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This reminds me of one of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes...
Cheers,
Katie
Katie Carr
Print Collections Librarian
Special Collections and Rare Books Division
University of Missouri
401 Ellis Library
Columbia MO 65201
(573) 882-3755
carrkm@missouri.edu
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From: Rare book and manuscripts [mailto:EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU]
On Behalf Of White, Eric
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 1:02 PM
To: EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] Rare book room access and other issues.
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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On Behalf Of s cheiner
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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