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...believe we have identified the person,” said Peter Kosewski, director of communications for the Harvard University Library. Kosewski said the library??s Office of Information Services notified the user of the violations...
...access as it goes according to the current formulas, but openness in general so that Harvard, which has these great intellectual riches, can share the wealth with the rest of the world,” says Darnton. But Darnton—new this year as director of the University Library??also sees much room for improvement with the current information systems. “Why can’t all dissertations be made fully accessible online? Why can’t we have lecture notes, and reserved reading, and course packs, and all kinds of what?...
...University Library??s new director called on his staff yesterday to embrace the Internet and harness it for the “diffusion of scholarship.” Robert C. Darnton ’60, who studies the history of books and taught at Princeton before coming to Harvard this year, emphasized that libraries are not “warehouses of printed paper,” but “dynamic cultural centers.” “We need to...shape the scholarly landscape in flux, and make it happen for the public good...
...students said the College’s response to the sudden cold weather could have been quicker. Leverett House resident Jessica G. Ranucci ’10 said that she avoids her room because of the cold. “It’s not so bad because the library??s always open, but it gets frustrating,” she said. “My roommate’s been studying in the laundry room.” Students from warmer climates were also caught unprepared for the cold. “I rub my hands together...
...tens of thousands, but Flecker said that many library users do not know about their availability. “We have not done very much outreach,” he 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...