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When Sidney Verba ’53 started out as director of Harvard University Library (HUL) more than 20 years ago, the school’s collections were organized in a card catalog in the basement of Widener. Now, as Verba prepares to retire, a search for books in any of the 90 University libraries is a click away via the online HOLLIS catalog...
...decades after Verba was appointed as director of HUL, even non-Harvard affiliates can access University collections. Verba spearheaded Harvard’s partnership with Google to digitize thousands of books in its public domain. A side project, the Open Collections Program, will allow the public to access University research materials and primary sources...
Karin Trainer, university librarian at Princeton University Library, called Verba an “extraordinary champion” of HUL...
...online or a “Find it @ Harvard” button that tells you exactly where in Harvard’s huge library system to look. Our one qualm is that this cross search is currently only keyword based; we hope as the site grows and develops the HUL will add a more dynamic search...
...Research page is a tremendous resource that will give students and researcher’s better access to Harvard’s extensive library system and all it has to offer. Its ease of use and depth combine to make it a surefire winner. HUL should be commended for not simply resting on its laurels as the largest private research library in the world, and we hope it continues to be so innovative in the future...