Harvard Depository

{{Short description|Harvard University's media storage facility}}

The Harvard Depository, in Southborough, Massachusetts, is Harvard University's large-scale storage facility for books, documents, and special media (such as film and video). Opened in 1986 and expanded several times, it holds some 45% of the 16 million items held by Harvard's libraries, as well as non-library material such as archival records.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology also uses the facility.{{refn|http://news.mit.edu/2011/harvard-mit-libraries}}

See also

Sources

  • [http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/4/1/depository-library-books-facility/ Beyond The Stacks]
  • [https://hyperallergic.com/182365/where-the-library-gets-its-books/]
  • [https://gizmodo.com/a-glimpse-inside-the-hidden-vault-where-harvard-keeps-m-1684024865]
  • [https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2014/09/where-books-and-more-go-to-wait/]
  • [https://harvardmagazine.com/2015/02/cold-storage-depository-documentary]
  • [https://harvardmagazine.com/2014/05/toward-cultural-citizenship]
  • [http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2010/05/24/for_harvards_library_an_arduous_digital_shift/ Boston Globe, "Harvard's paper cuts"]
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/23/us/shelf-space-gone-harvard-to-disperse-collection.html New York Times, "Shelf Space Gone, Harvard to Disperse Collection"]
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/29/us/harvard-law-library-sacrifices-a-trove-for-the-sake-of-a-free-database.html New York Times, "Harvard Law Library Readies Trove of Decisions for Digital Age"]
  • [https://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/22/nyregion/three-packed-libraries-seek-storage-space-in-new-jersey.html New York Times, "Three Packed Libraries Seek Storage Space in New Jersey"]
  • [http://hul.harvard.edu/hd/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105075445/http://hul.harvard.edu/hd/ |date=2019-01-05 }}
  • [http://hul.harvard.edu/hd/pages/facility.html History and design]
  • [https://harvardmagazine.com/2015/02/cold-storage-depository-documentary]
  • [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2010/4/1/depository-library-books-facility/] + [https://www.thecrimson.com/gallery/2010/4/1/harvard-depository-library-warehouse/]