Cataloguing staff in the Central Library using typewriters to create labels and entries for the card catalogue. Newly purchased books are stacked on the shelves waiting to be processed.
A Circulation Department staff member stamps the date slip in the back of a book. An electronic management system was introduced to the library in 1989 and prior to this, patron details were entered onto cards that were alphabetically filed at the…
On 16 March 1970, Queen Elizabeth II visited the University of Otago campus with Prince Charles and Princess Anne. Queen Elizabeth toured the Central Library and was photographed meeting Mrs McEldowney, the wife of the Head Librarian, Jock…