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HARVARD LIBRARY

HARVARD LIBRARY. Lauren Balliet. The Basics. Library system of Harvard University , Cambridge, MA Founded in 1638 Over 16 million items System of more than 70 libraries (or 90, depending who’s counting ) HOLLIS online catalog Limited access. The Basics.

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HARVARD LIBRARY

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  1. HARVARD LIBRARY Lauren Balliet

  2. The Basics • Library system of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA • Founded in 1638 • Over 16 million items • System of more than 70 libraries (or 90, dependingwho’scounting) • HOLLIS online catalog • Limited access

  3. The Basics • Oldestlibrary system in the US • Second largestacademiclibrary in the US • Largestprivatelibrary system in the world • Some of the largestspecializedlibraries in the world

  4. So how manylibraries? • Harvard College Library • Harvard University Library: • Office for Information Systems • Weissman Preservation Center • Harvard Depository • Harvard University Archives • Office for Scholarly Communication • http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/listings_alpha.html

  5. Birth of the Harvard Library • John Harvard and the college in New Towne • 400 volumes of about 329 titles • First catalog in 1723

  6. Near-Death of the Harvard Library • Library burns in 1764 • Gifts fromindividuals revive the collection • Especially Thomas Hollis V • Harvard’s first book fund

  7. ContinuedGrowth • Cataloguing continues • Library as selling point for Harvard Law • The collections expand in scope • Librarians (attempt to) professionalize

  8. Under Harris and Sibley • Thaddeus Harris: 1831-1856 • Annual reports and cardcatalog • Oversees move to separate building • John Langdon Sibley: 1856-1877

  9. Into the 20th Century • Speciallibrariesbegin to break off • Attempts to centralize • WidenerMemorial Library • Changes for the librarians

  10. RecentDirectors • Sidney Verba (1984-2007) • Digitization and becoming the model for modern libraries • Google Books project • Robert Darnton (2007 to present)

  11. Widener Library

  12. Widener Library

  13. Widener Library • Named after Harry Elkins Widener • Founded 1915 • Holds 3.5 million books • Major renovation between 1999-2004 costing $97 million

  14. Widener Library: Collections • American / English language • East, South, Southeast Asian • Western European • Latin American, Spanish, Portuguese • Middle Eastern • Modern Greek • Slavic • Sub-Saharan African • Microfilmed Newspapers • Electronic Journals

  15. Houghton Library

  16. Houghton Library • Opened in 1942 to meet the preservation needs of rare books • First American library to construct separate facility for housing and study for rare books and manuscripts

  17. Houghton Library: Collections • Early books and manuscripts • Early modern books and manuscripts • Modern books and manuscripts • Printing and graphic arts • Harvard Theatre Collection • Theodore Roosevelt collection • Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Collection (http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/exhibits/widener/)

  18. HCL’sOtherLibraries • Cabot Science Library • Fine Arts Library • Fung Library • Harvard Film Archives • Harvard Map Collection

  19. HCL’sOtherLibraries • Woodberry Poetry Room • Tozzer Library • Loeb Music Library • Lamont Library • Harvard-Yenching Library

  20. Some HUL libraries • Gutman Library • Andover-Harvard Theological Library • Harvard Law School Library

  21. http://lib.harvard.edu/

  22. Resources • http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~gra00030 • http://www.sargentmurals.bpl.org/site/index.html • http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1998/06.04/CountingLibrari.html • http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/ • http://lib.harvard.edu/ • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Library • Carpenter, Kenneth E. The First 350 Years of the HaravardUniversity Library: Description of an Exhibition. Cambridge: Harvard, 1986. • Murray, Stuart P. The Library; An IllustratedHistory. Chicago; SkyhorsePublishing, 2009.

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