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Broken Pipe Damages Kentucky LibraryA broken hot-water pipe caused extensive damage to the collection of the Lexington (Ky.) Public Library January 10. Approximately 500 books, mostly from the religion shelves on the fourth floor, were drenched. The problem was first noticed by a newspaper carrier, who saw a sheet of ice outside the library just before 6 a.m. Library officials were unsure why the pipe, located in the fifth-floor staff lounge, burst when it did. Fewer than 100 of the damaged volumes were from the library’s extensive collection of material on the Shakers—a millennial Christian sect that founded a notable community near Lexington—and none were from the library’s Shaker rare-books collection. Nevertheless, about half the damaged books are now out of print, and the library will try to repair irreplaceable books through freeze-drying. LPL Media Relations Coordinator Doug Tattershall said in the January 11 Lexington Herald-Leader, “It’s cheaper to replace than it is to repair. So obviously we’ll replace the ones still in print.” Posted January 22, 2001. |
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