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Indiana University Libraries Assistant Director’s records, 1960-1986, bulk 1968-1979

A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives

Finding Aid prepared by Allison Haack

Summary Information

Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives

Creator
Indiana University, Bloomington. Libraries.

Title
Indiana University Libraries Assistant Director’s records, 1960-1986,   bulk 1968-1979

Collection No.
C541

Extent
5.4 cubic feet (6 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
Wilmer H. Baatz served as the Assistant Library Director at Indiana University from 1966-1986. He was responsible for building up the Afro-American studies collection and the cooperative project between all IU campuses to allow faculty to borrow materials from all state universities. The collection consists of administrative records and corresponded related to Baatz's time as assistant director.

Access Restrictions

Select files are closed to researchers. Advance notice required for access.

Biographical Note/Administrative History

The library has long been an important institution at Indiana University with Theophilus A. Wylie serving as the first librarian of the university. Originally located in Wylie Hall, then Maxwell and Franklin Hall before the Main Library was opened in 1969 to meet the growing needs of students, staff, and faculty at the Bloomington campus. The library was originally built to house 2,600,000 volumes. In 2005, the library was renamed the Herman B Wells Library to honor the long-time support and dedication of IU president and chancellor Herman B Wells to the library.

Wilmer Henry Martin Baatz was born on October 23, 1915 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In 1940, he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, and in 1941 he earned his Master of Arts degree in English, both from Indiana University. During World War II, Baatz served in the U.S. Army Air Corps for three and half years. After the war, he attended the University of Chicago where be obtained his Library Science degree in 1946.

After graduate school, Baatz took a job as an Assistant Librarian at Beloit College in 1947. From 1949-1950 he worked as the Assistant Director of Libraries for the University of Rochester. He subsequently worked as the Chief of Technical Services at the Milwaukee Public Library from 1950-1955, as Supervisory Librarian for the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. from 1955-1960, and as the Chief Librarian of the Federal Aviation Agency from 1960-1965.

Baatz joined the Indiana University Library in 1965 as an Assistant Director and worked for the IU libraries for twenty years. During that time, he was responsible for recommending the cooperative library projects between the IU campuses that allowed faculty to use all state university library materials. He was also behind the idea to copy Bloomington library resources on film so that faculty and students at all campuses would have access to the same information. Baatz was knowledgeable about grant funds for libraries, and successfully helped to bring more than a half a million dollars in grant funding to Indiana University. Additionally, he worked to improve library resources for the Black Culture Center and the African-American Studies curriculum.

During the course of his career, he published more than thirty-four articles and books. He served as an officer or chairman of several professional organizations, such as the Indiana Library Association and the Special Libraries Association.

Baatz retired from librarianship in the spring of 1986, but continued to volunteer his time to the university by working part-time at the Black Culture Center. Wilmer Baatz passed away on February 21, 1991.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into one series, Administrative files.

Scope and Content Note

The collection is organized into a single series of Administrative files (1960-1986), which consists of records dating from Wilmer Baatz's tenure as Assistant Director of the IU Libraries. It contains information concerning library department committee meetings, correspondence with colleagues, information on various academic departments, and general files related to the management of the library system.

Separated Material

Five files were pulled from the Administrative Files series and placed in Restricted.

Related Material

Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications may be accessed in the Archives of Institutional Memory

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database: Archive-It

Administrative Information

Acquisition Information
Accessions 97/050, 2003/107, 2009/090
Usage Restrictions
Copyrights for records originating with Indiana University administrative units, departments, and other offices are held by the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.

The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials. Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.

Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archivist.

Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Libraries Assistant Director’s records, Collection C541, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from Lilly Library to the University Archives, July 2, 1997 and September 12, 1997.
Processing Information
Processed by Allison Haack.

Completed in 2014.

Folder List


Series: Box 1 Administrative files,1960-1986  undated  

Afro-American Rare Books, 1971-1984 

Afro-American Studies, 1967-1986 

Annual Report,

1978-1979 

1979-1981 

1980-1981 

Archives of Traditional Music, 1978-1979 

Association of Research Libraries (ARL), 1977-1978 

Automation, 1979 

Baatz, William, Search Committees, 1971 

Restricted


Ball State University Library, 1977 

Biology Library,

1965-1976 

1976-1977 

1977-1979 

1980-1981 

Bloomington Faculty Council, 1979 

Bob Knight Library Fund, 1975-1981 

Branch Hourly, 1978-1979 

Branches, New, 1974 

Budget Comparisons, 1977-1979 

Budget Conference, 1979-1980 

Budget Revisions, 1978-1979 

Business Library, 1965-1971 

Business Library, 1966-1979 

Byrd, Cecil K. - Surveys, 1979 

Carrels, 1967 

Chemistry, 1966-1977 

Box 2 Chemistry, 1978-1979 

College and Research Libraries Report, 1978-1979 

Combined Head of Department Meetings, 1973-1974 

Cooperation, 1972 

Correspondence, Baatz, 1965-1981 

Cost Studies, 1962-1980 

Council of Branch Librarians, 1979-1982 

Counterpart Groups, 1974-1976 

Daily Student, 1965-1968 

Dean Candidates, undated 

Restricted


De Capo Press, 1973 

Dental Library, 1966-1971 

Department Heads Meeting, 1973-1976 

Discriminatory Practices, 1968 

Education - Faculty Library Handbook, undated 

Energy Emergency, 1978 

ERIC/CRIER (Educational Resource Information Center, 1968-1972 

ERIC Program, Office of Education, 1966-1972 

Fine Arts Library,

1964-1972 

1966-1972 

Fire,

February 17, 1969 

January 5, 1976 

Geography, 1968-1979 

Geology, 1979-1980 

Geology Library, 1966-1979 

Graham, Peter, 1978-1979 

Restricted


Gifts, 1971-1982 

Graduate Library School - Integration with Main Library, 1975 

Handicapped, 1976-1977 

Higher Education General Informational Survey (HEGIS) Report, 1977 

HPER,

1977-1979 

1978 

Box 3 Indiana Commission for Higher Commission (ICHE), 1972 

Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS), 1970-1977 

Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA), 1978-1981 

IU East Report, 1982 

Indiana State Library, 1967-1976 

Indiana Library Association, 1974-1980 

Indiana University Library Association (InULA), 1973-1981 

Indiana University Library School, 1963-1979 

Indiana University News Notes, 1972 

Indiana University Publications, 1966-1978 

Indiana University School of Medicine Library, 1968-1978 

Indiana University Tustees Notes, 1981 

Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (I.U.P.U.I.),

General, 1969-1981 

Library Coordinating Committee, 1979-1981 

Instruction and Orientation, 1971 

Instructional Media Services Committee, 1980-1981 

Jackson Retirement, 1979 

Journalism, 1974-1979 

Knox College Newsletter, 1973 

Labeling, Title Page, Margins, 1975 

Library Advisory Committee (LAC), 1973 

Latin American Studies, 1976-1978 

Law Library,

Indianapolis, 1967-1976 

Bloomington, 1971-1977 

Library Faculty, 1973-1980 

I.U. Library Faculty Newsletter, 1973 

Library Materials Budget, 1978-1979 

Library of Congress, 1978-1979 

Library Technician Program, undated 

Lilly Library, 1980 

Loan Prices Task, 1981 

Long Range Plans, undated 

Management Review and Analysis Program,

1974-1975 

1974-1976 

August 1, 1974- January 9, 1976 

Medical Sciences Library, 1965-1979 

Miller,Dr. Robert A., 1967-1968 

Box 4 Music Library,

1966-1973 

1977-1979 

National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), 1970-1973 

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), 1977 

National Library of Medicine, 1979 

New Library Building, 1965-1970 

New Library Building II, 1975-1976 

2 photos removed


New York University Library, 1973 

Non-Book Subcommittee, 1977-1978 

Non-Library Systems Libraries, 1979 

North Central Association (NCA) Decennial Evaluation, 1976 

OCLC, 1975-1981 

Off-Print Survey, 1978 

Ohio Valley Group of Technical Service Librarians, 1973 

Optometry Library, 1966-1979 

Overstreet, Bonaro, 1985 

Parking Money, 1978 

Personnel, 1976-1977 

Restricted


Personnel II, 1977-1978 

Restricted


Philiippine-Barangay Club of Indiana, 1979 

Planning, 1978-1979 

Planter for Lobby, 1978 

President's Council on the Humanities, 1973 

Priorities for IUB Libraries (correspondence), 1966-1977 

Professional Criteria, 1972-1973 

Proposal for a Center for fine Arts Resources at Indiana University, 1974 

Public Services, 1977-1980 

Purdue University Libraries (correspondence), 1966-1977 

Questionnaires, 1965-1974 

Reprints, 1969-1977 

Research Coordination and Development Liaison Group, 1975 

Science Information Exchange, 1967-1969 

Security, 1977 

Box 5 Sex Institute, 1972-1979 

Special Libraries Association (SLA), 1965-1973 

Social Services Library, 1967 

School of Public and Environmental Affairs (S.P.E.A.), 1974-1977 

Staff Meetings, 1969-1973 

State University Director's Meeting,

General, October 1971 

1973-1974 

1975-1979 

Annual Meeting, 1968-1971 

Student Affairs, 1967 

Student Employment, 1979 

Student Government, 1967 

Support Staff, 1973-1979 

Surplus Materials Center, 1979-1980 

Swain Hall Library, 1965-1977 

Technical Services, 1978-1981 

Theses, 1964-1977 

Three-millionth Volume , 1977 

Title IIC, 1978-1979 

Undergraduate Library,

1960 

1971-1976 

Undergraduate Library Brand Diary, 1961 

Undergraduate Library Study, 1978 

University Library Committee, 1968-1981 

Use Studies, 1979 

Vocational Education, 1977-1978 

Women, 1981 

Xerox, 1967-1976 

Box 6 Restriced Files, undated 

Restricted


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