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Fires may delay plan to save brittle books at LOC
National Geographic excerpts reveal the Library of Congress, led by Dr. Peter G. Sparks, pursuing an $11.5 million deacidification facility at Fort Detrick to save about 3.25 million brittle volumes and deacidify up to 2 million per year, while two fires at a test facility prompt design reviews and a possible contract delay.
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National Geographic Society
Washington
America
Peter G. Sparks
Library of Congress
Sparks
Sartor Resartus
Herr Teufelsdrockh
Thomas Carlyle
Librarian of Congress
Daniel J. Boorstin
Fort Detrick
Frederick
Dez
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Illinois