Agriculture
Library Era |
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| July
1964 - Departmental
Collections are consolidated in the newly opened Agricultural
Science Center and becomes the Agriculture Library |
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| September
1974 - Outreach and instruction services begin |
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| February
1981 - Computerized database searching begins |
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| July
1983 - Electronic reference services begin with the ANSERMAIL
service |
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December
1983 - Agriculture Library is flooded; 1,800 books damaged |
| March
1984 - AgText monitor added to the reading room, provides
immediate weather and crop pricing information |
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November
1985 - Hume Library Foyer dedicated, funding provided by Mrs.
Lucy Hume in memory of her husband Robert |
| July
1988 - Online catalog comes up and book circulation begins
online |
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| January
1989 - Morris Library and Information Center Opens |
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| February
1991 -- Dean of the College of Agriculture appoints a faculty
committee to develop a library/information plan for the College |
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| August
1992 -- KAES Centennial Index published, provides access to
100 years of Kentucky agricultural research |
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| June
1992 -- Dean holds an open forum to solicit input from College
of Agriculture personnel on library/information planning |
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| February
1993 -- Strategic Plan for Library/Information Planning
submitted to the Dean of the College of Agriculture |
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| October
1993 -- Journal contents provided to the desktop through electronic
contents service; paper Table of Contents service is discontinued |
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| March
1994 -- Agriculture
Library Gopher server launched |
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| August
1994 -- Dean appoints a second faculty committee to assess
the Strategic Plan and to develop a functional plan to be used
as a guide in the process |
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| September
1994 -- Agriculture Library web site launched |
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| October
1994 -- Committee assessing Strategic Plan expresses concerns
about the staffing level and service commitments of the facility
as outlined in the plan |
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| December
1994 -- Committee and the Dean meet with Paul Willis to discuss
the concerns raised earlier |
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| May
1995 -- Concept Paper
drafted to implement the Strategic Plan and ratified by the Faculty
Committee |
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| June
1995 -- Plan shared with Agricultural Department Chairs for
input--plan endorsed by that group but concerns about staffing
the Center raised. L. Jones, Chair of Agricultural Economics,
wants to fund SSISA immediately |
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| July
1995 -- Dean announces the availability of the entire plan
in both paper and electronic format to the Faculty, Staff and
Students of the College of Agriculture |
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| November
1995 -- Feedback solicited from undergraduate students through
Ag. Student Council |
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| February
1996 -- Gene Williams, Paul Willis, L. Jones, and the Dean
meet to discuss the SSISA position |
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| March
1996 -- SSISA position description sent forward to Gene Williams
as requested; Feedback solicited from the graduate students through
the Graduate Student Association |
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| June
1996 and continuing -- Plan shared and feedback sought through
the departmental seminar circuit |
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| July
1996 -- Plan is loaded on the Ag. Library home page |
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| October
1996 -- Dean responds to Chancellor Zinser's request for use
of the space occupied by the library and reaffirms the planning
for the facility |
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| February
1997 -- Status report on the project to the Chairs of the
College of Agriculture, once again staffing issue raised |
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| May
1997 -- Design approved by the Ag. Faculty Committee; Plans
sent out to all Department Chairs and Extension Directors for
feedback; AIC Update presented to the Dean's Council |
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| July
1997 -- Display about the Center put up in Ag. North Lobby |
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| November
1997 -- Staff begin re-engineering themselves for the AIC
environment |
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| March
1998 -- Aggressive PR Plan developed |
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| April
1998 -- College approves Plan B (creating the Center infrastructure);
William T. Young Library opens |
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June-July
1998 -- Books moved to Young
Library; bulk of the shelves removed from Agriculture Library |
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Agricultural
Information Center Era |
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| July
1, 1998 -- Agricultural Information Center is
born |
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| July
1998 -- Revised web site is launched in conjunction with AIC
dedication |
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May
1999 - AIC is temporarily relocated to the Agricultural Engineering
Building so that asbestos removal in N-24 Ag Science Center can
take place |
| August
1999 - AIC reopens in N-24 Ag Science Center with minimal
staff |
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| January
2000 - Microcomputer Lab opens |
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April
2000 - Office areas reconstructed and staff is reassembled |
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September
2000 - Reading Room is finished |
| October
2000 -- Student Laptop Program begins |
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| August
2001 -- Major overhaul of AIC's web site is initiated, taking
over 3 months to complete |
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November
2001 -- Electronic Class Room
is completed |
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