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...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??s agenda, and it must remain a central goal. In recent years, the process of searching Harvard’s resources has improved tremendously, and HOLLIS—HUL’s online collection search tool—has grown into an indispensable aid. Unfortunately, the resources contained...
...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...
...requires considerably more attention than that. Verba??s successor must coordinate with librarians across Harvard’s many schools and departments as well as with the University’s central administration—what Verba describes as a “political job” that also combines management and scholarship...
...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...
...He’s very genial, everybody likes him,” said Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, who was Verba??s Leverett House entryway mate during their College years. “He’s a jokester, that’s another reason why everybody likes...