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.

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Scanned pages are compared with original pages and post-processed to match the original as closely as possible.

Book Digitization

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Glass laid over the book pages keeps them flat.

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A technician arranges the pages to be scanned.

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Technicians use a weighted chain to maintain the distance between the camera and the page being digitized.

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A technician for Harvard College Library's Imaging Services scans a book in the basement of Widener.

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Imaging Services digitizes a wide variety of materials, including this letter signed by Booker T. Washington.

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The Digital Public Library of America hopes to digitize the vast troves held by Harvard's libraries.

Digitizing Knowledge

The DPLA, its leaders say, will place the resources of top research libraries in the world in the pocket of every American.

How Busy Is Lamont?

As each semester draws to a close, crowds descend on Lamont Library. Students camp out at wooden tables and in armchairs, slowly transforming into the bleary-eyed and smelly beast known as the Lamonster.

Stanford Professor Alan M. Garber ’76 Selected as Next Provost

Alan M. Garber ’76, a Stanford professor of medicine and economics, has been selected as the next University Provost, replacing Steven E. Hyman.

Author Demystifies Process Surrounding Nobel Prize

Swedish author Kjell E. Espmark heaped praise on American writers, saying that the awarding of the prize to William Faulkner was “one of the best decisions” the committee has ever made.

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