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children’s literature in the country; a large collection of Native
American material documenting the Anishinaabe people; and the Central Michigan University archives. CMU students, faculty, and staff, as well as outside scholars and community members, are welcome to use the Clarke’s collections and services. The Clarke offers an array of services including walk-in assistance, research appointments, and research copies by request, and we welcome partnering with faculty on planning assignments and teaching with the Clarke’s materials. Among the Clarke’s signature programs is microfilming and digitizing historical Michigan newspapers and making them openly accessible online through the Digital Michigan Newspaper Database. Because of the rarity of the physical collections, they are consulted only in the Clarke’s reading room.
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connectivity, as well as full scanning and printing capabilities. A number of academic support units, such as the CMU Writing Center, the
Mathematics Assistance Center, the Presentation Skills Center, the Certified Testing Center, and the Statistical Consulting Center are also located in the building. The Park Library also houses the Office of Information Technology Help Desk on the 1st floor and the Curriculum and Instruction Support unit on the 4th floor. In the Fall of 2021, the Adobe Digital Lounge opened on the 2nd floor of the library. It provides training and support to CMU students, faculty, and staff in the use of Adobe products.
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literature searching and the creation of systematic reviews, interlibrary loan and document delivery, course reserves, and assistance with scholarly communication matters such as copyright, publishing, and author rights. CMU librarians also provide information literacy instruction to classes upon request from faculty members.
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GCLS also planned, administered, and hosted the biennial
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A separate library building (the current Ronan Hall) was built and opened to students in
February 1956. The new library had space for the library’s 90,000 volumes and seating for 750 students. It also included a special library and rare books area to accommodate the volumes recently donated by Dr.
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Michigan University was founded in 1892, and from 1893 until 1925 the library was housed in “Old Main,” which was the first building constructed on campus. By the 1920s, the library's collection had outgrown the space available in Old Main and plans for a new library building were drafted.
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is home to CMU’s distinctive, historical special collections that document many aspects of life in
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The Park Library was renovated and enlarged from 1999-2001 and opened to the public in January 2002. The current building offers more than 300,000 square feet of space and seating for more than 2,500 users. The University Library offers more than 250 public computer workstations and wifi
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is a peer-reviewed, academic journal of Michigan history that was published semiannually by the Clarke Historical Library and the History Department at Central Michigan University between 1974 and 2021. It is currently published by the Historical Society of Michigan.
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The library’s collections had grown to 170,000 items by 1965, and plans were drawn up for another, larger library. The new building, the 173,500 square foot Charles V. Park Library, opened to students in 1969 and featured seating for more than 2,000 users.
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at remote centers across Michigan, the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Later, the unit also served the university’s online classes and programs. The GCLS unit ceased to exist in 2018 when it was combined with the library’s main Reference Department.
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volumes. An adjoining room housed additional books. By 1933, the print collection had grown to more than 30,000 volumes and the need for additional shelf space, as well as student study space, became apparent.
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