Harvard Librarians - Andrews Norton, Bartol Brinkler, Charles Ammi Cutter, Charles Wendell David, Edward Holyoke, Fred Kilgour, Heda Margol (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Andrews Norton, Bartol Brinkler, Charles Ammi Cutter, Charles Wendell David, Edward Holyoke, Fred Kilgour, Heda Margolius Kovaly, Jean Lisette Aroeste, John Hancock, Jr., John Langdon Sibley, Joseph Cogswell, Justin Winsor, Keyes Metcalf, Mather Byles (loyalist), Nino Pirrotta, Philip Reese Uhler, Robert Darnton, Sarah Thomas (librarian), Sidney Verba, Sidney Willard, Solomon Stoddard, Thaddeus Mason Harris, Thaddeus William Harris, Theodora Kimball Hubbard, William Allen (biographer). Excerpt: Sidney Verba (born 26 May 1932, New York) is an American political scientist, librarian and library administrator. His academic interests are mainly American and comparative politics. He was the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard University. He also served Harvard as the director of the Harvard University Library from 1984 to 2007. As he gave notice of his intention to retire in 2006, Verba observed: "Academics are the only people I can think of for whom this sentence makes sense: 'I'm hoping to get some time off so that I can get some work done.'" As a member of the Harvard faculty, Verba's contributions to the life of the scholarly community extend beyond the realm of his academic discipline or his administrative title. For example, even though he "retired" in 2007, he continued to chair a University Committee on Calendar Reform which had begun its work in 2003. This committee was composed of students (undergraduate and graduate) and faculty members drawn from across the University's Schools and Faculties. In 2008, the Committee's efforts reached fruition as Harvard President Drew Faust announced the adoption of a coordinated academic calendar that synchronizes the academic schedules of Harvard's 13 Schools. Verba's committee managed to preserve the traditional eight-day reading periods for...