Word: demands
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...administration first based its counter stand on the claim that present facilities in the Houses are adequate for late studying. The Council committee showed that although more chairs have been put in House libraries to combat the rising demand for space, this addition did not necessarily increase study capacity. Just as a man in lab requires space in which to work without being disturbed by his neighbor, so a man studying in a library needs enough isolation so that he is not continually distracted...
...basis of administration figures, taken last spring, the Council's library committee has also shown that the demand for space after 10 p.m. exceeds the practical capacity of the House libraries. The figures showed that from May 5 through May 31, the total attendance at 11 p.m. in the House libraries exceeded the practical maximum capacity of the libraries without an exception. On two days it was double the maximum...
Recognizing the demand, the administration resorted to declaring that it is still not worth while to keep Lamont, a library, open primarily as a study hall during exam period, when the demand is not so much for books as it is for study space...
What are the chances of their accepting the demand? According to Reynolds, they are better than ever before--the administration is now ready to re-open discussion. But money is still important. Often it's only possible to find money for what you really want to buy. If the Council's committee has succeeded in convincing library officials that they themselves desire longer hours, as well as showing them that the extension is needed, then last spring's experiment may be continued after...
Grossmann, who is listed in the University Directory as a "Specialist in Book Selection," said the books were rejects. "No College libraries want them, and they're not worth keeping as duplicates because they are in such little demand," he explained...