Record

UMP - Photographs relating to the University of Nottingham and its predecessor University College, Nottingham, collected by various departments and staff at the University

Document Reference	UMP/6
Title	Photographs of Library sites, staff and resources at the University of Nottingham
Date	1960s-2003
Abstract	Photographs and slides showing University libraries and library staff
Level	SubFonds
Access Conditions	Pending full cataloguing, access is limited to parts of this collection and is possible only by advance notice and agreement. Please contact MSC staff for further advice.
Admin History	By the 1950s the original University Library housed in the Trent Building was quite inadequate to meet staff and student demand. The Science Library (later named the George Green Library) was opened in 1964. The main Library (later named the Hallward Library) was opened in 1973. The Manuscripts Department (later Manuscripts and Special Collections) was accommodated in the Trent Building and subsequently in the temporary buildings known as ‘the cowsheds’, but also moved into the main (Hallward) Library on its opening. University Libraries currently forms part of professional services within the Registrar’s Department. There are Library sites at University Park, Queen’s Medical Centre, Jubilee Campus and at Sutton Bonington. Manuscripts and Special Collections is based at the University’s King’s Meadow Campus, together with other Libraries staff. Photographs from other professional service departments can be found at UMP/1.
Custodial History	The images have been added to the collection between 1988 and 2017.
Description	Many of the photographs show libraries under construction, the Science (later George Green) Library in the 1960s and the Main (later the Hallward) Library in the early 1970s. There are also a number of photographs of these buildings soon after their completion. There are also many photographs of Library staff at work and at various social events. The fact that Manuscripts and Special Collections is part of University Libraries has no doubt resulted in the preservation of a rather disproportionate quantity of images relating to Libraries within the University Photographs collection. Sorting and cataloguing of some of the photographs in this section is still in progress and access is therefore restricted at present.
MgtGroup	University archives
Arrangement	The photographs are arranged in series, each series reflecting a separate acquisition to the collection.
Copyright	Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in writing on our Permission to Publish form (see the Reprographics Services part of our website or email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk)
ReprodnNote	Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.