Author: (MR)
Title: Wealth of information up in smoke
Source: Nation News
Date Published on: August 11, 2009.
URL: http://www.nationnews.com/news/local/MILLIONS-of---in-books-up-in-smoke-FRONT-PAGE-OTHER
Abstract:
Tragedy hits Barbados, when a special collection of books and research material donated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)to the Israel Lovell Foundation vanished in a fire. The materials produced by the BBC featured some research and publications on the nation and the Caribbean. The collection was intended to be organised into a public library for academic research to benefit the nation. The materials were not insured and the loss marks a major setback to the project.
Excerpt:
ABOUT $2.5 MILLION in books and research material donated by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)to the Israel Lovell Foundation went up in smoke just after midnight yesterday.
A pensive Trevor Prescod, director of the foundation, told the DAILY NATION there was no way of replacing the collection of books which were stored in a block near the St Giles Nursery School compound, My Lord's Hill, St Michael. The books were not insured.
The entire block was ravaged by the fire.
2 comments:
A blog article that provides welcomed commentary on the issue is available at:
http://barbadosfreepress.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/israel-lovell-foundations-irresponsible-action-destroys-millions-in-irreplaceable-materials-will-the-barbados-museum-learn-the-lesson/
Post a Comment