Featured series 
Tag: Library
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Nation & World
Walking with my baby; an eclectic ‘MixTape’; and taking people back to the ballgame
Stories from Harvard faculty, students, and staff about work and life in the pandemic.
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Harvard HUBweek programs return
This October, Harvard hosts events during the third annual HUBweek festival.
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Beauty inside and out
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The rich legacy of Dumbarton Oaks exists as much in its spectacular gardens as in the pages of the rare books kept inside the historic home. The…
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Where books (and more) go to wait
The massive, complex Harvard Depository provides almost instant access to vast stores of knowledge.
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Of books, trees, and knowledge
In the Hunnewell Building is the Arnold Arboretum Horticultural Library, whose books, papers, and photographs ― stored near living collections of many of the same plants they describe ― draw scholars from around the world.
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Recognizing outstanding staff
Fifty-seven FAS employees were honored at the fourth annual Dean’s Distinction awards ceremony and reception, held March 6 in the Faculty Room of University Hall.
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Treasures hiding in plain sight
A program at Widener Library rescues vulnerable holdings from its 65 miles of shelves by linking alert students with Harvard authorities on conservation and digitization.
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$100K dedicated to community support
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and Harvard Drew President Faust celebrate the fourth round of Harvard Allston Partnership Fund grants that have infused $400,000 into 19 nonprofits.
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Update on the Library transition
Provost Alan Garber shares how a new organizational design and strategic direction, recently recommended by the Library Board, will position the Harvard Library to respond to the evolving expectations of the 21st century scholar.
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Helping scholars find library nooks
Ask any graduate student: Sometimes the right work ethic depends on snaring the perfect study space. Ann-Marie Costa, along with a team of Widener Library and Berkman Center staff, developed an online solution that simplified the process of booking carrels.
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Harvard launches city lecture series
Harvard is launching a lecture and program series in the Boston and Cambridge public libraries. President Drew Faust will give the inaugural address of the new John Harvard Book Celebration on Jan. 10.
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Library access from afar
Harvard launched the library module of its mobile app, offering access to the world’s largest university research library from virtually anywhere.
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Harvard joins in support for open-access publication
Five of the nation’s premier institutions of higher learning — Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley—announced their joint commitment to a compact for open-access publication.
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Up Close, part 2
In the fast pace of our daily lives we may overlook the details which, collectively, create a stunning backdrop for all that happens within the University. Hundreds of historic volumes stand as individual works of art inside the Houghton and Widener Libraries.
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Building a happy ending
Harvard Graduate School of Design students unite to help Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood bring back a local library that was demolished 50 years ago to make way for Boston’s Central Artery.
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Harvard’s DASH for open access
Harvard took a DASH toward opening access to its scholarship. DASH — Digital Access to Scholarship — is an open-access repository of scholarly works administered by the University Library.
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New Library Park in Allston will be quiet, green, tree-filled learning space
Last week (July 8), Harvard University planners presented preliminary designs to residents of Allston for the new 1.74-acre public park to be constructed behind the Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library on North Harvard Street.