Sender: Rare book and manuscripts <EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
No offense, but something tells me the survival of the Beineke would be
the least of our worries in the event of the unthinkable. Can't we
leave it at that?
Eric White
Sitting right on top of a library
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From: Rare book and manuscripts [mailto:EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU]
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Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 12:27 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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