Word: librarian
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...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...
Both Hibner and Kelly said they have been surprised by the fanfare - including links from several librarian websites and from the popular blog Boing Boing - their site has generated since starting in April. "It was just our nerdy project; we had a hard time getting our husbands to look at the thing," Kelly says. They field frequent requests to purchase the books highlighted on the site, although in true library fashion, they aren't for sale...
...faces that challenged the layoffs in 2004 have reappeared today as well. Geoff P. Carens, an HCL librarian vocally opposed to any kind of layoffs, organized rallies for the Campaign then as now, while Jaeger and other HUCTW leaders said in both instances that their focus is on negotiating with the University to find creative layoff alternatives...
Harvard College Library has eliminated over 20 staff positions and cut hours for several other employees as part of the University-wide layoffs announced this past week, according to an e-mail sent to staff by HCL's head librarian Nancy M. Cline.An "all-staff" meeting will be held later this summer to "outline some of the plans for rebuilding HCL" in the wake of the recent reductions, according to Cline's e-mail. She also wrote that associate librarians will visit units in HCL in coming weeks to meet and discuss the changes with staff.A part of the Faculty...
Geoff Carens, a Harvard librarian and a member of the Harvard Union for Clerical and Technical Workers, used a loudspeaker to lead the protestors in chants that included "The people, united, will never be defeated" and "They say cutback, we say fightback; They say lay off, we say back...