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According to Pforzheimer University Professor Sid Verba ’53, who is the director of the Harvard University Library (HUL), the partnership with Google marks an unprecedented step in making Harvard’s books accessible to the public...
There was a trial period from December to May in which Harvard provided Google with a random sampling of books which were then scanned on premises because Verba said he was concerned with keeping the collections available to the current Harvard community and avoiding book damage...
Looking beyond the current state of measured reconciliation between the president and the Faculty, other measures can be taken to ensure future peace. When Faculty antipathy toward Summers was highest, Skocpol, former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, and Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53 offered to form a committee to serve as an intermediary between the president and the Faculty. Unfortunately, the idea was shot down, since many of the Faculty claimed no knowledge of the plan. While not effective as presented, the idea of an intermediary is a positive one. Though Dean...
Although the committee—comprised of Skocpol, former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, and Pforzheimer University Professor Sid Verba ’53—was rejected by the majority of the Faculty for being “undemocratic and prearranged,” Skocpol says professors did not listen to a full explanation...
...other two members of the task force, former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles and Pforzheimer University Professor Sidney Verba ’53, could not be reached for comment yesterday...