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The councils and Committees series include minutes of the Cataloging Policy Council, 1984-1992, Library Council, 1950-1988, and Processing Policy Committee, 1975-1977. None of these are complete in their contents and occasional supporting documentation is included in the files.

Construction and Building Files, 1969-1977 (1.0 linear foot) document two major construction initiatives. The first relates to the addition to the Graduate Library (Harlan Hatcher annex) and related renovations from 1969 to 1976. Files include information on design and planning as well as the logistics of moving stacks and offices. The second project documented is planning for the construction of what would become the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Library. These documents are pre-construction and date from 1975 to 1978.

Stemming from the Presidential Initiatives Fund, records of the Collaboratory for the Humanities, 1994-1996 (0.6 linear foot) contain proposals designed to advance digitization projects on campus. Documentation in this series illustrates the development of what would become the Digital Library Production Services under the direction of John Price-Wilkin.

Begun as a pilot project to deliver research information for community and economic development to every public library in Michigan, M-Link received a $625,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in 1994 to expand the program to some 600 public libraries throughout the state. Using e-mail or telefax, all public libraries in Michigan were able to send information requests that cannot be answered at the local level to M-Link librarians and staff. M-LINK, 1987-1997 (1.4 linear feet) records include annual reports, evaluation of services and effectiveness, sample reference inquiries, and topical files.