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It's a known fact--books are crumbling on the shelves all over Harvard, and the University doesn't have the money to save them. Library officials estimate that approximately one-third of the 10.5 million volumes in the University Library system are currently deteriorating. Officials says it will cost...
At Langdell Library in the Law School, more than a half-million volumes are crumbling. At Countway Library in the Medical School, more than 150,000 books are falling to pieces. At Gutman Library in the Graduate School of Education, 50,000 books are turning to dust on the shelves...
Despite the fact that it is housed in a new building, Gutman Library at the Graduate School of Education has the same problems, says John W. Collins, head librarian at Gutman. One-third of the 150,000 volumes in their collection are deteriorating, he says. Among those volumes crumbling on...
Balson has a publishing agent in New York and says he hopes to have his book "on the shelves" when he graduates.
Many students questioned why Harvard sent a report to every single student, instead of just to every suite. "Those who are interested don't need their personal copy," said Stuart M. Semmel '88 of Lowell House. "I'm sure that a lot of people are letting the reports languish on...