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...faulty valve in the library's climate control system may have caused the problem, said Warrington. The steam set off Langdell Hall's fire alarm at 11:15 a.m. yesterday...
...Warrington said the planned asbestos removalhad nothing to do with the malfunction...
According to Person, librarians reacted quicklyto the disaster, forming a "bucket brigade" tomove books from the top stacks to tables in theLangdell Reading Room. They spent the afternoon"interleaving" the books with paper towels andmoving them to a climate-controlled room to dryout, Warrington said...
Officials said that library service will not beaffected by the incident. Building Operations willcontinue to look into the malfunction of theclimate system, and Warrington said that bookswill not be returned to the Treasure Room stacksfor several weeks...
Baiba K. Ozols, a Law Library cataloguer, said,"I have seen other disasters but never to thiscrucial an area." Warrington said that"unfortunately these things happen to thelibraries occasionally, but not often to the rarebooks collection...