Practicality is in evidence some two centuries later not only in a device, a then-uncommon steam heating system installed in Harvard's first library building, but also in the title held by its devisor, Daniel Treadwell, Rumford Professor of Applications of Science to the Useful Arts. Though lengthy by modern standards, Professor Treadwell's title conveys the essence of this modest volume's intent. The periodical from which this collection of articles is drawn professes its purpose to be 'to inform its readers about information technology developments and services as they relate to Harvard University.