Access Restrictions

The unclassified personnel files in boxes 8-12 and the academic appeals files and search and screen committee files in box 2 of accession 2013-024 and box 4 of accession 2020-015 are restricted in accordance with UWM Personnel File Policy S-42. Access to the records is regulated by Section III. A.2 and III. A.3. The files in box 23 are restricted in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA). See an Archivist for more information. There are no access restrictions on the rest of the collection, which is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

The school transferred the collection to the Archives prior to 1989. The School of Library and Information Science transferred additional accessions in 1999 and 2004. Accession 2008-057 was transferred in April 2009; accession 2008-072 in June 2009; accession 2009-006 in July 2009, and accession 2010-035 in January 2011. The School transferred additional materials to the Archives in April 2009 (accession 2008-057), June 2011 (accession 2010-063), May 2012 (accession 2011-041), November 2013 (accession 2013-024), and February 2020 (accession 2020-015).

Processing Information

Theresa Larson began processing the collection at the Archives in August 1993. Julee Bokelman completed the reprocessing in September-October 1993. The collection originally consisted of 18 series and unprocessed accessions. Jeremy Brett added several files in February 2007, and processed accessions 1999-003, 1999-008, 1999-052, and 2004-028 in April-May 2007. Denise Gergetz processed accession 2008-057 in June 2009 (Brad Houston supervised). Matt Sherman processed the paper portion of accession 2008-072 in January 2010 (Brad Houston supervised). Sarah Phillips processed accession 2009-006 in June 2010 (Brad Houston supervised). Charles Welborn processed additional material in August 2012. Brad Houston processed some additional material in November 2012 and May 2013 (accession 2010-035). Brad Houston processed some additional material in December 2014. Molly Whiteside (supervised by Christel Maass) processed accessions 2008-057, 2010-063, and 2014-024 (boxes 26-30) in November and December 2015. Ashlie Biddle removed a grievance file from the collection and placed it in Box 8 as a restricted file in June 2017. Derek Webb minimally processed accession 2020-015 in March 2021.

The collection title was changed on April 2, 2010 to reflect a name change from School of Library and Information Science to the most current name in the records.