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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 | Will Be Removed To SaferBuilding 1 Special to The New York Times | NEW HAVEN Sept. The 153,000 volumes of Yale Univer- sity's Art and Architecture Li- brary are to be moved to a new site later this week because of the health threat posed by as- bestos particles falling from the ceiling ; It falls in big chunks and it falls in microscopic bits said Robert C. Kaufmann the libra- ry's director ; Mr. Kaufmann has been in- side the library only once since June then wearing special because the fibers ap perature and humidity physi tation an eye irri cal hazards animal life within aggravate he has The particles the structure and potable tation have been linked to two water says that the asbestos conjunctivitis cases of chronic fallout has been occurring an inflammation of the since the construction of the lid's inner surface two users of the library building in 1963 i Several employes involved in The population at risk the handling books regularly are report says includes all users now wearing face masks . even the occasional user Dr. Robert N. Sawyer of or visitor Yale Health Service noted that Accordingly the university asbestos had been linked to plans to remove or seal all the malignancies in humans asbestos ceiling now in the Health Hazard Noted building square feet of it Measures will also taken to In a report based on a study remove fibers from the current of the library last month Dr. library collection Sawyer noted that disease may occur 20 to 30 years |. -- Target Date Given following a very limited ex- The process of making space posure for the art and architecture disThe report which also dis- books in an existing Yale libra- cusses unsatisfactory building ry is scheduled for completion conditions in regard to tem- by 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 in its new location at least until the end of the school year Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission