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Goodwin applied for 13 advertised positions within Harvard’s library system, including posts at Widener, Hilles, Lamont and the Business School library...
...worry about the library collections, for instance. As many have argued, the duplicate copies not only keep Quad residents from having to travel to Lamont or other libraries for their books, but also increase the likelihood of our finding the books when we actually get to the libraries, as many books are often highly in demand. Given the current inefficient use of space in Hilles, the collection could be preserved on a single floor perhaps, still freeing up space for student activities, and also requiring far less staff and maintenance, the initial concern of the Harvard College Library system that...
...website, Hilles library claims that it “works jointly with Lamont on course reserves, supporting many of the same courses, so that Quad residents have nearby access to materials.” However, this will no longer be the case. Instead, Quad residents will have to trudge to Lamont for materials—which, of course, they may not find readily available, as duplications will have already perished. Quad students will have to trudge back home—quite possibly on one of those icy Cambridge nights—frustrated and bookless. This hardly seems fair...
Ideally, Hilles should house a comfortable reading room, like the one in Lamont, which will attract students and prompt them to take advantage of the library’s resources. If the book collection were to be centralized into “stacks” on one floor, to make better use of Hilles’ vast square-footage, the books would be able to remain in the Quad as well as open up precious space to be used by student groups...
Construction on Lamont is set to begin next summer, but with no exact figures or formal blueprint at hand, the plan is still up in the air. Cline says that HCL may organize focus groups to discuss the best directions for Lamont...