Charles C. Sherrod Library

History

The University Libraries consists of two libraries at two locations in Johnson City, Tennessee. The two main buildings are the Charles C. Sherrod Library on the main campus and the College of Medicine Library on the Veteran’s Administration campus.

ETSU’s main library, the Charles C. Sherrod Library was organized in October 1911, in Johnson City, Tennessee.  Located in a small art room on the second floor of Gilbreath Hall, Elma Lillian Rankin was appointed the first librarian of East Tennessee State Normal School (ETSNS), as ETSU was known in 1912.

However, Olive Taylor is listed as ETSNS’s first official librarian (on a bronze nameplate affixed to her portrait in the Dean of Libraries' office) after replacing Rankin in 1914, and the librarian serving as director the longest, 34 years from 1914-1948.

Beginning in 1928 Taylor shared her role as director with several women who held brief tenures: Marian Hinkle (1928-1929), Florence Wilkie (1929-1931), Minnie Padgett Schaberg (1931-1933), Virginia Bickley (1933-1935), and Elise Hall (1935-1936). Taylor also shared this role with Archie McNeal who joined the library in 1936 and co-directed it until 1948.

McNeal directed the library’s operations from 1936-1948. He was on military leave 1943-1946 serving in World War II.  In McNeal’s absence McBerney Burleson was acting director.

Hal Smith, another World War II veteran, replaced McNeal, serving the longest tenure of any director: 1948-1977.

ETSU’s library wasn’t officially named for its second president, Charles C. Sherrod, until August 1949 after his retirement.

Subsequent library directors are:

• Edward M. Walters 1977-1980
• David M. Parsley 1980-1981 (acting director)
• Dr. Fred P. Borchuck 1981-1999
• Rita Samet Scher 1999-2009
• Dr. Jean Culp Flanigan 2009-2013 (interim director)
• Patricia Van Zandt 2013-

Buildings

The first library building, now the B. Carroll Reece Museum was completed in 1922, just west of Gilbreath Hall. A second library building was completed in 1931 and an addition made in 1967. This structure, the former Charles C. Sherrod Library, was renamed Nick's Hall (after Roy S. Nicks, seventh university president) currently houses the College of Nursing and the Department of Computer Sciences, as well as ETSU Student/University Health Clinic. The current building housing the library's collection was completed in October 1998 and opened January 1999. Sherrod Library is located on a corner of the campus bounded by Lake Street and J L Seehorn Jr Road, next to the D.P. Culp University Center. The building is oriented on a diagonal with the campus grid, forming four courts that harmonize with the surrounding natural setting. The design includes a main stair in the center of the building with dome and clerestory at roof level. Ken Ross Architects Inc./David Leonard Associates PC, were responsible for the library's design, which was highlighted as an "Outstanding Building" in the 1999 Architectural Portfolio of American School & University. In 2000, as part of the library's recognition, President Paul E. Stanton, Jr. remarked "We are pleased to have achieved joint recognition for the design and function of our new Sherrod Library. This is a beautiful facility that impresses all who see or use it, including visitors to campus as well as prospective students and families". It has four floors above grade, fully accessible to all persons with disabilities and a capacity to hold 800,000 volumes. The fourth floor features the Quillen Congressional Office and Gallery, a replica of longtime U.S. Congressional Representative James H. Quillen's former Washington office is located on the fourth floor of the library. This area also includes Quillen's memorabilia, including a collection of Republican items and photos of him posing with President Ronald Reagan and Dolly Parton, among others. The collection is open Mon-Fri 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and by appointment.

Building information

The current building opened in 1999 when library faculty and staff offered services to the campus community. At that time, building specs included the following, but have changed over time:

• 80 seats distributed between 14 group study rooms;
• 62 individual study rooms, both assigned and unassigned;
• 89 seats in Late Night Study, an area open 24 hours including vending machines, photocopier, and wired/wireless networking accessible with ETSU ID card;
• 52 desktop computers (Mac and PC);
• 40 laptop computers available for student checkout;
• 2 self-service scanners;
• color and black & white printing;
• wired & wireless networking;
• self-service checkout of books & media;
• 2 MediaScape lounges located in rooms 212 & 311

Other occupants

Besides the faculty and staff of Sherrod Library, several other departments are housed within the building: Archives of Appalachia, Center for Academic Achievement, Information Technology Services, and INtopFORM.

Art in the library

Works by John Alan Maxwell (1904-1984) were once hung on the first floor third floors, of the library, but were removed. John Alan Maxwell was primarily known for his historical paintings. However, his illustration for magazines, adult and children's book jackets were equally notable and widely published both internationally and nationally. Some authors even stipulated in their contracts that only Maxwell could illustrate their book covers. He returned to Johnson City, where he had lived as a child, in 1960. He spent his remaining years doing book work and various other works on commission. He taught regular art classes at ETSU and for the Johnson City Board of Parks and Recreation. The works were donated by Mrs. Elizabeth Smedberg. in 2000. Maxwell studied at the Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, the Washington School of Art, Washington DC, and the Art Students' League, New York, NY.

All in the Family IIis a large (9 feet by 13 feet) mural by Marianne DiNapoli Mylet that portrays several giants of bluegrass and country music along with others who inspired, taught, collaborated with, or laid the groundwork for the work of these major figures in the American musical tapestry. It is located on the library's first floor, adjacent to the elevators. The work highlights a few of the numerous musicals and personal ties between bluegrass-country music and blues, jazz gospel, folk , pop, and Hawaiian music. It is a re-interpretation of the print All in the Family I, by Willard Gayheart. The project is an undertaking of ETSU's Bluegrass and Country music program, an element of ETSU's Center for Appalachian Studies and Services. The All in the Family works are based on a concept by the program's director, Jack Tottle. The mural was dedicated on Friday, February 8, 2002.

Depicted in the mural are the A.P. Carter family (Maybelle, A.P., and Sara), Leslie Riddle as a young man and in later years, Bob Wills, Earl Scruggs, Uncle John Scruggs, Bessie Smith, Arnold Schultz, Jimmie Rodgers, Bashful Brother Rosewood, Bill Monroe, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Louis Armstrong, Joseph Kekuku, Rufus "Tee Tot" Payne, Elvis Presley, and Hank Williams.

Services

Librarians and staff at Sherrod Library offer services that are standard across north american academic libraries.

Students, staff, and faculty affiliated with ETSU can:

• access, borrow, renew, and request materials we own in person or electronically
• access, borrow, renew, and request materials that we don't own via Interlibrary Loan
• suggest a purchase
• attend library instruction and workshops presented by librarians
• reserve a room in which to study, work together as a team, or collaborate with peers
• print, copy, and scan materials using photocopies and document scanners
• attend instruction sessions and workshops led by librarians
• use equipment and software in the Special Services lab (room 318) that assists persons with disabilities with locating and using library resources

Our distance students have the same privileges but can have books delivered to their homes if they live 30 miles or more away from campus. They can work directly with the distance education librarian who offers document delivery and interlibrary loan, text, phone, chat, and email services, remote research consultations by appointment, and the ability to borrow books from other Tennessee academic libraries using the Tennessee Academic Library Collaborative (TALC) card.

Our faculty can place library and/or personal materials on course reserve. They can request instruction for their classes in which librarians demonstrate library databases and principles of information literacy.

External links

• http://sherrod.etsu.edu/

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