Many leave-behinds have unhappy consequences. It was definitely red-pink and white, leading us to a long discussion of its nature. Some thought it to be a slice of birthday cake, commercially made. Others, myself included, thought it looked more like a Hostess Snowball of the pink variety. The thought of launching a scientific study of the spread rate of oil through paper was entertained, but we had no way of knowing how long the offending confection had been in place.
Librarians live in an anarchic world.
No wonder the leaders of the Harvard College Library want to stamp out idiosyncracy, among their own at least. They have distributed to staff a loose-leaf notebook full of rules for creating printed materials. Following these standards in all communications will ensure the presentation of a clear, consistent, positive vision of the Harvard College Library and its units to students, faculty, alumni, and to the community at large. The HCL color palette, which is rich, distinguished, and traditional with a contemporary edge, reflects the Library's nature. Grove Harris, M.Div. '96, is otherwise administrative assistant of the Pluralism Project at Harvard, started in 1991 by Professor Diana Eck to study the growing religious diversity of the United States.