Restrictions to Access

No restrictions. Open for research.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Library Staff Association of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Records #40062, University Archives, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Acquisitions Information

Periodic transfer from the offices that create these records.

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.

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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.

• Chapel Hill (N.C.)--Library resources.
• Education, Higher--North Carolina--History.
• 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. Staff Association.
• 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. Staff Association.

The Library Staff Association functioned from the 1930s through 1996. It began as a service and social organization, in which membership was automatic for all Library staff. Its activities included maintaining the staff room, sponsoring social functions, and recognizing staff members on special occasions. The Staff Association ceased to function as an organization in 1996, although it was not formally dissolved until 1999. The majority of its functions had been taken over by the following committees: the Staff Development Committee, formed in 1981; the SPA Forum, established in April 1994; the Health and Safety Committee, established in November 1995; and the Employee Appreciation and Recognition Committee, established in March 1996.

The records include reports from the Library Staff Association's standing committees--Executive Board, Social Committee, Publications Committee, Gifts and Flowers Committee, and Staff Room Committee--and from several special committees convened as necessary. Also included are minutes of general and committee meetings, lists of staff, correspondence, reports and other files relating to projects of the Library Staff Association.