|
| 1950s |
The
collections increased in size substantially in this decade. The most notable
areas of growth were in literature (primarily English and American), American
history, art history, music, botany and rare books. [14] |
1970: South Building constructed |
| 1959 |
The
Shapiro Undergraduate Library was built this year. This library's policy
of opening the stacks for direct use by patrons set the standard for other
UM Libraries. [10] |
| 1970 |
The
south building of the General Library was built. It is an eight story, 5.4
million dollar annex accommodating about 900,000 volumes and an additional
532 study carrels. This building, the first high rise on the Diag (center
of campus), opened in June of 1970. [11] |
| 1971 |
In May of 1971 the two library buildings (north and south) were renamed
the Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library. Hatcher
was the UM President from 1951-1968.[8] |
| 1974 |
The
University Library joined the Michigan
Library Consortium and the Online
Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) and became the fifth member of
the Research Libraries Group (RLG). |
| 1988 |
The Library put the card catalog online and named the service the Michigan
Research Library Network (MIRLYN). This change allowed library users to
access the catalog from their computers via the campus network. [10] |
