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...libraries had feelings, Lamont would probably be very disillusioned. Three years ago it opened its shiny glass doors to reveal a stackless, roomy, air-conditioned interior with comfortable chairs and fiuorescent lights. For years students had complained about Widener with its gloomy reading rooms and cavernous stacks. Lamont was to be different. All of its books were placed on shelves out in the open for undergraduates to take...
They did. They walked right in Lamont and grabbed its books. They hid them under chairs and smuggled them out in their jackets. Faced with the gradual loss of Lamont's books, the University had to give up the idea of an "open library." It placed many of the most sought after books on closed reserve...
Despite the anticipated reading period rush, Lamont Library--three years old this week--plans no changes in hours, Philip J. McNiff, Librarian of Lamont, stated yesterday...
...Students have found the regular hours adequate to complete their work in the past," McNiff said. He added that the cost of keeping Lamont open later in the evening until 11 or 12 p.m. would be very high because it would necessitate the employment of additional personnel...
...dedication of Lamont Library, three years ago, Prevent Buck told his audience that the library marks a return to the belief that education is based on the unrestricted access to all that humanity has thought and experienced...