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...Books and E-Books,” came at a semesterly meeting of Harvard library personnel. In an interview before the event, Darnton said that the title of his speech evoked what he hoped to accomplish in his tenure as the University’s head librarian. “I want to continue to strengthen Harvard’s fabulous collections in old printed material,” Darnton said, “but at the same time I want to help Harvard move into the world of digitized information.” To show how one could meld...

Author: By Angela A. Sun, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: New Library Director Calls for E-Scholarship | 10/31/2007 | See Source »

...time, I thought my key to a fulfilling college experience was at least 500 miles between my parents and my dorm. A book is a book, I thought, regardless of whether I myself was allowed to retrieve it or had to pluck it from the hands of a librarian...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Stacked | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

Well into my fifth semester here, however, I’ve found the freedom and accessibility of our massive library system is one of the most rewarding aspects of a Harvard education. While we may have to wait for a librarian to retrieve rare 17th century manuscripts from the depository, the majority of books that undergraduates could want to access are, literally, at our fingertips. The mundane process of finding a book on HOLLIS and then swiping into Widener’s stacks is actually an act of academic autonomy that we are privileged to have. And as much...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: Stacked | 10/22/2007 | See Source »

...said. Flecker said that Pforzheimer University Professor Robert C. Darnton ’60, who became the library’s director in July, has been “very supportive of the project and very involved.” Jan Merrill-Oldham, the Malloy-Rabinowitz preservation librarian, said she is excited by the implications of a universal library accessible to all with a computer and an Internet connection. Online availability of library collections has the potential to increase exposure for thousands of little-known books that might have been lost to time, Merill-Oldham said. She added that...

Author: By Lingbo Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scanned Books Lure Users | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...unauthorized library book through it? Does he realize that you can’t fit many stolen goods under a calculator face? A rebellious spirit infused the air as students distributed pieces of paper encouraging inconvenienced peers to complain to Heather E. Cole, Lamont’s Head Librarian. Even the powerful weighed in on the scene, as UC Vice President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 expressed his hope that “we can all resolve the lines.” Fasci, on the other hand, who has only been on the job for a few weeks...

Author: By Daniel E. Herz-roiphe | Title: Fasci-ism at Lamont | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

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