Arranged in two subseries: Annual Reports, 1975-2012 and Budgets, 1982-2010. Arranged chronologically within each series.

Series 1: Financial Records, 1975-2012 is the largest series in the largest series within the collection. Most materials from this series are from 1980-2010, though some records are from as early as 1975. Annual Reports are an evaluative tool required by any program subject to Academic Program Review. These reports review the library's mission and goals, support the development of priorities, and contribution to strategic planning. The Annual Reports are from various departments within the library such as Periodicals, Serials, Technical Service Division, Educational Media Lab, and Collection Development, as well as a general summary report from JMU Libraries. The Budget subseries relates to collection management and acquisitions and contains many budgets for different areas of the library. Each budget is accompanied by an explanatory note.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 2: Committees, 1987-2012 contains the records of committees within the library, committees associated with the library, and committees involving library staff. This series predominately contains records from the Academic Council and the Collection Development Committee. Records from the Academic Council include evaluations of current academic programs and suggestions for future improvement, minutes from meetings, and correspondences from President Carrier. Documents from the Collection Development Committee include meeting minutes, collection statistics, correspondences to academic departments, and plans of action. Also included in this series are various task force reports, evaluations of specific academic journals, and records from the commission of undergraduate studies, the graduate council, and the liberal studies committee. The majority of the records within this series pertain to the evaluation and advancement of the University's academic programs and the role of the library within those programs.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 3: Policies, 1984-2009 contains documents that outline various campus-wide and library-specific policies. The series runs continuously from 1984-2009, with the exception of 1986-1988 and 2003-2004. Materials within this series include documents that outline the process and prioritization of resource acquisition, and collection development, including faculty request and evaluation forms. Information on Federal collection development policies is also included. Also contained within this series are documents detailing various University policies. These include policies on harassment, academic program reviews, and policies regarding the enhancement of programs. Outlines of various University employment policies are housed in this series and include: the appointment and termination of faculty, recruitment of minority faculty, retirement procedures, and misconduct in research and scholarly work. Series 3: Policies, 1989-2009 also contains records of University self-studies and correspondences regarding the policies and regulations of the Commission on Colleges.

Series 4: Subject Files, 1973-2013 contains a wide range of documents relating to the library's relationship with the academic departments of the University. The series is arranged alphabetically. Materials include collection development planning and evaluation, reports detailing the current state and future plans of various academic programs, and correspondences and documents to and from the Dean of Libraries & Educational Technologies. Many of the materials within this series aim to clarify and improve the library's role as an academic resource to the University. In addition, Box 34, Folder 4 contains media items that include: Photos of East Campus Library (now Rose Library) and Carrier Library, as well as photos from Ralph Alberico, former Dean of Libraries and Educational Technologies; CDs containing SACS Library Maps; the L&ET 2006 Self Study Report and Appendices; and one DVD, "The Library as Place."

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 5: Library Faculty and Staff, 1986-2003 contains documents relating to the work of library faculty and staff. Included in this series are faculty responsibility self-surveys, records from faculty and staff retreats/workshops, minutes from library department head meetings and liaison/faculty meetings. Also included are records and consideration of faculty and staff salaries and leave, performance assessment, and professional development. One item of interest is the development of a Mission Statement for Carrier Library, and a resulting strategic plan for the future of the library. Other items of interest are individual Meyers-Briggs results from staff workshops and faculty activity surveys.

Items housed within Faculty Activity Survey RESTRICTED, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2001 (Box 23, Folder 8) are accessible to researchers. Because of personal information found on the documents, researchers agree to make no notes or other recordation of privacy protected information found within this folder, and further agree not to publish or disclose such information for any purpose.

Arranged alphabetically.

Series 6: Library History, 1939-2016 contains materials documenting significant events in the history of the library. Included in this series are news articles relating to the library, plans for library expansion and development, and ephemera from key library events. Also included in this series are pamphlets and documents outlining library skills and procedures, a timeline of library construction, and photographs of library staff. The Library Scrapbook, 1939-1941 housed within Box 28 is of particular interest. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings and some copies of photographs documenting the first two years of Madison Memorial Library. Another item of interest, is correspondence from Madison College alumni Mary Wright Thrasher ('41) found in Box 26, Folder 1. In this letter to the former Dean, Ralph Alberico, she briefly mentions her remembrances of the library as a student when the library was housed in Harrison Hall. She also mentions that Carrier Library was not built until a few years after she graduated in 1941, although it opened to students in 1939. Items in Map Case 3:1 include architectural renderings of Rose Library showing placement of furniture on each floor of the library as well as architectural renderings for a new security entrance as well as poster titled New Library for the College of Integrated Science and Technology Campus, October 2004 with images of the CISAT campus with some construction being done. Also included in the map case are old Carrier Library floor plans.

Includes fixed asset inventories, collection financial reports, and reports generated by Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV).