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FYI. On the public library in OKC. M
 
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    :    BECPLB::WHALLEYM     28-APR-1995 11:24:37.36
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   j:    Oklahoma City Library Update
 
    :  Donald H. Cloudsley
       Director
 
     To bring you up to date on the situation at the Metropolitan
Library System in Oklahoma City, Director Lee Brawner has advised
that libraries not only have a current disaster plan but one that
is practiced regularly under a variety of disaster circumstances.
When the staff felt the initial blast in Oklahoma City they did
not know what the problem was but all staff quickly followed the
plan and evacuated the building.
 
     There is no immediate need at the library as it remains
closed and the area is cordoned off.  Libraries around the
country have offered children's materials to the Metropolitan
Library System.  The stench in the area is terrible according to
what I have received from Linda Crismond, editor of the ULC
Exchange.  As I reported earlier, 85% of the windows were blown
out but there is no structural damage to the building.
 
     The children from the federal day care center normally went
to the library on a daily basis for a 10:30 a.m. storyhour and
Lee Brawner reports that the staff of that department has been
overwhelmed by the loss of the children and many staff members
lost friends and even family in the blast.
 
     The library building has been sealed and they have no idea
when they will be able to reopen.