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crln-21163	Jones Jr., Plummer Alston	The history and development of libraries in American higher education	1989	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2886	92	49	The growth of networks and consortia in the 1980s was the natural outcome of th e proliferation Tim e line for the development of academ ic libraries 1792 Nine colonial college libraries established 1800 H arvard, oldest and largest college library, w ith 13,000 volumes 1828 Yale Report retards development of academic libraries and stifles curricular reform 1840 First separate building to house a college library built by South C arolina College (later USC) 1850 Only two college libraries, H arvard and Yale, w ith collections over 50,000 1862 and 1890 Morrill Acts prom ote curricular reform tow ard practical needs 1876 Founding of Johns Hopkins on the G erm an research university model 1876 American L ibrary Association founded 1887 Melvil Dewey’s library school opens at Colum bia University 1919 Interlibrary Library Code promotes lending of library m aterials between libraries 1928 Carnegie C orporation funds college libraries 1932 and 1938 Founding of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of Coll and Research Libraries (ACRL) respectively 1940s-1960s Building boom for college libraries and collection development grants funded Federal government 1970s Preservation and conservation of library m aterials a concern in light of vandalism and budget cutbacks 1980s G row th of networks and consortia for library resource sharing ege by 564 / C&RL News of m aterials, services, and needs, coupled with de­ creased institutional budgets, inflationary costs of library materials, and cutbacks in Federal fund­ ing. Most of the data on college libraries of the 19th century is gleaned from the records of the colleges themselves and from a major survey of libraries un­ dertaken by Charles Coffin Jew ett for the Smithso­ nian Institution in 1850.	cache/crln-21163.pdf	txt/crln-21163.txt