*Rare Dakota newspapers acquired

• Notes from the Chief University Librarian
• Digital bookplates a new feature on library website
• A look back at the 40th anniversary
• Tornquist's Ten from 2017
• Harry Potter, Renaissance connection focus of national traveling exhibit

Summer 2021

• Three grants awarded to Briggs Library: ALA, Wokini, State Library
• Notes from the Dean of the Library
• Doner Auditorium digital backstage to be revealed
• $1K student scholarships awarded: Ella Padden, Melissa Christlieb
  Spring 2022
• Wokini Knowledge Circle opens in April
• Notes from the Dean of the Library
• Mary Caspers-Graper retiring
• Grant impacts Briggs Library services
• John Miller to be remembered at program
• Archives student going to Ireland for archival graduate studies - Ella Padden

vol. 8 issue 2

• Glass plate negatives show early 1900s Brookings life
• Notes from the Dean of the Library
• Three library student assistants receive excellence awards in 2022 [Katy Braden, Cage Consoer, Abigail Muller]
• Briggs Library's spring 2023 events
• Wrestling collection is on its feet
• Digital Library of South Dakota Collections: Jackrabbit Athletics

vol. 8 issue 1

• ALA grants adds mobile tables and chairs
• Cook-Lynn Papers strengthen SDSU Archives collections
• Notes from the Dean of the Library
• Wokini Knowledge Circle opens
• Library hosts launch for book on Dakota ecology
• Digital Library of South Dakota Collection: W. Carter Johnson Papers

v. 9 issue 1 - 2 copies

The Hilton M. Briggs Library Records document the administration, operations, and development of the library at South Dakota State University. The collection includes administrative files, cataloging records, collection development files, committee minutes, financial documents, library serials records, off-campus relations, reports, publications, newsletters, photographs, policies, and materials related to circulation, interlibrary loan, reserves, acquisitions, bindery, and special events. Committee records cover groups such as the Social Committee, Publicity Committee, Collections and Connections Committee, Exhibits and Arts Committee, Staff Development Committee, University Library Committee, and Faculty and Staff Library Committees. Materials span library services, staffing, budgeting, technology initiatives, outreach, strategic planning, and special collections management.

This collection odocuments the growth and transformation of Hilton M. Briggs Library from its dedication in 1977 through subsequent decades. It reflects the library’s evolving role in supporting academic programs, research, outreach, and technology integration. The records illustrate the library’s response to campus needs, statewide collaborations, and national trends in academic librarianship, making it a valuable resource for understanding the development of higher education libraries, library administration, and information services in South Dakota.