You may be interested in the University of Minnesota's newest library that opened in 2000. One hundred thousand cubic yards of sandstone and shale were excavated from the bluffs of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis to form two caverns. Each cavern is two stories high and the length of two football fields. You can read more about it at http://andersen.lib.umn.edu/aboutandersen.html -Kendra On Sunday, April 15, 2001, Pamela Sezgin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Dear David and other listers: > >What do you think of the article in Sunday's New York Times about the >Corbis/Bettman Archive relocating to a former mine, underground? >Supposedly, this environment will be better for conservation -- is that >true? But there are questions of access and only a small percentage of the >collection is digitized. > >Comments, ideas, reactions? > >pamela sezgin > >================================================= ======== >Important Subscriber Information: > >The Museum-L FAQ file is located at >http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain >detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a >one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The >body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > >If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail >message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the >message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). > Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).