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Donald T. Clark was the first of founding Chancellor Dean E.
McHenry's
academic appointments at UCSC. Clark arrived in September 1962 as
the
founder of UC Santa Cruz's University Library. Clark describes his
early
years in Oregon and California, his undergraduate education at
Willamette
University, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University, and his more than
twenty years at the country's largest business library, Baker Library
at
Harvard University. He focuses much of his memoir on his tenure at
UCSC
from 1962-1973. He discusses the details of architectural planning
for
McHenry Library, and development of the book collection. Clark was
a
pioneer in the area of library automation, working tirelessly to
create a
computerized book catalog at UC Santa Cruz in the 1960s, the first
such
effort in the UC system. Clark describes the University Library's
special
collecting areas such as Santa Cruz local history and fine printing, as
well
as the acquisition of the Lick astronomical library, the establishment
of the
Center for South Pacific Studies, the founding of the Lime Kiln Press,
and
the acquisition of the Norman Strouse Collection of the works of
Thomas
Carlyle. He also discusses his own management style, his
participation in
the process of upgrading the professional status of librarian, and his
role as
chairman of the Academic Senate from 1969 to 1971.
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