Joho the Blog » harvard_law http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger Let's just see what happens Sat, 15 Jun 2013 21:48:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Open access champion John Palfrey to head Harvard Law Library http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/04/30/open-access-champion-john-palfrey-to-head-harvard-law-library/ http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/2008/04/30/open-access-champion-john-palfrey-to-head-harvard-law-library/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:12:45 +0000 davidw http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/?p=6782 It’s official. John Palfrey, executive director of the Berkman Center has been put in charge of the Harvard Law Library. This is great news, although John’s contribution to the Berkman Center cannot be overestimated.

To be precise, JP — with whom I’ve had the privilege of co-teaching a course this semester — has been appointed associate dean of library and information. (He was also given tenure.) That means he is in charge of the greatest law library in the land. Open access just got a champion installed at the head of one of the most important collections in the world. This is pretty damn exciting.

JP is going to stay affiliated with the Berkman Center, but not having him at the helm is going to hurt. He is both a strong leader and a selfless facilitator. Enthusiastic, kind, humble, brilliant, pragmatic, funny, articulate, instantly likable, learned, visionary, down to earth, committed, articulate, sweet … in a word, we love him. And always will.

Congratulations, John!

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