Fonds contains records related to the founding and ongoing operations of the University Library, including correspondence; memoranda; meeting minutes, agendas; policies, regulations; financial records, reports; and proposals for a new Library building. Consists of 13 series: library policies, librarians' report, financial records, administrative records, publications, circulation records, committee records, correspondence, special collections reports, displays, reference statistics, library premises, and publications.

Series consists of photocopies of the Registrar's annual report to the President that was published in the President's annual report from 1970-2008. The Registrar's annual report provides student enrolment statistics, summarizes activities of the Registrar and staff, and notes staff changes.

The Librarian writes an annual report to the President regarding Library activities and operations during the preceding year. The reports contain information about accessions, budgets, cataloguing, circulation, staffing and Archives, and discussion of future directions for the Library. The biographies folder contains photocopies of obituaries and notices of appointment to the Library staff. The Librarians' portion of the series (sub-series 2.5-2.9) contains correspondence between the Librarians and various faculty members, King's administrators, external librarians, architects, and personal records.

Series contains the annual reports and personal records of the Librarians of the University of King's College. There are files from past librarians including Rev. Benjamin Gerrish Grey (1803-1804), Mary Lane (1971-1981), and Dr. Burns Martin (1936-1953). The majority of the files are documents and correspondence by or to Dr. Wayne Hankey (1982-1991) and Drake Petersen (1991-2011).

Biographies of some of the Librarians, in the form of news clippings and photocopies, are also included.

The Librarians' annual reports span 1867 to 2010, with gaps.

Sub-series contains yearly reports of the Director of the School of Journalism presented to the Board of Governors and printed in the annual President's Report. Each report details the preceding academic year's operations, finances, staffing changes and other significant changes and plans for the future.