Harvard university library
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Harvard university library
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Harvard university library
Harvard University Library (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Harvard University Library (Cambridge, Mass.)
Harvard University. Library.
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Harvard University. Library.
Harvard University. Library
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Harvard University. Library
Harvard University Bibliothek Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung SWD
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Harvard University Bibliothek Ehemalige Vorzugsbenennung SWD
Harvard University John Harvard Library
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Harvard University John Harvard Library
Widener Library.
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Widener Library.
John Harvard Library
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John Harvard Library
Widener Memorial Library
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Widener Memorial Library
Harvard University Harvard Library
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Harvard University Harvard Library
Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.
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Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library.
Widener Library (Cambridge, Mass.)
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Widener Library (Cambridge, Mass.)
Harvard Library.
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Harvard Library.
Harvard University Universitätsbibliothek
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Harvard University Universitätsbibliothek
Widener Library, Harvard University
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Widener Library, Harvard University
Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.). Library
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Harvard University (Cambridge, Mass.). Library
Harvard university. Widener Library
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Biographical History
The University Library consists of all the collections of books in the possession of the University. It originated in 1638 with books left to the college by John Harvard. The library system currently consists of over 100 separate facilities, ranging from very small specialized collections to Widener Library, with its 5 million volumes. Each of the faculties within the University maintains one or more libraries serving its special constituency. The largest unit is the Harvard College Library (including Widener) which consists of the libraries of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Through various organizational arrangements, an attempt has been made over the years to coordinate the operations of the many libraries in the University. At certain times, the director of the library has also been head of the College Library. In 1979, the office of the director of the University Library was distinctively separated from the duties of the College Library.
Metcalf was Director of Harvard University Library.
The first library catalogs at Harvard were in book form. In the 1870's, Harvard began to adopt a new technology for library catalogs, the card catalog. Harvard's On-line Integrated Library System (HOLLIS) began to replace the card catalogs in the 1980's. Following the establishment of HOLLIS, a project of retrospective conversion or "recon," created electronic bibliographic records from older catalog cards, and thus created a single, union catalog for all the libraries of Harvard University; retrospective conversion for cards using western alphabets was completed in 1998.
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https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79027106
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n79027106
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Academic libraries
Academic libraries
Archive automation
Book collecting
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Universities and colleges
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Massachusetts--Cambridge
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United States
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