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...result of a tour of the House libraries taken by Reynolds and Lamont Librarian Phillip J. McNiff, officials are no longer saying "no" categorically when pressed to extend Lamont hours during exam period. They now are willing to "approach the problem from a rational viewpoint and counter our arguments," Reynolds said...
Reynolds has been able to point out to McNiff that House libraries are inadequate for late exam period studying. During the coming few weeks McNiff and Reynolds will present their findings to the Faculty Library Committee, which will attempt a solution of the problem...
...tour of the House system with McNiff has showed that there is a "maximum practical capacity, in the House libraries beyond which the efficiency of students working is inversely proportional to the number present." The total maximum capacity of the House libraries is below the demand for study-space caused at 10 p.m. by the closing of Lamont, according to figures taken last year...
...McNiff has estimated that Lamont will cost $20 an hour to keep open after normal closing time in comparison to an estimated $5 an hour to keep the House library system open. But says Reynolds, this assumes that the Houses should adequately take care of the students who use Lamont without additional improvements. Actually, he continued, an average of 300 study late in Lamont at exam time, a figure too large for House libraries to handle. The lighting, in particular at Adams and Wintrhop, is especially poor...
...present, McNiff and College Librarian Keyes D. Metcalf are seeking possible alternative solutions. Their ultimate decision will be subject to approval by an 11-man Faculty Library Committee and then by Dean Bundy, who controls the purse strings...