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The library was significantly expanded in the 1990s, providing new individual and group study rooms and a special vault area for the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Library. In 2016, the library contained over 4.7 million books, 10.6 million total materials, and served over 10,000 patrons each day.
Many of its LDS books have been published in conjunction with Deseret Book. It also maintained the imprint "Young House" during the 1970s. [8] [9] [10] BYU Press had a reputation of selecting for publication only church approved material. Press officials scrutinized and rejected manuscripts they found too technical or too controversial.
1976 – A 20-year study by a BYU Sociology professor is published, showing that 10% of BYU men and 2% of BYU women indicated having had a "homosexual experience." [ 2 ] : 442–443 In 1950, 1961, and 1972 Wilford E. Smith conducted a survey of thousands of Mormon students at several universities including many from the BYU sociology department ...
The RSC (sometimes called the Center for Religious Studies in its early years) [2] [3] was founded in 1975 by Jeffrey R. Holland, dean of Religious Education at BYU. [4] Upon the recommendation of BYU president Dallin H. Oaks, the establishment of the RSC was approved by BYU's Board of Trustees in early 1976. [3]
1986 – BYU published a study by BYU professor and area Church Welfare Services director Victor Brown Jr. [134] stating that people can eliminate homosexual feelings. [ 135 ] [ 136 ] 1986 – Church seventy Theodore Burton stated in a BYU-wide address that pornography is a selfish indulgence that leads to homosexuality.
In 2006, the group became a formal part of the Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship, formerly known as the Institute for the Study and Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts, BYU. FARMS has since been absorbed into the Maxwell Institute's Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies.
The Maxwell Institute was established in 2006 as an umbrella organization for several of BYU's academic initiatives, including: the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative (METI), the Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART), the Laura F. Willes Center for Book of Mormon Studies, and the Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS). [2]
The center also manages BYU’s study abroad programs. [3] As of August 2021, the director for the center was V. Stanley Benfell [4] following Renata Forste's appointment as BYU International Vice President. [5]