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...LAMONT WILTSEE...
After almost a decade of complaints, Lamont Library will convert to a more modern classification system this summer, a change that will force the library to close for the summer's duration...
...Lamont's present variation on the Dewey Decimal system will be replaced by the more modern Library of Congress classification scheme, Theodore G. Alevizos, Lamont librarian, said yesterday...
Alevizos said that Lamont's closing will force summer school students to use Widener Library. Any inconvenience caused by having to wade through Widener's millions of volumes will be balanced by Widener's longer summer hours, he said...
Alevizos said he realized that Lamont was plagued by an outdated system when he first came to the library in 1964. The system, which does not extend beyond one decimal, cannot adequately classify the broad scope of today's material, he explained...