Word: systemization
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Hodgson has overseen the expansion of the Loeb Library's collections and the modernization of its services over the last few decades One of the most significant changes has been the implementation of the Harvard On-Line Library Information System (HOLLIS) computer cataloging system, he said...
Hodgson said, however, that the library encountered some resistence in installing the HOLLIS system. "It is a very difficult task to integrate HOLLIS into a large and tradition bound institution like Harvard...
Hodgson said that the new computer system represents an important improvement in the library's services...
...proponents of maximum diversity and full randomization believe that the current system "breeds intolerance and fear and sometimes even loathing," then why don't they call for next fall's randomization of every Harvard student--not just first-years? Or what about randomized rooming groups? These bold and obviously unpopular proposals seem consistent with the editors' desire for a homogenized housing system...
Furthermore, there is no evidence that full randomization would have favorable results. One needs only to examine Yale's sorry system of boring, lifeless residential colleges. There is something to be said for the distinct character of Harvard's houses...