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Original Articles

When Is a Disaster Not a Disaster?

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Pages 11-23 | Published online: 22 Oct 2008
 

Abstract

Thirty-six water damaged volumes do not a disaster make. Three hundred and sixty volumes or 3,600 volumes, or 36,000 volumes do. While the scope of the Washington State University accident will not go down in the annals of major catastrophes such as the Florence flood of 1966, the Stanford University flood of 1978, or the Los Angeles Public Library fires of 1986, there are implications from the incident from which we all can learn.

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