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Lamont Library

http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/lamont/

Library hours

Phone Numbers:
Office of the Librarian495-2450
Research Services495-2106
Circulation495-2452
Reserves495-2979
FAX496-3692
Morse Music & Media495-8730
Email Addresses:
Generallamref@fas.harvard.edu
Circulationlamcirc@fas.harvard.edu
Referencelamref@fas.harvard.edu
Reservesreshila@fas.harvard.edu
Address:Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
Access Information:Access to Lamont is extended to individuals who possess a current Harvard ID. Lamont Library will be closed from noon December 24 - January 3. If you will be on campus January 4-24 see Hours to find out if the library will be open and when.
Circulation Policy:Circulating collection. Borrowing privileges are extended to students, faculty, and staff of Harvard University and certain special borrowers authorized by the Library Privileges Desk in Widener Library. Reserves borrowing privileges are more restrictive.
Holdings Description:Lamont Library supports the undergraduate curriculum in the humanities and social sciences. In addition to supporting course requirements and undergraduate research needs the collection reflects a wide variety of student interests in literature, current political affairs, the arts and the environment. Houses the Woodberry Poetry Room which contains a special collection of contemporary poetry, the Henry Weston Farnsworth Room, a collection for leisure reading, and the Morse Music & Media unit, a major circulating collection with state-of-the-art audio and video equipment for playback.
Services:The library does not participate in an interlibrary loan program. Equipment and facilities available include Crimson Cash/change machines; e-mail and WWW access; photocopiers; slide projectors; TDD/TYY, pay, and campus telephones; and typewriters. The Morse Music & Media unit provides playback equipment for DVDs, videocassettes, LP records, audiocassettes and compact discs.
Resources for Persons with Disabilities:The Lamont building is wheelchair accessible. A ramp is located to the left of the main entrance, near Quincy Street. Elevators service all floors of the library. Accessible workstations, restrooms, an amplified telephone, TTY/TDD, wheelchair accessible photocopier, and retireval upon request are available. The Center for Students with Disabilities is located on Level 1; contact the Harvard University Adaptive Technology Lab at 617-496-8800 for information regarding resources.
Link to Staff Directory:http://hcl.harvard.edu/staff_directory/browse.cfm?ld_id=8
Directions:Lamont Library is located in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard, at the corner of Quincy Street and Massachusetts Avenue.
Link to map:http://lib.harvard.edu/libraries/maps/6.html
Faculty (School) Affiliation:Harvard College Library


Regular Term HoursSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
8am - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 9:45pm8am - 9:45pm
         Lamont Library is open 24 hours a day, five days a week, Monday through Thursday. Open regular term hours on Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents' Day.
Exceptions to Regular HoursSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
Summer School (Jun 22 - Aug 6, 2009)12 noon - 9:45pm8am - 9:45pm8am - 9:45pm8am - 9:45pm8am - 9:45pm8am - 4:45pm10am - 4:45pm
   Independence Day (Jul 3 - Jul 4, 2009)closedclosed
Intersession (Aug 7 - Sep 1, 2009)closed8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pmclosed
Thanksgiving (Nov 25 - Nov 29, 2009)12 noon - 12 midnight12 midnight - 5pmclosed8am - 5pm8am - 5pm
Reading Period/Exams (Dec 4 - Dec 20, 2009)8am - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight12 midnight - 1am8am - 1am
Winter Recess (Dec 21 - Dec 27, 2009)closed8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 12 noonclosedclosed
Winter Recess (Dec 28, 2009 - Jan 3, 2010)closedclosedclosedclosedclosedclosedclosed
Intersession (Jan 4 - Jan 24, 2010)closed9am - 5pm9am - 5pm9am - 5pm9am - 5pm9am - 5pmclosed
   MLK Day (Jan 18, 2010)closed
Jan 25 and 26 (Jan 25 - Jan 26, 2010)8am - 12 midnight12 midnight - 12 midnight
Spring Recess (Mar 12 - Mar 20, 2010)closedclosedclosedclosedclosed12 midnight - 5pm8am - 5pm
   Spring Recess, continued (Mar 14 - Mar 20, 2010)closed8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pm8am - 5pmclosed
March 21 (Mar 21, 2010)12 noon - 12 midnight
Commencement Day (May 27, 2010)8am - 5pm
Memorial Day (May 31, 2010)closed

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