Gerry Smith Collection, 1968-1995
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- Scope and Contents
- Biographical Note
- Access Information
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Collection Overview
Title: |
Gerry Smith Collection, 1968-1995![]() |
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Predominant Dates: | 1990-1995 |
ID: | 02/ U0311 |
Primary Creator: | Smith, Geraldine "Gerry" English (1934-2007) |
Extent: | 8.0 Boxes |
Arrangement: | This collection contains three series arranged in chronological order by decade. |
Date Acquired: | 00/00/1995 |
Subjects: | |
Forms of Material: |
Library Policies Newsletters. |
Languages: | English |
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Gerry Smith Collection is comprised of 8 boxes of institutional and library-related documents detailing the career of University of North Texas (UNT) Librarian, Geraldine English Smith. The collection chronicles her career with items including professional awards and recognition, personal notes and memos, professional correspondences, and numerous notes and agendas from professional conferences and committee meetings. Other notable items in this collection are Bibliographic Control Department Procedures, Library Policy Memos, and photographs.
Significant achievements of Smith's career include being an integral part of the conversion of the UNT Libraries from a manual card catalog to an online system in the mid-1980s, supervising both fulltime employees and student workers as a unit supervisor in the Automated Services Division of the Bibliographic Control Department of the UNT Libraries, and serving on several university and library committees including the University Parking Committee, the University of North Texas League for Professional Women, and the Library Assembly Committee. In 1990, she served as the Faculty Liaison Librarian for the Journalism Department at UNT.
Smith attended numerous professional conferences every year including VTLS, TLA, ALA, and AMIGOS. She also regularly presented training seminars for library staff and authored several in-house publications to accompany them. Professionally, she was a member of the American Library Association, the Texas Library Association, and the VTLS Users Group.
Biographical Note
Geraldine English (January 26, 1934 - April 10, 2007) attended Texas Woman's University where she majored in Library Science with minors in Economics and Sociology. She graduated in 1967 with Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Science degrees and continued her studies at TWU by earning a Masters of Library Science degree in 1968.
Smith was hired by the North Texas State University Library in June of 1968 as an Assistant Cataloger. In 1971, she was promoted to Catalog Maintenance Librarian and worked in that capacity until 1975 when her official title became Catalog Librarian. In 1988, during the midst of computer automation in the UNT Libraries and also around the time that NTSU officially became the University of North Texas, her title once again changed to Catalog & Database Management Librarian. She held that position until her retirement in November 1995.
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Administrative Information
Repository: | University of North Texas Special Collections |
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Preferred Citation: | Gerry Smith Collection, University of North Texas Special Collections |
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Series 1: 1968 - 1970s
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Box 1
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Folder 1: Advanced Supervision, 1978
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Folder 2: AMIGOS, 1975-1976
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Folder 3: AMIGOS, 1976-1979
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Folder 4: Biographical Data, 1969
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Folder 5: Card Reproduction & Processing Manual, Undated
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Folder 6: Cataloging Information, 1975-1979
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Folder 7: Conference Notes & Agendas, 1979
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Folder 8: Critical Issues Training, 1978
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Folder 9: Faculty Senate Minutes, 1979
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Folder 10: Library of Congress - Reports & Bulletins, 1978-1979
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Folder 11: Library Policy Memos, 1973-1978
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Folder 12: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1978-1979
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Folder 13: Memos & Announcements, 1971
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Folder 14: Professional Items, 1979
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Folder 15: Monthly Statistics, 1975-1979
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Folder 16: Newsletters, 1976-1979
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Folder 17: NTSU Books - New Acquisitions, 1979
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Folder 18: NTSU Fiscal Regulations, 1968-1969
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Folder 19: OCLC Newsletters, 1975-1979
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Folder 20: OCLC Technical Bulletins, 1979
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Folder 21: Professional Correspondence, 1970
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Folder 22: Professional Development Articles & Information, 1977-1978
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Folder 23: Professional Organizations, 1969, n.d.
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Folder 24: Professional Reports & Summaries, 1969-1978
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Folder 25: Reference Desk, n.d.
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Folder 26: Service Leadership (Manual), n.d.
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Folder 27: Supervisory Information, n.d.
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Folder 28: Uniform Titles, 1973
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Series 2: 1980s
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Box 2
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Folder 1: AACR2 Revised, 1989
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Folder 2: AACR2 Training, 1980
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Folder 3: ALA Handbook of Organization, 1980-1981
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Folder 4: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Fall 1989
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Folder 5: AMIGOS Preservation Service
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Folder 6: Cataloging Handbook, 1983
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Folder 7: Cataloging Information, n.d.-1984
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Folder 8: Cataloging Information, 1985-1988
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Folder 9: Cataloging Information, 1988-1989
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Folder 10: Conference Notes & Agendas, 1982-1989
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Folder 11: Faculty Senate Minutes, 1982-1989
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Folder 12: General Library Information, 1981-1990
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Folder 13: Library Instruction Committee, 1987-1990
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Folder 14: Library of Congress - Reports & Bulletins, 1982-1987
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Folder 15: Library Planning - Goals & Objectives, 1982-1983
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Folder 16: Library Planning - Goals & Objectives, 1984-1985
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Folder 17: Library Policy Memos, 1980-1989
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Folder 18: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1980-1987
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Folder 19: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1987-1988
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Folder 20: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1988-1989
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Folder 21: Memos & Annoucements, 1982-1989
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Folder 22: Professional Items, 1981-1988
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Folder 1: Monthly Statistics - 1980-1983
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Folder 2: Monthly Statistics - 1984-1985
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Folder 3: Monthly Statistics - 1986
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Folder 4: Monthly Statistics - 1987
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Folder 5: Monthly Statistics - 1988-1989
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Folder 6: Newsletters, 1981-1989
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Folder 7: NTSU Books - New Acquisitions, 1982
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Folder 8: OCLC Newsletters, 1980-1986
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Folder 9: OCLC Technical Bulletins, 1986-1988
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Folder 10: Performance Agreements & Evaluations, 1981-1985
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Folder 11: Performance Agreements & Evaluations, 1986-1989
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Folder 12: Professional Awards & Honors, 1971-1989
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Folder 13: Professional Correspondence, 1982-1989
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Folder 14: Professional Development Articles & Information, 1981-1989
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Folder 15: Professional Organizations, 1987-1989
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Folder 16: Professional Reports & Summaries, 1981-1989
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Folder 17: Rank & Status of Librarians, 1981-1984
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Folder 18: Rank & Status of Librarians, 1984-1989
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Folder 19: Staff Development, n.d.
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Folder 20: Supervisor's Manual, 1984
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Folder 21: Uniform Vitas & Biographical Data, 1986-1989
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Folder 22: University Parking Committee, 1984-1987
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Folder 23: University Parking Committee, 1988-1990
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Folder 24: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (1 of 3)
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Folder 25: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (2 of 3)
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Folder 26: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (3 of 3)
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Procedures #38-56
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Box 4
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Folder 1: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures Manual, 1987-1990
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Folder 2: UNT Libraries - Charter & Governance, 1983-1988
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Folder 3: UNT Libraries - Charter & Governance, 1989-1990
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Folder 4: Virginia Tech Library System Training Session, 1983
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Folder 5: VTLS - General Information, 1984-1988
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Folder 6: VTLS - General Information, 1988-1989
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Folder 7: Word Perfect Training Session, 1989
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Series 3: 1990s
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Folder 1: Acquisitions
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Folder 2: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Spring 1990
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Folder 3: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Fall 1990
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Folder 4: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Spring 1991
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Folder 5: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Fall 1991
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Folder 6: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Fall 1992
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Folder 7: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Spring 1993
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Folder 8: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Fall 1993
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Folder 9: AMIGOS Conference Notes & Agendas - Spring 1994
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Folder 10: Cataloging Information, n.d.
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Folder 11: Cataloging Information, 1990-1991
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Folder 12: Cataloging Information, 1992-1993
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Folder 13: Cataloging Information, 1993-1994
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Folder 14: Conference Notes & Agendas, 1990-1991
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Folder 15: Conference Notes & Agendas, 1991-1994
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Folder 16: Faculty Handbook, 1992-1993
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Folder 17: Faculty Senate Minutes, 1993
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Folder 18: General Library Information, n.d.-1993
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Folder 19: LC Subject Headings & Subject Authority Standards, 1992-1993
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Folder 20: Librarian's Activities & Self-Evaluation Reports, 1989-1993
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Folder 21: Library Assembly, 1989-1991
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Folder 22: Library Planning - Goals & Objectives, n.d.-1994
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Folder 1: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1990, n.d.
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Folder 2: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1991-1992
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Folder 3: Meetings & Personal Notes, 1993-1994
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Folder 4: Memos & Announcements, 1990-1993
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Folder 5: Personal Items
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Folder 6: Professional Items, 1990-1993
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Folder 7: Monthly Statistics - 1989-1992
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Folder 8: Monthly Statistics - 1993 (1 of 2)
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Folder 9: Monthly Statistics - 1993 (2 of 2)
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Folder 10: Monthly Statistics - 1994
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Folder 11: Newsletters, 1990-1991
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Folder 12: Newsletters, 1992-1993
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Folder 13: Newsletters, 1993-1994
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Folder 14: OCLC Newsletters, 1990
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Folder 15: OCLC Newsletters, 1991-1992
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Folder 16: OCLC Newsletters, 1993-1995
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Folder 1: Performance Agreements & Evaluations, 1990-1991
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Folder 2: Performance Agreements & Evaluations, 1992-1993
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Folder 3: Professional Correspondence, 1990-1993
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Folder 4: Professional Development Articles & Information, 1990-1994
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Folder 5: Professional Organizations, 1989-1994
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Folder 6: Professional Reports & Summaries, 1991-1994
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Folder 7: Staff Fitness Reports, 1990-1994
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Folder 8: Uniform Vitas & Biographical Data, 1989-1994
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Folder 9: Union Board of Directors Meetings, April-August 1993
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Folder 10: Union Board of Directors Meetings, September-December 1993
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Folder 11: Union Board of Directors Meetings, January-April 1994
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Folder 12: Union Board of Directors Meetings, May-July 1994
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Folder 13: University Program Council, 1991
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Folder 14: University Union - General Information, 1993-1994
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Folder 15: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (1 of 4), n.d.
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Folder 16: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (2 of 4), n.d.
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Folder 17: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (3 of 4), n.d.
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Folder 18: UNT Libraries - Bibliographic Control Department Procedures (4 of 4), n.d.
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Folder 19: UNT Libraries - Charter & Governance, 1992
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Folder 1: VTLS - General Information, n.d.-1992
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Folder 2: VTLS - General Information, 1992-1993
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Folder 3: VTLS - General Information, 1993-1994
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Folder 4: VTLS - Series Authority, 1992-1993
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Folder 5: VTLS - Workshop Series (1 of 3), 1990
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Circulation Control (Manual) and The OPAC (Manual) -
Folder 7: VTLS - Workshop Series (3 of 3), 1990
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Serials Control (Manual) and Systems Management (Manual)
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