Lamont Library
http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/lamont/
Library hours
| Phone Numbers: |
| Office of the Librarian | 495-2450 |
| Research Services | 495-2106 |
| Circulation | 495-2452 |
| Reserves | 495-2979 |
| FAX | 496-3692 |
| Morse Music & Media | 495-8730 |
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| Email Addresses: |
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| Address: | Harvard Yard, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Access Information: | Access to Lamont is extended to individuals who possess a current Harvard ID. |
| 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
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| Regular Term Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 8am - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 9:45pm | 8am - 9:45pm |
| Open regular term hours on Columbus Day, Veterans' Day, Martin Luther King Day, and Presidents' Day. |
| Exceptions to Regular Hours | Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| Spring Recess (Mar 20 - Mar 22, 2009) | closed | | | | | 12 midnight - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm |
| Spring Recess (Mar 23 - Mar 29, 2009) | 12 noon - 12 midnight | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | closed |
| Reading Period/Exams (May 6 - May 21, 2009) | 8am - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12:45am | 12 midnight - 12:45am |
| May 22-23 (May 22 - May 23, 2009) | | | | | | 12 midnight - 4:45pm | closed |
| Intersession (May 24 - Jun 21, 2009) | closed | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | closed |
| June 4 - 9 (Jun 4 - Jun 9, 2009) | closed | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | | 12 noon - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45am | closed |
| Summer School (Jun 22 - Aug 14, 2009) | 12 noon - 9:45pm | 8am - 9:45pm | 8am - 9:45pm | 8am - 9:45pm | 8am - 9:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 10am - 4:45pm |
| Independence Day (Jul 3 - Jul 4, 2009) | | | | | | closed | closed |
| Aug 8-13 (Aug 8 - Aug 13, 2009) | closed | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | | closed |
| Intersession (Aug 15 - Sep 1, 2009) | closed | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | 8am - 4:45pm | closed |
| Labor Day (Sep 7, 2009) | | closed | | | | | |
| Thanksgiving (Nov 25 - Nov 29, 2009) | 12 noon - 12 midnight | | | 12 midnight - 5pm | closed | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm |
| Reading Period/Exams (Dec 4 - Dec 20, 2009) | 8am - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 12 midnight | 12 midnight - 1am | 8am - 1am |
| Winter Recess (Dec 21, 2009 - Dec 26, 2010) | closed | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 12 noon | closed | closed |
| Winter Recess (Dec 27, 2009 - Jan 2, 2010) | closed | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | 9am - 5pm | closed | closed |
| Intersession (Jan 3 - Jan 24, 2010) | closed | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | closed |
| Spring Recess (Mar 12 - Mar 20, 2010) | closed | closed | closed | closed | closed | 12 midnight - 5pm | 8am - 5pm |
| Spring Recess, continued (Mar 14 - Mar 20, 2010) | closed | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | 8am - 5pm | closed |
| Memorial Day (May 31, 2010) | | closed | | | | | |
For more hours information: http://hcl.harvard.edu/hours/week.cfm
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