DISASTERS: EXPLOSIONS : TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: FREIGHT : PETROLEUM : ENVIRONMENT: OIL SPILLS : LIBRARIES: Libraries Raise Funds to Help Build Lac-Megantic Library

[David P. Dillard]

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DISASTERS: EXPLOSIONS :

TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: FREIGHT :

PETROLEUM :

ENVIRONMENT: OIL SPILLS :

LIBRARIES:

Libraries Raise Funds to Help Build Lac-Megantic Library

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Libraries Raise Funds to Help Build Lac-Megantic Library

Ann Bryant, Staff Writer

Franklin |

Monday, August 26, 2013

Franklin Sun Journal

http://www.sunjournal.com/news/franklin/2013/08/26/
libraries-raise-funds-help-build-lac-megantic-libr/1412315

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http://tinyurl.com/n5sygzd

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FARMINGTON When the downtown area of Lac-Megantic was destroyed in the
deadly July 6 oil train derailment, the Quebec town also lost its library,
the Bibliotheque de Lac-Megantic.

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Libraries across the state are joining to raise funds to help rebuild the
library. Donation cans are available for the next few weeks at the
circulation desks of participating libraries. Monetary donations will help
with the Canadian town's replacement of the building, computers and
materials.

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An entire collection, estimated at 60,000 items, was lost, Farmington
Public Library Director Melanie Coombs said in a statement. The only books
that were saved were those that had been signed out by patrons, she said.

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"The library served three thousand community members each month," Coombs
said. "Much of the collection is irreplaceable, as the library housed
historical records, books and photographs documenting the town's history."

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As Lac-Megantic's sister city since 1991, Farmington responded with
firefighters to the scene, traveling nearly 100 miles to help extinguish
the massive fire.

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The Farmington community responded by setting up a fund at TD Bank to help
the town rebuild.

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She then reached out to 1,100 librarians from libraries, schools and
universities across the state, she said.

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"There was an immediate response from the library community, wanting to do
something," she said Friday.

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Coombs wanted the fundraising effort to be simple and easy, so she
coordinated with the Maine State Library, which posted the information and
media on their website. Those include her release, a release from the
Canadian librarian and bookmarks, posters and labels to place over cans
for donations on their website. These can be printed from the site at

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http://www.maine.gov/msl/libs/lac-megantic.htm,

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she said.

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The complete article may be read at the URL above.

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