Word: librarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Baker staff said they have no control over the problem. "We do alert the facilities department when the library is uncomfortably cold," Librarian Mary Chatfield wrote in reply to Franzblau's complaint. "But it is a fact of life that the building will be chilly and drafty at times, especially on windy days...
...workers at Hilles, some of whom did their work by flashlight, were about to have the night off when the power returned, and Hilles and Lamont Librarian Heather E. Cole announced, "we are going to stay open, it's reading period...
...Librarian of Congress, James Billington, a historian of Russian culture who speaks the language, probed for a glimpse of the underlying vision that Gorbachev might hold. How would the Soviet government, he asked, officially commemorate the millennium of Christianity in Russia next year? Gorbachev deftly avoided the question by indicating that his nation's ecclesiastical authorities were making the preparations. How "Russian" was the man? wondered Billington; then he queried him about Soviet writers. Gorbachev's reading was current, and included the so-called village writers, who have deplored the loss of rural values in Russia...
...Although our archives are used by students, their primary use is for researchers," said Loeb Librarian James Hodgson. "With organization we will be better able to attract scholars to make occasional visits or to come to Harvard for research...
...graffitti was scrawled over a bookshelf in the station--a shelf that is also the only unsupervised public library in the country. There is no librarian, no checkout, no catalog. Passengers may take books off the shelf at any time, read them, and return them at their convenience...