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Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections

Home / Online Exhibits / Brandeis University Libraries Fiftieth Anniversary Timeline, 1948-1998 / Timeline at a Glance

Timeline at a Glance

1948
  • Brandeis University National Women's Committee created (summer)

  • First library opens in a former stable (autumn)

1959
  • Goldfarb Library opens

1962
  • Rapaporte Treasure Hall opens

1966
  • Gerstenzang Science Library opens

1970
  • Brandeis helps to create the Boston Library Consortium

1981
  • Libraries receive the Vito Volterra collection in the History of Science

1983
  • Farber Library opens

1984
  • First automated library system implemented

  • Baldwin Shakespeare Collection added

1986
  • Libraries become a founding member of the Judaica and Middle Eastern Studies program of the Research Libraries Group

1988
  • Libraries receive major grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the U.S. Department of Education

1989
  • The Intercultural Library opens

1990
  • Spanish Civil War posters preserved

1991
  • “Brandeis Model” of reference services implemented

  • Weizmann Archives Indexing Project started

1993
  • Second generation of automated library system implemented

1994
  • Sakharov Archives established

1996
  • Libraries acquire one millionth volume

  • The Center for Information and Multimedia Technologies (CIMTECH) established

1997
  • Robert D. Farber University Archive established

  • Funds raised by the National Women’s Committee passes $60 million

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