Word: verboten
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...more efficient administration of the library. It is inconvenient enough to be obliged to wait for books during the hours that the library is open, without being hampered by the further stringent regulations in force at Fogg. There one finds the use of books outside the Reading Room verboten. In the case of volumes of prints, some slight cause exists in the possibility of damage in transit; but for ordinary textbooks there is no reason for not having the same opportunity of taking books to one's room as in the other departments of the Library...
...experiment. The Reading Period, it has been said, depend for a fair trial upon the co-operation of Library and student. The Library's assistance has been wholehearted and complete, that of the student deserves no impairment at the hands of the thoughtless. No one would wish a permanent "verboten" to be hung on communication in the Reading Room, but it would be not unagreeable if a tacit agreement of this nature should be in control for this month, at least. It is an unflattering paradox to the excellent co-operation of the Library during the Reading Period that within...