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Well, the stacks of NLM are not lead-lined, but they are underground
(three levels) and covered by a reinforced concrete slab that varies
between 11 and 16 inches thick (hey - - - US government building from
the 1960s). I am told that, at one time, Civil Defense stored food and
water in the stacks.
Steve Greenberg
Stephen J. Greenberg, MSLS, PhD
Coordinator of Public Services
History of Medicine Division
National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
301-435-4995
greenbes@mail.nih.gov
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From: s cheiner [mailto:drscheiner@YAHOO.COM]
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:27 PM
To: EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] Rare book room access and other issues.
I doubt any library (or museum) that is not a lead lined, concrete
reinforced subterranian vault could survive a nuclear attack with its
contents unscathed.
This question could get a better answer from Ton Cremer's Museum
Security Network email list.
C.J. Scheiner
--- "Bruce J. Ramer" <bjramer@MINDSPRING.COM> wrote:
Yesterday, at a
> reception I went
> to for UCLA in NYC, someone asked me if the Beinecke Library could
> survive a direct hit by a bomb, or a nuclear attack.
> Does anyone
> know the answer to that one?
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