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Robert C. Darnton ’60, the HUL director, director of the Harvard University Library, said that the impending report should be viewed not as a “blueprint” for the exact structural changes to be implemented in the library system, but as a foundational “step in a process” where professors can outline priorities and suggestions—echoing Smith’s stated hope that the report serve as an “opening” for broader discussion within the Faculty...
Harvard students will not have to rely on Google to read library books from the comfort of their rooms in the warm glow of their laptops, thanks to a new, free program which Harvard University Library (HUL) hopes to introduce this spring. HUL’s “Scan and Deliver” program will assure that students no longer have to battle their way through Cambridge snow to Widener Library to request that obscure book needed for a paper that, unfortunately, sits in the off-campus depository. Scan and Deliver represents a great step in making HUL?...
Scan and Deliver demonstrates a willingness on the part of HUL to utilize technology to the Harvard community. The Electronic Document Delivery (EDD) project website acknowledges that this innovation has been requested by library users for years. HUL has clearly listened; it has answered such requests comprehensively. Students will be able to request up to five books per day. The limit of 30 pages per work might cause some difficulties for students writing longer papers needing citations from multiple works, but additional materials can be requested the following day, and this realistically should not pose a major problem...
...spring, its announcement this fall is fitting given the University’s recent focus on sustainability. The transportation toll on resources and the environment will no longer be issue. Other small impacts will also become evident, such as a decrease in the amount of plastic bags required by HUL to distribute to students transporting hard copies of books...
Scan and Deliver represents a positive step forward by HUL both in modernization and in recognizing students’ concerns. It also shows a responsible and timely concern for the environment. However, one unfortunate limitation to the program remains: files of the scanned copies of books will not be stored for future use because of copyright constrictions. Such copies would have meant that future requests for books would gradually become near-instantaneous, while ensuring the preservation of the books in HUL’s archives should the hard copy be destroyed. We hope that HUL will push for even greater...