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Cindy Kandolf (cindy@nvg.unit.no) wrote:
: Julie E Young <jeyoung@mtholyoke.edu> writes:
: |   from what i understand , it's true.  the library was constructed on land 
: |   which is considered to be clay and when it rains, the clay shifts.  in 
: |   order to keep the building more structurally sound, and keep it from 
: |   shifting too much between the clay and the weight of the building and 
: |   the books, it was necessary to clear some of the floors.
: |   i got this info from a Pioneer Valley geology tour that i went on at the 
: |   beginning of the year.
: 
: Similar tales are told about many libraries, mostly college/university
: libraries, in the US.  When i went to Pitt, for example, it was
: "known" all over campus that the reason the open stacks were being
: moved to "collapsable" shelving units* on the ground floor level was

And when I was at Berkeley, they actually did in fact close the library 
to move the open stacks off of several floors...but this was mandated by 
CalOSHA as part of the earthquake retrofitting plan, so I think it was 
probably legit. I'm not staking my life on it or anything ;) but I do 
know the building was in fact closed, and that is what the librarians 
told me, and, and, um, um, the UC telemarketers solicited me for funds 
for said earthquake retrofitting....

anyway...

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