James F Govan

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1. mid-August 1973 James F. Govan becomes director of the UNC library James F. Govan, head librarian of Swarthmore College since 1965, arrived in mid-August 1973 as director of the University's two-million-volume library and began drawing up a 20-year plan for collections, staff and buildings. He noted that the Association of Research Libraries ranked UNC 23rd of 58 research libraries. People: James F Govan Place: Wilson Library, University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, September 5, 1973, p. 1
2. October 13, 1977 UNC trustees hear that the University library has slipped in national rankings A revised five-year plan presented to the trustees showed UNC's national rank in library acquisitions had fallen from 20th in 1964 to 28th in 1976 and in total library spending from 25th to 30th, with officials warning federal research grants could suffer. People: James F Govan, N. Ferebee Taylor Place: University of North Carolina, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 18, 1977, p. 1
3. by March 3, 1981 The Association of Research Libraries ranks UNC's library system first in the Southeast A report by the Association of Research Libraries ranked UNC's library system first in the Southeast and 15th in the United States and Canada, ahead of Virginia (24th) and Duke (32nd); its 14 libraries held more than 2.6 million volumes, with room for 1.8 million more once the new central library opened, then set for summer 1982. People: James F Govan Place: University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, March 3, 1981, p. 3
4. February 19, 1982 UNC Faculty Council adds procedural irregularities as a ground for tenure appeals After lengthy debate the UNC Faculty Council added "procedural irregularities" as a fourth ground on which instructors denied tenure could appeal to the Board of Trustees, beside race or sex, personal malice and abridgment of First Amendment rights; the trustees could hear appeals and recommend but not reinstate. At the same meeting the Committee on the Status of Women reported that women on the faculty had fallen from 367 to 362 while men fell from 1,520 to 1,518. People: Christopher C. Fordham III, James F Govan Place: University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, February 22, 1982, p. 3
5. spring 1983 The university librarian turns down an Afro-American Studies reading room in Davis Library Afro-American Studies had asked in 1981 for a reading room in the new Walter Royal Davis Library to hold journals, manuscripts and tapes on Africans and African Americans. University Librarian James F. Govan said in spring 1983 that no academic unit would get a room for its subject. People: James F Govan Place: Davis Library, University, Chapel HillBlack Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC), March 22, 1984, p. 5
6. October 14, 1983 The Faculty Council urges top priority for library staff pay On October 14, 1983, the UNC Faculty Council backed an AAUP resolution urging that the next budget give the highest priority to more and better-paid library staff, after University librarian James F. Govan reported that UNC ranked 95th of 101 research libraries in median professional salary, $19,600, and had lost 13 staff members since 1975. People: James F Govan Place: University, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 17, 1983, p. 1
7. April 1984 Work begins on renovating Wilson Library Renovation of Wilson Library began in April 1984, shortly after Davis Library opened, to install new air conditioning, upgrade the electrical and plumbing systems and refurbish the main rooms at a cost of about $5.7 million. In October 1985 the University said the work was on schedule for a fall 1986 reopening, when Wilson would house the rare book, North Carolina, map and manuscripts collections. People: James F Govan Place: Wilson Library, UNC campus, Chapel HillSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 23, 1985, p. 2