Word: librarian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contrast to the previously proposed overhaul of the whole library, Handlin and Yen-Tsai Feng, librarian of Harvard College, continue to plan but with a new way of thinking about renovations: "If money turned up, what would we do first," When an anonymous donation came through, there was no question that a new copper roof should replace the leaky, old one which threatened to damage Widener's priceless collections...
...complex nature of Harvard's collections also makes them precious--and susceptible to ruin due to age and deterioration. Heather E. Cole, librarian of Hilles and Lamont libraries, says "it's remarkable the way Hilles and Lamont have been built to last." While the undergraduate libraries and Widener do not face the same immediate dangers to their structures as in some decrepit Houses and buildings, the librarians say there are potential problems with the preservation of books...
...headlines again in January, when it organized a "study-in" at Lamont Library to protest the lack of a 24-hour study area in the Yard. About 70 students joined in the quiet sit-in-on Lamont's ground floor after the 1 a.m. closing time. Heather C. Cole, librarian of Hilles and Lamont Libraries, asked the protesters to leave. When they refused, she called Epps, who arrived to say that he would meet with a small group of them the next day. The demonstration ended at 2 a.m. A few days later, the administration agreed to keep the Science...
Paul Erickson, the Quincy House librarian, who is doing doctoral research on Herman Melville and American literature, does not qualify his enthusiasm for the collection. "We have to do our bit to keep up the great traditions of Western literature," he says. "I learned to read from comic books and I can see that the more distinguished students at Quincy House did too. It shows; they're got the right"--he searches for the word--"pizazz...
Heather E. Cole, Hilles and Lamont librarian, said that some users might at first resist the new technology of the microfiche catalog. But in the long run, she added, "it'll make the libraries easier...