The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 4, January 26, 2003, Article 19

CANADIAN NATIONAL LIBRARY FLOODS (AGAIN)

  The Canadian National Library in Ottowa seems to have a
  little problem with flooding -- not a good thing for a library.
  On the web site of the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is an
  article about the problem.  Here's a excerpt.  Follow the
  link for the complete article.

  "A flood cleanup wasn't on the National Library's list of 50th
  anniversary preparations. But the extreme cold burst a pipe
  Tuesday, sending staff into a salvage mode that is all too
  familiar.

  Staff at the library say they're getting good at drying out
  books, but it's not a skill they're proud of

  As staff dealt with the rogue water, retired librarians
  gathered for pictures to mark the library's half-century of
  operations.

  In the last decade there have been about 70 floods in the
  building on Wellington Street..."

  http://ottawa.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ot_natlib20030123

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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