It is for this reason that while many people know the library has a rich collection, unless they go to Harvard they cannot know what it actually contains, let alone use it, which is something of a discount on its academic functions.
如此一來，一般人只知其館藏甚豐，但若不親臨哈佛，無從得知典藏內容，遑論使用，學術功能大打折扣。