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YEAR 2012 STORIES
09/12/12 Open House Introduces Freshmen to Harvard's Libraries
08/21/12 HCL Welcomes Freshmen with Annual Open House
06/04/12 Middle Eastern Division Receives Gift
05/07/12 Student Bibliophiles Recognized
04/11/12 Lamont Open 24/7 for Reading Period and Exams
03/02/12 Junior Parents Gather at Widener
02/29/12 Dean’s Distinction Awards Honor HCL’s Hussein, Kornilowicz, and Sheridan
02/23/12 Rethinking Tozzer Space

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YEAR 2011 STORIES
12/30/11 Film Archive Steals the Show
12/13/11 2011 HCL Holiday Party
12/08/11 Tudesco, Miller Honored with Ishimoto Award
12/1/11 Harvard-Yenching's 2011 Holiday Cards
11/16 /11 HCL Names Excellence in Service Award Winners
10/17/11 ACT UP Archive Goes to Harvard
10/04/11 HCL Takes Part in Harvard's 375th
09/19/11 HCL Green Efforts on Track
09/01/11 Freshman Open House 2011
08/29/11 Grad Students Pack Library Sessions
08/10/11 Freshman Open House: Come for the Food and Prizes, Stay for the Tours
07/27/11 Award-Winning Video Screened at ALA
07/20/11 Six More HCL Units Go Green
07/15/11 Houghton Explores the Many Sides of Thackeray
07/05/11 Unique Bradstreet Manuscript Preserved
06/30/11 Grant to Honor Jan Merrill-Oldham
06/14/11 QR Codes Reveal Hidden Messages in Maps
06/07/11 Khemraj Completes Administrative Fellowship
05/31/11 Danielson Departs HCL for NYU
05/25/11 Nancy Cline Retires to Accolades
05/19/11 Staff Train for "Wet Book" Rescue
05/17/11 Solti Archive Goes to Harvard’s Loeb Music Library
05/17/11 Open Session Focuses on Research, Teaching and Learning
05/04/11 Best American Picks Harvard Review Selections
04/29/11 Four Recognized with Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize
04/12/11 And the Winners Are...
04/11/11 Learn to Preserve the Treasures in Your Library
04/08/11 Emily Dickinson and the Sublime: A Talk by Professor Helen Vendler
04/07/11 An Interview with Christina Davis
04/01/11 The Art of Going Green
03/31/11 Digitizing Audio for Beginners
03/28/11 A VITAL Tool for Teaching and Learning
03/22/11 Music Treasures Consortium Launched
03/10/11 Sustainability Profile: Tom Lingner
03/08/11 Junior Parents Gather at Widener
02/28/11 Merrill-Oldham Receives Lifetime Achievement Award (Harvard University Library News)
03/03/11 Open Session Focuses on Technical Services Planning
02/25/11 The Woodberry Going Strong at 80
02/25/11 Congratulations to HCL’s Dean's Distinction Awardees!
02/18/11 At the Midterm the System Gets an “A”
02/22/11 Help Fight Cancer with Daffodil Days
02/16/11 Deb Morley Departs for MIT Libraries
02/09/11 Tuned Up Tool for Music Scholars
01/28/11 We Did It!
01/24/11 Fliss Selected 2011-12 ARL Research Library Leadership Fellow
01/20/11 The Bible as a Typographical Challenge
01/18/11 Maps Forge Cohesive National Character
01/14/11 Conservation Work Saves Blackwood Films
01/10/11 Renovation Reuses/Recycles 96%
01/06/11 Technology Speeds Audio Preservation

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YEAR 2010 STORIES
12/20/10 Laura Farwell Blake Accepts I Love My Librarian Award
12/17/10 Scholar Presents Christian Material to Middle Eastern Division
12/14/10 Chinese Official Presents Material to Harvard-Yenching
12/10/10 Libraries Take Part in Digital Humanities Fair
12/08/10 2010 HCL Holiday Party
12/08/10 Harvard-Yenching's 2010 Holiday Cards
12/07/10 Stoklosa Receives Ishimoto Award
12/07/10 Laura Farwell Blake Receives National Award
12/02/10 The Final Push is On!
11/22/10 Human Resource Services Reaches Green Leaf Four
11/19/10 Excellence in Service Award Winners Recognized
11/19/10 Human Resources Hosts Open House
11/10/10 Chinese Delegation Presents Books to Harvard-Yenching
10/26/10 Beatrix Potter’s Letters to Children
10/25/10 Your Student @ Lamont
10/14/10 The Push is On to Green Leaf One
10/12/10 Open Session Focuses on Collection Development Planning
10/08/10 Illuminating the Impacts of Light Pollution
10/06/10 Water Damage Leads to Revelation
10/05/10 Theodore Roosevelt in Cartoon
09/22/10 Letters Shed Light on Missionary Life
09/21/10 A Hollywood Icon at Houghton
09/17/10 Houghton Skips to Green Leaf Four, Tozzer Earns Leaf One
09/07/10 Rev. Badger’s Misfits at Harvard Map Collection
09/03/10 Open House Introduces Freshmen to Harvard's Libraries
09/02/10 Visiting Scholar Finds Collections and Service in Middle Eastern Division
08/27/10 Library a Hit at Dudley Fest
08/26/10 Harvard Map Collection Goes Green
08/19/10 Freshman Open House: Come for the Food and Prizes, Stay for the Library Tours
08/19/10 Houghton Hosts James Conference
08/16/10 Houghton Celebrates William James
08/13/10 Salvaged Papers Shed Light on Blanchot
08/06/10 Librarians Welcome International Grad Students
08/04/10 The Merging of Widener and Lamont Access Services
08/02/10 Houghton Hosts Byron Conference
07/23/10 Hawk Hangs Out at Widener
07/14/10 Big Bins Make People Think Before They Toss
06/23/10 HCL Staff Participate in Yardswap
06/21/10 Collaborative Effort Drives Tech Services Reorg
06/18/10 Durocher Appointed Director of HCL Technical Services
06/16/10 Newspaper Microfilming Project Wraps Up
06/15/10 Miles Finishes Year-Long Administrative Fellowship
06/07/10 Letters Shed New Light on 18th-Century Expedition
05/26/10 Digital Imaging Lab Celebrates 10 Years
05/20/10 Byron’s Early Satire Spurs Houghton Exhibition
05/13/10 Project to Digitize Korean Rare Books Nearly Complete
05/12/10 Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Recognized
05/04/10 Houghton Visiting Fellowships Awarded
04/30/10 Katharine Martinez Departs for The University of Arizona
04/26/10 Bellenoit Recognized with Green Carpet Award
04/21/10 Five Win Hofer Prize for Collecting
04/20/10 Ukrainian Map Collection Now Available to Scholars
04/13/10 Maps with an Attitude
04/07/10 “Fugitive Sparrows” Illuminate Dickinson
04/05/10 HCL and MIT Libraries Strike a Deal for Undergraduates
04/02/10 Houghton Exhibition Studies ‘Books in Books’
03/30/10 Rare Photograph Uncovered in Houghton Collection
03/17/10 Harvard Film Archive Releases Rare Film on DVD
03/15/10 Turnstile Data Highlights Library Use
03/10/10 Junior Parents Gather at Houghton Library
03/02/10 Pickens Digital Collection Enhanced
02/25/10 HCL Operations Receives “Green Leaf” Certification
02/24/10 HCL Hosts J-Term Workshops for Graduate Students
02/22/10 Digital Humanities Fair Highlights Online Resources
02/12/10 Annotated Bibliography Application Launched
02/10/10 Fight Cancer with Daffodil Days
01/26/10 Fine Arts Library Receives LEED Gold Certification
01/22/10 Crimson Cash Gap Closed by Lamont Vending Machine
01/15/10 Houghton Exhibition Examines Margaret Fuller
01/08/10 Anctil Appointed Human Resource Services Director
01/04/10 Loeb Music Preservation Makes Rare Compositions Available

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YEAR 2009 STORIES
12/22/09 Thompson Awarded NEA Fellowship
12/15/09 HCL Lighting Changes Save Energy
12/14/09 Lamont Wraps Up Year-Long Anniversary Celebration
12/11/09 HCL Joint Council Marks 20 Years of Cooperative Work
12/10/09 Bruno, Hierl Receive Ishimoto Award
12/09/09 2009 HCL Holiday Breakfast
12/07/09 Map Collection Exhibition Focuses on Celestial Maps
12/04/09 Harvard-Yenching's 2009 Holiday Greeting Cards Available
12/02/09 Heating and Cooling Changes Save Thousands at HCL
11/30/09 Houghton Exhibition Explores Artistic Evolution
11/24/09 Loeb Music Exhibition Explores Mazepa Myth
11/23/09 Excellence in Service Award Winners Recognized
11/13/09 Water Cooler Changes Save Energy at HCL
11/12/09 Digital Social Sciences Fair Highlights Online Resources
11/10/09 Letters to “Bright Star” on Exhibit at Houghton
11/05/09 Curator’s Tour Highlights Johnson Collection
11/03/09 HCL Staff Team Up to Go Green
11/02/09 Collaborative Learning Space Opens in Lamont
10/29/09 HCL Launches Students Substitute Pool
10/27/09 Religious Identity at Heart of Judaica Student Publication
10/23/09 Freshman Parents, Librarians Meet at Lamont
10/21/09 HCL Hosts New England Chapter of the Music Library Association
10/09/09 Harvard, National Library of China Embark on Digitization Project
10/07/09 Harvard Acquires Updike Archive
10/02/09 Cabot Exhibit Studies Weather Control
10/01/09 Harvard Review Added to HCL’s Online Resources
09/29/09 HCL Reaches Incoming Freshmen on Facebook
09/16/09 HCL Plumbing Projects Conserve Water
09/10/09 “Ask Us Live:” The Fastest Way to Reach a Librarian
09/09/09 Lamont, Widener Launch "Librarian On Call"
09/03/09 Grad Student Orientation Highlights Library Services
09/02/09 The Comfort of the Periodicals Room, the Ease of E-Access
09/02/09 Johnson at 300 (Harvard Gazette)
09/01/09 Lamont Welcomes Freshmen with Annual Open House
08/19/09 Exhibition Celebrates Roosevelt's Pigskin Library
08/18/09 Freshman Open House: Come for the Food and Prizes, Stay for the Library Tours
08/13/09 World’s Scholars Commemorate Samuel Johnson
08/12/09 Wilson Book Explores McBean Collection
07/17/09 Rubén Blades Visits Loeb Music Library
07/08/09 Fine Arts Library Reopens
06/25/09 Sema Vakf Collection of Turkish Classical Music Now Available at Loeb Music
06/23/09 Houghton Adds 2,000th Finding Aid to OASIS
06/15/09 Digital Images and Slides Collection Reopens
06/12/09 Digitization Aids in Translation of Naxi Manuscripts
06/11/09 Longfellow Online Exhibition Recognized by ACRL
06/08/09 Fine Arts Library is on the Move
06/03/09 HCL Celebrates Anagnostopoulos Gift
06/02/09 Harvard Film Archive Acquires Just Film Stills
06/02/09 Houghton Library Adds to Samuel Johnson Collection
05/12/09 Harvard Libraries Launch Scan and Deliver Service
05/11/09 Symposium Studies Doyle’s Contributions to Literature
05/05/09 Sheffield, Singerman, Jasper Win Undergraduate Book Collecting Prizes
04/27/09 HCL Staff Receive Fire Extinguisher Training
04/24/09 Doyle's Literary Legacy Explored
04/22/09 Harvard College Library Digitizes Pamphlets
04/20/09 Harvard Review Contributors Receive Literary Honors
04/16/09 Leskov, Zimmerman Awarded Hofer Prize
04/06/09 Imitatio Christi Exhibition Now Open at Houghton Library
04/03/09 Lamont Offers Movie Maker Training to Students and Staff
04/02/09 Harvard Theatre Collection Celebrates Ballets Russes Centennial
03/31/09 HCL Staff Attend Virtual ACRL Conference
03/20/09 Harvard College Library Digitizes Iranian Oral History Interviews
03/19/09 Visiting Librarian Highlights "Digital Treasures"
03/11/09 HCL Hosts Graduate Student Reception
03/09/09 Junior Parents Gather at Houghton Library for Reception
03/09/09 Poster Session Marks VIA Anniversary
03/04/09 Privileges Division Now Accepting Credit Cards
03/03/09 Human Resource Services Named "Biggest User" of Recruiting Technology
02/25/09 Map Collection Exhibition Highlights Rhode Island
02/20/09 HCL Eliminates Paper Edition of Chronicle of Higher Education
02/18/09 Research Services Librarians Take Part in Pilot Program
02/06/09 Cabot Exhibition Examines the Darwinian Revolution
02/02/09 Woodberry Curator Davis Awarded Witter Bynner Fellowship
02/02/09 Harvard Project on the Soviet Social System Available Online
02/02/09 Houghton Exhibition Examines "The Origin of Species"
01/26/09 Digital Collections Capture Bygone Era of China
01/23/09 Loeb Music Library Launches Bernstein Web Site
01/22/09 Computers Infected with Malicious Software "Quarantined" Under New Policy
01/21/09 Houghton Library Celebrates Lincoln Bicentennial with Exhibition and Symposium
01/14/09 Lamont Commemorates 60th Anniversary
01/13/09 Houghton to Host Four Major Symposia in 2009
01/08/09 Committees Digest Rolls Out in January
01/08/09 Rubén Blades Archive Goes to Loeb Music Library
01/06/09 Du Bois Institute Gift to Houghton Enhances African/African-American Collection

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YEAR 2008 STORIES
12/12/08 Alison Scott Receives Eighteenth Annual Ishimoto Award
12/09/08 Harvard College Library Offers Workshops for English Grad Students
12/05/08 Judaica Division Publishes Student Papers
12/04/08 Harvard-Yenching 2008 Holiday Greeting Cards Available
11/21/08 Harvard Sound Directions Toolkit Available for Download
11/21/08 Multi-Media Workstations Available at Lamont
11/20/08 Davis Outlines Plans for Poetry Room
11/19/08 ITS Launches Printing Pilot
11/18/08 Excellence in Service Award Winners Recognized
11/13/08 Loeb Exhibit Focuses on Nadia Boulanger
11/13/08 Gerstein Opens Solo Art Show
11/07/08 Judaica Division Hosts Conference on Israeli Culture
11/07/08 Freshman Parents, Librarians Meet at Lamont
11/06/08 Featheringill Opens Solo Art Show
11/06/08 Kelliher Photos Published in New Book
11/04/08 Harvard-Yenching Hosts Memorial Symposium
10/30/08 HCL Employees Enjoy "Coffee and Conversation"
10/29/08 HCL Continues Commitment to Sustainability
10/28/08 HCL and MIT Libraries Host Diversity Workshop
10/22/08 Lamont Offers RefWorks Training Sessions
10/21/08 Houghton Joins with Libraries Nationwide to Celebrate Artists' Retreat
10/16/08 Migration Exhibit Opens at Cabot
10/16/08 Judaica Division Concert Includes World Premiere
10/01/08 Riel Publishes Postcard from P-town
09/17/08 Lamont Welcomes Freshmen with Annual Open House
09/17/08 HCL Librarians Reach Out to Graduate Students at GSAS Orientation
09/10/08 Audubon: Early Drawings Published, Lecture Scheduled for September 18
09/10/08 Ken Burns to Headline Theodore Roosevelt Sesquicentennial Celebration
08/20/08 Card Sorting Exercise Helps Inform HCL Intranet Redesign
08/19/08 High School Students Spend Summer at HCL
08/04/08 Horrocks Publishes Popular Print and Popular Medicine: Almanacs and Health Advice in Early America
06/24/08 "Ask Us Live!" is Live
06/20/08 Poster Session Explores Wide Range of HCL Projects and Activities
05/30/08 Thompson Publishes Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All: A New Zealand Story
05/22/08 HCL Digitizes Artemas Ward House Collection
05/14/08 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
05/02/08 HCL Operations Thanks Custodial Crew and Movers
05/01/08 Gilman Crafts Own World in Moonwise, Cloud and Ashes
04/29/08 Heather Cole Retires
04/28/08 625 Art Show Highlights Staff Talent
04/23/08 Book Collections Net Prizes (on The Harvard Crimson website)
04/21/08 New Access for Music Manuscripts in America
04/17/08 Volunteers Find Home for Unwanted Books
04/15/08 HCL Committees Take on New Life
03/18/08 Harvard Review Contributors Receive Literary Honors
03/18/08 Fine Arts Library Acquires Tassel Collection of Historical Photos
03/13/08 Marty Schreiner Publishes New Compositions
03/12/08 Rapid Response Saves Rare Library Collections
03/07/08 Junior Parents Gather at Houghton Library for Reception
03/06/08 Susan Lee Retires
02/21/08 HCL Hosts Graduate Student Reception
02/20/08 Matz and McKeigue Selected for ACRL's Intentional Teacher Program
02/15/08 Boston Maps Designed by HCL Map Collection Grace Freedom Trail
02/06/08 Art of Lionel Reiss Subject of New Harvard Catalog
01/09/08 Loeb Music Co-Authors Groundbreaking Report on Audio Preservation

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YEAR 2007 STORIES
11/29/07 Ishimoto Award Goes to HCL Macro Development and Distribution Working Group
11/16/07 Harvard-Yenching Holiday Cards Available
11/16/07 Excellence in Service Award Recipients Recognized
10/30/07 Freshman Parents, Librarians Meet at Lamont
10/30/07 Employees Honored for Twenty-Five Years of Service
10/25/07 Emilyn Brown Selected as Administrative Fellow
10/25/07 Joint Council Hosts Open Forum
09/19/07 Harvard-Yenching Lends Maps to Smithsonian
09/17/07 Lamont Welcomes Freshmen with Annual Open House
09/12/07 The Many Roles of the Phillips Reading Room
09/06/07 Harvard Map Collection Digitizes Historic Cambridge and Boston Atlases
08/31/07 Decorated Papers Exhibition Opens at Houghton
08/14/07 Susan Fliss Joins HCL as Associate Librarian for Research and Instruction
08/06/07 High School Students Spend Summer at HCL
07/02/07 Harvard Theatre Collection Recognized by Boston Theatre Critics Association
06/29/07 American Institute of Graphic Arts Recognizes Harvard Review for Cover Design
06/20/07 Voogd Publishes Maynard, Massachusetts: A House in the Village
06/19/07 American Institute of Graphic Arts Recognizes Dickinson Herbarium
06/01/07 Houghton Library Offers New Exhibition of Gore Vidal Papers
05/11/07 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winner Announced
04/27/07 Portrait of David L. Evans Unveiled at Lamont
04/27/07 Philip Hofer Prize for Art and Book Collecting Winners Announced
04/05/07 HCL Imaging Services Launches Web-Based Credit Card Payment System
04/05/07 Harvard-Yenching and Fung Host Colleagues from AAS/CEAL Conference
04/05/07 What's Keeping HCL Busy?
03/23/07 SSP and Lamont Staff Prepare for a Move
03/05/07 Junior Parents Gather at Houghton Library for Reception
03/01/07 Tracing Group Tracks Down Widener's Lost Books
02/23/07 Harvard Grad Presents Film Debut at Harvard Film Archive
02/09/07 Sennett Adapts Novel for the Stage — Musical Premieres February 9 & 10
01/23/07 Littauer Foundation Awards Harvard’s Judaica Division Million Dollar Grant

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YEAR 2006 STORIES
12/21/06 Lamont Librarians Lead RefWorks Workshops
12/15/06 Harvard Film Archive's Steffen Pierce to Debut Feature Film Saturday
12/15/06 Poetry Room Collaboration Garners Grammy Nomination
12/14/06 Graham Appointed Associate for Administrative Services for Harvard College Library
12/12/06 James Lin Receives Sixteenth Annual Ishimoto Award
12/06/06 Ukrainian Map Collection Arrives at Harvard
12/04/06 Harvard-Yenching's 2006 Holiday Greeting Cards Available
11/16/06 Emily Dickinson's Herbarium Published
11/14/06 Harvard Review Story & Poem Selected for Best American Series, Covers for Print Magazine
11/07/06 Daryl Boone Selected as a Harvard Residential Administrative Fellow for 2006-2007
11/03/06 Freshman Parents Gather at Lamont Library for Reception
10/19/06 Lamont Library Cafe Opens
10/12/06 Ordway Collection Reflects Life Working Toward Space Exploration
10/05/06 Tozzer Library Celebrates Quarter-Millionth Volume With Exhibition
09/29/06 Loeb Music Celebrates 50th Anniversary
09/28/06 Images of Congo: The Art and Ethnography of Anne Eisner Putnam, 1946-1958 Exhibition Opens October 2
09/19/06 Lamont Welcomes Freshmen with Annual Open House
09/15/06 Garver Publishes Book of Historic Maps of Coastal Massachusetts
08/18/06 HCL Librarians Volunteer in New Orleans
08/11/06 High School Students Spend Summer at HCL
06/20/06 Administrative Fellow Claudia Hill Concludes Her Year at HCL
06/01/06 Leahy Takes Schlesinger Position
05/30/06 Benjamin Franklin: A How-To Guide Explores Franklin’s "How-To" Legacy, Celebrates 300th Anniversary of Founder’s Birth
05/17/06 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
04/27/06 Philip Hofer Prize for Art and Book Collecting Winners Announced
02/16/06 Freshmen Work Hands-On with Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts: Meld Histories of Art, Reading, Prayer into Houghton Exhibition
02/14/06 Cline Named Hugh Atkinson Award Winner
02/02/06 HCL Partners with HUCTW in High School Intern Program

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YEAR 2005 STORIES
12/16/05 Lum, Sylvester Key in Publication of Lost Photos
12/16/05 Librarians Travel to China for Dedication
12/13/05 HCL Names 2005 Excellence in Service Award Recipients
12/06/05 Houghton's Catalog of Italian Ballet Released
12/01/05 Harvard-Yenching's 2005 Holiday Greeting Cards Available
11/30/05 Bonnie Burns Receives Fifteenth Annual Ishimoto Award
11/15/05 HCL Hosts Library Open Houses
11/08/05 Harvard College Library Hosts MLS Students in ARL Initiative
11/01/05 Freshman Parents Gather at Lamont Library for Reception
10/26/05 Kosovo Librarians Train at Harvard College Library
10/21/05 Poetry Room Collection is Mother Lode for NPR
09/16/05 Lamont Library Holds Annual Freshman Open House
09/09/05 Special Collections Conservators Stabilize 1,500 East Asian Rubbings for Digitization
07/21/05 Intern Has Family Ties to Hyde Collection of Samuel Johnson
06/01/05 HCL Pilots Self Service Scanners
05/25/05 Harvard Review Short Story Chosen for Best American Series
05/06/05 Widener Library's Reference Services Room Endowed
04/21/05 Widener Library Receives 2005 ALA Library Building Award
04/18/05 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
04/12/05 Houghton Library Exhibits Miniature Books
04/11/05 Edison and Newman Room Re-Opens at Houghton Library
02/15/05 Loeb Music Library and Indiana University Archives of Traditional Music Awarded NEH Grant
02/15/05 Charles Berlin Publishes Harvard Judaica
01/24/05 Ticknor Society Meeting Featuring Matthew Battles Cancelled
01/03/05 A Gift for Tozzer
01/03/05 Harvard Review Nominated for Utne Award for Third Year

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YEAR 2004 STORIES
11/16/04 Houghton Manuscript Department Reaches Milestone - 1500 Finding Aids Accessible
11/16/04 Battles Pens Widener Biography, Harvard Book Store Reading
10/07/04 Jeffrey Horrell to Head Dartmouth Library System
09/30/04 Harvard Community Invited to Widener Rededication October 1
07/07/04 Librarian from Sri Lanka to Harvard
05/14/04 Harvard Review Essay Chosen for Best American Series, Spring Issue Released
05/07/04 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
05/06/04 Bringing Japan to Boston at Tozzer Library
04/07/04 Petrarch and Bridging Gaps, Two New Exhibitions, Open at Houghton
03/18/04 John Bidwell Presents Hofer Lecture On the History of the Papermaking Machine
03/12/04 Extended Loan Period Pilot for G1 - G3 Grad Students Launched at Widener Library
03/11/04 Poetry Room Holds Reading of Pablo Neruda Poems
03/09/04 Jan Merrill-Oldham Receives ALCTS 2004 Preservation Award  
03/01/04 One of World's Finest Collections of 18th Century English Literature Goes to Harvard's Houghton Library
02/18/04 Tribute to George Starbuck at Woodberry Poetry Room
02/18/04 Town to City to Mega-metropolis: Exhibit Maps Growth of London
02/12/04 Exhibition Celebrates Centennial of Pablo Neruda’s Birth
02/05/04 Exhibition at Cabot Explores Native American Craftsmanship and Culture  
01/29/04 Formative Years of Literary Icons Revealed in Harvard Poets: 1900-1945
01/27/04 Computer Workstations at Loeb Music Tailored for Music Scholars
01/22/04 Harvard Library Staff Contribute 33 Chapters to Magazines for Libraries
01/16/04 Res Gestae: Libri Manent; A Curator’s Choice on Display at Houghton Library
01/13/04 From Vellum to Pixels: David Remington Offers Expertise in Project to Digitize Codex Sinaiticus

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YEAR 2003 STORIES
12/19/03 Thirteenth Annual Ishimoto Award Goes to Diane Cox and Ray Lum
12/15/03 Houghton Offers New Greeting Cards in Time for Holidays
12/15/03 Harvard-Yenching Library's 2003 Holiday Greeting Cards Now Available
11/14/03 Harvard Review Fall 2003 Issue on Stands Now
11/14/03 Annual Competition for Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize Underway  
11/07/03 Collections Salvage Session Trains Staff to Respond to Wet Book Emergency
10/29/03 Harvard-Yenching 75th Anniversary Celebrated with Conference
10/28/03 Widener Renovation Team Garners Build Massachusetts Award
10/14/03 Pao-liang Chu Connects Author with Alias in Twentieth-Century Chinese Authors and Their Pen Names
09/30/03 Sylvester and Pozeilov Capture Memorial Hall Stained Glass
09/30/03 Women in Science Exhibition Open at Cabot
09/26/03 Curtain Opens on King's Theatre Exhibition
09/22/03 Pigskin Library on Display: Roosevelt Exhibition Opens
09/18/03 HCL Goes Wireless
09/08/03 Exhibition Highlights Du Bois/Houghton Collaboration
09/08/03 Conservation Services, Harvard-Yenching, and Tozzer Collaborate in Conservation Effort
08/26/03 HCL to Eliminate Duplicate Journal Titles
07/15/03 The Library: Battles' Muse, Resource, and Topic
07/15/03 Numeric Data Services Finds Dataquest Benefits Students and Staff
07/15/03 Hopkins Helps PBS' History Detectives Solve Anthropology Mystery
06/20/03 Houghton Hits 1,000 Finding Aids 
06/09/03 Government Documents Hosts Serial Set Inventories on Web Site
06/06/03 Map Exhibition Explores World History and Displays Harvard Treasures
06/03/03 Widener Library Renovation Team Receives 3rd Annual SMPS Collaboration Award
06/03/03 Du Bois Letters Come to Harvard
05/16/03 Overdue Since '52
05/07/03 In Her Own Hand, Exhibition Opens at Loeb Music Library
04/22/03 Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting Winners Announced
04/18/03 Harvard Review Emerges on Literary Scene: Essay and Story Chosen for Best American Series
04/18/03 Reference on the Road: A Roving Librarian in Loker Commons Brings Library Services to Students
04/16/03 Photo Gallery: Widener First Floor and Main Entrance Reopen
04/04/03 Emerson Impression Remains Clear at Harvard (Harvard Gazette)
04/04/03 Randolph Caldecott Exhibit Opens at Houghton
04/04/03 Alphabetics on Display at Houghton
03/27/03 Ernest Dudley Chase’s Pictorial Maps on Display
03/14/03 Exhibition Documents Life of Influential Theatrical Designer, Edward Gordon Craig
03/05/03 Don Share is Finalist for L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award
03/05/03 Houghton Hosts Spring Lectures
02/06/03 Library of Congress Selects Harvard Vocarium for National Recording Registry 
01/27/03 These Shoes Were Made for ... Walking? Explores Foot Fashions Across Cultures and Ages 
01/09/03 Jorge Luis Borges, Houghton Exhibition Explores his Life and Literature 

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YEAR 2002 STORIES
12/16/02 Cline, Merrill-Oldham Papers Featured in Library of Congress' To Preserve and Protect
12/16/02 Houghton Offers New Holiday Greeting Cards
12/16/02 Harvard-Yenching Library's 2002 Holiday Greeting Cards Now Available
11/20/02 Carolann Buff Balances Life at Loeb Music with Music Career
11/20/02 Don Share Publishes Book of Poetry, Explores World of Union
11/07/02 Harvard Libraries Collaborate to Create Treasure Filled Exhibit
10/30/02 What to Give a 400-Year-Old
10/04/02 Widener Ground Floor Reopens
09/26/02 HCL Instructional Services Reaches Out to Graduate Students through Orientation Activities
09/19/02 Widener Stacks Division Completes the Movement of Millions of Volumes – Not an Easy Trick
09/19/02 Donna Koepp Appointed to The National Map Review Committee
09/19/02 HCL Welcomes Freshman with Lamont Open House and Libraries Treasures Tour
09/06/02 Thackeray's Gift to Annie Fields Comes to Houghton
08/21/02 Periodicals Reading Room and Stacks Closed for Re-flooring
08/01/02 Fine Arts Library, OIS Partner on Visual Resource Catalog
07/22/02 Dan Hazen Appointed Visiting Program Officer for Global Resources Program
05/20/02 Philip Hofer Prize for Art and Book Collecting Winners Announced
05/16/02 The New Online HOLLIS Catalog: Features Benefit Students, Faculty, Staff
05/14/02 Winners Announced for Visiting Committee Book Collecting Prize
05/06/02 Houghton's Dennis Marnon Receives the Bryant Fellowship for 2001-2002
05/03/02 Reorganization of Stacks Materials Continues During Summer
05/01/02 Widener Serial Records Perseveres, Completes Publication Pattern Project
05/01/02 Hilles Hosts Macbeth
04/25/02 Robert Dennis Featured on Met Opera Broadcast Quiz
04/10/02 Michael Olson Supports Cancer Research by Running Boston Marathon
04/05/02 Harvard Fine Arts Library Acquires Josephine Powell's Archive of Documentary Photography
03/26/02 Theatre Collection Manuscripts and Prompt Books Featured in Exhibition at the Grolier Club
03/07/02 Librarians Explore the Transformation of Scholarly Communication
03/04/02 Student Employees Play Vital Role in HCL
02/13/02 Harvard Acquires Gore Vidal Papers
02/08/02 Houghton Library Offers Scholars the Rare Opportunity to Examine Rare Materials
02/08/02 Exhibition Highlights Milestones of Environmental Movement
02/07/02 New Widener Kiosks Communicate Timely Renovation Information
01/30/02 Barbara Burg Coauthors Guide to African American and African Primary Sources at Harvard University
01/16/02 Widener Conservation Division Disperses Throughout HCL
01/16/02 HCL Facilities Management Accomplishes Tons (and Gallons) of Work
01/09/02 Hellman and Anderson Teach Conservation in Cuba
01/08/02 Harvard-Yenching Library Hosts Visiting Scholars Cheng and Han
01/02/02 Hofer Lecture Expands upon Houghton's Dilettanti Exhibition

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YEAR 2001 STORIES
12/18/01 Hilles Expands Outreach Program by Offering Carrels
12/11/01 The Environmental Information Center Moves Forward with a New Librarian
12/06/01 Jane Ouderkirk and Lynda Kresge Receive Eleventh Annual Ishimoto Award
12/06/01 Harvard-Yenching Library Announces New Holiday Greeting Cards
11/26/01 Widener Library Installs Card Access
11/16/01 New Periodicals Reading Room Opens in Widener Library
11/08/01 Harvard Theatre Collection Photographs Featured in MFA Exhibition
10/23/01 Librarians Participate in President's Installation
07/13/01 Harvard Libraries Adopt University PIN System for Access to HOLLIS Electronic Resources
06/22/01 Preparing for Phase 2: Exploratory Work in the Widener Lobby
05/25/01 Collaborative Effort: New Book In Student Series
05/17/01 Houghton Library Brings 100th Finding Aid Online
05/09/01 Phase 2 of Widener Library Renovation Approved
05/09/01 The Harvard Theatre Collection Celebrates 100 Years
05/09/01 Addie Frances Rowe: Friends And Aider of Scholars

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