La Bloga: Caliente

“On April 30, a fire in the basement of the Zimmerman Library at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque destroyed or damaged several periodicals and collections. According to a letter to the UNM faculty from Fran Wilkinson, Associate Dean, University Libraries, among the areas “completely destroyed were history, Latin American studies, Native American studies, Hispanic studies, and African-American studies. Other damaged areas were geography, anthropology, archaeology, religion, philosophy, and cultural studies.” Sounds like a major disaster. Some of the library may open on June 26 pending the State Fire Marshall’s approval. Meanwhile, Dean Wilkinson notes that there have been “many generous offers of donations from the faculty and the public” but, unfortunately, there is no place to store donations at this point.”

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