The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library — Attraction in Cambridge

Undoubtedly the worst library catalog of a reputedly important library. Even in the library, all catalogue terminals do not take you to the catalogue, but (if and only if you know which icons to click on) to a page which reads "OOPS this is not Hollis." And when you reach Hollis, it constantly lists books which are no longer shelved in Widener, periodicals which are no longer shelved in Widener and are purportedly available on line, though in my experience seldom actually available on line. In order to use a "Harvard Key' to request books not on the shelves library serves require you to own a mobile phone. I trust prospective students are told what an expensive disaster this "catalog"...

Snobby jerk library. I couldn't get in as a Tufts graduate student without a letter from Tufts. You have to be an Ivy-leaguer (there is an actual "list"). Meanwhile there are people at non-ivy places getting nobel prizes, the MIT libraries are open to everyone, and I have a card that allows me to use the Library of Congress, but somehow this library thinks it is superior to the Library of Congress. Screw Harvard, bunch of self-important punks with no interest in...

A beautiful library at th heart of Harvard's campus. Please note that entrance requires Harvard affiliation, so as to prevent hordes of tourists from disrupting students' studying. Having had the privilege of entering widened I can say that it's truly gigantic. Harvard owns the third largest collection of books in the world and the largest collection of all universities, which you never really believe until you enter the sheer endless stacks...