A burst pipe at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives has soaked about 1,000 publications and dampened up to 30,000 more. Officials closed the department's research room and the state library reference room.
The pipe in a microfilm processing area burst sometime Friday night. The water leaked down to the first floor and soaked annual reports, maps, newsletters and technical bulletins and other publications.
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