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Subject:        Re: Latest UGA Map Library car incident
Date:   Tue, 14 Aug 2007 12:18:56 -0400
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>




My gosh Hallie! Lucy must be having a total fit by now! Thanks for
sharing this news, even though its negative, and I'm sure glad it was
nothing like the crash a year ago that knocked out a wall and did lots
of damage internally to the building. Somebody in GA DOT or a local
agency should be looking at some kind of permanent barrier to protect
the building at that corner -- this is insane! What an unique way for
you to start your map librarianship career too...

Paige

At 01:08 PM 8/13/2007, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:        Latest UGA Map Library car incident
> Date:   Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:54:26 -0400
> From:   Hallie Pritchett <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     'Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum'
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> In what has apparently become an annual event, the UGA Map Library was
> once
> again hit by a car early last Friday morning.  This time it was
> fortunately
> a relatively minor incident - a car went off the road the runs parallel to
> the building, took out a "Share the Road" sign and knocked an old inactive
> water pipe out of the wall, leaving a hole about a foot across.  Even more
> fortunately, the car missed hitting the gas main by a couple of feet.  The
> underage, inebriated driver wasn't hurt and there was no damage to the
> collection.
>
> Pictures are forthcoming, although they're not nearly as spectacular
> as last
> year's (this is a good thing!).
>
> Hallie Pritchett
> Map Librarian
> University of Georgia Libraries
> Athens, GA 30602
> [log in to unmask]
> 706-542-0690  FAX: 706-583-0631
> http://www.libs.uga.edu/maproom/