“We could just stop doing it,” Gusmorino says. “For it to continue there needs to be someone motivated and interested in continuing this service.”
“Paul is the person who created it, maintained it, is really solely responsible for its existence,” Lee says. “Because he’s graduating, it’s critical to find someone who’s as dedicated and as talented in maintaining UC Books.”
But Grech says lack of skills isn’t the problem.
“There are people on the UC who have the technical capabilities to maintain the site but I don’t know if there’s enough enthusiasm,” Grech says.
Council Technology Coordinator Jared S. Morgenstern ’03 says he would have to be paid before he took charge of UC Books.
But Gusmorino says he remains optimistic that UC Books will find a new leader. He has proposed creating a committee to operate the service, which council executives say they may form next fall.
—Staff writer Claire A. Pasternack can be reached at cpastern@fas.harvard.edu.