The Hamilton Library at the University of Hawaii was severely damaged by flooding two weeks ago, as reported here in LISNews. More than 230,000 maps and historical photos, about 100 computers and thousands of books were damaged when an 8- to 12-foot wall of water deluged the library’s basement. About 95 percent of Hamilton’s maps and nearly all of its government documents collection were destroyed. Clean-up continues and a disaster team from Texas has arrived to assist and to assess the damage, assumed to be in the millions of dollars.
Meanwhile, students can request a single book and wait two hours while a librarian goes to fetch it (with a flashlight) and wipe the mud off it. Story here from the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
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