Word: preservationism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The loss in aid would mean "drastic" cutbacks in services such as microfilming and book preservation, said Sally Williams, budget and planning officer for the Harvard libraries.
"We would have to severely decrease what we have available in our preservation collection. Without the aid, the books are likely to rot away before we will be able to preserve them," he explained.
Like Houghton, the Kress Library is humidity controlled with special temperature gauges for the preservation of the Business School's rare books. Like Houghton, this library is one of the world's most famous, although it is seldom appreciated, and security is tight at Kress as well.
Following last year's preservation of on-campus storage privileges with a study which showed how the College could simultaneously store student belongings and renovate five dorms, the council has participated in similar College debates on the intellectual life of the Houses, student-faculty contact, the Core Curriculum, and expanded...
One possible source of aid is the national Society for Historical Preservation, which Sullivan said has an "emergency resource fund" and might be willing to provide seed money for the project.