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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1974 Sept 10 DOC NMA086 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Yale Art Volumes Will Be Removed To a Safer Building Yale Art Volumes Will Be Removed To a Safer Building Special to The New York Times New York Times Currentfile Sep 10 1974 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg 19 Yale ArtVolumes because the fibers ap perature and humidity physi parently aggravate an eye irri cal hazards animal life within Will Removed tation he has The particles the structure and potable have been linked to two water says that the asbestos cases of chronic fallout has been occurring To Safer Building conjunctivitis an inflammation of the eye since the construction of the Special to The New York Times lid's inner surface two users of the library building in 1963 4 Several employes involved in The population at risk the | NEW HAVEN Sept. The handling books regularly are report says includes all users 153,000 volumes of Yale Univer now wearing face masks - . even the occasional user } Dr. Robert N. Sawyer of or visitor : sity's Art and Architecture Li Yale Health Service noted that Accordingly the university brary are to be moved to a new asbestos had been linked to plans to remove or seal all the site later this week because of malignancies in humans asbestos ceiling now in the the health threat posed by as- Health Hazard Noted building square feet of bestos particles falling from the it Measures will also taken to In a report based on a study remove fibers from the current ceiling of the library last month Dr. library collection a It falls in big chunks and it Sawyer noted that disease ; falls in microscopic bits said may occur 20 to 30 years _ Target Date Given Robert C. Kaufmann the libra- following a very limited ex- The process of making space ry's director posure for the art and architecture Mr.Mr. Kaufmann has been in- The report which also dis- books in an existing Yale libra- side the library only once cusses unsatisfactory building is scheduled for completion June then wearing conditions in regard to tem Thursday The books will be moved with related unbound periodicals vertical file material and catalogues The university sald today that the asbestos condition should be cleared up within the next three months but the art and architectural material will remain until its new location at least until the end of the school year Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission