There are many objections to the system of reserved books in the library, as at present managed, which in the eyes of some go far to counterbalance the manifest advantages of the scheme. Whenever there exist no duplicates of any important book in the library, the many who do not happen to be in the course which claims the privilege of exclusive use of the book are forced to either go without or suffer the inconvenience of long waiting for the restoration of the book to its ordinary place. Some books, it is true, that are on the reserved list, have been duplicated for general use, but not all, as should be the case. The value of the library as a circulating library is perhaps fully as great for the purposes of practical study and general culture as its value as a library of reference.
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Let the Libraries AloneSprawled throughout the University are eighty separate libraries, enough to keep one man busy merely trying to remember where they
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No HeadlineA communication, which we print this morning, calls attention to carelessness in the use of the reserved books. This subject
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No HeadlineWe publish to-day a communication complaining of some of the rules in force in the library. The writer urges the
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No HeadlineThe practice of reserving books in the library, which has been so generally adopted, is admitted by all to be
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Reserved Books in the Library.To the Editors of the Crimson: The communication published in last Saturday's CRIMSON, stating that the writer removed a reserved
