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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2002
Contact: Patricia Fraga, Austin Public Library, (512) 974-7528
Fax: (512) 974-7442
Final Work to Mechanical Unit
Closes the Austin History Center for a Week
The Austin History Center of the Austin Public Library located at 9th and Guadalupe Streets, will close on Monday, September 23 through Friday, September 27 to finish out the work to the Center’s cold storage vaults. The History Center’s current back-up Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) unit was in need of replacement due to its age and failure rate. The HVAC unit plays a very important preservation function for the Austin History Center. The mechanical unit controls the temperature and humidity of the rooms where the storage of over 700,000 Austin and Travis County photographic prints and negatives are kept.
About the Austin History Center
As the local history collection of the Austin, Texas, Public Library, the mission of the Austin History Center is to provide the public with information about the history, current events, and activities of the City of Austin and Travis County. With new technologies revealing new ways of managing collections and approaching public service and outreach, the Austin History Center is continuing to make sure that our community’s “collective memory” keeps growing stronger! For more information about the Austin History Center please visit us on the Web at www.cityofaustin.org/library/ahc or call at (512) 974-7480.
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