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...Lamont's little sister on the Quad, Hilles has what everyone else wants: gobs of extra space. There are vast open areas throughout the airy, five-floor structure. Bookshelves are placed sparsely throughout the building and there are little nooks and crannies everywhere you look--a typewriter room here, a snack room there...
...continuing to operate Hilles as it has been for years--a sort of second rate Lamont that gives Quad residents something to brag about--Harvard wastes prime space on campus. With a little bit of good planning, Hilles could turn out to be a major player on the campus social scene...
...much as I appreciate Hilles, the University would be wise to acknowledge the facility's shortcomings. Created as a library for Radcliffe College, the library does not have as many books as Lamont, nor is it in as good physical shape...
...were dean, I would make Hilles a Lamont satellite. Keep (and even fortify) the library's reserve collection, keep the periodicals, the reference books and even a small collection of general books. After that, let Lamont have the rest of the books. Let's face it--Quad residents have to go to the River for classes, so we might as well get our books there...
...library's only concern, Collins said, is the risk associated with battery exhaustion, which she said has weighed heavily on the minds of administrators since Lamont began loaning laptops...