Word: preservationism
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Building inspectors soon arrived in droves, finding code violations on almost every shelf. Choi, no chump, halted his renovation plans, complied with each building ordinance and applied to the city landmarks preservation commission for permission to keep his new awning. Then the underdog syndrome took over. While Choi started getting...
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...