Word: metcalfe
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...From a technician's point of view, Dr. Metcalf's revisions may be excellent, but scholars will find research easier if the changes are not made...
...Metcalf suggests that the University combine the two catalogues on the first floor, thus permitting 2,000,000 duplicate cards to be thrown away. The Library would build a new charging desk and stack entrance there--"in the middle of the ten stack levels, replacing the present main entrance which is on the eighth level...
According to Metcalf, the leading reason for the saving will be the elimination of the yearly duplication of over 80,000 cards...
Opponents of Metcalf dispute him at every point. They say that he has overestimated the annual savings from a merger and underestimated the cost of the consolidation...
...conclusion, Metcalf's critics note that Widener is more a research library than a circulation one. "A few extra steps to withdraw books is not serious. Living up to the spirit of Dr. Metcalf's revisions, it might be best to put the charging desk just inside the basement door, a few feet from Massachusetts Avenue...