10 - Sunday. October 2, J988 - North Shore News

Vancouver

THE VANCOUVER Public
Library has received good public
response to its plea for books and
periodicals lost or badly damaged
in a recent flood, but it is still ap-

“Calls of support from Van-
couver residents have been both
plentiful and gratifying,”’ she said.

Sull, the library's losses are
serious. ft was forced to discard

about 400 books and 40 volumes
of periodicals so far. More may
have to be discarded following
assessment. of mold and water
damage.

Carol Gadison, VPL board
director, said even with insurance

it will be hard to replace some of

the old books that were lost. The
library has an Adopt-a-Book pro-

library seeks local aid

gram where people can fill out a
form and donate either money or
materials to the library.

For more information call 665-
3551,

pealing to residents in all Lower
Mainland areas, including the
North Shore, for help in restoring
the lost publications.

The Aug. 19 flood caused
serious damage to many of the
200,000 books and periodicals
stored on the two lower floors of
the library's main branch at 750
Burrard St.

So far, the library has managed
to replace all of National
Geographic, including series dating
back to as early as 1920, all of
Equinox, from September 1987 to
August 1988, and all of the Peking
Review, from 1971 to 1987,
through public donation.

It has also managed to recover
ali of Backpacker Magazine and all
of the Canadian Alpine Journal.

However, the library still needs
help in replacing other books,
especially sports periodicals, said
VPL director Madge Aalto.

“Pm troubled about the sports
periodicals. For some reason —
either they don’t keep them (sports
magazines) or don’t want to part
with them — _ people aren’t
responding,"’ said Aalto.

Although it is impossible to tell
whether any of the material lost or
damaged by the flood contained
information about the North
Shore, issues of missing Ski B.C.
and Cycle Magazine could have
had news or features written about
the North Shore and surrounding
areas.

While the condition of 4,000
books currently frozen and
awaiting freeze drying will not be
known for several months, Aalto is
generally pleased with the results
of the clean-up.

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