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...Sidney Verba ’53 has joked that prior to becoming Harvard’s chief librarian, he thought of libraries like he thought of supermarkets—he knew he needed what was on the shelves but had no idea how it got there. The same cannot be said of his successor, Robert C. Darnton ’60, whose prior expertise in the study of books field is a rare asset for a professor starting his term as director of the University Library.With volumes including “The Literary Underground of the Old Regime?...
...Darnton will replace long-time library director Sidney Verba ’53 on July 1 and assume Verba’s post as the Pforzheimer University professor. Verba announced his intention to retire in September after leading the University Library for 23 years. The university librarian position is traditionally held by a senior faculty member at Harvard...
Darnton will replace long-time library director Sidney Verba '53 on July 1 and assume Verba's post as the Pforzheimer University Professor. Verba announced his intention to retire in September after directing the University's 90 libraries for 23 years...
Bok’s message signaled the resurrection of a debate that led to a 2004 report from a University-wide committee chaired by Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53. The committee recommended coordinating the calendars across all of the University’s schools and completing the fall semester before winter break...
...many of you know, in 2003-04, the issue of calendar reform was considered by a University-wide committee chaired by Professor Sidney Verba that included representatives from each of the Harvard Faculties. In charging the committee, the president, provost, and deans affirmed their desire to move toward a set of calendar guidelines that would place Harvard's Schools on a more uniform academic schedule and enable students and faculty members to cross Harvard's internal borders with greater ease. After carefully analyzing and weighing the potential benefits and complexities of calendar reform, the committee produced a detailed report proposing...