Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Library Circulation Department of the University of North Carolina Records #40049, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

Sensitive Materials Statement

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

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The following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.

Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.

• Academic libraries--Circulation analysis--North Carolina.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Library resources.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• General education--North Carolina--History.
• Universities and colleges--North Carolina--Departments.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--History.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962)--Libraries.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library.
• University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Library. Circulation Department

The Circulation Department, dating from the late 1920s, was one of the first Library departments created. Early in its development the circulation function was coupled with that of reference, and the staff was responsible for periodicals, reserve reading, and the Library's special holdings in law, the sciences, education, etc., as well as the repair of books. Gradually, with the establishment of departmental/school libraries and specialized divisions within the main library, the Circulation Department's responsibility was focused on the main collection.

The records of the department relate to the era when the staff was multi-functional, as mentioned above. In form, the records consist of volumes and ledger sheets. The volumes contain individual student and faculty borrowing records. The ledger sheets reflect monthly circulation of holdings by departmental libraries and Wilson Library (the main library during this period) departments. Miscellaneous statistics, such as fines collected, repairs made, etc., are also recorded monthly on separate ledger sheets.

Mostly circulation records for students and faculty and circulation statistics.