Word: librarian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Winsor said it was certainly surprising to see how lightly the vast domain of knowledge has been encroached upon by the books that have been penned. On this account a librarian cannot afford to exercise the right of selection in the reception of matter for his library, as it is impossible for him to know that the lightest and apparently most ephemeral works may not prove of great assistance to some specialist. Among the comparatively recent improvements in our libraries has been the introduction of the catalogue system. Formerly the librarian himself was expected to be a walking catalogue...
...that further subscriptions have been received by the treasurer towards the fund for retiring allowances, and also towards the permanent observatory fund; besides other minor matters of interest. The overseers have been agitated by the question of the restriction of "drunkenness upon the campus at commencement." Under "University Notes," Librarian Sibley's Harvard Necrology is continued, various correction and additions up to date being included in the correct list. The death of Edward Oakes, a graduate of the class of 1679, is now first recorded. The most noted name among Harvard's dead is that of Josiah Quincy...
Divinity Hall Lectures. Subject : "The Function of a Library in a Community of Professional Students." Justin Winsor, librarian, Divinity Chapel...
...West Virginian is responsible for the following in reference to the University of West Virginia : "We were told recently that a student of the university at Morgantown, desiring to read the life of Charles Sumner, applied to Professor Harvey, the librarian, for the same. He was told that the book was not in the library, but that if it were he would not get it, as he, Harvey, regarded it as not being a fit book for him to read. Of course not. It is a text-book of patriotism, liberty, philanthrophy and correct politics. It teaches loyalty and calls...
Lost - Between Cambridge and Main streets, Part 8 of Ames' Cases on Trusts. Please leave with Librarian of Law School...