Word: deposits
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Incorporated as the New England Deposit Library, it will rent shelf space by the foot to member libraries, which will store on its shelves newspapers, old text books, little used public documents, and extra, old editions of standard books. The cost of storage will be based on the yearly expense of maintenance...
Long planned as part of an expansion program to relieve strain on the currently overtaxed facilities of Widener is a new deposit library now rising near the Business School on the other side of the Charles...
Although officials were hesitant about setting an exact date for the completion of the project in view of the difficulty of obtaining construction materials at the present time, the deposit library is expected to be ready for use some time in January...
Since President Ellot first mentioned the project 39 years ago, a deposit library has been a dream of Widener officials. The building now under construction is intended as a cooperative enterprise for the inexpensive storage of little-used books such as newspaper files, government reports, and textbooks, the removal of which will clear needed shelf room in Widener and other libraries...
...building is being raised on ground donated by the University, and is incorporated as a non-profit making corporation under the laws of Massachusetts. Any non-profit library in New England may deposit material...