“It’ll be light food—we’re not going to have a grille, we’re expecting it to just be light fare,” Wood said.
The Lamont Café Committee will be chaired by Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien and Nancy M. Cline, Larsen Librarian of Harvard College. Two undergraduate students to be chosen through the College and the two undergraduate student members from the FAS Standing Committee on the Library will serve on the committee.
Earlier this year, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 announced a number of planned renovations intended to increase student social space on campus.
But library staff caution that the changes could come at the expense of academic resources.
“It seems like the College is emphasizing facilities more than academic research and resources,” Carens said.
—Staff writer Margaret W. Ho can be reached at mwho@fas.harvard.edu