The Harvard Library system consists of about 73 libraries, with over 18 million volumes. It is the oldest library system in the United States and the largest university library and the largest private library system in the world. Based on the number of items held (including music scores, maps, prints, recordings, etc.), it is the fifth largest library in the United States; only by volume (generally books), this is the third largest, after the Library of Congress and the Boston Public Library.
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History
The Harvard library system grew from an inheritance in 1638 by John Harvard of 400 books.
The location of the library changes over time. Originally at the Old College building. In 1676, the library was moved to Harvard Hall, where it remained until the building burned down during a fire in 1764. The 1764 fire destroyed the entire collection. Soon after, Harvard Hall was newly built and 15,000 books were collected to create a new library. Over time space was limited to Harvard Hall, and the library was moved to Gore Hall in 1841. Finally, Gore Hall no longer fits and books were moved elsewhere in 1912. Around this time, the library spread to more than one building. Some libraries are devoted to special topics.
Over the next century the library grew to become the largest in America, but on January 24, 1764, a major fire destroyed almost all of Harvard's books and scientific instruments. All the books in the library at the time of the fire were completely burned. The books that had been lent when the fire occurred were the only part of the remaining collection. Books and donations are offered by friends from colleges to replace their collections. An eccentric British Thomas Hollis V from Lincoln's Inn, London, (the great nephew of one of the University's early donors), began sending thousands of special volumes selected to the University Library. Hollis continued to send books regularly until his death in 1774 and he also left  £ 500 for funds to continue buying books. This became the first book fund sponsored by Harvard, and is still actively improving the collection every year. The online catalog of the Harvard Library, HOLLIS (bacronym for H arvard O n- L ine L ibrary My nformation S ystem "), named after it.
Several books have been digitized in the Google Books Library Project, which started as a project developed with leadership and supervision by former Director Sidney Verba.
On August 1, 2012, the new Harvard Library organization began operations, designed to improve the fragmented system of 73 libraries at Harvard School with one that promotes University collaboration. Functions that occur in all libraries - Access Services, Technical Services, and Conservation Services - are unified to allow for greater focus on the needs of the user community. The new structure was developed from the recommendation of the Task Force at the University Library and Working Group on Library Implementation.
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Organizational structure
The Harvard Library is the official name for an administrative entity within the University's administrative center that has responsibility for central library services and policies. In August 2013, Sarah Thomas is the current vice president for Harvard Libraries and Roy E. Larsen Librarian of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The Harvard Library consists of:
- The Access service connects the academic community to various library resources.
- Information and Technical Services are responsible for obtaining, licensing, and providing access to real and online collections in all formats.
- Conservation, Conservation and Digital Imaging Services are committed to ensuring that library materials remain safe and useful for contemporary and future scholars by preserving materials, digitizing collections, preserving library content in digital format and providing strong educational and outreach programs.
- The Harvard University archive is the University's institutional archive. It oversees the University's permanent records, collects manuscripts, papers, and historical materials related to Harvard, and oversees archival management at the University.
- Finance supports the Library by providing accurate information that assists decision-making, maintains the integrity of the financial system and completes financial transactions.
- Program Management ensures that potential projects and approved projects are managed in a manner that is deemed, predictable and transparent.
- The Office for Academic Communications provides open access to works of scholarships produced by the Harvard community.
Government
Library Visit Committee
Members of the Visit Committee are Harvard experts and alumni appointed by the Corporation. The Committee oversees the strategy and administration of the Harvard Library on behalf of the Supervisor. The biennial visits and regular updates by the Provost Office provide an opportunity for members of the Visit Committee to understand and advise on the progress of the Harvard Library.
Board Board
The Library Board is in charge of reviewing the Harvard Library strategic plan and assessing its progress in meeting the plan, reviewing the policies and standards of the entire system and overseeing the progress of the central service. Provost leads the Library Council (founded in December 2010) and the Provost Office is responsible for overseeing the Harvard Library. The Harvard Library Board consists of six permanent members and five rotating members who each serve three years, with their initial term reeling. The permanent members are provost, University Professor Carl H. Pforzheimer and the deans or designers of the following Schools: Faculty of Arts and Science, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Medical School.
Rotating members consist of three full-time faculty members, as well as deans or designers from Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Design Schools, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Education Graduate School, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science and Radcliffe Institute.
Faculty Advisory Committee
The establishment of the Advisory Board of Harvard Library Faculty in 2011 brings together faculty from all universities. The Council advises the Library Board and both groups meet twice a year. Robert Darnton, Professor Pforzheimer, is chairman and James Engell, Gurney Professor of English Literature, is vice chairman.
Library Board on Student Experience
Established in 2012, the Library Board on Student Experience is a joint council of librarians and students from across the University who identify and work together on the University's priorities identified by the Council to enhance the student library experience. The council is co-chaired by a librarian appointed by the vice president for the Harvard Library and by a student chosen from a member of the OSIS. Students and librarians are nominated by the School library director and selected by the Provost Office. Other members include representatives of the Tell Us project, the Berkman Institute and the Harvard Shared Services Library. Requirement for two academic years. The Board makes recommendations to and is supported by the vice president for the Harvard Library.
Team Leadership Library
The Harvard Library Leadership Team is responsible for planning, prioritizing, and implementing a shared Library initiative. The team works with the vice president for the Harvard Library to develop and implement a broad-based Library strategy and policy approved by the Council. Working closely with the Library IT Steering Committee, it prioritizes new technology initiatives. Working closely with the Innovation Working Group prioritizes innovation for improvement. Headed by the vice president for Harvard Libraries, the Team includes library directors from ten schools and Radcliffe Institute, head of Affinity Group, director of Library Technology Services (HUIT) management, Academic Communication Office, Harvard Library sharing services head, HL chief financial officer, library communications director Harvard and the senior program manager of the Harvard Library.
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The list includes the Harvard College library, the Library of the Arts and Science Faculty, and other Harvard faculty libraries. In addition, Harvard University has a large number of specialized libraries, home libraries and affiliated libraries.
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See also
- Google Books Library Project
- Dataverse
- Boston Medical Library
- List of online image archives
References
Further reading
- "Library History." At Harvard University Library: Descriptive and Historical Records, fourth edition, 12-35. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1934.
- Carpenter, Kenneth E. First Year 350 Harvard University Library: Description of Exhibition. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1986.
- Bond, W. H. and Hugh Amory, eds. Catalog Printed from Harvard University Library, 1723-1790. Boston: The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, 1996.
- Kraus, J. W. (1961). Harvard Undergraduate Library of 1773. College & amp; Research Library, 22 (4), 247-252.
- Olsen, M., & amp; Harvey, L. G. (1993). Reading in the revolutionary period: loan book from Harvard College Library, 1773-1782. Harvard Library Bulletin, 4, 57-72.
External links
- Official website
- HOLLIS Catalog
- Journal of Library History , vol. 22, no. 3 (Summer 1987): 338-341.
- Harvard University Library: Records of library filling, 1762-1897
- Initial Catalog and Garbage List from Harvard College Library, 1723-1822: inventory
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