Next in Line
While he is willing to fill in for the summer, Haviaras is disappointed that a curator has not been chosen sooner. He is going to Greece in August and will not be available to train his successors.
"I hoped that there would be some overlapping time," Haviaras says. "There millions of things they must know."
Haviaris's colleagues in the English Department are worried about the post as well. Buell says he does not know when the library intends to appoint a successor, if ever.
"I am concerned that to appearances there isn't any provision for succession next year," he says.
But the problem seems to be more of an issue of communication between the English Department and library administration, rather than neglect of the position.
Stoneman, the Houghton librarian, said that though the search process is well underway, it's "understandable" that people outside the library are worried since they haven't been kept abreast of the progress that has been made.
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