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NELC Department Administration NELC Department Mail Office, phone 617-495-5757, fax 617-496-8904, nelc@fas.harvard.edu Linda Mishkin, Department Administrator, 617-496-6055, lmishkin@fas.harvard.edu Ann Cooper, Staff Assistant, 617-496-4960, amcooper@fas.harvard.edu Jill Roszhart Staff Assistant, 617-496-6982, roszhart@fas.harvard.edu Mary Medlin, Staff Assistant, 617-495-5757, nelc@fas.harvard.edu |
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Computing
Resources: Access to Computer Equipment: There are both Macintosh computers and PCs, and printers available for your use at the FAS computer center in the basement of the Science Center. There are numerous software programs available on those computers and there are also staff members available on the premises for computer support. We request that you do not use the computers or the printers in the NELC student lounge . Since there are over one hundred NELC students and only two computers, we need to reserve the use of these computers for students only. Hollis:
Hollis (Harvard OnLine Library Information
System) is a database containing over 9 million records for more than
14 million books, journals, manuscripts, government documents, maps, microforms,
music scores, sound recordings, visual materials, and data files. The
database is updated continually as material is ordered, received, and
cataloged. Hollis may be accessed 24 hours/day from any computer at the
Harvard Libraries Home Page. At
site Hollis training sessions are available at all Harvard Libraries.
Check with the circulation desk at any Harvard library for a schedule
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Fax Machine: The department fax machine is located in the photocopy machine room (1st Floor, Semitic Museum). The department's fax number is (617) 496-8904. Please note that this machine is shared with the Semitic Museum and the Center for Jewish Studies. If someone is sending you a fax, please make sure they label the fax, so it may be directed to you. When you send a fax, it is extremely important that you use the NELC charge code after inputting the phone number and before sending your fax (Please have a departmental staff person show you how to use this machine the first time you need to use it). return to top |
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General
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Your Harvard ID card should arrive after the starting
date of appointment to your primary University mailing address (most likely
the NELC Department office), unless you have outstanding visa issues that
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The below are meant to serve as resources
for you as you locate a place to live. The NELC Staff is unable to assist
with housing arrangements. Online
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Mail:
The department does not provide any outgoing U.S. mail
service for visitors. You may, however, put inter-Harvard mail in the
appropriately marked basket in the hallway by the front door. The campus
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There is a photocopier available for your
use in the student lounge. The cost is five cents per copy. These machines
accept Crimson Cash. The two
photocopy machines just outside rooms 102 and 103 are for faculty and
administrative use only.
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The NELC Department office is located on the first floor of the Semitic Musuem building. The building itself is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. during the academic year. The majority of NELC faculty offices are on either the second or the third floor of the Semitic Museum, while some faculty members have offices in the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Widener Library, and the Vanserg Building. In addition to NELC, the administrative offices for the Semitic Museum, the Center for Jewish Studies, Ashkelon Excavations, and the White/Levy Program for Archaeological Publication are housed in this building. The Semitic Museum, founded in 1889, is home to NELC and to the University's collections of Near Eastern archaeological artifacts. These collections comprise over 40,000 items, including pottery, cylinder seals, sculpture, coins and cuneiform tablets. Most are from museum-sponsored excavations in Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus and Tunisia. The Museum is dedicated to the use of these collections for teaching, research and publication of Near Eastern archaeology, history and culture. The Collections are exhibited in galleries on the first, second, and third floors. Galleries are open 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. The Center for Jewish Studies at Harvard University is the focal point for the study and teaching of Judaica through publications, fellowships, lectures and symposia on topics of interest to scholars and to the general public. The Center sponsors visiting scholars and post-doctoral research fellows and coordinates undergraduate and graduate studies on an interdisciplinary basis. The Ashkelon
Excavations (The Leon Levy Expedition) provides students with the
opportunity to dig at the ancient seaport of Ashkelon, capital of Canaanite
kings, harbor of the Philistines, and stomping ground of the biblical
hero, Samson. Students may earn college credit while digging in a beautiful
national park overlooking the Mediterranean, 30 miles south of Tel Aviv
and within walking distance of modern Ashkelon. Eight undergraduate or
graduate academic credits are available through Harvard Summer School
for an additional tuition fee for qualified full Summer Session volunteers.
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Widener Library: Departmental Library Rooms: The Department has three rooms on the top floor of Widener Library: the Gibb Room (Room Q), Arabic and Islamic collection; Room G, Assyriology collection; and Room 745, Jewish Studies collection. These departmental libraries are accessed using a card access system. Visitors can request to have card access to these materials through Mary Medlin , Staff Assistant in the NELC Department Office. Please give Mary your name, your Harvard ID number, and the departmental library, or libraries, you wish to which you would like access. Department classes are sometimes held in these rooms and the rooms are not available for research and study by visitors during these times. Normally, the amount of time the rooms are utilized for classes is minimal. A schedule of the times the rooms are to be used for classes will be posted on the door to each room. return to top |