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This system of scattered collections necessarily has many disadvantages, but they are increased by lack of proper advertising, and because there is no uniformity in membership requirement for the libraries or in the hours during which they remain open. The deplorable congestion at Gore Hall might be largely relieved if the full resources of the subsidiary libraries were available and made a matter of general knowledge to the undergraduates. At present there are various requirements for membership in these libraries. For example, in some cases, special applications signed by department officers are necessary; and the hours at which the subsidiary...
...more centralized administration involving more advertisement and as much uniformity as is practicable in the matter of hours and membership requirements, the usefulness of these subsidiary libraries would be greatly increased, and the already overtaxed resources of Gore Hall proportionately relieved...
...been a change in the policy of the Library, and that we "have decided to buy only one copy of each new work." This is by no means the case. For instance, we have eight copies of Callender's "Economic History of the United States," lately published, three in Gore Hall and five in Harvard Hall; and we try, particularly by means of the large duplicate collection in Harvard Hall, to keep fairly abreast with the demand in the large courses. On the other hand, there are certain books which men are expected to buy for themselves and which...
...Reading Room that the demand for any book is seldom much in excess of the supply, except during the thirty-six hours before work has to be handed in or reported on. If men would be a little more forehanded with their work, or would remember that when the Gore Hall copy of a work cannot be had, copies can often be found in Harvard Hall or in one of the other special libraries, the difficulty of supply would be much diminished...
...this fact, and even if Harvard Hall is included, we still maintain that not enough books are provided. In this connection we would suggest that, when additional copies are to be found in the Harvard Hall Library, a notice to this effect be posted on the "reserved shelves" in Gore Hall where the books in question are kept; and, furthermore, that all instructors should announce when they give out reading where the required books may be found...