Word: brainard
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Originally slated for installation in the spring as part of ongoing Widener renovations, implementation of the turnstiles was moved up after Sept. 11, said Beth Brainard, director of communications for Harvard College Library...
...Even when they are in, we will give [library] users a couple weeks notice,” Brainard said...
...Brainard said Widener has had problems with unauthorized people entering the library in the past. Historic French documents worth about $10,000 were stolen from the library last spring, although investigators do not know if members of the Harvard community were responsible for the theft...
...Brainard said the videos would be reviewed to evaluate door-checkers’ performance and to assist in the investigation in case of future thefts. The construction site cameras will allow library officials to ensure construction workers, or those posing as construction workers, do not gain unauthorized access to the library...
...can’t tell you the amount of planning that went into this,” Brainard said. “We went around the world studying libraries. Yale had a terrible experience renovating its library that we were able to learn from...