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| National library building flooded | |
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| Scotland's largest library has been flooded after the sprinkler system broke down. | Scotland's largest library has been flooded after the sprinkler system broke down. |
| Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue were alerted to flooding at the National Library of Scotland (NLS) at about 2328 BST on Monday. | Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue were alerted to flooding at the National Library of Scotland (NLS) at about 2328 BST on Monday. |
| A spokeswoman said water had affected five floors of the building in Edinburgh city centre. | |
| The NLS holds 13 million books, including the Gutenberg Bible, and major collections. | |
| A total of 11 firefighters with two fire appliances and an instant support unit attended the incident until 0200 BST on Tuesday. | |
| NATIONAL LIBRARY OF SCOTLAND Holds copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the original manuscript of Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, and the First Folio of ShakespeareRecently opened John Murray Archive holds 150,000 letters and manuscripts by the likes of Darwin, Byron and Sir Walter ScottFormally constituted by an Act of Parliament in 1925Since 1999, the library has been funded by the Scottish ParliamentRemains one of only six legal deposit libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and is governed by a board of trustees | |
| The National Library of Scotland, located on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter, is also the legal deposit library of Scotland. | The National Library of Scotland, located on George IV Bridge, between the Old Town and the university quarter, is also the legal deposit library of Scotland. |
| Library staff worked overnight to remove affected material to a site where it could be assessed and dried out. | |
| A spokesman said staff had been taking away crates full of books but it was not yet possible to estimate how much of the library's holdings had been damaged. | |
| Contractors have been carrying out a major refurbishment in the building and many of the books were packed away. |