Word: decays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...month Crimson investigation has found that one of Harvard's most valuable resources and one of the largest academic libraries in the world, the Widener stacks, are "decaying, turning to dust," in the words of Cline. And though the University has made plans to install a climate-control system to curb the decay, none of the $28 million needed to renovate Widener has yet been raised...
Chemically, the decay that Cline so dramatically presents is due to the "acid paper" books were printed on beginning in the 1800s up until the 1950s. But exacerbating the acid paper problem--which causes the books literally to bake--is the lack of climate control in the stacks...
While Harvard struggles to find money to install a climate control system, much of the Widener collection continues to decay because of the way paper was milled beginning in the 1800s up until the 1950s...
...irony of this problem is that the oldest books actually decay slower and are consequently in better condition--assuming they have survived through the years--than the more modern books, Merrill-Oldam says...
...world dominated by alienation and decay, the collection of Rodney Smith photographs at the Pucker Gallery is like a breath of fresh air. His photography is simple and expressive, but with a touch of wit. Compared with the in-your-face, shocking, ephemeral art produced today, Smith's photographs seem very out of place. Classical in their composition and serene in their mood, each of them invites us to stop and reflect...