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LOEX records

 Collection
Identifier: 00.L

Scope and Contents

The Library Orientation Exchange or LOEX is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for library instruction and information literacy information. Founded in 1971 after the "First Annual Conference on Library Orientation" at Eastern Michigan University, LOEX has grown from a lending repository of library instruction materials and host of an annual conference on the subject to an internationally known organization that serves as a conduit for those working in the field. The LOEX records provides information about the world of library instruction and information literacy. It documents over 40 years of resources created, shared and used by librarians and other professionals in the field.

Records are arranged in seven series, Conferences and Workshop, Evaluations, Handbooks, Policies and Procedures, Press and Publications, Teaching and Higher Education, and Audio-Visual Materials

The Conference and Workshops series is arranged chronologically with each year from 1971-2014 documents. Each year varies in its documentation from just a conference program to pre-conference materials, correspondence, and publicity. The Evaluations, Handbooks, and Policies and Procedures series include example forms and arranged alphabetically.

The Press and Publications series includes materials specific to the LOEX organization including clippings, articles, and press releases, as well as the following LOEX publications: Currents, LOEX News, and LOEX Quarterly. The materials in these subseries are arranged chronologically.

The Teaching and Higher Education and Audio-Visual Materials series both contain examples created by a variety of institutes of higher learning housed and circulated by LOEX which served as a clearing house of information in the earliest years of the organization. These materials, with the exception of the video recordings, are arranged alphabetically.

Dates

  • Creation: 1970 - 2014

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Researchers are asked to request materials 24 hours prior to visiting the the University Archives.

Historical note

Library Orientation Exchange or LOEX is a resource and conduit for librarians and other professionals working in this field. LOEX is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for library instruction and information literacy information. Founded in 1971 after the "First Annual Conference on Library Orientation" at Eastern Michigan University, it has grown from a lending repository of library instruction materials and host of an annual conference on the subject to an internationally known organization that serves as a conduit for those working in the field.

Extent

13.6 Linear Feet (8 record center boxes, 14 archive boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Library Orientation Exchange or LOEX is a self-supporting, non-profit educational clearinghouse for library instruction and information literacy information. Founded in 1971 after the "First Annual Conference on Library Orientation" at Eastern Michigan University, LOEX has grown from a lending repository of library instruction materials and host of an annual conference on the subject to an internationally known organization that serves as a conduit for those working in the field. The LOEX records provides information about the world of library instruction and information literacy. It documents over 40 years of resources created, shared and used by librarians and other professionals in the field. The collection dates 1970 to 2014 which includes conferences and workshop pamphlets, name lists, registration forms, membership forms, presentations, schedules, correspondence, poster sessions, and call for abstracts. Evaluations, handbook, information sheets, policies and procedures, press materials, speakers, teaching and higher education files, audio tapes, video tapes, and video reels are also included.

Accruals note

University Archives continues to add materials to the collection. To reflect additions, edits to the finding aid will occur at the end of each calendar year.

Subject

Title
LOEX records
Status
Completed
Subtitle
Library Orientation Exchange (LOEX) records
Author
Tiara Alexander Eytcheson and Alexis Braun Marks, CA
Date
2014 December 16
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Michigan University Archives Repository

Contact:
Bruce T. Halle Library, Room 310
955 West Circle Drive
Ypsilanti Michigan 48197
734-487-2673