprised of records kept by the librarians and staff of Roger Williams University Library. The records document the library's development and operations.

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<unitid encodinganalog="099" countrycode="US" repositorycode="US-RBrRW" type="collection">UA 2012.03</unitid>
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<head>Historical note</head>
<p>The first library opened in 1969, when Roger Williams College built a campus in Bristol.  It was one of the original seven campus buildings. In 1991, a new 50,000 square foot library opened.</p>
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<head>Collection information</head>
<accessrestrict encodinganalog="506"><p>There are no restrictions on access, except that the collection can only be seen by prior appointment. </p></accessrestrict>
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<p>This collection has not been fully processed. The following box level inventory is available. Other related accessions have not been merged into the collection.
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<userestrict encodinganalog="540"><p>Researchers are advised that express written permission to reproduce, quote, or otherwise publish any portion or extract from this collection must be obtained from the University Library.</p></userestrict>
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<p>Roger Williams University Library Records, UA 2012.03, Roger Williams University.</p>
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<p>The records were generated by and pertain to the development and operation of the Library. The collection contains a variety of administrative files, photographs, circulation statistics and records, meeting agendas and minutes, policies, and reports, as well as files pertaining to the building program and construction of the new library in the 1990s.
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<arrangement encodinganalog="351">
<p>The collection consists of 19 boxes</p>
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<descgrp type="administrative">
<head>Administrative information</head>

<acqinfo encodinganalog="541"><p>The records were transferred to the Archives in multiple accessions.</p>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Names</head>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Subjects</head>
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<controlaccess>
<head>RIAMCO Browsing Terms</head>
<subject altrender="nodisplay" source="riamco" encodinganalog="690">Education</subject>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Titles</head>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Types of materials</head>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Occupations</head>
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<controlaccess>
<head>Functions</head>
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<head>Additional information</head>
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">1</container>
            <unittitle>About the Library</unittitle>
        </did>
    </c>
    
    <c id="c2" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">2</container>
            <unittitle>Staffing/Job Descriptions</unittitle>
        </did>
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    <c id="c3" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">3</container>
            <unittitle>Reports</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent><p>Inlcudes Annual and Long Range Planning Reports</p></scopecontent>
        
        
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">4</container>
            <unittitle>Surveys</unittitle>
        </did>
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">5</container>
            <unittitle>New Building (1992)</unittitle>
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">6</container>
            <unittitle>Policies, Procedures, and Handbooks</unittitle>
        </did>
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">7</container>
            <unittitle>Memorial Funds and Acquisition Lists, 1982-1987</unittitle>
        </did>
        <scopecontent><p>includes several binders of book donors arranged by year, 1982-2007 (inclusive).</p></scopecontent>
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    <c id="c9" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">8</container>
            <unittitle>Aquisition Lists, 1988-1993</unittitle>
        </did>
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        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">9</container>
            <unittitle>Monthly Statistics</unittitle>
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    <c id="c11" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">10</container>
            <unittitle>Book Budgets, 1994-95 and 1998-99</unittitle>
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    <c id="c12" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">11</container>
            <unittitle>Century Club Campaign</unittitle>
        </did>
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    <c id="c15" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">12 </container>
            <unittitle>Newsletters</unittitle>
        </did>
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    <c id="c16" level="file">
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            <container type="box" label="Box">13</container>
            <unittitle>Committees, Agendas and Minutes</unittitle>
        </did>
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    <c id="c17" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">14</container>
            <unittitle>Friends of the Library</unittitle>
        </did>
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    <c id="c18" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">15</container>
            <unittitle>Library Reference Department: Bibliographic Instruction</unittitle>
        </did>
    </c>
      
      <c id="c19" level="file">
    <did>
        <container type="box" label="Box">16</container>
        <unittitle>Library Reference Department: Research Correspondence</unittitle>
    </did>
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    <c id="c20" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Box">17</container>
            <unittitle>Photographs</unittitle>
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    <c id="c21" level="file">
        <did>
            <container type="box" label="Boxes">18-19</container>
            <unittitle>Old Library Subject Files</unittitle>
        </did>
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