Word: countway
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second major effort in recent fund raising was the Program for Harvard Medicine, which sought $58 million, chiefly to support new professorships and complete the Countway Library. This effort was brought to a successful conclusion during 1964-65, the final year in the long period of George Berry's extraordinarily constructive Deanship...
Dean Berry, who is retiring at the end of this academic year, spoke of the importance of the Library to Boston, New England, and all of American medicine. With its more than 500,000 volumes, the Countway will be a major research center for all medical scientists. In addition, its futuristic equipment makes it a model for all up-to-date libraries...
Eventually, Countway readers will be able to obtain instant photocopies of scientific texts and articles from other regional scientific libraries throughout the country. Computerized filing systems will enable the most dimwitted students to locate the most obscure references...
Representing the Boston Medical Library. Sprague said he felt "like the father of the bride who has arrived with her at the altar after a rather adventurous trip down the aisle lasting over seven years." Within the Countway, the Boston Medical Library will retain its corporate entity, the rights to its collection, and its own associate Librarian it will also remain the library of the Massachusetts Medical Society...
Finally, President Pusey officially dedicated the Countway by reading the words his predecessor, Charles W. Eliot, used in dedicating the buildings of the Medical School Quadrangle in 1906. The new library will be open for use on Wednesday morning, June...