more heartbreak · Jun 20, 01:52 AM · midnight in the tropics

After some initially hopeful post-flood news from libraries in eastern Iowa—a massive volunteer effort at The University of Iowa helped to save its Special Collections—the entire Adult Collection of the Cedar Rapids library is thought to be destroyed.

“It’s a terrible environment” inside the flooded library at 500 First St. SE, said Marie De Vries, an external affairs specialist working with the library. “Mold is crawling up the shelves and walls. We’re almost sure we’ll not be able to save the books.”

The children’s collection on the library’s second floor should be OK, she said, noting specialists from Munters, a national firm that specializes in restoration of water-damaged items, had big dehumidifiers going inside the library, which remains without electrical power or water.

Floodwaters reached to the third or fourth level of shelves in the library’s ground floor last Thursday.

Photos of the damage.

Also: At the Main Library, saving UI history.

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