Word: metcalfe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Keyes DeW. Metcalf, director of the University libraries, said that the library staff will attempt to provide complete service...
...have the best non-specialized installations in the University. These were installed as pilot-models for Lamont; the new library will use slim-line fluorescent tubing which turns out 20 foot-candles and can be stepped up if required, at no greater operating cost than ordinary fixtures. Keyes DeW. Metcalf, library director, spent three years shopping around and employed a bunch of lighting consultants before deciding on the arrangement. The rest of the University would do well to follow his example. For inadequate lighting is one of the most serious weaknesses in Harvard's facilities...
...Metcalf asked the Council to appoint a committee that could help him decide several procedural matters. Lamont has a small auditorium seating 150, the Forum Room, which will be available for certain types of meetings. But Metcalf has not decided what rules should apply to the auditorium so that there will be no excess noise to those working in the Reading Room. Such rules will be worked out by the committee...
...sound movie may be produced to teach students how to use Lamont, Metcalf revealed, adding that the English A tours of Widener are "not too effective...
...order to ease pressure on students who have to return reserve books by 9 a.m., Metcalf said that arrangements can be made whereby books are left at the House janitor's office, and for a slight fee returned to the library by 9 a.m. the next morning...