Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering Providing 125 Years of Answers

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering Case School Of Applied Science Leonard Case, Jr., made possible the founding of the Case School of Applied Science by contributing real estate. Modified Copy of Image Property of Case Western Reserve University Archives

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1880 – Case School of Applied Science Case School Of Applied Science Seal from Image Property of Case Western Reserve University Archives

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering – Case School of Applied Science Case School of Applied Science was located near what is today’s Public Square.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1885 – Case School of Applied Sciences Case School of Applied Sciences moves to Case Main.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1886 – Fire Destroys Library Case Main Building is destroyed by fire.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1887 – Michelson-Morley Experiment Provided the earliest direct evidence that supported Einstein’s Theory of Relativity MichelsonMorley

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1888 – Case Main Rebuilt Case Main Building is rebuilt.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1895 – Hatch Library Henry Hatch gave funds for the construction of a library for the students of Adelbert College. Modified Copy of Image Property of Case Western Reserve University Archives

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1940 – Larger Library Eckstein Case steps down as Treasurer and a larger library is established and staffed by a librarian.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1941 – The General Library The General Library was newly equipped in the summer of 1940, housing 13,400 volumes, 1200 pamphlets and 130 current periodicals.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1941 – Departmental Libraries Departmental libraries are maintained in the laboratories of Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy and Applied Mechanics.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1947 – Case Institute of Technology Case School of Applied Science becomes the Case Institute of Technology (Seal from ). Image Property of Case Western Reserve University Archives

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering – Library-Humanities Center The Library-Humanities Center is built on the Case Quad. Materials from the main library and departmental libraries are combined to become the library for the sciences, engineering, management, and economics.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1966 – Sears Library Library- Humanities Center is renamed for Lester and Ruth Sears.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering OCLC The colleges and universities of Ohio founded the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) to develop a computerized system to share resources and reduce costs. Dublin, Ohio Headquarters Today serves more than 53,000 libraries in 96 countries.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1967 – Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University was formed by the federation of the Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University (Seal from ). Image Property of Case Western Reserve University Archives

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1975 – Flood Sears Library’s lower level is flooded and many materials are beyond repair with some serials later replaced with microfilm copies.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1976 – Dial-up Resources Librarians start performing dial-up reference searches.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1977 – Technology & Services Improve Subscriptions to 1700 periodicals & newspapers Scientific-related government documents are added Technical service reports from outside organizations, such as NASA are added Computer room available for students

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1980 – Sears Library & Engineering Sears Library sponsored the Centennial Assembly of Science and Engineering.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1981 – Faculty Access Library receives grant for faculty access to 150 databases.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering – Improved Information Retrieval An information retrieval system was made available in self- paced study rooms.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1986 – Online Library Catalog Card catalog replaced with an online catalog that shows the holdings of all campus libraries.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1988/89 – IEEE Publications Sears library adds a CD-ROM tower complete with all IEEE journals, proceedings, and papers.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1992 – OhioLINK is Born Currently, provides access to the combined resources of 85 institutions.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering – Sears Library & the Internet Sears Library begins offering services through the World Wide Web.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1996 – Kelvin Smith Library

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 1994 to present - Online Research Databases Addition of major research resources including: IEEE Research Database Chemical Abstracts Online Knovel Technical References

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 2004 – Wealth of Information & Services 8,000+ electronic journals ~300 research databases

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 2005 – College-Based Librarian Service (Nord 507) Engineering, Mathematics, and Statistics Librarian located in Case School of Engineering.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering 2005 – Engineering Reading Room (Nord 508) Services and resources provided through a virtual research center in Nord Hall 508.

Kelvin Smith Library – Case School of Engineering For More Information Timeline Compiled by: Norma Sue Hanson, Head, Special Collections Earnestine Adeyemon, Electronic Resources Librarian Brian Gray, Engineering, Math, & Statistics Librarian Special thanks to: University Archives Case Western Reserve University Euclid Avenue Cleveland, OH

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