Library Disasters
Title
Library Disasters
Description
Images of libraries damaged by hurricane, fire, earthquake, and flood.
Collection Items
Hurricane Katrina Damage, Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School library
New Orleans, LA, 3-16-06 -- Spring Break College volunteers gather debris and place into wheelbarrows to help clean up this former Library room at the Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School for Science and Technology.
Earthquake damage in the Physics-Astronomy Library
Books scattered on the floor between two stacks in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquake in Seattle, WA.
Earthquake damage in the Physics-Astronomy Library
Books scattered on the floor between to stacks in the aftermath of the 2001 earthquake in Seattle, WA.
Hamilton Library Flood Aftermath
Doors buckled and chipboard walls folded like cards under the moving torrent of water October 30, 2004 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoaʻs Hamilton Library.
Vivian Branch Storm Damage
Large trees have fallen onto the small white building that houses the Vivian Branch Library of the Monroe, Michigan Library System.
Earthquake damage in the Engineering Library
Stacks lean precariously in the University of Washington Engineering Library following the 2001 earthquake.
Armacost Library after Big Bear/Landers earthquake
Books are scattered on the floor and shelving is twisted on the fourth floor of the library at the University of Redlands.
Placing wet books in a freezer to dry
Use of the large, on-site freezer eliminates the need to outsource this part of the salvage process in the Art Library at the University of Iowa after fire sprinklers went off in the library in February 2009.
Fire damage to Columbia International University Library
Fire damaged books lie scattered on the ground after an electrical fire at Columbia International University Library in Columiba, SC.
Damage to the Pratt City Branch of the Birmingham Public Library
One of six Alabama libraries damaged by tornadoes in April 2011, the Pratt City Branch has damaged walls, roof, and equipment and may have to be demolished.