Libraries
Hidden in Plain View: History's Mark on Harvard Buildings
Many of Harvard's most interesting architectural oddities can be seen right out in the open.
Digital Library Nearly Online
The Digital Public Library of America, an initiative spearheaded by Harvard faculty members, is making fast progress toward developing a fully operational online database of existing digitized works by April 2013.
Library Reforms Move Forward
The directors of HUL's new system of “affinity groups” will be selected following a 45-day review period during which faculty may offer suggestions for modifications to the system.
Panel Discusses Future of Harvard Library System
A panel of Harvard affiliates fielded questions about the reorganization and shared their ideas for the libraries’ future at a forum in Sanders Theater yesterday.
Garber Prioritizes Library Reform
Having joined Harvard only a few months ago, Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 called reforming the Harvard University Library system his “number one” priority at Tuesday’s meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
University Revises Library Structure
The Harvard University Library will restructure the organization of its 73 libraries, according to an announcement by Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 on Wednesday.
Harvard Tours: A Reality Check
Some of the information on those tours is highly embellished or just plain incorrect.
Oscar Handlin, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Harvard Historian, Dies at 95
During a career that spanned well over 50 years, Handlin earned a reputation as one of the most influential historians in the United States.
Rudenstine Made NY Library Chair
Former Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine was elected chairman of the board of the New York Public Library on Wednesday, effective immediately.
Lib. Acquires New Property
Harvard has expanded the resources for the Dumbarton Oaks research library with the purchase of a property in Washington, D.C., that will eventually house the institute’s research fellows.