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...director of the Harvard University Libraries (HUL) for the past 20 years. Over the course of his tenure, Verba has shown a remarkable commitment to keep HUL on the technological edge of library science. But in light of his upcoming retirement from the post, it is imperative that his successor continue the projects he has left unfinished and forge ahead with new initiatives that will keep Harvard’s library system at the forefront of academia well into the future. Increasing the ease of accessing Harvard’s formidable collections has always been at the forefront of Verba?...
Director of Athletics Bob Scalise said in a statement that the hunt for a successor will begin immediately...
...University Hall’s Faculty Room yesterday, members of Harvard’s top brass reflected on the appropriate qualities for Verba’s successor and the future of the position itself...
...director will have to maintain and preserve Harvard’s collections, the oldest in North America. Verba’s successor will also need to negotiate the library’s budgetary concerns as well as forge better links between the various individual libraries and streamline how they manage their holdings and acquisitions...
...Franks' successor, John Abizaid, is by all accounts a fine Army officer, but one who spent years stressing the need for a "light footprint" inside Iraq that dragged out the death and dying on both sides. He'll retire soon to praise and pension. And General George Casey, Abizaid's underling and overall commander inside Iraq for the past 30 months, has just won promotion to Army chief of staff...