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Three months before Sidney Verba ’53 is to retire as Harvard’s longest serving chief librarian, a $2.5 million endowed fund for the Harvard University Library (HUL) has been created in his honor...
...virtually every book and journal article ever written about it in just one afternoon. Harvard is one of those places. For this, we owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, who has served as director of the Harvard University Libraries (HUL) for the past 20 years. Over the course of his tenure, Verba has shown a remarkable commitment to keep HUL on the technological edge of library science. But in light of his upcoming retirement from the post, it is imperative that his successor continue the projects he has left unfinished...
With more than 20 years of innovation and accomplishment serving as director of Harvard University Libraries (HUL), Sidney Verba ’53 has become the yardstick by which all librarians will be measured. Throughout his tenure, Verba has managed to keep Harvard ahead of the curve, never afraid to experiment with new technologies and inspirations to our evolving library system. From expanding our library’s connectivity in the Library Digital Initiative, to increasing storage via the Harvard Depository, to spearheading Harvard’s partnership with Google to digitize thousands of public-domain books, Verba has proven...
...books are indexed and available in search results; many full texts are available via PDF download. These are small steps on the way to the eventual goal of creating a comprehensive virtual catalog of all books in all languages. Verba had that ambition when he served as director of HUL, and we hope that his dream will be realized in his golden years, after a monumental tenure as an advocate and pacesetter for academia...
Before taking the helm of HUL, Verba chaired the Government Department and later rose to become associate dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences for undergraduate education. He has also served as associate provost. Today, Verba heads the faculty advisory group of the Presidential Search Committee...