One page from the one millionth volume added to the Iowa State University Library collection is shown in this close-up. The page reads Vita di Lionardo da Vinci descritta daRafaelle du Fresne.
The proportions of a woman's face and head are shown in profile in this illustration from the one millionth volume added to the Iowa State University Library collection.
Library staff members (left to right): Dennis Wendall, Judy Hoffman, Tyler Walters, Renee Tesdall and Ed Goedeken are standing in front of a library display entitled, ""A 125 year partnership in research and learning.""
A student checks reference material in the College Library. All new students take a 6 week course in Library, designed to help them know the facilities of the Library and how to make use of them.
A group of people are being instructed in library card catalog records, Some of the people, seated at a table are examining individual cataloging cards in drawers. Other standing individuals are consulting books.
Three Christian Petersen sculptures and two display cases of materials are featured in the University Archives Christian Petersen exhibit held in 1972.
Cathy Cormack and Linda Mandrup stand at a large table covered with envelopes and other incoming mail. They are in the process of sorting the mail so it can be delivered to various departments in the library.
The class of 1986 gave the library its first automated catalog system. Dean Warren Kuhn and the senior class representatives are holding the class memorial in the foreground, while there are several banks of computer terminals in the background.
LSA President Mark Anderson and Margaret Mae Gross participate in the ribbon cutting for new staff lounge, Margaret Mae Gross is holding a pair of scissors.
