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Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library construction, fabrication, and relocation records

 Collection 0413-SCPA-MSPALCFR

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library opened for service as a resident unit within the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Library (or, The Clarice) in August 2000. The library moved in that same month from its prior home on the third floor of Hornbake Library. Vincent Novara served as Project Manager/Transition Supervisor from July 1999 until December 2001. These records constitute the project files amassed or created by Vincent Novara in the course of his duties as Project manager/Transition Supervisor for the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library’s construction, fabrication, relocation, and subsequent punch lists. Records includes fabrication design plans, architectural plans, electrical and telecommunications plans, requisitions, contracts for services, schedules, invoices, and other technical documentation for media delivery and digital preservation.

Dates

  • 1994-2005
  • Majority of material found within 1999-2001

Condition Description

Excellent

Extent

1.25 Linear Feet

35 Folders

Content Description

These records constitute the project files amassed or created by Vincent Novara in the course of his duties as Project manager/Transition Supervisor for the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library’s construction, fabrication, relocation, and subsequent punch lists. Records includes fabrication design plans, architectural plans, electrical and telecommunications plans, requisitions, contracts for services, schedules, invoices, and other technical documentation for media delivery and digital preservation.

Historical Note

The Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library opened for service as a resident unit within the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Library (or, The Clarice) in August 2000. The library moved in that same month from its prior home on the third floor of Hornbake Library. Vincent Novara served as Project Manager/Transition Supervisor from July 1999 until December 2001, whereupon he transitioned into the Manager for Special Collections, Technology, and Outreach, and maintained some level of responsibility for the ongoing transition into the facility. At the time of the transfer of these records (May 2016), this branch library, with two major archival repositories, was still a unit within The Clarice, yet reporting administratively through the University Libraries.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into a single series: Records, 1994-2005

Custodial History

Transferred into the custody of Special Collections in Performing Arts by Novara, May 2016.

Condition Description

Excellent

Processing Information

Processed by Vin Novara, May 2016. Original folders were maintained; the materials were placed into an acid free box. Apart from the refrigerator’s manual, no deaccessioning occurred at the time of transfer.

Title
Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library records of construction, fabrication, and relocation
Status
Completed
Author
Vincent J. Novara
Date
May 2016
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Library Details

Part of the Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library

Contact:
University of Maryland Libraries
8270 Alumni Drive
College Park MD 20742 United States