Restrictions to Access

This collection contains additional materials that are not processed and are currently not available to researchers. For information about access to these materials, contact Research and Instructional Services staff. Please be advised that preparing unprocessed materials for access can be a lengthy process.

Restrictions to Use

No usage restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Library Humanities Reference Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40051, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Received from the Library Humanities Reference Department and the Library Reference Department, 1981-2003.

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.

Processed by: University Archives Staff, November 1981, November 1982, January 1984, May 2010, June 2010

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

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--Reference services--North Carolina.
• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Library resources.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• General education--North Carolina--History.
• Library resources--North Carolina.
• 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. Humanities Division.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--History.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--Libraries.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Business Administration and Social Sciences Reference Dept.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Humanities Division.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Humanities Reference Dept.

• Office of the University Librarian Records (#40047)

The Library's Reference Department was established in 1924 to handle three major functions: (1) inter-library loans, (2) access to and use of the non-circulating reference collection, and (3) preparation of bibliographies on sources. During the 1957-1958 academic year the department's name was changed to Humanities Division. As a result of the 1975-1976 administrative reorganization of the Library, the name was revised to Humanities Reference Department. Effective 1 January 1993, the Humanities Reference Department and the Business Administration and Social Sciences Reference Department merged to form a single department, again named the Reference Department.

The Humanities Reference Department records include correspondance and reports, manuals for students and staff, and committee records. Records document department policies, the adoption of new library technologies, and the merger of the Humanities Reference Department and rhe Business Administration and Social Sciences Reference Department.