Word: librarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Says Herman W Liebert librarian emeritus of Yale's Binecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. "He [Bond] inherited a wonderful resource and had a very, very difficult act to follow, but he has lived up to the challenge[Houghton] is one of the finest collections in the world because ofWilliam Bond...
...ideas it contains, but also for the way it appeared to those who first read it, for its significance as a specific and tangible piece of history. It will thus be some what difficult for him to pass on his vast and prestigious collection when he retires tomorrow as librarian of Houghton Library after 36 years of service to the Harvard Library system...
...decades, Bond says, he has spent no more than 40 uninterrupted minutes at a time working on his own projects. "It is the curse of the librarian's life doing other people's research, never spending a very long time on any one thing," he explains, smiling. "It leaves you scatterbrained as a result...
...kind of tingling feeling" is how Bond describes the pleasure of finding a rate treasure hidden on a dusty shelf. He felt it the firsttime he leafed through the Stationer's Company Register, and it drewhim away from a conventional academic career and into library work whenlegendary Houghton Librarian William A. Jackson offered...
...Tsai Feng, librarian of Harvard College, describes Bond's success in bringing top collections to Harvard. "Often with donors it is his quietmanner, his deep knowledge and his caring for the books themselvesand the library in his charge "Feng adds, "It is also a gentle humor...thatis important in any career to succeed...