In old books, discoveries for UMass students

Interesting Idea from a collaboration in Boston born at a convention of the Commonwealth Honors Council held at the library’s main branch in Copley Square two years ago. Cheryl Nixon, a professor of English at UMass-Boston, found a rapport with Earle Havens, the library’s acting keeper of rare books. The two shared a passion for books, as well as a desire to share that passion with a younger generation.
In an age where information can be accessed through a few clicks of a mouse, more and more people, especially the young, are eschewing traditional institutions such as public libraries for their research. But this convenience comes at the expense of a sense of history — a sense that staffers of the Boston Public Library and UMass-Boston hope to restore.

July 20, 2007 by Uncategorized 0

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