On 11/21/05, Anne Marie Hules <hules@cua.edu> wrote:
Couldn't this all be solved if we got fire proof safes for rare books??
My husband and I have one for just for our legal papers and such.
Actually, probably not. There is never enough room in a safe for all the
things you might want to put there. A mist-type sprinkler system is a
better solution. Of course, in the real world, not all libraries have
the budget for either or both of those solutions.
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